Deborah Kirscht is pictured with one of her quilts. She has been quilting for over 25 years. (Photo by Deborah Witten)
July 2024, Features
Ranch Quilt Queen
July 2024, Features
Thank You, Doug And Melanie Sedam for Your Generous Support of the SBR ARTwalk
Linda Shannon-Hills Over the last 10 years, the SBR ARTwalk has been a great success for local artists and SaddleBrooke Ranch residents. Each year it has grown with more talented artists, and each year the costs have also continued to grow. The SBR ARTwalk has been blessed to find such generous supporters as Douglas and…
July 2024, Religion
Congregation B’Nai Midbar: A Time for Reflection
Melanie Einbund This past year we have experienced several events and a very big ‘to do’ list. In July 2023 we gathered with Jewish Friendship Group (JFG) members casually to say hello in the MountainView Bar and Grill. In August, a Jewish Community Meet and Greet was held, reacquainting with each other and preparing for…
July 2024, Religion
Feeding Those in Need and Changing Lives
Daniel Engeljohn As a Matthew 25 Church, Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church (mountainshadowschurch.org) is challenging the congregation to deepen its faith and get more actively involved with the greater community. One focus of our Mission Ministry Team is to provide funding and in-kind assistance to Cross Streets Community, a program for the homeless in downtown Tucson.…
July 2024, Religion
Vista United Methodist Burns Their Mortgage!
Sharon Scanlan On May 26, after the 10 a.m. church service, the members of Vista United Methodist Church (UMC) celebrated paying off the mortgage on the new Education and Administration Building in less than five years with a mortgage burning. We moved in at the end of 2019 and paid off our mortgage early this…
July 2024, Religion
Summer Vocal Workshop with Sharon Stohrer
Sharon Scanlan and Carolyn Dwyer A fabulous Summer Vocal Workshop with Sharon Stohrer will be held Wednesday, Aug. 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Vista de la Montaña United Methodist Church sanctuary, 3001 E. Miravista Lane in Catalina. The church is located just south of Golder Ranch on the west side of Oracle…
July 2024, Religion
Vista United Methodist Church Welcomes Pastor Mary Dotson!
Dan Boring and Sharon Scanlan Vista de la Montana United Methodist Church is looking forward to welcoming our new Pastor, Rev. Mary Dotson. For the past four years, Pastor Dotson has been assigned to the Green Valley United Methodist Church in Henderson, Nev., and prior to that, she served the First United Methodist Church, in…
July 2024, Generals
Why Is This Woman Looking in Residents’ Closets?
Susan Sterling Community Circle Players (CCP) costume designer, Susan Schweitzer, is always on the hunt for unique clothing and vintage accessories. Over the past five years, she has collected hats, gloves, tuxedos, uniforms, skirts, and more, enough to fill several shelves in CCP’s storage area. Susan has costumed an Arab Sheik, an Ambassador, a personality…
July 2024, Generals
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Linda Harvey Carlsbad Caverns National Park (NP) is located in the Chihuahuan Desert of southeastern New Mexico. Besides the beautiful rocky canyons above ground with flowering cactus and wildlife, this amazing park consists of over 119 caves with fascinating and unusual formations formed over hundreds of thousand years with the help of sulfuric acid dissolving…
July 2024, Generals
Paying It Forward
Sandy Jessop As our community grows, so does our group of neighbors who have been affected by cancer (survivors and co-survivors). Many people who have battled cancer in the past are questioning whether the Cancer Support Group (CSG) is right for them. Common statements/questions concerning the CSG, along with our responses, are: “I had cancer…