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…

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…

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…

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…

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…