David Zapatka Reading in the Quest magazine recently, I came across the word cenote. Cenote—si-ˈnō-tē noun: a natural pit or deep sinkhole in limestone resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath with a pool at the bottom that is found especially in the Yucatán Peninsula. Origin and Etymology—Mexican Spanish, from Yucatec ts’onot…
Linda Harvey Timpanogos Cave National Monument, just south of Salt Lake City in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, just turned 100 years old. Among the various celebration activities, there will be Centennial Lantern tours at which visitors can explore the caves just as was done in the early years of cave tours—by the flicker of…
Linda Shannon-Hills You are loving our wonderful community, but do you know all that is available to you as a new resident? Don’t be overwhelmed with moving to SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR). It’s a new community, new state, new home—and we have information to help make settling into the new community easier. Come to the Newcomers…
If you want to make a meaningful difference in the lives of local homeless and other veterans in need, and the families of deployed members of the Guard and Reserve, our citizen soldiers, there is no better way than to support the American Legion Oro Valley Post 132. As recently stated by the Chairman of…
Friends of Bill meets Thursdays, 3 to 4 p.m., in the La Vista Room. Contact: wes_morr22@yahoo.com or 831-206-3077
David Zapatka Continuing our study of Pickleball Fundamentals Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, it is time now to learn about the drop shot after learning about the overhead smash the past two months. Mary Littlewood says the reason to hit a drop shot is to give the team deep in their…