In 2011, a group of women living in Del Webb, Ranch del Lago, has been sending cards and care packages to deployed troops. To date, they sent over 121,000 cards and 1,722 care packages, mostly in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait. Most of the cards are for the troops to mail back home, but each care package includes some birthday cards and promotion...
The weather is getting colder, and people are pulling out their space heaters. The Corona de Tucson Fire Department Fire Marshal wants to remind you that you should NEVER plug a space heater into a power strip. These units are not designed to handle the high current flow needed for a space heater and can overheat or even catch fire due to the...
by Kathleen Kennedy Please mark your calendars for the Tucson Women’s March 2019, to be held on Sunday, January 20th, 2019 from 10 AM – 2 PM at Jácome Plaza (corner of Stone & Pennington in front of Joel D. Valdez library). Throughout history, women have been assembling and changing society, from the French Resistance to the American...
Dear Heather, I was married this past year to an incredible woman. She grew up in Michigan and I am a Tucson native. Since we met, we have stayed in town during the holidays because of work obligations. Now that we are married and planning for a family, my wife has expressed interest in going home to Michigan for the holidays. I don’t love the...
Hailey Johnson, a sophomore at Cienega High School, won the Arizona 5A State Diving Championship held in Phoenix on Saturday, November 3rd. Coached by John Tritz at from Cienega, Hailey is a straight A student in the Bobcat Scholar Program. She was also a National Champion in the 3-meter diving competition held this July in Texas and placed 2nd...
During the holidays, food can be challenging to avoid. Tasty dishes and decadent desserts seem to be at every celebration, leading many to believe it’s impossible to avoid the overabundance of seasonal sustenance. Tucson Medical Center’s Director of Wellness Mary Atkinson shares five surprisingly easy tips for enjoying holiday treats without...
Thomas sat in a cushioned chair, his advisors and guards between him and the miners. “The king calls for an increased production of topaz,” Melville announced. A gasp filled the hall. Crandall, miner spokesman, bowed before the king, “Please, sire, the mines are already overworked and are becoming dangerous. We can’t produce topaz any faster.”...
by Robert Salter President of the Del Web Rancho Del Lago Pickleball Club On October 27th, a pickleball fun tournament was held at Del Webb, Rancho Del Lago. Pickleball is a fast growing paddle sport that combines some of the similar aspects of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. This event was, in part, a success due to the generous nature of...
by Susan Cottrell Do you have family issues that seem to hurt a little more during the holidays? Yep, me too. Why is it that the love and acceptance of family seems so conditional? It sure wasn’t conditional for Mary’s family. Mary and Joseph were scandalized when Mary turned up single and pregnant. “The Holy Spirit did it!” Yeah, right. How many...
More than two thousand years ago, getting loose change was about as easy as it is today. Hand a shopkeeper a silver dollar in today’s world, and you can expect four quarters in change. What isn’t the same as today is the design of the coin one might want to get change for. Hand the same shopkeeper a Roman coin from the first century, especially...
