Category: August 2021

Stained Glass Club Notice

Cynthia Melito Each month, I offer a Thursday evening class for a stained glass project using a new technique for our members to learn. For the month of August, I challenged myself to invent a new technique to make a bowl using up the large collection of glass pieces we have in the studio. In my…

Excuse Me, Did You Know That?

Martha Spillane Gourds are believed to be one of the earliest cultivated species. Because the only known population of wild gourds exist in certain areas of Africa, archaeologists have theorized that prehistoric humans who lived near the rivers on the west coast of Africa first used the small gourds that grow wild in these environments as…

Paper Crafting Member Profile: Linda Fletcher

Linda Fletcher

Jaine Toth Last April, after reading an article about the Robson Paper Crafting Club in the Robson Ranch Views, Linda Fletcher called Club President Pat Serveiss who encouraged her to come to one of our regularly scheduled sessions. Linda came and felt welcomed. She promptly joined the club. She had recently begun trying to create…

I Joined the Club

Becky Kueker I have always believed in intuition and never more than on January 19, 2021. A day I will remember forever. Suddenly awake, covered with sweat, tears running down my cheeks, it was 2 a.m. I had dreamed that I had breast cancer and I was going to die. It was as if I…

Going Big in Studio II

Nancy Friedman, Co-Education Chair With summer upon us and many snowbirds gone until mid-October, a couple of the monitors have started a summer project to keep members coming down to the studio to paint in acrylics and oils. The project is named “Going Big.” One of our members, Susan Halley, donated some rolled canvas, and…

Tucson Resident Donates Radio Control Items

Air Show spectators

Alan Friedman A generous Tucson area hobbyist who heard about the charity work the Casa Grande RC Flyers does, made a donation of all of his aircraft and supplies to the club, which is an Arizona nonprofit corporation and a chartered club with the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA). Lynn Eldred contacted the club president…

Jesus Positive

Ron Hunt Jesus, for many, is a positive according to modern polls and other research. The church, for many, is a negative word. The trend has grown in strength in recent years. Why? So many reasons really. I’m sure you’ve already thought of a few, if not many. Let me offer one solution Christians could…

FAA License Now Required to Fly RC Aircraft

Alan Friedman The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new Recreational UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Safety Test (TRUST) requirement is now in effect. This new regulation requires all flyers of unmanned aircraft, which include airplanes, helicopters, gliders, and drones, to pass a knowledge test. The test is free and can be taken online from the Academy of Model…

Relishing Pickleball

David Zapatka Reader Liz Houser writes, “I just moved to SaddleBrooke in April and learned to play pickleball in early May thanks to my enthusiastic neighbor Shawne. I just read your article about common mistakes numbers 11 and 12—I found them to be very helpful. Would you be so kind as to send me the…