Category: Features

Robson Ranch RC Club 2025 Winter Season Preview

Bob Kehoe Winter Season racing for the Robson Ranch RC Club is just over the horizon. The twice-weekly competition is scheduled to begin Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 8:30 a.m., followed by Thursday, Nov. 6, also at 8:30 a.m. The season will continue through March 26. There will be no racing during Christmas week. The ongoing…

Duplicate Bridge Club Player of the Month: Gerri Bradley

Joanne Johnson Gerri Bradley received the Sapphire Award from the American Contract Bridge Society for having played and earned Master Points with at least four different partners! She also is a proud mother. Gerri’s son, Brian, is the newly appointed Director of Fish and Wildlife for the Department of Interior, supervising more than 9,000 people…

The Ranchers Explore the Greek Islands

Pat Sand The Roving Ranchers traded the desert for the blue horizons of the Mediterranean, jetting to Athens, Greece, for a 12-day cruise aboard Virgin’s Resilient Lady from Sept. 21 through Oct. 2. Touching down in Athens a couple of days early, the group wasted no time. On Friday night, Sept. 19, cocktails and laughter…

Living Retired: Cruise Control

Gary Chalk My wife Jan and I, along with our son, daughter-in-law, and two granddaughters went on an ocean cruise. We figured spending money like drunken sailors would give us a trip of a lifetime. The ship had numerous “family-friendly features” including thrilling water slides, dance parties where you cannot hear the music unless you…

Word of the Month: Coati

David Zapatka After friends recently hiked in the Chiricahua National Monument, I read this in a news article: “Wilcox, Ariz.—A merry troupe of coatis moms and babies were spotted along a road in Chiricahua National Monument in Arizona. Cousins of raccoons, the playful coatis gathered and excitedly squeaked with their tails shooting straight up like…