Library Preparing for Used Book Sale on March 14

Library Preparing for Used Book Sale on March 14

“Little Shop of Horrors” Wowed With Music and Puppetry

Robson Ranch Ladies Social Club News

Fine Arts Guild Opens the House

Clubs & Classes, December 2021

Giving While Having Fun!

Mary Beth Fisher National mah jongg players did it again—making a donation to Casa Grande Alliance Cancer Center. This year’s donation was in honor of several of our players and in memory of one particular dear friend. A check for $357 was presented to the center for their fund that meets the practical, everyday needs of…

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Sports, December 2021

Relishing Pickleball: Backhand Groundstroke

David Zapatka Backhand Groundstroke Quoting from Pickleball Fundamentals: Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, when hitting a backhand groundstroke, “The same principles apply when you’re hitting a backhand groundstroke (as a forehand groundstroke) except that you move to the left rather than to the right (right-handed players). While some players change the…

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Religion, December 2021

Are You Ready for Christmas?

Pastor Larry Sundin Are you ready for Christmas? Have you decked the halls, hung the mistletoe, lit the Yule log? Have you sent all your cards, bought all your presents, prepared all your goodies? Are you ready to attend all the Christmas parties, dine on all the delicacies, and sacrifice your waistline for all the good…

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Clubs & Classes, December 2021

Genealogy Club Returns to the ‘50s

Bonnie Bossert, presenter, was informative as well as entertaining.

Pat Sand The Ropin’ in Yer Relatives Genealogy Club kicked off the 2021–22 season on Tuesday, Nov. 2, by going back to the ’50s. Bonnie Bossert, a genealogist from the Phoenix area, presented on the 1950 Census. Bonnie was informative as well as entertaining. She dressed for her role in a 50’s style poodle skirt,…

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Generals, December 2021

Word of the Month: Irenic

  David Zapatka Friend, fellow bridge enthusiast, and reader Maria Davis wrote, “I came across this word today as I was flying to Miami. I rarely get five hours of uninterrupted reading time! I was reading Essays on Ethics by Jonathan Sacks, so he used the British spelling “eirenic,” which is closer to the original Greek…

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Sports, December 2021

Arizona Pickleball Players League Adding White Mountain Region

David Zapatka The Arizona Pickleball Players league (APPL) has now expanded its popular team-based pickleball league into its fifth region. After founding the first team-based pickleball league, East Valley Interclub League in 2012 (which has grown ever since), the Arizona Pickleball Players League was formally organized as a nonprofit in 2019 by a group of…

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