Sam Ellis Get yourself to the Hermosa Ballroom on Jan. 21. Simply put, be there. The doors to the Hermosa Ballroom will open at 4:30 p.m. Enjoy the pre-event entertainment, followed by performances that begin at 5:30. Bar service is expected at the rear of the ballroom. To put it mildly, get there early—a full house…
Martha Spillane Our gourd member of the month is Marti LoSasso. Marti and her husband, Jerry, are originally from the Denver, Colo., area. She was a beautician and Jerry a firefighter. Marti always had a flair for the arts, whether it was spinning a beehive hairdo, bending wire to create a one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry,…
Ron Hunt Steve Arthur’s lovable voice calls out again, “Get to the net!” Good advice takes a long time to embrace, but we do get there. Then we forget, and again we hear the familiar loud refrain, “Get to the net!” Well, when do we get to the net? It is nuanced to say the…
Jane Minish When my Al, my husband of 50 years, died, my relationship with God sustained me in the depths of my grief. Al died from malignant mesothelioma on Dec. 6, 2020. Al and I met in March 1971, when I was 16 and he was 20. This was the beginning of our 50-year relationship.…
Pat Sand The Roving Ranchers held their annual Halloween Golf Cart Parade on Sunday, Oct. 31. A total of 85 decorated golf carts and a variety of costumed trick-or-treaters participated. There were pirates galore, witches, Wonder Women, cavemen, Star Trek’s Spock, peanut butter and jelly, Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi, and Fred and Wilma Flintstone.…
Diana Oleson We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Prior to the COVID-19 lockdown, the Needle Crafters started crocheting and knitting gloves and hats for Angela Acuna, the parent liaison and outreach coordinator for Eloy Elementary School. Because we were unable to meet in person in 2020, it wasn’t until October 2021 that we were…