Kim Kubsch “Organizing the Bedroom” is second in a series of articles that features techniques for decluttering your home—one room at a time. As a Sun Lakes resident and owner of Joyful DOWNSIZING, I am passionate about helping Boomers and seniors declutter to simplify their lives, organize the remaining items, and downsize unwanted stuff. This…
Category: February 2021
Features, February 2021
Artists Who Aspire to Inspire: Don Hall
Linda Shanahan There is an artist, his name is Don Hall He is the member who just does it all An artist who works in the shop on his own He puts on his apron and pulls out a stone A slab he does cut with the eighteen-inch saw He does it so quickly I…
Clubs & Classes, February 2021
Desert Artists Club News
Sue Sindelar As winter starts to wind down, remember that the unique colors of the season offer beautiful ideas for artists of all mediums. We need only to take a walk in our or neighboring communities to see beautiful landscaping; ideas begin to take shape as we notice plants and animals gracing our vision. As…
Sports, February 2021
Softball Player Profile: Susan Rodke
Larry Wolfe Susan Rodke (nee Griffin) was born in Billings, Mont., and then lived briefly in California as a young child, before her family settled in Minnesota. She spent most of her childhood in Fergus Falls before the family moved to Barnesville when she was in high school. She was a four-sport athlete for the…
Sports, February 2021
PVMGA Updates
Paul Hester, Publicity Due to the untimely and very sad passing of our much-liked Publicity Chairman Jim Roberts this summer, and because of the very disrupted fall golf season, I think that it is best if rather than listing the winners of the fall tournaments and events, that we simply kiss 2020 goodbye and look…
Generals, February 2021
Public Education Training via Zoom
John A. Teixeira Jr., Assistant Fire Marshal You are invited to a Zoom webinar hosted by the Arizona Fire and Medical Authority on Feb. 8, 2021, at 9 a.m. The topic will be Home Safety Awareness. Register in advance for this webinar at www.tinyurl.com/y2a29jqx. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about…
Sports, February 2021
Free Tennis Clinics Started Again in Cottonwood
Penny Petersen Free tennis clinics in Cottonwood were a regular, weekly, event for years until COVID-19. All clinics were canceled in September for the first time ever. Now they have begun once again. In previous years, the clinics took place two nights a week. Now the clinics are only offered on Monday evenings at 7…
Sports, February 2021
Tennis Tips and Events
Coach Kwong The three primary shots in tennis are serve, groundstroke, and volley. Another underutilized shot is a lob. Many players don’t consider this shot when in play. A lob is a high arching shot best used when your opponent is at the net or when you are running out wide or going back toward…
Generals, February 2021
Unit Happenings
Unit 19 Melody Strom Dear Unit 19 Townhome Owners: February meetings for Unit 19 HOA will be held on: * Monday, Feb. 8, at 6 p.m., for the monthly working meeting * Tuesday, Feb. 16, will be our annual Unit 19 board meeting, starting at 6:30 p.m., which will be followed by our monthly open…
Features, February 2021
Dollars & Sense: DBK Bookkeeping and Tax – A Few 2020 Tax Updates
Peggy LaShier 2020 Charitable Contributions Previously, charitable contributions could only be deducted if taxpayers itemized their deductions. However, taxpayers who don’t itemize deductions may take a charitable deduction of up to $300 for cash contributions made in 2020 to qualifying organizations. For the purposes of this deduction, qualifying organizations are those that are religious, charitable,…