Fall Softball Is Underway

A "drone shot" from a recent Sun Division game: Brenden Financial vs. Leckner Realty (Courtesy of SkyView Digital Media, Alysa Chapman, Principal)

Larry Wolfe At press time, we’d just finished the first two weeks of the Fall Season. In the Lakes Division, the Core Photography and Wolfe & Associates-sponsored teams were both at 4-2. The A-1 Golf Carts team had a .500 record at 3-3, while the Young Realty Team lagged at 1-5. Steve Schaider got off…

The Desert Navy Club

Richard Volpe With all the problems that we’ve all had to contend with during the major part of 2020, it is a pleasant sight to see that the holiday season has arrived, and the neighborhoods and local surroundings come back to life with a hope for a new beginning as we head into the new year.…

Hits & Misses Bowling League

Ruth Andersen Although we have a much smaller league this season, we’re all still plugging through this most unusual year. Some beginning scores for October: High Scratch Series: 10/05. Men: Rick Bell 588, Steve Hull 533; Women: Tammy Visser 439, Joanne Ragan-Foster 418 10/12. Men: Rick Bell 621, Hal Newton 527; Women: Tammy Visser 505,…

Crystal Cards for the Holidays

Think Crystal Cards for the holidays.

Bobbie Reed December is here, and it brings many reasons to send greetings to friends and family. Crystal Cards has Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year cards, among their holiday selections. Of course, there are birthday, get well, thinking of you, and many other special cards. You can now choose the cards you want in the…

Here’s to Old-Fashioned Happy Holidays

Rina Cupples It was a long, hot desert summer. It was a long, contentious election autumn. Now, here we are, full of hope and expectation for a wintertime of old-fashioned happy holidays. Some of it will probably look, and feel, different—gifts shopped online, fewer holiday visitors, less family travel. Any holiday shows? No matter what, the…

Word of the Month: Cool

David Zapatka After reading last month’s WOTM “groovy,” sister and reader, Debbie Zapatka, wrote, “That was cool, man! Does ‘cool’ have the same sort of history as groovy? A friend at work uses the word groovy all the time.” Sister and reader Judy Haberstroh wrote, “Interesting. The only person I know who still occasionally uses…