Seeing the world as an artist

Margaret Crusoe Would you like to learn or improve your artistic skills in a small, friendly environment? I am a retired school teacher, and I base much of my art instruction on the principles of Betty Edwards. She wrote Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and The New Drawing on the Right Side…

Ladies, start your engines!

The Cottonwood Lady Niners’ were off to another great year. November 1 was first day of play with fabulous weather supplied by Mother Nature, especially for us. That’s our story… With only some of the Snow Birds back to join the Stay Birds, we still had 17 new members! The word is out that we…

Thinking about grace

Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Sun Lakes With the Christmas season upon us, I’m challenged afresh to ponder the magnitude of God’s grace in sending his Son to this earth for us (Romans 5:8). The coming of Jesus was planned in eternity past and prophesied throughout the centuries until in “the fullness…

Niners October golf results

  Jim Wegman, Publicity The year is slipping away, and the mornings are cooler, so be sure to check the pairings sheets to be sure you know the correct starting times, courses and positions for the upcoming shotgun starts. Our annual overseeding program was going well until the record amount of rain threw a monkey…

DAR National Day of Service

Each year on the anniversary of its founding, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) celebrates a National Day of Service, with each chapter fielding a special project. October 11, 2018, Gila Butte Chapter visited Project C.U.R.E. to help sort and package medical supplies for shipment, stock inventory, prepare for shipments and load containers. Project C.U.R.E.…