Desert Navy Club meeting notice

  Dave Riggall Tony Contrabasso, a valley resident for over 28 years, delivers his Dynamic Visual Productions at various venues in the valley to high acclaim. His shows are educational and enjoyable, with narrated colorful PowerPoint presentations produced on varied subjects. Program topics range from the history of the Attack on Pearl Harbor to the…

Move your chi to enhance longevity

  Kim Kubsch What is Chi and why do you need to MOVE it? Chi is the life force or energy that moves your circulation, warms your body and supplies your organs with oxygen rich blood. Moving your chi circulates more oxygen to the tissues and nourishes the joints, making you feel more vibrant and…

Wuertz Gourd Festival results

  Colleen McKnight Spirit of the Desert members enjoyed a busy February at the Wuertz Gourd Festival in Casa Grande. The highlight of the festival is the Arizona Gourd Society state competition and, as usual, our patch was well represented in the Winner’s Circle. Congratulations to winners from our patch: Novice Division: Diane Wimmer –…

Conservation Corner: Lights and our living world

  Pauline Lee Our bodies operate optimally when we maintain regularity in our sleeping and waking hours. This regularity correlates to the 24-hour dark and light cycles in nature, also known as the circadian rhythm. With modern improvements in providing inexpensive artificial light, man has increasingly disturbed the dark cycle not only for himself but…

Sun Lakes UCC Lent Project gets underway

Chuck Reinhart The children of longtime Sun Lakes resident Shirley Chase kick off the Sun Lakes UCC Lent Project with donations for the needy in her memory. During Lent, the Sun Lakes United Church of Christ is collecting items that cannot be purchased with subsidies from government assistance. These donations will be delivered to the…