Spirit of the Desert Gourd Patch wraps up another year with our last meeting on April 20. While we don’t have our business meetings in the summer, we still get together every Monday for a workshop. Over half of our members are snowbirds, and it’s sad to say goodbye, but we look forward to seeing…
Buddy Meola Our monthly Ace of Aces Qualifier was played on Feb. 4 with one Blue Flight, three White Flights, and one Green Flight. The Low gross and low net scores from each flight will qualify for the Ace of Aces Tournament to be held at the end of the year. Blue Flight: Low Gross…
Judy Onken Karen Fischer has won the CLGA Championship two years in a row. I interviewed her for this special article honoring her achievement, but I can’t read my notes. Please excuse errors and omissions. (I let my insurance policy on that lapse last year.) The interview was before golf on a Thursday, so I don’t…
Arizona Quilters Guild (AQG) held our annual Quilt Show at the Mesa Convention Center on Thursday through Saturday, March 23 through March 25. There were more than 300 awesome handmade quilts from around Arizona. Desert Threads members had 10 entries this year. Desert Threads holds classes on a variety of quilt projects. On March 20 Barbara…
Lee Bergelin Lee Bergelin passed away peacefully on Feb. 4, 2023, in Chandler, Ariz., and entered Heaven. He proudly served his country by enlisting in the Marine Corps. His favorite memories come from when he served on a six-month detachment aboard a Navy cruise ship from Japan to Australia and back to Camp Pendleton in…
Gary Vacin How the Mesa Police Department uses aircraft in law enforcement will be the topic of a presentation to the Sun Lakes Aero Club gathering on Monday, April 17, at the Sun Lakes Country Club Navajo Room. The event begins with camaraderie at 6:30 p.m., followed by the presentation at 7 p.m. The event…