Category: Features

Spotlight on Advertiser: On the Go, With Arizona GO!

David Taylor A new airport transportation service is available for Quail Creek called Arizona GO! Owners Greg and Robin Williams started their company in May 2018 serving the six major 55 and older communities of Northwest Tucson, including Robson’s SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch. As business quickly grew, they opened up to the Casa Grande area with Robson Ranch since they always…

Word of the Month: Orbisculate

David Zapatka We’re doing something different this month. We’re going to explore getting a new word into dictionaries. Reader Debbie M. writes, “Hello, I enjoy your column and want to offer a suggestion. ‘Orbisculate’ is a word not yet in the dictionary. I think we should help the young people who are trying to get…

Welcoming Wildflowers into Your Garden

Bonnie Nowicki The Southwest showcases a great variety of unique wildflowers. They are an essential part of our natural heritage. While spring is the grandest wildflower season because of winter rains, the summer wildflower germination can be outstanding, and begins when nighttime temperatures are over 70 degrees. Dormant seeds rest in the soil waiting for…

U.S. Military History: Independence Day

Ross Dunfee The first successful English colony settled in America was at Jamestown, Va., in 1607—and the migration was on—primarily of British, German, and Dutch extraction, but immigrants arrived from throughout Europe. Communities were settled and financed primarily by privately-organized British settlers or families using free enterprise without any significant English royal or Parliamentary government support or…