Peggy McGee The Green Valley Chapter, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), awarded a belated $2,500 scholarship to Cadet Major Milan Wilkinson. Cadet Wilkinson, a 2025 graduate from Rio Rico High School, was the class valedictorian, a role she was fulfilling when the MOAA Awards Ceremony was held in early May. Milan will be pursuing…
Janet Rumford and Inna Shames On a hot August afternoon, Janet hosted a super-cool rock painting class at her air-conditioned kitchen table. Given the summer humidity, there was far more insect life than usual, but only the “good bugs” (a nice bumble bee and a few cute ladybugs) showed up, with not a mosquito or…
Janet Rumford and Inna Shames On a hot August morning, Janet Rumford hosted a very creative and colorful paper flower class at her kitchen table. The guests made lots of paper flowers out of colored coffee filters, and even managed to make a rose out of paper towels. But they didn’t stop there. They got…
Joyce Shumate On Sept. 19 Elysa Crum, the owner and tour guide for Taste of Tucson Downtown, will present information about visiting downtown Tucson. Her passion for food, education, and an appreciation of Tucson’s culture and history inspired her to create Taste of Tucson Downtown. With the revitalization of downtown, including an influx of new…
Linn Myrick A group of 10 members of Let’s Travel Club rode in a 15-passenger van, driven by club member Ted Myrick, to Williams, Ariz., where we started our journey via train to Grand Canyon National Park. After overnighting at the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel (adjacent to the train depot), we embarked on a two-hour…