David Zapatka While cruising around Australia on the way to Thursday Island, I read this description about the port city. “The mixed population of Malays, Chinese, Japanese, and Melanesians are engaged mainly in pearling and trochus and sea cucumber fishing.” Trochus—tro·chus noun: 1.a. Capitalized. a genus of chiefly Old World tropical marine gastropods (family Trochidae)…
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Skip Jones and Alphie Smith On March 2 and 3, the Quail Creek Billiards Club (QCBC) held an In-House 9-Ball Tournament. Fifteen club members, both men and women, participated. There were a couple of “firsts” for this tournament. Terry Haggart, a longtime QC resident and QCBC member, was a first-time winner, and Skip Jones served…
Peggy McGee The annual Green Valley Chapter Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) Scholarship Awards Dinner will be held on Wednesday, May 1, at American Legion Post 66, 1560 W. Duval Mine Road. This year they will be awarding scholarships to JROTC cadets from Sahuarita, Walden Grove, and Rio Rico High Schools. The event will…
Linn Myrick Members of the Let’s Travel Club experienced a day trip on March 13 to Biosphere 2. We had a two-hour behind-the-scenes tour of this remarkable facility. In addition to learning about the history and current research initiatives at Biosphere 2, we had an opportunity to experience one of the “lungs” that regulates the…
Peggy McGee Yoshie Hennessy, who has been a member of the Lady Putters since its inception, continued to excel throughout 2023. She was presented a plaque for getting the most holes-in-one for 2023, with an amazing 82. For getting the most holes-in-one for the first quarter of 2024, it was Yoshie again with 24. She…