Nancy Planck, Member Services The Tapestry Album: The Music of Carole, starring Katherine Byrnes, will be held on Monday, Aug. 16, with a cash bar opening at 5:30 p.m. and showtime at 6 p.m. in the Madera Clubhouse Crystal Ballroom. Ticket price is $29. The show is produced by Khris Dodge Entertainment. Katherine Byrnes sings…
Thom Sharples June 1: Team 3 low nets; Jim Nichols, Curt Summers, Dennis Katona, Jeff Grass June 8: 2nd best shot; Mike Dittl, Roger Shuman, Dale Wilson, Peter Lipe June 15: Scramble; Bruch Beecher, Roger Ederle, Mark Wollersheim, Tom Calhoun
Jerry Gardner The Quail Creek Rainbow Club kicked off June Pride Month with a barbecue at the Madera Clubhouse on June 6. More than 50 members and guests attended the celebration, the first major event for the club since being approved by the board of directors last September. It was a very diverse group of attendees, all coming…
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…
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…
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…