Yasmin John-Thorpe As an author of children’s books, I had the opportunity to visit five classes at the Sahuarita Intermediate School, in Green Valley, and the second grade class at Bloom Elementary School, in Tucson, during The Love of Reading Weeks, February 5 to 9 and February 12 to 16. Although the students were excited…
Coffee with the General Manager, Mike Taylor, will be on April 3 at 10:00 a.m. in the Madera Clubhouse Crystal Ballroom. The guest will be Community Services Patrol. Please join GM Mike Taylor along with his guest Jim Gertz, Director of Patrol as he discusses current affairs and a question and answer session.
Peggy McGee It was the day the Lady Putters had long awaited. Joel Jaress, Quail Creek’s Golf Pro, was joining them for putting to give the ladies some tips on how to read the green. Each team had five ladies and Joel gave pointers to each of the 18 groups. With each group he…
Claire Bushkill Cataracts is the leading cause of vision impairment, especially in seniors. According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, cataracts affect approximately 25 million Americans age 40 and older. And by age 75, approximately half of all Americans have cataracts. In older adults, the eye’s crystalline lens yellows and begins to harden, resulting…
Peggy McGee Valentine’s Day fell on a Wednesday this year and the Lady Putters went all out to celebrate. There were four Valentine’s Day hole-in-one (AKA money hole) winners on Hole No. 14: Yoshie Hennessy, Frances Martin, Janet Wegner and Coreen Williams. In honor of the special day, the Putters gave some extra awards…
Larry Thomson, co-chair, Library at Madera Clubhouse Those residents who use the Library at Madera Clubhouse have come to expect a good selection of current fiction and non-fiction books. After all, it is a library! But there’s so much more to the collection than just printed books. For example, there are two carousels there…