Ken and Sylvia Robinson of 3618 N. Hogan Dr. celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary on Dec. 28, 2023. They were married on Dec. 28, 1951, in Arkansas. The couple has two children. A daughter, Terri, and her husband Rick Wilkinson reside in Titusville, Fla. Their son, Bill, and his wife Roxanne reside in Collinsville, Ill.…
David Edson Chambers Life is precious … enjoy each and every moment … it can change in a blink of an eye. David Edson Chambers, husband of Traudl (Trudy) Chambers, suffered a stroke on Nov. 15. He remained in Abrazo Hospital’s ICU, until Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, when he was peacefully granted his angel wings,…
Kathy Sinnott A 24-foot obelisk will grace the southern Arizona skyline this year, offering new views of the Oro Valley horizon. The Arizona Heroes Memorial is on target to finish construction by late spring and will offer a plethora of activities for tourists and residents alike! Its scenic setting and landscaping will only be enhanced by…
AzOPT A simple fact of life is that we need three things to survive: food, air, and water. The human body is essentially made of 50% water throughout the lifespan. It varies by age, gender, and body size, but in general, we are mostly fluid. Read on to find out the vital importance of hydration.…
Ted Blaine Debbie and Ted Blaine celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 30, 2023, with PebbleCreek RV friends. They were married in Lancaster, Calif., in 1973, having met in April of that year. Debbie was a poor first year elementary school teacher and Ted was a poor first year airplane mechanic, helping build the Lockheed L-1011 airliner in Palmdale. Debbie…
Melinda Klinka My name is Shalom. I had a bad life before moving into my mom’s house in PebbleCreek. For two years, I lived in a crate with six other dogs. Then, someone rescued me and I was at Small Dog Rescue in Phoenix for five months. My mom, Pam Wallace, looked at my picture on the…
JoAnne Gaudioso Memory is the function of the brain that encodes, stores, and retrieves information. Whether you know it or not, you owe everything you do in life to memory-it enables you to speak, walk, develop relationships, and more. Essential oils like peppermint, rosemary and frankincense help support mental clarity and alertness. Tips for Finding…
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is the front door to Arizona with an average of more than 130,000 travelers coming through the airport on any given day. In addition to serving passengers near and far who travel through America’s Friendliest Airport®, Phoenix Sky Harbor takes pride in being a pillar for the community in the…
David Zapatka While reading The Metaphysics of Ping-Pong: Table Tennis as a Journey of Self Discovery by Guido Mina di Sospiro, I ran across the word redolent. His use of the word while describing table tennis rubber was intriguing. Redolent—red·o·lent adjective 1. Exuding fragrance: aromatic 2. Full of a specified fragrance: a. scented (air redolent of seaweed)…
Lynn Warren Camera Club meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month in the Coyote Room in the Creative Arts Center. Join us for an interesting presentation on Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. about Street Photography by club member Terry Schmidbauer. Terry is an experienced outdoorsman and life-long photographer and…