Melissa Kallett, Recreation Director COVID numbers are on the decline, the community is starting to open up, and a return to normalcy is on the horizon; so, let’s all get outside, smile at each other, and get fit in a community Social Distance Fun Run on Saturday, May 8! In order to beat the heat,…
Norma Whitley It was an exciting and fun season for the PebbleCreek Roadrunners tennis team. The Roadrunners are one of many teams in the Women’s Interclub Tennis League (WITL). The teams play throughout the valley each week from the end of September through mid-April. Tennis play between teams is on a reciprocating basis, so when…
Ronnie Levine TTT Chapter Q is alive and well and looking forward to getting back to our primary goal—sending fourth grade girls to camp. Unfortunately, the pandemic did not allow for us to send any girls to camp in 2020 or 2021, which was a big disappointment for TTT and the girls from Heritage Elementary…
On Monday, April 26, Maricopa County Library District (MCLD) moved into its next phase of reopening by bringing back full browsing access at all 18 of its library branches. In this next phase, customers can now stop by the library during Pop-In Pickup hours to browse every shelf and all sections to find their…
David Zapatka Last month’s column on “negentropy” elicited this response from a reader, “My thermodynamics class was at 8 a.m. and I slept through that particular law. Thanks for the review albeit a little late to do anything with it.” There’s an art to scheduling university classes and avoiding 8 a.m. classes was one of…
Larry Conrad Aamodt Larry Conrad Aamodt passed away peacefully with his wife, Pat, and daughter Riki, at his side on March 24, 2021. He was born in Rolette, N.D. to Mabel and John Aamodt on Dec. 3, 1944. The youngest of five children, Raymond Aamodt (deceased), Robert Aamodt (deceased), Marvin Aamodt (deceased), and Jeanette McBain. Larry graduated from…