Vicki Baker When we think of poverty, lacking money for food, water, clothing, and shelter quickly comes to mind. However, poverty is much more than just not having enough money. It’s not having medical care when sick, not having access to schools for an education, not having a job to secure a future. It’s also…
Cynthia Drury On May 12 a group of ladies from Fellowship At The Ranch Church visited Gemini Peach and Rose Farm, a private garden made available to the public. With perfect weather for their tour, the roses were absolutely beautiful, thanks to beneficial rains the prior week! Our group was given a private tour by…
Dave Parker The House Band (host) for the May meeting of the Rock & Roll Martini Group was Deb and Larry Nortunen. Deb Nortunen, party planner extraordinaire, planned a Bourbon & Blues Party after their recent Kentucky Bourbon Trail trip. Deb and Larry rolled out bourbon meatballs, honey bourbon chicken, and bourbon baked beans. The…
Ruth Loyd demonstrated a “Quilt as You Go” tutorial at the last meeting of the Material Girls Club. It was a completely different kind of quilting and, of course, Ruth being Ruth, jazzed it up with some machine embroidery. It’s always fun to be introduced to something new. We have members who have been sewing…
Sandy Hestes Did you know that you can do exercises to help develop your own drawing skills and creativity? Pat Heberling, Paint & Palette Club treasurer, led a group of artists through several practice exercises recently to help inspire and revitalize their drawing skills. Activities were designed to help you “see” what you are drawing…
Vicki Baker There’s a famous quote attributed to Winston Churchill that goes, “History is written by the victors.” This belief could only be true if history was fixed, settled, and static. It never is. It keeps evolving. When new facts emerge, it gets revisited. That’s been the case with author and historian E. R. Bills,…