Linda Buishas My niece called me from her car one recent afternoon. I couldn’t hear her words for the squealing coming from her back seat. It was my two-year-old great-niece calling out my name. To someone else it might have been unintelligible babble, but to me, it was the sound of her pure love, music…
The Robson Ranch Shredding & Recycling Day will be on Saturday, June 14, from 9 to 11 a.m. The shredding cost is $5 (cash) per bag or box, and computer hard drives or printers crushed are $5 each (cash). Magic Shred will take any paper documents that you need shred, but please remove paper from…
Char Niemi Our Singles Club members’ response to our April Casino Night Party was fantastic. So much so, we contacted our vendor to arrange for additional gaming tables to accommodate everyone. Each attendee received $1,000 in casino play money with which to gamble in a variety of classic casino games, including Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Texas…
The Garden Club held a brief meeting at President Lori Slocum’s home on May 19. Lori was presented with a purple glass bird bath to thank her for serving as our president. Besty Duncan was unanimously voted in as president for the 2025-26 club year, starting in September. Our club does not meet in June,…
Dianne Ace The May meeting of Voices United featured a talk by Barb Petsel concerning grief and our response to it. Barb, who retired in 2019, is a licensed professional counselor, registered nurse, and the former program director of Journey of Hope, a grief support center. Barb explained that grief is the emotions and thinking…
Elaine Kushmaul A group of progressive women met to engage in a facilitated book discussion. The book Waking Up White, by Debby Irving, was the focus of a deep and reflective discussion. The conversation explored the themes of race, privilege, and systemic inequality that Irving addresses in her memoir. Participants were struck by Irving’s candid…