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If you could save a life, would you? You can. Just sign up to become an organ donor. You could save up to 8 lives or help those who need tissue to recover from burns and other wounds. Or to regain vision or hearing. Your gift is sorely needed. Every day about 79 people receive organ transplants. But 18 people …
We stoke the morning campfires and hearths so Sun Boy can find his way home—home again from the eastern reaches, home again from the dark—to discover us here, circled around our signal fires, huddled in the cold, waiting and watching and expecting relief, preparing our welcome, anticipating reunion, yearning for the warm blessings upon his return…. We stoke the morning …
It’s that time of year again. The time when a young man’s fancy turns to…No wait, that’s not right…It is the time for the Annual Cookie Drive. I started a couple of years ago trying to find the history of this particular annual event, but it seems to have been lost in the mists of the “Long, Long Ago”. It …
The first Arts and Craft Show was such a big success that they decided to hold another one on the first Saturday of February, or if you prefer, February 3 from 10 to 2 at the Christian Service Center. To shelter everyone from the sun, it will be held in the Friendship Arch by the church building. There will be …
I do not know if the desert people are still holding Poetry Gatherings once a month at this time, but thought you all might want to know our “history” of the gatherings, from fall 1994 through several years of sharing in those gatherings. We first heard about the Poetry “Readings” in late November 1994…our CB radio was on, Bob Dossett, …
Our Liberry is still in a state of flux. We tried something new, which evidently most people did not like, so we are now in the process of reorganizing ourselves again. You should be noticing some stickers on the spines of our books. That is a color-coding system which we are implementing to help our Sweethearts shelve, and our patrons …
I made a few errors in the last issue, and I thank everyone that pointed them out, as I strive to make this newsletter accurate. In the CSC article, I failed to mention that at the CSC office you can get copies, send faxes, or have something notarized, as Jeri is a licensed Notary. I also did not include that …
The Yuma Proving Grounds turns 75. On February 3, 2018 the celebration begins at 10 am and lasts until 6pm. It will be held at Con Field at YPG. It will include a military free fall school with parachute jumps, a high performance jet flyover by MCAS from Yuma, military equipment displays and a fireworks extravaganza. Entertainment features The Manhattan …
Why do we come to the desert? Is it just to escape the North’s cold? Could it also be beauty and friendship, Or is that just being too bold? They say there are rattlers and scorpions And cactus, salt cedar and dust, And rocks and ravines and mountains So steep your poor wheels would bust! A chance to see those …
The frosty days of winter are upon us. The temperatures are dropping…. Wait a minute that is at home, not here. OK now that is settled, what the committee really wants to say is that it is time to READ. According to one of our Sweethearts, the books are flying off the shelf. She says she is shelving more books …