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Meet your Council Member, Lynne Skelton
I can’t think of a better way of reaching tech-savvy town residents than using a blog in the Sahuarita Star. Being one of the “old timers” in the Sahuarita community and living on the west side of town, I have the disadvantage of not meeting a lot of the newer residents moving into Rancho Sahuarita and other new communities. So many newer residents have questions, concerns and even misunderstandings about the town and I feel that without sharing the town’s history and local issues, their questions and concerns will go unanswered.
A brief profile on Lynne Skelton
Before moving to Southern Arizona, I enjoyed being the daughter of a Naval Officer and later the spouse (now former) of an Air Force NCO. I was raising two daughters and started a career in the title/escrow industry in 1986. Shortly after moving to Tucson, my career took off managing a title office in Green Valley. I knew without a doubt I had to relocate to this area. My initial motivation was to enroll my daughters in SUSD however after moving to Sahuarita, I grew to love the community, the people and the rural lifestyle. My interest in town issues came about when residents of Sahuarita were petitioning to incorporate. I was against incorporation and even signed a petition after the incorporation to dis-incorporate. The attempt to dis-incorporate failed. However, my friend Lefty taught me to “Give up hope and take Action.” I first volunteered to serve on the Economic Development Commission. Shortly after my appointment to the commission, a council member resigned. I applied for the vacancy and to my dismay the council voted in favor of my appointment. It was a rocky appointment that caused one council member to resign and a council meeting filled with name-calling and personal attacks. After the completion of the remaining term as an “appointee”, I ran for the vacancy in 2003 and won. My term ends in 2007.
My daughters left Sahuarita after graduation and live in Tucson. I have a 3-year-old granddaughter in Tucson and 2 step-granddaughters living in OR. My husband Dennis and I are both retired. Dennis retired from Raytheon in 2003 and I took early retirement in 2005. Dennis is serving on the Pima Assoc. of Governments Environmental Advisory Board as Sahuarita representative, is a volunteer with the high school CTE program and is a big supporter of the Sahuarita community remaining a safe, wholesome community.
I hope that this brief introduction will provide you with the notion that I’m not much different from you or your family. I made a choice to get involved with the formation of our community because I care and I continue to care. And now I call upon all residents of Sahuarita to feel free to contact me with their questions or concerns. I look forward to hearing from you.
Lynne Skelton's posts
49 weeks ago (0 comments)
The real crisis would have been if raw sewage were left untreated, causing an environmental problem.
77 weeks ago (3 comments)
Town of Sahuarita Parks & Recreation department is presenting the Cinco De Mayo Kickball Tournament.
79 weeks ago (2 comments)
engage the students in active discussion but most of all encourage them to continue with their passion.
82 weeks ago (9 comments)
Consider this: if they succeed in suppressing the ideas they don’t like today, others may use that precedent to suppress the ideas they do like tomorrow.
99 weeks ago (7 comments)
Pima County is beginning a planning process for a future County-Wide Bond Election. It is important for the community of Sahuarita to attend and offer input or run the risk that our community will no
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Marvelous job of engaging the imagination and creativity for all. Thanks for sharing.
A human being is a part of the whole called the “universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of…consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in all its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself part of the liberation and foundation for inner security.
- Albert Einstein
Since reading that quote from Einstein, I have started my mornings with prayer and mediation. By doing so, I have found the ability to free myself from the prison Einstein speaks of and strive for the foundation for inner security. Today however, my day started rather hectic and while I was trying to calm down and rejoice in the new day, the outside noise began to annoy me. While I was having self-blaming thoughts of not taking quiet time in the early morning hours, the spirit reached me. Ahh, this is what I am looking for, release from my optical delusion of consciousness. No longer did the yakking sound of the cactus wren annoy me, no longer did the garbage truck distract me. My spirit rejoiced in the sound of nature. I found peace this morning.
I love it – and I’m not bored! Please, keep going.
Two years ago we hosted an exchange student from Brazil and she spoke of how wonderful Brazilian chocolate is and did not care for American chocolate.
I believe the large manufactures of inexpensive chocolate (in America) add a long list of ingredients that compromises the true taste of chocolate. As children we don’t notice it, however as adults, when you have tasted “true” chocolate it is hard to settle for the waxy inexpensive chocolate sold most stores across America. Years ago when I learned of what goes in, stays in and has the FDA approval in chocolate bars and ice crème, I swore off eating chocolate. Well, my memory has faded and my pocketbook occasionally allows me to spurge on some of the finer things – so I indulge in good chocolate when I can.
My favorite is chocolate covered almonds. Trader Joes sells a brand that I love. And then there’s Sees….I love Sees chocolate.
It is a fun game that children to adults can play and not risk major injury. I always enjoyed playing because it didn't require the skill level as softball or soccer (less running than soccer too) lol. However, a full description of the game, nothing better than Wikipedia: Kickball is a playground game and competitive league game, similar to baseball, invented in the United States circa 1942.
American World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle reported it being played by U.S. soldiers during the North African campaign, 1942-1943.
Also referred to as "soccer baseball," it is typically played on a softball diamond with a 10- to 16-inch (250- to 400-mm) inflated rubber ball. As in baseball/softball, the game uses 3 bases and a "home plate." The pitcher bowls the ball towards the catcher, and the "batter" kicks it with his foot. In some games, batters request a certain type of pitch-- rolling, bouncing slightly, or bouncing 1" to 2" off the ground. Once the ball is kicked, the batter's objective is to reach base. In addition to tagging a base to get a forced runner out, or getting a runner out by touching them with a held ball, fielders may throw the ball at a runner to get them out (though hitting a runner above the shoulders with a thrown ball is often either discouraged or illegal; the latter being the more common rule). Sometimes, in pickup-type games, a "pitcher's hand" rule may be used. When this rule is in effect, the batter may be out if the pitcher has the ball at the mound before the runner reaches base. If a player catches the ball but has a body part on the ground the runner is safe.