Can you believe it? We’re in the middle of August already. And that means two things to me.

It’s phone book time, and Saturday, August 15, is the major fund-raiser for the River of Time Museum.

The Italian Dinner fund-raiser for the River of Time Museum will begin at 5 p.m. at the Fountain Hills Community Center.

Advance tickets are on sale for $15 each or two for $25 at Gridleys, Sami’s Fine Jewelry, Kay Kinder’s Fountain Fashions, The Times office and at the museum.

Tickets will be sold at the door for $15 each. Children are welcome and cost for them is just $5 each.

There will be both a live and a silent auction and a drawing for a $100 cash prize. A variety of items are available in the two auctions ranging from a week’s vacation in Mexico to a wine tasting party to Diamondbacks tickets.

Once again, Phil’s Filling Station Restaurant will provide the food for the evening. A big thank you to owner Phil Rodakis.

We’ll see you there.

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Well, it must be the end of summer, at least for The Times staff, even if you can’t tell it by the temperatures outside.

The kids are back in school, the Museum fund-raiser is this weekend and we’re talking about the phone book around the office.

Letters to advertisers are going out next week. Any business can take advantage of an early-bird discount. Those businesses that have their ads in and paid for by Oct. 16 will receive a 10 percent discount off their entire bill.

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The August edition of Let’s Go was the last print edition you will receive. Beginning with the September edition, that publication will go totally on-line.

You can find it on the internet by typing www.my letsgo.com.

We have been providing you people features, entertainment news, information on hikes and other recreational things to do, well as Editor Linda McThrall’s “Short Stuff” column and Ryan Winslett’s “Tech Talk” and movie review columns. All of the items are oriented to the Northeast Valley.

Beginning in September, you will still be able to get this information, except it will only be available on-line.

The “On the Go” monthly calendar of activities will also be a part of it and will also be published in the last edition of The Times each month.

Linda has also been named Special Publications Editor.

In addition to overseeing the development of the new on-line edition of Let’s Go, she will be developing new print and digital publications as well as continuing our existing print publications except The Times.

She will also continue development of our company’s social media presence.

Be watching The Times for more news on our company as it develops.

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Daughter Holly dusted off her dance shoes recently.

She appeared in a production of “Spamalot” at the Hollywood Bowl in the Los Angeles area.

She retired from the stage in 2007 after a 15-year dance career on Broadway in New York City that included the lead in two shows, “Contact” and “Movin’ Out.”

Last Spring, she received a call from a person affiliated with BT McNicholl who would be directing the Hollywood Bowl version of the Broadway musical that is based on the cult movie comedy “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,

One critic said,“Spamalot leaves no silliness unturned.”

Actors Christian Slater, taking a break from his USA Network series, “Mr. Robot,” and Jesse Tyler Ferguson of ABC’s “Modern Family” were two of the male leads.

Holly said she was called to be one of six dancers in the show, without asking what she had been doing or what shape she was in. She hadn’t danced on stage since performing in a tribute to Mel Brooks three years ago. She now has a successful photography business in north San Diego County and lives in Carlsbad.

“It was a fun two weeks, and the dancing wasn’t anything difficult,” she said. “It

was nice that someone remembered me.”