Joe Giammarino Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) wants to thank our generous sponsors Expert Automotive and Smashburger. On Saturday, April 20, 2019, the PPB Billiards Club hosted the first 9-Ball Singles Tournament in HOA1’s newly opened, beautiful Catalina Recreation Center (CRC). The format was double elimination, two out of three in the first round…
Category: May 2019
Clubs & Classes, May 2019
SilverBelles welcome spring
The SaddleBrooke SilverBelles are excited to welcome two new dancers to our group, Michele Gildner and Tami Peterson. Michele Gildner and her husband Gary are parents of four, two girls and two boys, and moved here three years ago from Idaho. Her dance career started at five years old when a gift from her grandmother,…
Clubs & Classes, May 2019
Small Slams Bridge Club’s fundraiser for Alzheimer’s
Barbara Starrett Alzheimer’s Disease is usually a disease of aging. Four percent of people in their 70s develop it and 37% in their 90s have it. The goal is to delay the onset of the disease so we can live our lives completely to the end. There are many new approaches to treating Alzheimer’s from…
Features, May 2019
Artist of the Month
Leslie Farber: Abstract style offers creative freedom LaVerne Kyriss While she never took any formal drawing classes, Leslie Farber has always drawn. For many years, she drew realistic pictures of people, scenery, even still life. “My grandmother was an artist and she encouraged me to draw,” Farber said. “We had art class in school growing…
Sports, May 2019
Sun Lakes visits SaddleBrooke Table Tennis Club
Greg Hlushko On March 24, eight members of the table tennis team from Robson Community Sun Lakes, near Phoenix, visited our club for some friendly competition. There were 20 spirited matches of doubles played, with SaddleBrooke coming out on top 14 matches to six. The SaddleBrooke Table Tennis Club reclaimed the traveling trophy between our…
Features, May 2019
2 Your Health: How to avoid back surgery: See a chiropractor first
Craig W. Brue, D.C. A recent study from the Mayo Clinic states, “Back surgery is needed in only a small percentage of cases. Most back problems can be taken care of with nonsurgical treatments.” There is ample research evidence proving that chiropractic care should be considered before surgical intervention. These are the facts that you…
Clubs & Classes, May 2019
Saturday Morning Bridge Clinic
This clinic is a practice and critique session designed for players at intermediate and advanced levels who desire to improve their Bridge. No partner is necessary. No time commitment; come late, leave early. Meet potential new partners. Sessions run from 9:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday mornings at 37901 S. Arroyo Way in SaddleBrooke. We…
Sports, May 2019
MountainView – Preserve Couples Golf for June
Dan Hoshino The June tournament for the MountainView-Preserve Couples Golf will be on Saturday, June 8, 2019, at the Preserve Golf Course. It will be an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start; and the format will be a four-person, multiple best ball event; couples may pick their foursome. Players must sign-up on the ForeTees system by June…
May 2019
Keeping fit with Tai Chi
Carol Emerson “Wow, you really have strong legs!” the nurse said as she helped me stand to go on one of our daily walks around the hospital floor. It was something I heard over and over during those days I spent in the hospital this spring. The nurses sounded a bit incredulous that a woman…
May 2019
Word of The Month: Cenotaph
David Zapatka I’m writing this column as I’m departing from Hiroshima, Japan on the cruise ship Insignia, part of the Oceania fleet. Having just visited the Atomic Bomb Dome and seeing the memorials to all those who lost their lives, I felt somber and my throat was constricted with the flood of emotions coursing through…