James Wetegrove, Publication Chairman This week the new slate of officers and committee chairs for the 2021 SB Men’s Nine Hole Golf League were introduced at the general meeting in the SaddleBrooke One Clubhouse. We have an exciting year of golf planned. Visit our golf schedule on the Niner’s website at www.sites.google.com/site/sbmens9ers/home for all the complete…
Category: January 2021
Sports, January 2021
Pickleball: Pickleball on the LPGA Tour
Nancy Dowell SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association Inc. (SPA) has many golfers among its members. In fact, pickleball and golf may be mutually beneficial. An article was published recently by Steve Eubanks, managing editor for the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and New York Times best seller author, about one golfer who is finding different kinds of fun…
Sports, January 2021
What Is the SaddleBrooke Swim Club All About? Part II
Elizabeth Henley Coached Workouts DesertView swimming pool is home base for the club. Since it opened, the club has reserved morning times for coached workouts. Currently, we swim seven days per week from 7 to 10:35 a.m. On six days, there are three workouts; on Sundays, we have two longer workouts. Coach Doug Springer was…
Features, January 2021
Word of the Month: Sublime
David Zapatka My friend Mike Schneider and I were discussing this quote from The Urantia Book recently: “Such spirit-born individuals are so unmotivated in life that they can calmly stand by while their fondest ambitions perish and their keenest hopes crash; they positively know that such catastrophes are but the redirecting cataclysms which wreck one’s temporal creations…
Features, February 2021
This I Have Learned: Happy Valentine’s Day from Around the World!
Mary Jo Bellner-Swartzberg Much has been written about Valentine’s Day over the centuries. Shrouded in mystery, Valentine’s Day has the vestiges of Roman, Catholic, and pagan traditions. History has indicated that Valentine greetings date back to the Middle Ages. It may not surprise anyone that Valentine’s Day is big business—in 2019 Americans spent $20.7 billion for Valentine’s…
Sports, January 2021
Relishing Pickleball: Common Mistakes and How to Fix Them (Mistakes 3 and 4)
David Zapatka This 12-common-mistakes column began after playing with some very excited, highly motivated, new pickleball players at our community courts recently. After playing a couple games, this question was posed to me: “What should we do to improve and become 3.5 players?” Last month we reviewed the first two mistakes. This month we take a…
Features, January 2021
Cowgirls Don’t Ride Sidesaddle
Stuart Watkins Cowgirls know how to help a mare give birth. They know how to ride the back-forty searching for strays. Cowgirls barrel-race in rodeos and dance the Texas Two Step. They sip coffee from a tin can by the campfire. Cowgirls know the difference between a rifle and a pistol. They know the difference…
Clubs & Classes, February 2021
A Virtual Workout You Can Do at Home: Zumba Gold
Features, January 2021
Not all Poems Rhyme
Stuart Watkins conquests and keeping score was my game before meeting you you gotta believe look into my eyes and hear my words you caught my eye long before we met noticed your smile, heard your laughter, kindness touched everyone you met timid and shy, yet brave and strong, my heart was drawn by the…
Features, February 2021
SaddleBrooke Gift Shop’s February Featured Artist: Dorothy Krieger
Linda Whitehead The Gift Shop proudly presents February’s talented artist, Dorothy Krieger. Dorothy was born and grew up in Juneau, Alaska, in a house her father built when Juneau’s population was only about 6,000. Dorothy attended school in Juneau before attending the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. Dorothy held several jobs before going to work…