Linda Eisenhart and Kathryn Von Bargen The SaddleBrooke Friday Quilters have selected their leaders for 2021: Kris Prass, president; Linda Crum, vice president; Barb Sonsnowchik, treasurer; and Loretta Edgerton, secretary. Leading this busy group will be Kris Prass. Kris and her husband Phil became snowbirds when they bought a Villa in 2001. They liked it…
Joe Allen You may not realize it, but all plants, and especially desert adapted plants*, need much less water during the winter months of December through March. Due to much cooler temperatures, there is less water evaporation from the soil as well as less transpiration of water vapor by the plants themselves. Continuing summer watering…
Ann Kuperberg As we welcome the New Year, we remember Eric Vonderheid, a SaddleBrooke bridge player who passed away. He was a lovely, gentle man who always had a ready smile at the bridge table. When we return to the MountainView game, there will be an empty space that he once occupied. In the meantime,…
G. William Myers (Lt., CEC, USN Former) The Catalina Mountain Satellite Chapter (CMSC) of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) held its November meeting on Nov. 21. The meeting began with a short business session, presided over by Col. Bill Nagy, president, during which members were updated on the chapter’s current and future activities.…
David Zapatka While playing at the IronOaks courts in Sun Lakes for my first time last month, I ran into a group of very excited, highly motivated, new pickleball players. We played a couple games together and when we departed, this question was posed to me, “What should we do to improve and become 3.5…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg “I’m lucky to do what I do,” Jay said as we sat down to interview for this article. Truth be told, it shows every day when we see Jay conducting golf lessons on our driving range. Jay loves the game of golf—he always has—and this love of golf started at age…
Diana Wille As the new year dawns, it might be time to set some new life goals. Goal setting is a powerful process, motivating us to dream an ideal future and act to make that dream a reality. We may remember goal setting from work, but it is important to set goals for fun times…
Ann Lange The MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association (MPWGA) took a COVID mulligan on the President’s Cup, originally scheduled last March. The two-day COVID-revised event was teed back up on Dec. 1 at The Preserve and Dec. 8 at MountainView. A poster bearing the names of all twelve presidents was presented on the first tee box.…
Becky Kueker I absolutely love giving presents. I look all year for special gifts that really suit the person. Something WOW, not in cost, but in thought. In early November my friend had a special birthday. She is a widow and I wanted to do something for her that she would never expect. My wonderful…
Vera Shury Happy New Year! Think about starting this new year with what are called “Tiny Habits” by BJ Fogg and maybe that will contribute to maintaining resolutions. Our classes are starting Jan. 5 on Tuesdays from 1:30 to 3 p.m. and Thursdays 1:30 to 3 p.m. year around in the SaddleBrooke One Craft Center…