Bob Edelblut On Friday, January 1, 2016, the eighth hole at the MountainView Golf Course was the scene of the first hole-in-one of the year. To be exact it occurred at 11:10 a.m. MST under sunny skies with an ideal 60 degree temperature. What a setting for Rennie Temple to record his third career ace.…
Elaine Kienitz The new year started with our Founders’ Cup Tournament and luncheon. The Founders’ Cup gives us a chance to pay tribute to the ladies who founded our club in 1990. The winner of the tournament is determined by the best overall low net score. The winner of the 2016 Founders’ Cup is Vernie…
Bob Edelblut On January 14, the eighth hole at the MountainView Golf Course yielded another hole-in-one and the winner this time is Dan Nordhill. First of all, congratulations for getting your first hole-in-one and for doing same while playing in a regular Thursday M-PMGA event for, as you know, free beer will flow at the…
Ted Belanger On a cool January 2 Saturday morning ride 37 members of the CycleMasters rode their bikes around SaddleBrooke in search of the Candy Cane Tree. The beautiful pine tree in the Villas complex was decorated with different colored candy canes, with five specific colored canes eventually being the winners. Which one to choose…
Fran Berman Fifteen people attended the Freethinkers on January 21, the third Thursday of the month. Thirdsty Thursday is a social gathering of SaddleBrooke Freethinkers and guests during happy hour at the Roadrunner Grill. Attendees included residents of SaddleBrooke One, SaddleBrooke Two and SaddleBrooke Ranch. We meet new people at every meeting and introduce them…
Dr. Mark Magdanz Classes started January 18 with a fun loving bunch of SaddleBrookers and Ranchers having a ball on various dance floors. The 2016 Winter/Spring class series runs through April. Rebecca’s line dance classes and happy feet sessions serve all skill levels from novice through high intermediate. Year round classes are always the rule,…
Paul Shalita 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…
Dance-A-Thon 2016 dance ‘til you drop On January 9 in the MountainView Ballroom over a hundred dancers proved that dance marathons — an American phenomenon of the 1920s and 30s — still live on in the new millennium right here in SaddleBrooke! Okay, we may not have endured hundreds of hours, draped exhaustedly over our…
Mary Ann White Sonoran Searchers is a group of Questers with twenty members. They met at Pat Tygselski’s home January 13, 2016, for their first meeting of the year. Pat was assisted by Chris Shepard. Pat gave the program about Llado figurines. She showed her beautiful collection and then gave the history of the Spanish…
Hal Dieterle Another AARP Smart Driver class (formerly called Driver Safety) will be presented on February 26 at the Oro Valley Police Department from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (four hour class). The AARP Smart Driver program is the nation’s first and largest refresher course for drivers age 50 and older and has helped millions…