Ken Marich This story starts in 1942 when WWII was underway. America’s back was against the wall as we faced Nazis in Europe and a militarist Japan in Asia. To fight the war required all of our resources and all our skill. Several of these important resources included nickel and copper. Our country needed nickel…
Elisabeth Wheeler A premier place to enjoy the beauty of a saguaro forest is Sweetwater Preserve, an 800 acre preserve located in the eastern foothills of the Tucson Mountains. An hour’s drive from SaddleBrooke, the preserve provides about 13 miles of trail, arranged in loops. SaddleBrooke hikers explored over seven miles of trail that featured…
Sandy Wagoner The members of GLAAS voted at their recent annual meeting to elect the following officers: Sandy Wagoner, president, Orville Bell, vice president, Bo Nanna, secretary and Barbara Starrett, treasurer. Changes of some wording in the by-laws were also voted on. In February we will have a members only event and in March we…
Jane Gromelski Partners Western Dance Club has a lot of boot scooting, ground pounding, dancing fun scheduled for the upcoming year. The club has scheduled a dance on Friday, February 17 with Branded Duo, Thursday, March 23 with The Workingman’s band and Friday, April 7 again with Branded Duo. Mark your calendars so you don’t…
The SaddleBrooke Israel Friendship Club (SIFC) will hold its second meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the HOA 2 DesertView Mariposa Room on February 20. Guest speaker will be David L. Graizbord, Associate Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Arizona. His topic will be The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Historical and Thematic Overview. He will…
Ed Melnick The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club’s March 15 presentation takes on an international flair when Ed Melnick shares his photographs captured while traveling to Uganda and Mongolia. Ed traveled with his wife, Judie Shyman, and friends Darlene and Lockwood Carlson to both countries and all are excited about sharing these experiences. The Ugandan show entitled,…
The Spanish Culture Club of SaddleBrooke (SCC) is a culture club, not a language club. It is composed of a group of social and intellectually curious Brookers that seek to expand their knowledge of Latin culture within the Old Pueblo and beyond. This is accomplished through monthly meetings that include speakers and tapas buffets, twice-monthly…
Mike Buckley SaddleBrooke Nature Club opened the year with an exciting meeting featuring two live vultures and record attendance. The featured speakers, Anne Peyton and Carol Marshall from Liberty Wildlife in Phoenix, gave outstanding presentations, but the highlight of the program went to Bailey, an adult male Turkey Vulture and Armadillo, an adult female Black…
Pat Mersy Grieving is a messy business. There is no recipe to get through the process, only difficult hard work. People who lose a loved one are usually in a state of shock the first couple of months. Coupled with this understandably difficult time are the requirements by the government, financial institutions and credit card…
Stefanie Modos SaddleBrooke Ceramics Club had its Christmas luncheon in January. We have been so busy with activities and events that the holidays passed us by. We decided to have our luncheon in January when things settled down. We had a wonderful turnout and luncheon. We awarded all of our members who are so involved…