Category: March 2017

MountainView Bridge Club news

Steve Maltzman and Donna DePesa are frequent winners in the weekly games.

Ann Kuperberg John Wolf, a regular Duplicate Bridge player and long-time Tucson resident who passed away, will be remembered by the SaddleBrooke Bridge community with a commemorative brick on the patio outside the Activity Center. He was jokingly called “Mr. No-Trump.” Weekly duplicate games at DesertView are held on Tuesday and Friday afternoon and everyone…

Square Dance progress

Shirts and skirts with club colors and National Flags at the Yuma Festival

Bob White January and February sure are busy months for the SaddleBrooke Squares Dance Club. First of all the dance lessons for new students are moving right along. As I write this article near the end of February, the class of 2017 has finished up with their first round of lessons called main stream. This…

Wanting to explore and understand Bible scripture?

Paul Vincent Volpe If so, join our group, the Men’s Bible Study (MBS), here in SaddleBrooke. Our MBS commenced on Friday, October 7, 2016, and continues every Friday, from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. through June. Our practice is to meet at 8:00 a.m. in the HOA 2 MountainView Dining Room for breakfast/coffee and fellowship. Then,…

Israel’s water innovations leave audience thirsty for more

The SaddleBrooke Israel Friendship Club (SIFC) held its last meeting of this winter season on March 6. Professor Sharon Megdal, Director of the University Arizona Water Resource Research Center (WRRC), discussed Arizona’s water shortage and its connection to innovations in Israel. Dr. Megdal made a major contribution to the PBS film Beyond the Mirage, which reveals…

SPA celebrates its tenth year

Andrea Molberg Pickleball in SaddleBrooke is 10 years old! SPA (SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association) was conceived and the initial charter signed on February 26, 2007. The first court was outlined with masking tape in the MountainView parking lot and play was limited to weekends only because of traffic. The tape would rub off and need to…

Learn to be safe with firearms

NRA Instructor and Training Counselor Ron Finelli.

A handgun safety and proper use class is being offered by NRA instructor and Training Counselor Ron Finelli. This class is open to anyone who wishes to be safer with his or her own gun, to know more about firearms, or anyone who wants to shoot better. Topics include: How to follow three rules which…

SASO performs Faure’s Requiem

Punch Howarth Many in the community and SASO were saddened by the death of Samuel (Sam) Kreiling in December. Sam had many talents as a professional pilot, musician, golfer and friend. My association with Sam started when we both joined the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra in the same year. He had recruited me as he…