Category: March 2018

MountainView Lady Niners welcomes new members

  Eileen J Snearly The MountainView Lady Niners welcomed 14 new members to the Women’s Golf Association this winter. The orientation that was given by Rita Smith, membership chair, included rules and procedures. The “Partner for Par” who is a veteran niner, was paired with the new member for two rounds of league golf, and…

Find out what’s new in hiking gear

  Dale Leman Locally owned Summit Hut has long supported the efforts of SaddleBrooke Hiking Club. Entering into the outdoor retail industry in 1967 by two teenagers, Summit Hut has grown over the last 50+ years and now has two retail stores along with an internet presence. Their business focuses on providing the finest gear…

Verde Sputters news

  Trudy Rossi On Monday, February 5, 2018, SaddleBrooke One Verde Sputters hosted our putting cohorts from four miles north, the Ranchettes. Unlike 2016, the last time we hosted but the weather did not, it was an absolutely beautiful sunny, pleasant day. The putting green looked like a tulip garden of pink and green as…

Heartstrings – Our connection with the other side

  Dr. Blanche Desjean-Perrotta The SaddleBrooke Metaphysical Study Group will be sponsoring a presentation by intuitive counselor and medium, Catherine Yunt, M. C., on April 11, from 2:30-4:30 p.m., in the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center. Catherine Yunt, M.C., a research medium for nine years at the University of Arizona, will share “the mechanism of action,”…

SaddleBrooke gets its first owl nesting box

  Debbie Muise After much searching for “just the right spot” and consultation with a bird expert SaddleBrooke’s own naturalist Jim Cloer selected a tree in Bobcat Canyon for SaddleBrooke One’s first owl nesting box. On January 24, supervised by Jim, David Leary cut his way through the underbrush to the selected tree and successfully…

STC’s first president honored

  Steve Leane Garry Jenkins, STC’s first president and Garry’s vice president, Nancy Frazer, worked tirelessly together to form the club in 1994. They have witnessed many changes in STC over the past 24 years: from a small group of 50 or so active players and four courts, to today’s 400+ members, twenty courts, beautiful…

SaddleBrooke gets its first owl nesting box

  Debbie Muise After much searching for “just the right spot” and consultation with a bird expert SaddleBrooke’s own naturalist Jim Cloer selected a tree in Bobcat Canyon for SaddleBrooke One’s first owl nesting box. On January 24, supervised by Jim, David Leary cut his way through the underbrush to the selected tree and successfully…

SaddleBrooke Genealogy Club

  Lydia O’Connor The SaddleBrooke Genealogy Club members and guests received a special treat at the February 1 meeting. Our guest presenter, Karen Hall, an international and national educator and actor, entered in period custome telling of her life and love for her husband Ben Franklin. This was not the usual text book rendition or…

SaddleBrooke Lady Niners swing into spring

  Barbara Johnson On February 13, the Saddlebrooke Lady Niners traveled “across the Brooke” to join our “sisters” at MountainView in our annual Across the Brooke Tournament. This year, the ladies of MVPLN hosted the event, so if you read their article, you can see the results of this fun event – always an enjoyable…