Ted Belanger March 12 was another beautiful day in SaddleBrooke for a bike ride to our destination breakfast at Pat and Bruce Somerhalder’s home. 35 members rode their bikes on different routes and all met up for the breakfast. A special presentation of Bruce’s Railroad exhibit, which featured five different trains with homemade trestles, tunnels,…
Lynne Kumza Thirty members of the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club made their way to a fun-filled afternoon in the Vermilion Room. Our theme for the day was a Hawaiian Luau. And they came wearing flowered shirts, hula skirts, muumuus and sarongs. During our regular dance session we did more than line dance. Several members of…
Elisabeth Wheeler It’s an adventure to climb up 2100 feet in about two miles to find a red painted mailbox and a wrought iron bench, as well as a 360 degree view. That’s what six SaddleBrooke hikers discovered after a steep, slippery hike up Picket Post. Picket Post is a daunting angular shaped volcanic butte…
Punch Howarth Academic Festival Overture Op. 80 (G. Akedemische Festouverture) by Johannes Brahms will open the final concert of the current season by the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra conducted by Linus Lerner. Also on this program of mighty-major works are Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto performed by Emily Sun and Symphonie Fantastique, a five movement symphony by…
Anni Evans Would you believe that you can help make a difference in children’s lives by not telling any jokes for an entire month? Well, that is just what Mike Westerbeck accomplished when he challenged the SaddleBrooke Squares to make donations to Kids’ Closet. By Mike not telling jokes the group managed to collect enough…
Jim Vavra The SaddleBrooke Democratic Club held its monthly meeting on March 8. Our guest speaker at the meeting was Political Director for the Arizona Democratic Party Barbara Lubin. Barbara provided us with information about the latest controversial bills being proposed by the Arizona Legislature along with guidance as to who to contact in Phoenix…
Joe Giammarino Pool Players of the Brooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch Billiards Club want to thank SaddleBrooke Ranch and our generous sponsors Lindsay’s Quality Cues, Carlota’s Authentic Mexican, Brake Max by Bashas’ and Leiber Custom Homes LLC. On February 27, 2016, the SaddleBrooke Ranch hosted an 8-Ball Tournament. Tournament Directors were Dominic Borland and Joe Giammarino.…
Ken Marich The SaddleBrooke Coin Club (SBCC) will be sponsoring a half day coin show on Saturday, April 16, 2016, in the Sonoran Room in the MountainView Clubhouse. Free admission. The show will be open to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Coin Show will feature educational coin exhibits, free numismatic literature,…
You want to live lively? Then do join our family of friends and laugh, dance, socialize and enjoy living la vida loca, live lively! Try it! If you don’t like it, no problem! But you do deserve the experience of trying and seeing what you may be missing. You don’t know until you try. Trying…
Bob Edelblut If I were the eighth hole at the MountainView Golf Course I would be asking, “Why is everyone picking on me?” For the fifth time in the first two months of the year a hole-in-one was scored at this hole and the current winner is Bob Maruniak. By the way, this is the…