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…
Mary Kopp It started off like any other hike, a group of 16 enthusiastic hikers setting off to explore the scenic sites that surrounded the Catalina State Park. The six mile Deer Camp site begins as the Fifty-Year Trailhead proceeds along the Baby Jesus and Samaniego Ridge Trails, ending at a camp site situated westward…
Annual Community Food Drive Nan Nasser For the seventeenth year SaddleBrooke Community Outreach has sponsored a community food drive to benefit our neighbors in Pinal County. On Saturday, March 19 members of SBCO and area residents were involved in curbside pickups, bringing donations to the MountainView Country Club parking lot, sorting all food, checking for…
Gary Averett The SaddleBrooke Men’s Golf Association (SMGA) held the annual SMGA Match Play Tournament February 27 to March 5 at the SaddleBrooke Golf Course. Match play is a much different game of golf than normal stroke play in which only the total score determines the winner. In match play, whoever of the two competitors…
The SaddleBrooke Silversmith and Lapidary Club took time out from their busy schedules of designing, enameling, etching, soldering and making beautiful cabochons to have a social potluck. Most of the members are preparing for the upcoming craft show event in March and took the time to relax and socialize. The club is a great resource…
Twink Gates-Zimdar A fond farewell for the following members who have played an integral part in the success of the British Club over the past years: George Vardy (past president) and Jean Vardy (past Social Committee Chair), Doreen Daniels (past Membership Chair, Social Committee and Member at Large) and Jim Daniels, Peggy Vitale (past Social…
Like the children’s story of the engine that pulled a train across difficult terrain to its destination, so it was with the Pet Rescue Network Power of Us fundraiser’s $10,000 goal. During the four month effort, Network partners rallied to repeat the little blue engine’s mantra, “We think we can, we think we can.” We’re…
Pam Boedeker and JoAnn Waddell Holly Richter, the Arizona Water Projects Director for the Arizona Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, provided an overview of Colorado River Basin water issues to the SaddleBrooke Nature Club on March 10. The watershed of the Colorado River encompasses essentially the entire state of Arizona, including large tributary streams like…
Leonard Gann A group of SaddleBrooke competitive players, led by manager Tim Ward, played a doubleheader March 16 against a team from Apache Junction. The home team proved to not be a very good host, winning two games with scores of 25 to 5 and 27 to 14. In the first game the fine pitching…
LaVerne Tucker Republican Women heard Dr. Kelli Ward March 18. She is running for US Senator and spoke for a better health program, border control as well as more effectiveness in the Senate. State House of Representative Vince Leach talked of our passing Proposition 123 that would send millions of dollars for K through 12…