The Network works with Pima Animal Care Center and rescue groups to place homeless pets, provide financial support for pets’ medical needs and on the first Friday of the month we pick up your gently used clean towels, linens, blankets and flat sheets and pet supplies such as carriers and pet food. Prescription containers are…
Category: April 2017
Sports, April 2017
Verde Sputters host MountainView Lady Putters
The Verde Sputters of HOA 1 hosted a fun day of putting, lunch, prizes and laughter on Monday, March 6. Although it looked like a beautiful SaddleBrooke day with lots of sunshine, the wind played tricks on the putters out on the green and light coats were a necessity. Everyone made it through the 18…
Sports, April 2017
2017 Ryder Cup Face Off
Bob Edelblut The Ryder Cup, like the name implies, mimics the PGA’s Ryder Cup format. In this tournament the MPMGA and the SMGA have the opportunity to showcase their very best golfers. Each Men’s Club puts together a team with 15 of its lowest handicap players and one of its resident professionals. Yes, all these…
Front Page, April 2017
Art in the Garden April 23
Nan Nasser Have you ever vacationed at a beach and wandered along the water line looking for/at shells? I have brought home many treasures and then didn’t know quite what to do with them. SaddleBrooke resident Suzanne Stewart knows exactly what to do with those beauties, designing one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry that will be on…
Clubs & Classes, April 2017
Catalina State Park hike
Going for a hike before the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club’s Spring Picnic at Catalina State Park is very popular! Twenty-three hikers explored the Ridgeline/50 Year Loop from the Equestrian Center in the park. Along the four mile trail hikers had fun discovering 29 different wildflowers including anemones, blue dicks, bladderpods, California suncups, white Easter bonnets and…
Clubs & Classes, April 2017
SilverBelles unveils new website
Vivian Herman Everything you ever wanted to know about us is now available on our first ever comprehensive website, saddlebrooke-silverbelles.com. Read the informational flyer to find out how and who to call to book us for a performance; see where we’ve danced, check out our costumes—even view our submission video to America’s Got Talent. You’ll…
Clubs & Classes, April 2017
SaddleBrooke Libraries – more than books
Rollinde Prager Have you visited the SaddleBrooke libraries lately? Do you know that there are three libraries in SaddleBrooke? The SaddleBrooke Library in the SaddleBrooke Clubhouse, the Cholla Library in the MountainView Clubhouse and the DesertView Library at the DesertView Theater and Sports Complex are fantastic resources for books, videos and magazines. Our libraries are…
Clubs & Classes, April 2017
MountainView Bridge Club news
Ann Kuperberg Congratulations to SaddleBrooke’s own Mike Levy who made the esteemed Barry Crane Top 500 list of Bridge players from around the United States. At the February weekly duplicate games on Tuesday and Friday afternoon, repeat winners were Steve Maltzman and Donna DePesa, Arlene and Jack Mayfield, Eric Vonderheid with Bob Brussel, Bob Murray…
Clubs & Classes, April 2017
Questers Catalina Timewalkers enjoy Russian Santa presentation
Harriet Shemer At their March meeting, Mary Anderson displayed and gave a presentation on her Russian Santas collection and other Russian memorabilia. Below is part of her presentation. “Collecting Russian Santas began on September 11 when visiting Russia on business and pleasure. While Neiman Marcus was displaying these in their Christmas catalog that year, I…
Clubs & Classes, April 2017
SaddleBrooke Troop Support luncheon featured the Friday Pilots
Jenny Rink The 2017 American Heroes luncheon on March 8, sponsored by SaddleBrooke Troop Support, was enjoyed by a sold-out audience of 150. The speakers were from a group called “The Friday Pilots,” a group of fighter pilots, bomber pilots, airline pilots, corporate pilots and astronauts who meet for lunch every Friday at Hacienda Del…