Savo Fries and Dick Kroese Tabitha Yim recently visited the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club. A former elite gymnast and assistant coach for the Stanford Women’s Gymnastics Team, she was hired in 2015 as the head coach of the University of Arizona Women’s Gymnastics Team by then Athletic Director Greg Byrne. Coach Yim is a talented…
Phil Simpson Ever had the good fortune to be dealt an ace-high straight flush? On April 8 and 9, SaddleBrooke’s intrepid natators played their own version of poker’s rarest and strongest hand, as our DesertView Pool Sharks pulled off a Royal Splash, swimming to a stunning fifth consecutive U.S. Masters Arizona State Short Course Yards…
Pat Cox Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge No. 2815 used a $2,000 Elks National Foundation Beacon Grant to purchase pancake mix, syrup and Spam for the food bank at IMPACT of Southern Arizona. Under the leadership of Catalina Mountain Elks Community Activities Coordinator Jan Trudeau, over 30 lodge members assembled 350 bags with these food items…
Kathleen Thompson A beautiful spring day in late March became a very special day for Tianni Whitman, a student with Teens Sew Cool after school sewing program for teen and preteen students. Tianni was surprised and thrilled when she was awarded a brand new Brother Project Runway sewing machine. A very deserving student, she was…
Kay White Graduations are memorable. You have reached a point in your life where you have completed a task that is very worthwhile – a high school graduation, a college graduation or in this case a Square Dance Class graduation. Whoever is graduating and wherever they’re graduating from, these longest lasting shirt blankets would make…
Patti R. Albaugh Most of us have taken the “If it’s Tuesday, it must be Belgium” tours. There’s a different way to travel, says Brian Mundy, founder of the European Travel Club. Mundy spoke to SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club about customized tours that his group arranges and guides. When he and his wife came to…
Gloria Quigg New Website Is Online We’ve been alluding to a new website for SaddleBrooke Computer Club for a couple of months. It is now online. Our webmaster Richard Beaty made a great effort to keep the look and feel of our old site on our new site so it will seem very familiar. Now…
Twink Gates-Zimdar It was a beautiful spring day, Easter Saturday, with a mild breeze in SaddleBrooke Ranch when 10 ladies from the British Club gathered together for a coffee morning and book exchange held at the home of Sheila Bray on Saturday, April 15 once again enjoying their camaraderie and exchanging tales of their lives…
Martin Herbert Hello, everyone! What a great evening it was! Over 80 folks enjoyed a Tour de France themed dinner and dance at the CycleMasters annual awards event on March 27. Many thanks to Sharon Hoff and her crew, Joanne Marmon, Diana Luthy, Kay Erb and Bob Hoff and the super hard working staff of…
Barbara Starrett Every year the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) on the summer solstice holds The Longest Day event to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Association. From sunrise to sunset, members across the country host tournaments, teach lessons and play multiple sessions to advance the cause. This year SaddleBrooke’s two ACBL sanctioned bridge clubs, MountainView…