Randy Park The annual spring picnic and official club business meeting was held on Friday, March 3 at Catalina State Park. Close to 100 members attended. Current membership is over 640. Earlier in the day two hikes in the park were led by Elisabeth Wheeler and Karen Gray. Prior to the election of new officers,…
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…
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…
Janey Clausen The MPWGA Take a Swing at Cancer Tournament was held on March 7, 2017 at The MountainView Golf Course. With so many wonderful members working on the tournament, we were able to raise $12,000 for the University of Arizona Cancer Center. Presenting the $12,000 check to Katie James at the University of Arizona…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Jack’s dad died and his mom can’t give him the exercise he needs so we’re looking for a SaddleBrooke home for this sweetie. Jack is five or six years old, house trained, good with other dogs and loves to walk and play. He takes allergy medicine but is otherwise healthy. Call Leslie at 724-689-9843 to…
Gail Campbell is our 2017 MPWGA President’s Cup Champion! The tournament was played on Monday, March 20 at The Preserve and Tuesday, March 21 at MountainView. Gail’s two-day net score was 135, one stroke better than runner-up Nancy Emmons. Gail was presented the winner’s trophy by Debbie Mielke, last year’s champion, at our Awards Luncheon…