Category: May 2019

Artist of the Month

Leslie Farber: Abstract style offers creative freedom LaVerne Kyriss While she never took any formal drawing classes, Leslie Farber has always drawn. For many years, she drew realistic pictures of people, scenery, even still life. “My grandmother was an artist and she encouraged me to draw,” Farber said. “We had art class in school growing…

SilverBelles welcome spring

The SaddleBrooke SilverBelles are excited to welcome two new dancers to our group, Michele Gildner and Tami Peterson. Michele Gildner and her husband Gary are parents of four, two girls and two boys, and moved here three years ago from Idaho. Her dance career started at five years old when a gift from her grandmother,…

PPB’s first 9-ball Singles Tournament

Joe Giammarino Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) wants to thank our generous sponsors Expert Automotive and Smashburger. On Saturday, April 20, 2019, the PPB Billiards Club hosted the first 9-Ball Singles Tournament in HOA1’s newly opened, beautiful Catalina Recreation Center (CRC). The format was double elimination, two out of three in the first round…

2019 Arizona Short Course Yards State Swim Championship

Karin Bivens The three-day Arizona Short Course Yards State Championship took place March 29-31, at the University of Arizona’s newly renovated Hillenbrand Pool. There were 18 individual events and six relay events. One hundred and eighty-nine swimmers (95 women, 94 men) competed in this state competition representing 23 clubs. SaddleBrooke Masters had the largest number…

Sun Lakes visits SaddleBrooke Table Tennis Club

Greg Hlushko On March 24, eight members of the table tennis team from Robson Community Sun Lakes, near Phoenix, visited our club for some friendly competition. There were 20 spirited matches of doubles played, with SaddleBrooke coming out on top 14 matches to six. The SaddleBrooke Table Tennis Club reclaimed the traveling trophy between our…

Saturday Morning Bridge Clinic

This clinic is a practice and critique session designed for players at intermediate and advanced levels who desire to improve their Bridge. No partner is necessary. No time commitment; come late, leave early. Meet potential new partners. Sessions run from 9:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday mornings at 37901 S. Arroyo Way in SaddleBrooke. We…

MountainView – Preserve Couples Golf for June

Dan Hoshino The June tournament for the MountainView-Preserve Couples Golf will be on Saturday, June 8, 2019, at the Preserve Golf Course. It will be an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start; and the format will be a four-person, multiple best ball event; couples may pick their foursome. Players must sign-up on the ForeTees system by June…

Keeping fit with Tai Chi

Carol Emerson “Wow, you really have strong legs!” the nurse said as she helped me stand to go on one of our daily walks around the hospital floor. It was something I heard over and over during those days I spent in the hospital this spring. The nurses sounded a bit incredulous that a woman…

Word of The Month: Cenotaph

David Zapatka I’m writing this column as I’m departing from Hiroshima, Japan on the cruise ship Insignia, part of the Oceania fleet. Having just visited the Atomic Bomb Dome and seeing the memorials to all those who lost their lives, I felt somber and my throat was constricted with the flood of emotions coursing through…