Category: May 2021

Chess Club Starts Play May 5

Greg Hlushko After a long layoff due to COVID-19, the Chess Club will resume play May 5 at the usual time and location from 6 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday in the Bobcat Room in the lower level of the SaddleBrooke One Clubhouse. Drop in for casual games with players of various levels of experience.…

Softball Managers Balance Winning With Fun

Tim Ward managed his team to a first place finish in the SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Competitive League.

Terry Hurley Tim Ward is full of positive energy as he manages his SaddleBrooke senior softball team in their final game of the winter season last month. He shouts advice and encouragement from his outfield position, the third-base coaching box, and the dugout. “Hit that Longo sign in right center field,” he says to one of…

Update from MOAA

Colonel Nagy presents the Certificate of Appreciation and MOAA Challenge Coin to Douglas Harpold.

The Catalina Mountain Satellite Chapter (CMSC) of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) held its April meeting on Saturday, April 17. The meeting began with a business session presided over by Col. Bill Nagy, president. Also attending the meeting was special guest Col. William A. Wojciechowski, USAF (Retired). Col. Wojciechowski is the president of…

For the Love of Dance

Tami Peterson (to the tune of “My Favorite Things”) Rhinestones and fishnets and bright colored sequins Mambo and ChaCha and steps all in sequence Canes and fedoras and fringe on our pants These are the things that make SilverBelles Dance Practice and practice until it is perfect Lock step and rock step and move with…

Cyclemasters Let Happy Thoughts Multiply Like Rabbits!

B. J. Murray Cyclemasters let happy thoughts multiply like rabbits during our final holiday ride of the season, The Bunny Ride. The event was on April 3. It was fun, starting with everyone assembling at the Activity Center. Because of the vaccination clinic, we had to move locations from where we usually meet. Everyone was given…

SBWGA-18: Member/Member—It’s a Winner!

Venetia Hobson Lewis Back when the Food Network started up, I hankered for every show on it—Ace of Cakes, Alton Brown’s Good Eats, and Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Going along with Guy Fieri to small cafes that served enormous and calorie-laden dishes just hit the spot. Many times Fieri would repeat the phrase “Winner, Winner,…

Master Gardening Training Course

Laurie Foster, Pinal County Master Gardener The Master Gardener Training Course will once again be offered to SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch residents on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon, Oct. 6, 2021 through Feb. 16, 2022. The program will be presented via Zoom in webinar format. This is an intensive 17-week lecture series given by…

Cul-de-Sac Cuties

The SilverBelles danced on Diamond Ridge cul-de-sac for a very enthusiastic audience in Unit 10. This was the debut for their new dance to “Hot Honey Rag.”

Tami Peterson We took to the pavement To debut our dance It’s been such a long time We jumped at the chance To Dance Diamond Ridge For unit delight With golf carts and Chairs all lined up, What a sight The sun almost setting In days afterglow Dressed up in sequins We put on a…

Cowboy from Laredo, Texas

Stuart Watkins Just a cowboy looking for work not a job this old boy can’t do buck ‘em, train ‘em, do it right, too teach em how to cut a herd Look too long in the tooth for our kinda spread Well, if it’s a chuckwagon cook you need in the day I’ve been known…

Trap Skeet Competition

Top women shooters: second place, Lori Klug, Quail Creek, 42; first place, Judy Tenbroeck, Sun Lakes, 65; and third place, Vicki Ray, PebbleCreek, 42

Frank Nance On March 12, the Robson communities held their annual trap skeet competition at the Casa Grande Trap and Skeet Club. The 2020 shoot was cancelled because of COVID-19. Sun Lakes won the 2021 shoot with a score of 346. PebbleCreek was second with a score of 331. Robson Ranch finished third with a…