Category: June 2014

English Country Dancers

Enid Fowler Now thats summer’s here, we still need to get exercise for our body and mind. Even if it’s too hot outside, it’s always lovely and cool in the Vermilion Room at the SaddleBrooke One Clubhouse where we meet for English dancing every Thursday from 4:10 to 5:30 p.m. If you can do a…

Old Time Radio Club meeting in July

Norman Schickedanz OTR (old time radio) fans will meet Tuesday, July 1 at 1:30 p.m. in SaddleBrooke. They will listen to the complete recording, lasting about one hour, of the Hindenburg airship disaster on May 6, 1937, including introductory comments made years later by broadcaster Herb Morrison. Club members come from SaddleBrooke, Oro Valley and…

SaddleBrooke Coin Club show a success

Ken Marich The SaddleBrooke Coin Club celebrated National Coin Week (April 20 to 26) by holding a coin show in the MountainView Clubhouse on Saturday, April 26. Over 50 people visited the show and enjoyed the coin and currency exhibits. The exhibits featured U.S. coins, proof sets, gold coins, foreign and ancient coins and a…

Questers – Sonoran Searchers #1444 installs new officers

Sonoran Searchers held their monthly meeting at the home of member Cynthia Kaplan’s home with Christine Sowards co-hosting. Nancy Hysong conducted the meeting installing the new officers: President Mary Ann White, Vice President Christine Sowards, Secretary Susan DeLaGarza and Treasurer Myran Kutchera. Christine Sowards handed out the program schedule for the 2014-2015 year starting in…

MPWGA Ace of the Year tournament winner

MPWGA held its Ace of the Year Tournament on April 8. Each month golfers qualify for the tournament by winning a gross or net Ace of the Month qualifier. They are each awarded a golf towel, courtesy of L&M Painting. These winners then play in the Ace of the Year Tournament. This year’s tournament was…

MVLP April news

Shannon Martinell April MVLP awards were presented to members on May 12, 2014. The following putters received trophies for their outstanding play: Roadrunner Award (low gross score) Raye Cobb with a 40.3; Lou Ann Garvin Tiger Award (low net score) Marcia Vernon with a 31.5; Hole in Wonders Judy Hardy, Marijo Lewis and Colleen Merrill…

2014 M-PMGA President’s Cup tournament results

Dan Schroeder and Bob Eder A large field of 97 players grouped into nine flights competed in the club’s second major individual tournament of the year, the President’s Cup, on April 16 and 17. What makes this event special is the club takes the time to recognize our past presidents with complimentary golf, lunch and…

News from the Desert Stars

The Desert Stars, a tap/clogging group (clogging with a flair), has been on the go! The group performed in the SaddleBrooke Variety Show in March, in which it performed a dance routine to the 1960s hit song, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, by Freddie Boom-Boom Cannon. And in April the dance group performed for…

“It takes two to Tango”

Jerry Lujan No, this is not about dancing; it is about tasks that take two to complete. I have breakfast with Moose Creighton once a week. At those breakfasts very often he will say, “I picked up some things from Big Lots (or the Golden Goose) and need to deliver them,” then he would show…

What women need to know…  just in case

Terry Barringer When faced with a dilemma, Scarlett O’Hara was often heard to say “Well – I can’t think about that now – I’ll think about that tomorrow.” How many of us take that same position with regard to emergencies and unexpected life events. We look forward to planning a vacation or a reunion or…