Category: June 2020

The Veteran and the New Kid on the Block

Director Tim Morsani (Photo by Steve Weiss)

Ande Molberg Start planning ahead for this fall! Community Circle Players’ (CCP) An Evening of One Acts will be produced November 13-19 and directed by five different capable community theatre enthusiasts. Because one act plays appeal to a wide audience, they are fun to present. If you don’t care for one or two of them, you…

MountainView-Preserve Couples Golf

Dan Hoshino The July 2020 tournament for the MountainView-Preserve (MP) Couples Golf will be held Saturday, July 11, at the MountainView Golf Course. It will have starting times beginning at 7 a.m. off number 10 and the format will be a two-person Chapman scramble. You can pick your foursome. Players must sign up on the ForeTees…

SaddleBrooke Niners Summer News

2020 President's Cup Tournament finalists Maria Byers, Yvonne Garthwait, and Sharon Dicosola

Dian Kupper Many of the SaddleBrooke (SB) snowbirds have flown (or driven), but, in spite of the pandemic, the rest of us are enjoying the wonderful weather. The group is looking forward to the reopening of the Road Runner Grill and the socialization this allows. The annual President’s Cup Tournament held this month was a…

Play Ball! Softball Is Back!

Stacy Dawson joined 93 other players as the SaddleBrooke Senior Softball summer season kicked off June 1.

Terry Hurley After a 73-day shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, SaddleBrooke Senior Softball is back. The league kicked off its summer season June 1, with 94 men and women once again playing Monday through Friday in five different leagues based on skill level. Because the spring season was canceled, the summer league has been…

Unit Happenings

Unit 27 Activities Sue Case In last month’s article, I gave a brief overview of the various things our Unit 27 residents were doing in late March and April, as the social distancing requirements from COVID-19 became effective. This month, I want to share the adventure of one of our unit families, as described by…

Rich Wilson Has First Hole-in-One in SMGA Tournament

Rich Wilson standing by the third hole flag on the Catalina course at SaddleBrooke (Photo by Bob Eder)

Fred Pilster and Bob Eder On Wednesday, May 13, Rich Wilson had his first hole-in-one ever on the SaddleBrooke Catalina Course hole number 3. Rich has been a single digit golfer much of his life and helped to develop much of the Ritz Carlton/Dove Mountain golf community, but never had the thrill of a hole-in-one.…

Stuart Reports a Scam

Stuart Watkins “Verizon Fake Notice of Past Due Account” dated May 7, at 12:20 p.m. They had my correct account number and included a real number to call if I wanted to contact a customer financial services representative: 866-266-1445. I was behind two months, or about $152, so it was not a large amount and…

You Are I Am

Mimi Ross I awaken to a new day, I don’t recognize this world, It doesn’t look like yesterday, Times are changing, that’s for sure. Pandemic, disease, and dying, Unrest is everywhere, Yet You are ever present, You are always there. You are I AM, Right here, Right now, I find you in my heart. My…

Review of SaddleBrooke Author Albert Anthony Melvin’s Student Handbook for Success

Former Arizona State Senator and SaddleBrooke resident has written an excellent book for homeschool teaching parents, high school students, and college students to read as supplement to their general education

Stuart Watkins SaddleBrooke author Albert Anthony Melvin wrote Student Handbook for Success. This is the most interesting educational book that has realistic recommendations for today’s homeschool teachers, high school students, and college students that is so relevant and helpful, and I can wholeheartedly recommend it to all of the above. As I read chapter after…