John Martin Every Thursday, weather permitting, the SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters meet at the SaddleBrooke Putting Green for a challenging hour or two of putting an 18 hole course that is set up by the Tournament Director. To make the morning more interesting there are monetary prizes on the block for the members who either get…
Category: July 2015
Clubs & Classes, July 2015
Democratic Club news
Jim Vavra The June meeting of the SaddleBrooke Democratic Club was held on Tuesday, June 9. The speaker, Ms. Jo Ann Ellison, spoke to issues that will be decided by the U.S Supreme Court by the end of the current session this summer. A multitude of issues concerning gay marriage, states’ rights regarding same sex…
Sports, July 2015
2015 Member-Member Stroke play tournament – another MPMGA special event
Bob Edelblut This year’s event was played at the Saddlebrooke Ranch and the Preserve Golf Club courses on May 20 and 21. Day one at the Ranch the format was a Modified Chapman and day two at the Preserve the game changed to a Best Net Stableford Score between the two partners. Flight winners and…
Clubs & Classes, July 2015
Partners Western Dance in the summer
Jane Gromelski If you are here in SaddleBrooke during the summer months, you don’t have to stop Western dancing. Many dancers get together on most Mondays in the Mesquite Fitness Room from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. practicing and learning the Partner Pattern dances that are so much fun. Steve and Rita Holdener host these nights…
Clubs & Classes, July 2015
Part 22: Matías Castelli and Argentine Tango
Lidia and Hector Legrand These excerpts submitted by Lidia and Hector Legrand with authorization by Matías Castelli, author of the book The One Tango You Danced with Me. 1st edition, 17grises Publishers, 2012. If you are interested in learning more about Argentine Tango and Tango events in SaddleBrooke, please visit our website http://tangoargentino.sharepoint.com, where you…
Features, July 2015
Artist of the Month – Bill Breman
Jacqueline Cohen From its earliest beginnings photographs have exposed our world, from its minute molecules to its cosmic splendor. Whether film or digital, black and white or vivid color, photographs record history, provoke emotion, peak imagination and connect us in ways no other art form can. Photographer Bill Brennan knows well the impact a single…
Front Page, July 2015
Programs! Step right up and get your red hot programs!
As a child of the 60s a program meant a TV show-—the happy opposite of its evil twin, homework. In the 70s a program became a software term for digital gobbledy-gook written by smart geeks in sandals. In the 80s it circled back to the TV in the form of programming the VCR, a challenge…
Clubs & Classes, July 2015
Looking for a Corvette fun time? Check us out!
Bob Koblewski Sonoran Desert Corvettes, Tucson was organized in July 2005 for enthusiasts to get together and participate in activities with America’s only true sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette. It’s a social organization rather than a strict competitive group, with activities that are geared toward individual and family enjoyment. Club activities include monthly meetings, weekly…
Generals, July 2015
SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings
Golden Goose Fashion Show September 14, 2015 Nan Nasser The weather will turn cooler, you will head out to tour a few spots around Tucson and you will probably want a new outfit for the new season. Come to the Golden Goose Thrift Shop Fashion Show, Monday, September 14 at the MountainView Ballroom beginning at…
Sports, July 2015
Marty Burke STC-coordinator
Jay Clayton Wilson Marty, a California aerospace engineer who tested scientific satellites for a living, found his way to Tucson where he played tennis until a second knee replacement ended his tennis playing days. Significantly, this Chicago boy has always been devoted to volunteering, first as an AARP tax counselor and then as a math…