Bob Edelblut On Friday, June 12 at The Preserve Golf Club, Dick Stanley had his seventh hole-in-one. This is not a misprint. It really was his seventh. It occurred on the sixth hole and Dick’s best guess was that the shot was about 140 yards. He chose his trusty eight iron. Dick and his playing…
Patti R. Albaugh SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club had plenty to celebrate at their June 25 breakfast meeting. Outgoing President Dick Kroese received a standing ovation for his initiative and hard work to start a morning Rotary club in SaddleBrooke. In less than a year, the newly chartered club received a Presidential Citation from Rotary International,…
Our winter friends may have flown away but that doesn’t stop the good times at the SBWGA for a minute! Thanks to the hard work of our Home and Home Chairs, Geri Sandilands and Nancy Huffman, we were treated to a fantastic morning of wonderful golf in perfect weather, a wide open course and a…
Stephanie Parks I was right—it got hot. But not until the very end of May. Maybe climate change is causing Arizona, and specifically Tucson, to become better than before. Nice thought. There are no big tournaments coming up in July or August, so everybody come to our game and keep your wits sharp. We had…
Bobbi Forsch Even though it’s summer and so many of our winter visitors have gone to cooler climates there are still exciting things going on at Knit Wits. After Jonelle and Velvet visited us in March from Southwest Trading Company in Phoenix, Velvet went home and created a shawl and named it the SaddleBrooke Shawl.…
Shawne Cryderman The following is a letter – shared with me as President of the SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association – from a woman whom I admire and have the privilege to actually play the game of Pickleball with. I believe the thoughts and feelings expressed in her letter are shared by many of us who have…
The Gardeners Exchange at SaddleBrooke Ranch welcomes Dr. Anthony Knight, former professor of Veterinary Medicine, Colorado State University, and Pima County Master Gardener, speaking Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 1:00 pm, in the La Hacienda Club on Common Insects of Southern Arizona Gardens. Gardeners in Arizona are confronted with numerous insects in their flower and…
Ruth Birkhead Some twenty years ago residents of SaddleBrooke met to form a group to play party Bridge. Every Friday afternoon the group met on the dance floor of SaddleBrooke Clubhouse. The game moved to the Activity Center when its renovations were complete. That game is still running today and there are a couple of…
Ask Your Master Gardener/Plant Sale The Ask Your Master Gardener Plant Sale will be held September 17, 2015, at the MountainView Ballroom West and breezeway from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The SaddleBrooke Master Gardeners will be available to answer your plant questions. Bring a sample or a picture for identification. As an added bonus…
Bob Simpson In spite of the extensive and rugged terrain where animals can hide, about 95% of the annual calf crop is captured during roundup. The remaining 5% that survive become mavericks which he tries to capture later in the year. These animals can become wild and almost impossible to round up. One technique Goff…