Pam Boedeker SaddleBrooke Nature Club was pleased to present our own beloved resident naturalist, Jim Cloer, for the last meeting of the season. Jim’s credentials would fill a page of this newspaper; however, on this particular evening it was his post-graduate work studying turtles that had our attention. There are some 300 species of turtles…
Are you a tenor, lead (melody), baritone, or a bass? During the summer (June through August) we meet on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Agate Room of the HOA2 Arts & Crafts Center, 38725 S. MountainView Boulevard. Join us! You’ll have a ball! Questions? Contact: [email protected]
Summer backpack season SaddleBrooke Community Outreach’s Kids’ Closet doesn’t go on hiatus, even when the school year ends. Annually the program purchases backpacks and fills them with grade-appropriate school supplies for the coming school year. Backpacks have already been purchased and loaded with much needed supplies, such as ruled paper, folders, scissors, pencils, glue, eraser…
Marilyn Mitchell, Barbara Sullivan, Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg and Tina Wrbanek What do a former operating room nurse, a former critical care nurse, a former corporate manager and a former administrator at a medical school have in common? They are the Desert Stars, a tap/clog group located in SaddleBrooke. The Desert Stars practice two times…
Barb Nicholson Master Gardeners are your neighbors and friends who have taken it upon themselves to complete the requirements for Master Gardener certification. If you are interested in becoming a Master Gardener volunteer, then you are invited to enroll in the Master Gardener Training Course for the fall of 2017. This is an intensive 15-week…
Carol Chiarello So there are two prevalent methods of knitting. The yarn is held differently but they accomplish the same thing. One is called English, which is the right-handed method. The other is called Continental and the yarn is held in the left hand. Most of us learn one way and stick with it. Now…
Twink Gates-Zimdar It was Sunday, May 28, Memorial Day weekend and 95 degrees – degrees Fahrenheit, but the Brits carried on regardless with their Bocce Ball games. At 4:00 p.m. 22 members of the British Club braved the weather and gathered at the Bocce Ball Courts here in SaddleBrooke One for the fun of playing…
Jo Ann Ellison GLAAS (Gays Lesbians and Allies at SaddleBrooke) held an end of season cocktail party at the home of Joseph Panessidi and Orville Bell. There was a lot to celebrate as our organization has now exceeded 100 members! GLAAS is a club open to all SaddleBrooke residents, which offers support and visibility to…
Patti R. Albaugh and Dick Kroese The SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club recently honored Monique Morquez (“Mo”), waitress at MountainView Country Club, for her outstanding attention to the needs of her customers. We are not always an easy group to serve. She might hear “Iced-tea, please” while she is scurrying to hand 20 people their breakfasts,…
Paul Shalita This clinic is a practice and critique session designed for players at intermediate and advanced levels who desire to improve their Bridge. No partner is necessary. No time commitment; come late, leave early. Meet potential new partners. Sessions run from 9:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday mornings at 37901 S. Arroyo Way in…