Dan Boring and Sharon Scanlan Vista de la Montana United Methodist Church is looking forward to welcoming our new pastor, Rev. Mary Dotson. For the past four years, Pastor Dotson has been assigned to Green Valley United Methodist Church in Henderson, Nev., and prior to that, she served at First United Methodist Church in Safford,…
Category: July 2024
July 2024, Religion
Vista United Methodist Church Burns Their Mortgage!
Sharon Scanlan On Sunday, May 26, after the 10 a.m. church service, the members of Vista United Methodist Church celebrated paying off the mortgage on the new Education and Administration building in less than five years with a Mortgage Burning! We moved in at the end of 2019 and paid off our mortgage early this…
July 2024, Religion
A Time for Reflection
This past year we have experienced several events and a very big “To-Do” list. In July we gathered with JFG (Jewish Friendship Group) members casually to say hello in the MountainView Bar and Grill. In August a Jewish Community Meet and Greet was held, reacquainting with each other and preparing for the coming holidays. The…
July 2024, Features
Word of the Month: Brook
David Zapatka While reading Esoteric Astrology by Alice A Bailey, I read, “He is instantly aware, once he is spiritually awakened, of his motivating impulses, and this leads him to an imposed self-discipline-the thing the Leo subject sorely needs and which must always be self-imposed and self-applied for he brooks no disciplinary measures which others…
July 2024, Features
Sometimes Words Come Easy
Stuart Watkins Sometimes they just flow easy as a rolling stream effortlessly letting gravity do its job downward toward the pond, lake, or ocean without a thought, care, or concern Sometimes words haltingly struggle to come out they run into eddies and whirlpools on the way meandering in circles waiting to be spoken trying to…
July 2024, Features
The Act of Holding Space
Suzanne Marlatt Stewart Living in a 55+ community offers many opportunities to be a support for your neighbors and friends. We are at the age when more physical ailments occur. Also, people making their transition. Just on my side of the street in the last couple of years, one lost her younger brother, another her…
July 2024
Cooks Out of the Kitchen: Local Restaurant Reviews
Judi Friedman and Jerry Lankin We’re two SaddleBrooke foodies forever seeking great places to eat! We’ll review two restaurants each month for taste and presentation, service, price, value, and ambiance. If you have a favorite eatery and would like to spread the word, please send us an email at [email protected]. Happy Hour Edition Bottega Michelangelo…
July 2024, Front Page
Millions for Tucson Raffle Sales a Big Success!
Romayne Trudo At the annual SaddleBrooke One Car Show, SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network (SBPRN) was selling Millions for Tucson raffle tickets. Attendees at the show were very generous in their support of SBPRN, and sales were robust. Jim Click sponsors this raffle annually and offers spectacular prizes, such as a 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, two…
July 2024, Front Page
MountainView Golf Course Reopens to Acclaim
Jim Grosjean After a series of setbacks that included bad weather and just general bad luck, the MountainView Golf Course has reopened in all its 18-hole glory! The back nine has been open for some months now, but as of June 8, SaddleBrooke TWO golfers have two complete golf courses on which to create new…
July 2024, Front Page
2024 Men’s Niners Summer Cup Tournament
Steve Kotke, Publicity Chair The SaddleBrooke Men’s Niners (SBMN) held their first annual Summer Cup tournament this June. The three-day format of the Summer Cup is very similar to the Ryder Cup with two teams of 12 members and match play rounds. The first round on Wednesday, June 12, was an alternate shot match. On…