Jim Vavra The July meeting of the SaddleBrooke Democratic Club was held on Tuesday, July 14. Ms. Pamela Powers Hannley was our guest speaker. Attendees attentively listened to her topic, The Good, Bad and Ugly of Social Media. Her informative and entertaining presentation provided useful information for all of us. In addition, she addressed the politics…
SaddleBrookers have been talking about Pickleball, the nation’s fastest growing sport for active adults. Test your knowledge of Pickleball in SaddleBrooke with this quiz below. Have questions about this popular activity? Contact Andrea Molberg at 777-0994. 1. The largest club in SaddleBrooke is a) Pickleball b) Hiking c) Tennis 2. How many potential buyers ask…
Lidia and Hector Legrand 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 can also read Parts 1 through 22 of this series. Argentine Tango dancing is different from other social dances in the sense that seasoned dancers do not dance to…
Patti R. Albaugh A twenty-four hour day is never long enough for Daria Sparling, owner of Arizona Rescue Ranch near Mammoth. She spoke to the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club about the ranch’s history and her passions as animal rescuer and horse trainer. Anyone looking at timberland for sale with a particular interest should evaluate whether…
Richard Beaty Windows 10 The big news from Microsoft—Windows 10 will be released this summer. To provide for the smoothest possible transition in the computer club classroom, The SBCC board decided to defer implementation of Windows 10 and continue to use Windows 8.1, at least until the winter holidays. If you want to learn more…
Bolero – Spanish or Cuban? Part 2 Steve Holdener Last month I wrote that Bolero is a very slow and deliberate romantic Latin dance originating in Spain in the late eighteenth century. The music at that time was sung and accompanied by castanets and guitars. The Cuban Bolero tradition originated in Santiago de Cuba in…
Carol Chiarello The short spring season ran from May 5 to June 29 for the men and women of SaddleBrooke softball. Statistics have been compiled and here are the results: Monday Recreation League: These two teams were evenly matched until the last game when the eventual winners went wild and scored 14 runs in the…
Ret Convey What is more fun than watching our desert change with the passing seasons? The summer monsoons are here in all their glory and bring with them color, a good soaking and a nice, slow pace. We now have to catch our breath after the busy winter and spring golf seasons! Our summer Aces…
Shannon Martinell We are happy to announce that the MountainView Golf Course renovation is on schedule to be completed by mid-September and we will begin our weekly putting again on September 21, 2015. Early putting announcements will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the late putting group announcements will begin at 9:00 a.m. on the patio…
John Martin The SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters had their second quarter breakfast meeting on July 2 at the SaddleBrooke Clubhouse. Forty-one members and guests were in attendance. Our Treasurer Randy Spencer reported we have 121 members, four more than last year at this time. We averaged 52 participants per week and we paid out an average…