Category: August 2017

Plant-Based Nutrition Group

The SaddleBrooke Plant-Based Nutrition Support Group enjoyed a special dinner prepared by Chef Alan Lambert at the MountainView Bistro. What’s on your plate? Did you know that the most important decision you make every day is what you put into your mouth? It directly affects your health and longevity. Contact us for more information about…

Apple Pie and 4th of July at SaddleBrooke Tennis Club

Jay Clayton Wilson Apple pie and ice cream on the shaded SaddleBrooke Tennis Club patio; SaddleBrooke celebrated American Independence Day in classic style. Friendly tennis matches began the festivities. That was followed by a matchless spread of delicious dishes prepared to perfection by our wonderful volunteers. Then came the long awaited main event. Apple pie…

Digital Imaging Group of SaddleBrooke announces name change and fall/winter lineup

Before and After: An example of the capabilities of currently available photo editing software; photos and editing by Byron Cotter using Adobe Photoshop.

Jim Hagedon SaddleBrooke’s Digital Imaging Group has changed its name to the Digital Photography Club of SaddleBrooke. According to the club’s President John Triebe, “The new name better reflects the changes in photographic technology since the group first gathered in 2004. The new name also lets us keep our acronym: DIGital Photography Club of SaddleBrooke…

Golfers have been scoring holes-in-one!

Mark Vander Jagt Congratulations to Karen Vander Jagt for her hole-in-one on June 27, 2017. She hit her 7 wood on Catalina No. 8 as Ann Chatham, Brenda Brown and Nan Kartsonis cheered that ball all the way into the hole. Karen is the third member of the SBWGA to have a hole-in-one this year.…

Nature Club field trip to OdySea Aquarium

Pam Boedeker Twenty-four members of the SaddleBrooke Nature Club traveled to Scottsdale to visit the OdySea Aquarium and Butterfly Wonderland. What better place to be on a hot summer day in the desert than the cool water surroundings of an aquarium? The 200,000 square foot facility is an architectural wonder! It was built in a…

GLAAS trivia night

GLAAS (Gays Lesbians and Allies at SaddleBrooke) held a mid-summer Trivia and Potluck event at the HOA 1 Activity Center on July 9. The questions, focused on our past history, were challenging to say the least but from all reports the food was “to die for” which made the challenge worth the while! The group…

Ken Shelton, Master Kentucky Rifle Artisan

Flintlock

Gladys K. Lujan SaddleBrooke, as we all know, is home to a very large group of talented individuals – musicians, artists, ceramicists, jewelers, writers, et alia. But there is one exceptional talent of which I was never aware until my husband Jerry and I became friendly with Ken Shelton – that of a master designer…

Putter/Niner get together

Left to right: Joyce Sutay, Phyllis Cadden, Roberta Wisniewki, Nancy Claffey

Eileen J. Snearly The MountainView Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN) accepted an invitation to join the MountainView Lady Putters (MVLP)) on Monday, July 10, 2017, dubbed the Red, White and Blue Putting Event, and was hosted by MVLPs. All ladies were dressed in red, white and blue to extend the Fourth of July holiday. All participants…

Pickleballers on the courts despite wind, rain and heat

Andrea Molberg Like the Post Office, neither wind, nor rain, nor heat, nor humidity can keep pickleballers off the courts. While a few of the SaddleBrooke Ranch pickleball courts suffered some damage from a July cloudburst, the courts were soon opened and players gratefully back on them, especially because the SaddleBrooke Ridgeview courts were closed…