Zann Wilson Your SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners invite you to join our virtual Community Education via Zoom on Thursday, September 17, at 1 p.m. Arizona time. Scott Richardson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist, will present Backyard Bats. Scott has responsibility over the previously endangered lesser long-nosed bat. Scott first became interested in bats while working…
Category: September 2020
Sports, September 2020
Relishing Pickleball
David Zapatka Pickleball Bangers Are you getting tired of playing the bangers? They have one strategy; hit the ball as hard as they can. They rarely hit third shot drop shots. What can you do? There are two options. The first is the punch volley, a volley hit hard and deep. The second is the…
Clubs & Classes, September 2020
Taking the Backward Step
Patti Gould During this unprecedented time, the Wellness Integrated Network (WIN) is not able to meet in our seminar style format. We are continuing to offer classes and wellness information through classes on Zoom, Facebook, and email articles. Please go to our Facebook page and like it: www.facebook.com/win.sbaz. To be placed on our email distribution…
Clubs & Classes, September 2020
September’s Calendar Girl: Phyllis Cadden
Eileen J. Snearly MountainView Preserve’s September Lady Niner is Phyllis Cadden. She writes: “In the summer of 2003, during the Aspen fires that burned over 84,750 acres, my husband and I came to SaddleBrooke with our California friends. Our goal was to find a community on a golf course, great neighborhood, and good weather. We visited SaddleBrooke using…
Features, September 2020
Out And About In SaddleBrooke
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg Recently, members of the Sonoran Singers helped Sally Horn, president of the Sonoran Singers, celebrate her 82nd birthday on the patio at the MountainView Bar & Grill. With the wonderful overhead misters cooling the patio, a good time was had by all! Sally, especially, enjoyed sipping on her COVID-19-EE! Kathleen Brown,…
Sports, September 2020
Bicycling in SaddleBrooke
Madelaine Salas With the onset of COVID-19 and with the exercise facilities either closed or in limited use, we have all noticed an uptick in the number of cyclists. People all over our community are dusting off those bicycles that have been hanging in the garage for years and venturing out onto the roads. In…
Generals, September 2020
Back to School Looks Different This Year
Crystle Nehrmeyer, Superintendent Teachers at Mountain Vista K-8 School are planning and preparing for the 2020-21 school year! The start of the school year will look different than any school year in our 115 year history as teachers are back in their classrooms, but not in the way we all hoped for. For the most…
Clubs & Classes, September 2020
MountainView Bridge Club
Ann Kuperberg Labor Day has come & gone and the presidential election is constantly in the news. We avid bridge players may take a break from the game to watch some TV or read a book, but we’re back on the computer ready for another challenge. With Tucson clubs offering daily games through BridgeBaseOnline (BBO),…
Features, September 2020
Red Dog Saloon, Juneau, Alaska
Stuart Watkins Each visit is different, to say the least; body against body, a beer, stool, table, and a bartender for a while. Then enters the gentleman, politicians soon follow, batches of tourists, always in batches, and the same old comments by the same star-struck, gold-would-be-miner tourists. “Look at that pistol! Was it really Wyatt…
Features, September 2020
In Passing
Frederick Winfield Klein Born: April 25, 1916 Place of Birth: Yonkers, N.Y. Died: July 30, 2020 Where: Tucson, Ariz. Fred W. Klein passed away at his home in Tucson, Ariz., on July 30, 2020, at age 104. He lived a long, interesting life. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., in April 1916, his early life spanned World War I,…