Twink Gates-Zimdar On a glorious fall day at a wonderful Oasis at the foot of the Tortolita Mountains on Sunday, October 19 nineteen members of the British Club enjoyed a delectable tea party/lunch at Tea on the Town. They savored a selection of fine teas, finger sandwiches, deviled eggs, quiche, pumpkin scones with clotted cream,…
Twink Gates-Zimdar On Saturday, October 4, twenty members of the British Club attended a Coffee Morning and Book Exchange at the home of Sheila Bray in SaddleBrooke Ranch. All enjoyed the cameradie, swapping stories of vacations past and plans for the future and generally catching up with each other’s lives while enjoying salmon sandwiches, fruit…
Karen Schickedanz Cloudy skies and a few leftover sprinkles courtesy of Hurricane Simon couldn’t stop SaddleBrooke Hiking Club members from enjoying themselves at their annual fall picnic held last month at Catalina State Park. The picnic got off to a rousing start with the group rendition of a new hiking club anthem, sung to…
On September 4 and 5, sixteen SMGA members squared off against sixteen MV/P members for the annual Ryder Cup Challenge. The format for the Ryder Cup is similar to the biennial Ryder Cup between the U.S. PGA and the European PGA teams. Instead of stroke play every match is match play where holes are won…
The holiday season is approaching. Are you ready to dance? SaddleBrooke and Ranch residents are invited to dance. Beginners or seasoned dancers are all invited to Dance at HOA1 Vermilion Ballroom. There is no fee. If you are a beginner, someone will help you to get around the dance floor. If you are a seasoned…
SaddleBrooke Jazzercise is dancing their way to help type 1 diabetes. We are holding this fun event on November 20 at the MountainView Country Club Ballroom from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Class is free! We are asking for any size donation for this charity; all proceeds will go to charity! There will door prizes, food,…
Bill Brennan James Cowlin, professional photographer from Oracle, Arizona, discussed Nature and Landscape Photography at the October meeting of DIGS, also known as the SaddleBrooke Photography Club. The subject for Jim’s presentation was Photographing the National Parks Along U.S. 89. Jim has a special passion for U.S. 89 as there are seven national parks, 14…
Please consider stepping up for the dogs Karen Schickedanz SaddleBrooke is a community of animal lovers. Our pets are among the luckiest around and many of us support the SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network or other animal welfare groups. Now there’s an opportunity and a great need to literally step up your support by becoming a…
Ken Marich We all probably remember getting Liberty Walking (LW) half dollars as change in the 1950s and 60s. Today we rarely see these coins in circulation as they are all collector’s items and contain about $10 worth of silver. The LW half dollar was issued by the U.S. Mint from 1916 to 1947 and…
Questers Sonoran Searchers met for their October meeting on Wednesday, October 8 at the home of Christian Sowders with Linda Hunzinger as co-hostess. The group welcomed a new member and started plans for a special luncheon to be held in March of 2015 with two other Questers chapters; one is SaddleBrooke and one is in…