Barbara Barr If you see people in bright-colored Rotary shirts out riding the streets of SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch, they are Rotarians in training for the annual Ride to End Polio. This ride is held in connection with El Tour de Tucson. Each year, members of our club have so much fun with this event.…
Stuart Watkins Usually, the courts are full at night, but on this night, only court 8 was in use. From 6 to 8 p.m., the courts are often available at SaddleBrooke One, as well as MountainView and DesertView. The night lights make the visibility excellent. POP Tennis is not just a daytime sport.
Michael and Laurie Lien It’s hard to believe that 2022 is almost over. Because of our wonderful donor turnouts, our blood unit count for this year has surpassed all previous years since the SaddleBrooke blood drives began. Hopefully, due to the demand for blood, we can continue our high donation rate for the coming year.…
LaVerne Kyriss Deb Wicks grew up around artists and originally thought art might be in her future. Midway through a five-year special education teacher training program, she realized that she still wanted to be in the art world and switched her major, earning a Master of Fine Arts. Meanwhile, she got married and they moved to…
Jane Gromelski The summer has flown by! It is time for classes to begin! On Oct. 13, we started our Arizona 2-step classes at 6 p.m. in the Vermilion Room in the SaddleBrooke clubhouse. Our intermediate class is at 7 p.m. I still love the Texas 2-step, but all the venues in town dance the…
Debbie McGeehan A dream finally came true for Mike Oberski. For years, Mike has been mentioning how fun it would be for our club to organize a World Team Tennis event. Well, he met Bill Wallin, and they made a dream come true! Bill and Mike organized four teams to play on Monday nights starting…
David Zapatka Reader Carmela Hopkins writes, “Dear Mr. Zapatka, every month I look for your column in the Splash. Last month’s article particularly grabbed my attention because you mentioned Richard Lederer, whom I read monthly in the Mensa Bulletin. Have you considered an article on the word ‘run?’ It seems like such an obviously…
David R. Bull, LTJG, USNR, FMR, Membership Chairman and 2nd VP On the morning of Oct. 8, 2022, representatives of the Catalina Mountains Chapter (CMC) of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) attended the Final Internment with Military Honors for 18 Unclaimed Veterans at the Arizona Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery at Marana. This observance was…
Change of location: Health Night Out has been relocated to the DesertView Theatre on Monday, Nov. 28, at 7 p.m. The address is 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. Gina Cliett, M.D., recently joined the Northwest Healthcare system and is here to help all her patients achieve outcomes that will improve lives.. Dr. Cliett is a board-certified…
The annual First Tee of Tucson golf outing was held on Oct. 9 at the Mountain View Golf Course in SaddleBrooke this year. The First Tee is an international youth development organization introducing the game of golf and its inherent values to young people. Through afterschool and in-school programs, they help shape the lives of…