Category: December 2018

SaddleBrooke Photo Club at Windy Point

Barbara Wilder and Frank Earnest Recently Frank Earnest, a member of the photo club, suggested that he would like to take a group on a field trip up the road to Mt. Lemmon in the Catalina Mountains to practice shooting panoramas. Windy Point is known for the scenic views before you get to the top…

SaddleBrooke Computer Club

What’s new at the Computer Club? Dennis Korger New classes for 2019 include WordPress Gutenberg Update (free website creation software), Facetime for iPad and iPhone, VeraCrypt, LastPass, Facebook Security and more to come. See our website at saddlebrookecc.org for the most recent schedule additions and class descriptions. We expect that additional classes currently under development…

Al Mollenkopf makes a hole-in-one

On Sunday, November 18, while playing with his wife Midge and friends Kay Kunze and Chuck Fries, Al, actually upset with the way he had hit the shot on the Preserve’s 11th hole, had his first verified hole-in-one. He says he had one before in his home state of Michigan, but nobody was there to…

Celebrate Christmas at Church of the Apostles

Shirin McArthur Episcopal Church of the Apostles will host a handful of services, open to everyone, in celebration of the Christmas season. Beginning with the recognition that Christmas is not always a joyous season, Church of the Apostles will once again host a Quiet Christmas on Thursday, December 20 at 6:00 p.m. This annual service…

MountainView Bridge Club news

Ann Kuperberg Thanksgiving is over and stores are already filled with Christmas items. The MountainView Bridge Club players are full of good cheer when they play duplicate bridge at the Catalina Room every Tuesday and Friday. Our Tuesday game time may sometimes be changed to start at 1:30 p.m. Check our website to be sure…

Preserve welcomes back snowbirds and Chuck Moses

Ann Lange The Dessert Warriors weathered a real Brooke-burner, Sonoran-scorcher, bugs-gone-bonkers of a summer. The TV meteorologists received huge raises and have the most secure jobs in town for their accurate forecasts day after day after day – hot ‘n humid with 100% chance of raining mosquitos. A new epidemic, precipitated by extended periods of…

‘Twas the night before ballroom dancing

Wanda Ross In the MountainView Ballroom, beautifully decorated for our Autumn theme by our talented team, 48 people enjoyed the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club Party. The party began with an hour of socializing with other dancers. Then we enjoyed delicious meals prepared by Executive Chef Alan Lambert and his team. Most dancers had either blackened…

News from GLAAS

On November 9, Orville Bell gave a presentation on sexual identity. Orville is a resident of SaddleBrooke along with his husband, Joe. He is a member and former board member of GLAAS, with over forty years in the field of education. Orville has an impressive background in LGBT issues, including playing a key role in…

Dan Nordhill is the MPMGA’s new Club Champion

Bob Edelblut This year the MPMGA Club Championship was played on November 13 and 14. Amazingly each day had a frost delay of one hour. Day one was played at The Preserve and the last day was played at MountainView. Both courses were in stellar condition and once the sun got high enough, temperatures were…