Karin Bivens The three-day Arizona Short Course Yards State Championship took place March 29-31, at the University of Arizona’s newly renovated Hillenbrand Pool. There were 18 individual events and six relay events. One hundred and eighty-nine swimmers (95 women, 94 men) competed in this state competition representing 23 clubs. SaddleBrooke Masters had the largest number…
Joe Giammarino Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) wants to thank our generous sponsors Expert Automotive and Smashburger. On Saturday, April 20, 2019, the PPB Billiards Club hosted the first 9-Ball Singles Tournament in HOA1’s newly opened, beautiful Catalina Recreation Center (CRC). The format was double elimination, two out of three in the first round…
The SaddleBrooke SilverBelles are excited to welcome two new dancers to our group, Michele Gildner and Tami Peterson. Michele Gildner and her husband Gary are parents of four, two girls and two boys, and moved here three years ago from Idaho. Her dance career started at five years old when a gift from her grandmother,…
Barbara Starrett Alzheimer’s Disease is usually a disease of aging. Four percent of people in their 70s develop it and 37% in their 90s have it. The goal is to delay the onset of the disease so we can live our lives completely to the end. There are many new approaches to treating Alzheimer’s from…
Leslie Farber: Abstract style offers creative freedom LaVerne Kyriss While she never took any formal drawing classes, Leslie Farber has always drawn. For many years, she drew realistic pictures of people, scenery, even still life. “My grandmother was an artist and she encouraged me to draw,” Farber said. “We had art class in school growing…
Greg Hlushko On March 24, eight members of the table tennis team from Robson Community Sun Lakes, near Phoenix, visited our club for some friendly competition. There were 20 spirited matches of doubles played, with SaddleBrooke coming out on top 14 matches to six. The SaddleBrooke Table Tennis Club reclaimed the traveling trophy between our…