Elisabeth Wheeler Volunteers from SaddleBrooke Hiking Club are hearty. Twenty-one hikers joined forces with Zach McDonald and Shawn Redfield of the Arizona Trail Association and Gary Faulkenberry of Oracle State Park to improve almost two miles of the Arizona Trail north of American Flag Ranch TH. It took determined effort to hack out catclaw and…
The SaddleBrooke Israel Friendship Club (SIFC) held its last meeting of this winter season on March 6. Professor Sharon Megdal, Director of the University Arizona Water Resource Research Center (WRRC), discussed Arizona’s water shortage and its connection to innovations in Israel. Dr. Megdal made a major contribution to the PBS film Beyond the Mirage, which reveals…
Andrea Molberg Pickleball in SaddleBrooke is 10 years old! SPA (SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association) was conceived and the initial charter signed on February 26, 2007. The first court was outlined with masking tape in the MountainView parking lot and play was limited to weekends only because of traffic. The tape would rub off and need to…
A handgun safety and proper use class is being offered by NRA instructor and Training Counselor Ron Finelli. This class is open to anyone who wishes to be safer with his or her own gun, to know more about firearms, or anyone who wants to shoot better. Topics include: How to follow three rules which…
Punch Howarth Many in the community and SASO were saddened by the death of Samuel (Sam) Kreiling in December. Sam had many talents as a professional pilot, musician, golfer and friend. My association with Sam started when we both joined the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra in the same year. He had recruited me as he…
The European Travel Club would like to thank all those who stopped by our table at the recent Activities Fair (all 227 of you!) and registered for our travel prize drawing. The winners were Charlotte Crossman (three complimentary nights in a London hotel), Linda Rein (a French cruise amenities package) and Elaine Pearson, Mary Thompson…