Pam Boedeker SaddleBrooke Nature Club adopted the Peniocereus greggi (desert night-blooming cereus) as its logo. It is one of the Sonoran Desert’s most famous yet least encountered plants. Most of the year it is a floppy, nondescript cactus. But on just a few nights it becomes the star of desert plants with its elegant white…
Paul Shalita This clinic is a practice and critique session designed for players at intermediate and advanced levels who desire to improve their Bridge. No partner is necessary. No time commitment; come late, leave early. Meet potential new partners. Sessions run from 12:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Thursday afternoons at 37901 S. Arroyo Way in…
Charla Blacker Eighteen members of the SaddleBrooke Archers toured the Precision Shooting Equipment Archery factory in March. PSE Archery is one of the largest manufacturers of bows in the world, providing over a quarter of all bows sold in the United States. PSE makes all of the components for their compound bows at their Tucson…
Richard Beaty New Classes Added for Summer Good news. For all of you who remain in SaddleBrooke during the summer, the SaddleBrooke Computer Club has added several new classes just for you. The following classes are currently available for enrollment: Set up your new PC: Two sessions. Learn how to set up a new computer…
Jim Vavra The May meeting of the SaddleBrooke Democratic Club was held on Tuesday, April 12. The speaker, Tim Steller of the Arizona Daily Star, spoke to a packed Activity Center audience about the spring 2015 session of the Arizona legislature. Mr. Steller reflected on one of the shortest legislative sessions in recent history for…
Susan Dawson-Cook Foods sweetened with aspartame and sucralose seem to be an ideal solution for minimizing sugar and caloric intake. The sad truth is both are harmful chemicals that wreak havoc on your system. Even people who routinely avoid artificial sweeteners should beware of where these insidious ingredients lurk. Most know they are constituents of…