Jim Vavra Our guest speaker at our July 12 meeting was Steve Farley, State Senator from District 9. Steve is the Assistant Minority Leader in the State Senate. He is a staunch supporter of Tucson and its community. He provided an informative analysis of the Arizona Legislative Session which just ended. An outstanding speaker, he…
Karen Schickedanz Sure you can hike in Tucson in the summer—at least if you’re doing it atop Mt. Lemmon where it’s 25 degrees cooler than the valley below. Enjoying a hike in mid-July on the Mt. Lemmon Ski Lift Loop are (from left): Ralph Taylor, Karen Schickedanz, Bob Garner, Kathy and Paul Volpe and hiking…
Edwin Sand This ensemble began in SaddleBrooke four years ago to provide an opportunity for local musicians who hadn’t played for a while to dust off their instrument and get together. The ensemble rehearses Friday mornings at the Bistro at SaddleBrooke HOA 2 MountainView from 8:15 until 10:00 a.m. What began as a small group…
Barbara Starrett and Joyce Honorof Jim Gold’s generous gift of the Bridgemate Electronic Scoring System lets Small Slams Bridge Club offer its players many benefits. The electronic scorers simplify and speed up the collection of Bridge session results. When accompanied by the Dealer4 machine that provides pre-dealt hands with analysis, the club can provide for…
Ann Richards The SaddleBrooke Quilting Club has been hard at work this year making quilts of all sizes and placemats for the Oracle Pregnancy Center, Hayden Senior Center and CASA. We have spent over $2000 on fabric and batting to construct these projects. The club meets weekly but once a month we hold a day-long…
The first Wednesday of each month is Show and Tell. Members show projects they have been working on and the rest of the group oohs and ahhhs over the beautiful items. This is a chance for everyone to get ideas for our next project and with luck maybe even using up some stash yarn. We…