Twink Gates-Zimdar On Sunday, May 25 twenty-nine members of the British Club gathered at the Bocce Ball Courts here in SaddleBrooke for a fun Bocce Ball game. Following the game, everyone headed to the home of Bob Zimdar and Twink Gates for a potluck picnic where they feasted on lasagna, Swedish meatballs, cheeseburger macaroni, shrimp…
George Bidwell Last year the STS donated approximately $35,000 worth of materials and food to military personnel and their families. Now that troops are returning with many not able to find employment, the need is greater for us to supply more food to the Military Food Bank. Your monetary, food and clothing donations make it…
George Bidwell SaddleBrooke Troop Support presented a Certificate of Appreciation to the SaddleBrooke Latin Rhythm Club in recognition for their many generous contributions to STS. Those funds go directly to the support of our local troops and their families who are in need. In the photo are members of Latin Rhythm Dance Club. Jeanny and…
The May meeting featured an interesting presentation by Chris Seggerman, an experienced genealogist from the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records Division. His topic, Newspapers for Research, explained how to use publications to find information about ancestors. Chris suggested looking at death notices, obituaries, marriage notices and other news articles to locate important dates…
Nancy Harling The highlight of the Catalina Timewalkers Chapter of Questers tour of the Kannally Ranch House at Oracle State Park in April was viewing Lee Kannally’s WWI journal. The display case holding the fragile journal was purchased with a donation from the Catalina Timewalkers. The Kannally Ranch House was built from 1929 to 1932.…
Walt Shields Cochise was the most feared of the Chiricahua Apaches. During a period from 1860 to 1870, he and his braves conducted numerous raids on white settlements, miners and stagecoaches. The warriors hid out in an area of the Dragoon Mountains, 60 miles east of Tucson, known today as Cochise Stronghold. The site is…