Monday Mixers Organization Monday Mixers has decided that this year’s 2020-21 season will be canceled. This is due to the coronavirus and our desire to make sure that the health and safety of our members are protected. The coronavirus has stopped our putting from happening. Monday Mixers, the mixed putting group/league is open to all…
Eileen J. Snearly and Joyce Sutay Each year the Arizona Golf Association (AGA) conducts their State Medallion Tournament for 9-hole and 18-hole women golf leagues throughout Arizona. Qualifying rounds during the year determine which golfers will represent their club at the State Medallion held in January the following year. The MountainView Preserve Lady Niners are…
David Zapatka My friend Mike Schneider and I were discussing this quote from The Urantia Book recently: “Such spirit-born individuals are so unmotivated in life that they can calmly stand by while their fondest ambitions perish and their keenest hopes crash; they positively know that such catastrophes are but the redirecting cataclysms which wreck one’s temporal creations…
Pam Boedeker Do you remember the rumors and doubts about the construction of the animal bridge on Oracle Road in 2014? There was even a cartoon of a dinosaur crossing the bridge. SaddleBrooke Nature Club speaker, Jessica Marino, represented the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection. The Coalition’s mission is to protect the biodiversity of the…
David Zapatka This 12-common-mistakes column began after playing with some very excited, highly motivated, new pickleball players at our community courts recently. After playing a couple games, this question was posed to me: “What should we do to improve and become 3.5 players?” Last month we reviewed the first two mistakes. This month we take a…
Elizabeth Henley Coached Workouts DesertView swimming pool is home base for the club. Since it opened, the club has reserved morning times for coached workouts. Currently, we swim seven days per week from 7 to 10:35 a.m. On six days, there are three workouts; on Sundays, we have two longer workouts. Coach Doug Springer was…