Marlene D’Ambrosio The SaddleBrooke Paper Crafters (SBPC) celebrated the club’s 27th anniversary at the annual Holiday Party on Dec. 10 and honored the numerous members who support the club with sponsored volunteer activities. Angela Stokes, our club vice president, started planning for this event in April. Angela, along with her Holiday Party Committee, including Tina…
Sam Miller The SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club is pleased to host Dr. Al Conrad, an astronomer and data scientist at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory’s Large Binocular Telescope, on Sunday, April 12, at the DesertView Theater, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive, at 7 p.m. Through the use of the latest visible light imaging technology, multiple…
Vicki Malueg Our February program, “Venomous and Poisonous Animals of Arizona,” was presented by Sandy Reith, a volunteer and recent retiree from the Pima County Conservation Lands Resources. The talk was very informative and described the species of the poisonous and venomous spiders, snakes, toads, scorpions, insects, and lizards that we live with here in…
Sheri Nockels The SaddleBrooke Quilters were well represented at the Tucson Quilt Fiesta and won in several different categories! The show was the 50th anniversary of the Tucson Quilters Guild. Previous award-winning quilts by Tami Graeber and Pat Morris were displayed. There were also hundreds of quilts in a variety of categories. A certified quilt…
Sylvia Munsen The Catalina Timewalkers chapter of the Questers met on Feb. 17 in the home of Leni Bowman, with eight members in attendance. Following the business meeting, the members enjoyed an interesting program about “World Ethnic Music Instruments” presented by Sylvia Munsen. Sylvia utilized PowerPoint slides to showcase her collection of world ethnic music…
Mary (Twink) Gates and Harriet Schemer The Jan. 20 meeting of the Catalina Timewalkers chapter of The Questers was held at the home of Harriet Schemer. The 11 members attending were pleased to welcome guests, State President Robyn Morin and State Historian Ruth Klinge. Following a quick business discussion, Harriet presented a program on the…