Kathy DeMerritt Congratulations to our 2025 Club Champion Marilyn Fisher. Marilyn played a steady game for the three matches, winning her the coveted title of Club Champion. Way to go, Marilyn! The Club Championship is a multi-day competition. There is one winner (over the field of competitors). This low gross winner is the Club Champion.…
Christine Schmitz The SaddleBrooke Cornhole Club participated in its first off-site tournament on March 15 at Fork & Fire in Oro Valley. Players were able to win prizes, hear live music, eat treats from vendors, and enjoy the beer garden. This warmed us up for St. Patrick’s Day fun to follow in two days. More…
Please join the Santa Catalina Mental Health Ministry as it presents its May Mental Health Focus on Monday, May 12, at 6 p.m. and Sunday, May 18, at 3 p.m. Katrina Johnson, the memory care coordinator at Sunrise Senior Living, will be presenting on the stages of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, redirection and validation techniques,…
Swing for a Cause: 25th Annual SaddleBrooke Rotary Charity Golf Tournament Barbara Barr Bengen For the 25th year, golf enthusiasts, community leaders, and generous donors come together for the highly anticipated SaddleBrooke Rotary Charity Golf Tournament at MountainView Golf Club on Monday, April 21. This fun-filled event combines the love of golf with the joy…
Barb Schaepe The date for the SaddleBrooke Great Decisions April meeting has been changed to April 21 due to room availability. It was originally scheduled for April 7. The start time remains at 3 p.m., and the location continues to be the MountainView East Ballroom. Sandy McNabb will be leading the discussion on the topic…
Kay Sullivan Our outreach to the Mammoth-San Manuel PreK-12 school resulted in us helping with the cost of a field trip to the Desert Museum for the 9th grade Physical Science students in September. The assistant principal, Amber Walden, shared with us that she wanted programs to inspire the high school students toward higher education…
Mary Klootwyk Sixteen dancers from SaddleBrooke Squares Dance Club traveled to Yuma, Ariz., to attend the annual Yuma Square Dance Festival held Feb. 14-16. More than 140 people danced to two well-known and popular callers: Buddy Weaver from California and Dee Dee Dougherty from Minnesota. Dancers had a chance to meet up with old friends…
The next Genealogy Club presentation will be on May 1 at 1 p.m. in the SaddleBrooke One Coyote Room. Our presenter will be Jeri Taylor. Jeri Taylor is a seven-year member of the club who served as past president for five years and is the current club secretary. The topic of her presentation is “What…
Jan Hopke-Almer and Lisa Richardson This April, the Vista Mission Outreach Program will begin collecting funds to purchase school supplies and backpacks for students from our sister church in Agua Prieta, Mexico. This program has been a huge success over the past 20-plus years. We began by sponsoring 62 students, growing to our maximum of…
astor Mary Dotson I’m writing this just three days after Ash Wednesday, and already I am experiencing a refreshing sense of peace as we begin the Lenten season. This year I decided not to give up anything for Lent. In many ways these days, I am clinging onto hope, so I purchased a new daily…