MOAA News

G. William Myers (Lt., CEC, USN Former) The Catalina Mountains Satellite Chapter (CMSC) of the Tucson Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) Chapter is on summer hiatus and will not meet again until October. Nonetheless, CMSC has already confirmed an array of civilian and military speakers for this coming fall and winter. CMSC currently has…

Health Fair 2021

Phyllis Ketring, Publicity Coordinator The 2021 Health Fair is on track for Saturday, Oct. 23 from 9 a.m. to noon. There will be exhibitors and screeners at both the SaddleBrooke One and MountainView Clubhouses. Free shuttles will transport people between clubhouses. As in the past, fairgoers park at the MountainView parking lot and use the shuttle to…

Rounding Up All Texans

Janelle Authur The SaddleBrooke Ranch Texas Club welcomes all who were born in or lived in Texas. We share our Texas pride at social events and gatherings at the Ranch and in the Tucson area. Formed in March 2019, the club held three social events before the COVID pause—happy hour at the Ranch House, Bluebonnets and…

Relishing Pickleball

David Zapatka Reader Liz Houser writes, “I just moved to SaddleBrooke in April and learned to play pickleball in early May thanks to my enthusiastic neighbor Shawne. I just read your article about common mistakes numbers 11 and 12—I found them to be very helpful. Would you be so kind as to send me the…

Pickleball Trivia Questions

Nancy Eisenstein 1. Who was Pickles Pritchard? 2. What year was pickleball introduced on television? What was the name of the television show? 3. When did the Heinz Company distribute their first pickle pins? 4. Where were pickle pins given out to introduce players to pickleball in the 1990s? 5. What was the game called…