Category: Clubs & Classes

Boost your brain power

Barbara Starrett and Joyce Honorof Small Slams Bridge Club is proud to announce the sponsorship of a Beginner Bridge Class with ACBL Gold Master Barb Feeley Sullenger. The course will be five sessions on Wednesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on March 8, 15, 22 and April 12. It will meet in HOA 1 Clubhouse.…

Stroke/Neuro Support Group

Liz Boyd Are you caring for a loved one who has stroke, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis or other neurological conditions? Or are you your own caregiver? Our monthly lunches provide an opportunity to share concerns and solutions in a supportive atmosphere. The next monthly meetings will be held on Friday, February 17 at 11:30…

Jefferson nickels aided the WWII effort

Ken Marich This story starts in 1942 when WWII was underway. America’s back was against the wall as we faced Nazis in Europe and a militarist Japan in Asia. To fight the war required all of our resources and all our skill. Several of these important resources included nickel and copper. Our country needed nickel…

Hiking in a Saguaro Forest

Back row: Jason Noffsinger, Gretchen Downey, Michael Hovan, Dave Streicher, Joe Maurizzi, Joyce Maurizzi, Leonore Henninger, Randy Richard; front row: Bernie Nagy, Maureen Spence, Clare Collins, Arlene Gerety, Mary Hlushko, Jan Springer; photo by Elisabeth Wheeler

Elisabeth Wheeler A premier place to enjoy the beauty of a saguaro forest is Sweetwater Preserve, an 800 acre preserve located in the eastern foothills of the Tucson Mountains. An hour’s drive from SaddleBrooke, the preserve provides about 13 miles of trail, arranged in loops. SaddleBrooke hikers explored over seven miles of trail that featured…

GLAAS elects 2017 officers

2017 GLAAS officers: Orville Bell, Barbara Starrett, Bo Nanna, Sandy Wagoner

Sandy Wagoner The members of GLAAS voted at their recent annual meeting to elect the following officers: Sandy Wagoner, president, Orville Bell, vice president, Bo Nanna, secretary and Barbara Starrett, treasurer. Changes of some wording in the by-laws were also voted on. In February we will have a members only event and in March we…

Straddling the Equator and the Land of Khan

Mountain Gorilla, Uganda

Ed Melnick The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club’s March 15 presentation takes on an international flair when Ed Melnick shares his photographs captured while traveling to Uganda and Mongolia. Ed traveled with his wife, Judie Shyman, and friends Darlene and Lockwood Carlson to both countries and all are excited about sharing these experiences. The Ugandan show entitled,…

Spanish Culture Club news

The Spanish Culture Club of SaddleBrooke (SCC) is a culture club, not a language club. It is composed of a group of social and intellectually curious Brookers that seek to expand their knowledge of Latin culture within the Old Pueblo and beyond. This is accomplished through monthly meetings that include speakers and tapas buffets, twice-monthly…

Nature Club sets record attendance at January meeting

Anne Peyton with a Black Vulture; photo by Ed Skaff

Mike Buckley SaddleBrooke Nature Club opened the year with an exciting meeting featuring two live vultures and record attendance. The featured speakers, Anne Peyton and Carol Marshall from Liberty Wildlife in Phoenix, gave outstanding presentations, but the highlight of the program went to Bailey, an adult male Turkey Vulture and Armadillo, an adult female Black…