Category: February 2018

Unit 12 – Fall 2017 recap

Margaret Blanchard The first day of November was the chili dinner to kick off the fall season in Unit 12. With 43 members in attendance, some were new members and others had just returned from their northern homes, there seemed to be a lot to discuss and talk flowed easily while enjoying a fun and…

Unit Happenings

Unit 3-S Dinner Party Brenda Newitter Residents of Unit 3-S wished our Unit Reps, John and Dottie Shaffer, good luck in their move to a new home at The Forum at Tucson by having a surprise dinner party at the Roadrunner Grill on January 10. John and Dottie have been our neighbors in SaddleBrooke for…

Beginning Tai Chi Class

  Carol Emerson We are very happy to announce the addition of a weekday beginning Tai Chi class to the schedule. The class will be on Tuesdays from 9:05-10:05 a.m. Hope you can come. Tai Chi has always been a key component of Chinese health and fitness practices. With its gentle movements and meditative aspects,…

Steadying the ship

Eileen J Snearly The past presidents of MPLN organization were honored, and credited for plotting a good course, and with their crew continuing a steady voyage over the years.

The magnificent beauty of SaddleBrooke

TJ Duffy December is such a hectic time with decorating, shopping, partying, and celebrating that it’s easy to overlook what drew us to live here. As is often the case, we’re reminded by our visitors with mouths a gasp just how fortunate we are to enjoy the splendor of our community. SaddleBrooke was one of…

Fine Arts Guild and UAMA Art lectures series

Tammy Bearden The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild, in partnership with the University of Arizona Museum of Art, will present the third and final lecture of their three-lecture series on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., in the west ballroom of the MountainView Clubhouse. The presenters will be docents Fleurette and Marc Wallach…

SaddleBrooke Freethinkers: rethinking free speech

  Rolly Prager On Sunday, February 25 at 10:00 a.m. at the MountainView Ballroom, Mel Durchslag will examine how a free society can maintain constitutional protection for free speech in light of escalating incidents of hate speech. Many Americans along with people around the world were shocked by the demonstrations that took place last August…

STEM students publish book

Sidonia St.Germaine Did it really happen or was it all a dream? The answer comes at the end of this delightful story written by four students from Mammoth Elementary STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) School and their science tutor, Steve Rumsey from SaddleBrooke’s Unit 43. The story tells of grade school kids’ adventures in…