Twink Gates-Zimdar The ladies were joined by their husbands at a British Club Hors D’oeuvres and Wine Party held at the home of Mike and Eileen Sedgwick on Saturday, August 20. The 96 degree heat of the day had subsided, giving way to a pleasantly cool evening where some members out of the 30 attending…
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Clubs & Classes, September 2016
Latin Rhythm Dance Club
The Latin dance secret Wally Mara The Latin Dance secret? It’s no longer a secret. On March 4, 2016 the American Heart Association reported: “After four months of lively Latin dance classes, older adults were more physically fit and walked faster than those in a health education program according to a University of Illinois at…
Clubs & Classes, September 2016
Do you remember the Indian Head penny?
Ken Marich The Indian Penny is an important change to our American coinage as it signaled the end of the large cent era. By 1857, the cost of making copper cents rose to a level that a more cost-effective coin had to be made. Large cents (1793-1857) were made of copper; they were the size…
Clubs & Classes, September 2016
Espanol… y Más
Judy Freeman Remember: Learning a new language helps your brain stay fit! Join up to do exactly that and have lots of fun, too! Why just study Spanish anywhere else when you can learn to speak it with Español y Más? Each Step is a class meeting each week for 12 weeks, starting the week…
Clubs & Classes, September 2016
Knit Wits puts family first
Carol Chiarello The SaddleBrooke Knit Wits have been busy this summer. We delivered a carload of baby items to Family First. These blankets, hats and sweaters, knitted and crocheted by our members over the last few months, will help needy families in our area. Dianne Resseguie, head of the Service Committee, said “Family First provides…
Clubs & Classes, September 2016
Fine Arts Guild and UAMA host art lecture series
Tammy Bearden The second lecture in the series presented by the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild, in partnership with the University of Arizona Museum of Art, will take place on Wednesday, October 5, 2016, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Mesquite Grill at HOA 2. The presenter will be docent Gerry Bates who will discuss…
Clubs & Classes, September 2016
English Country Dancers notice
Enid Fowler It’s too darn hot — to be exercising outside, but you can still get some delightful exercise in the cool Vermilion Room at the SaddleBrooke One Clubhouse doing English Country Dancing on Thursday afternoons from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Although we miss our snowbird dancers, there are still enough of us left…
Clubs & Classes, September 2016
Busy as a swarm of Beeezz
Lynne Kumza The dog days of summer didn’t slow the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club down one bit. We were very beeezzzy this summer with many different activities. There is something new happening at our club; Sharing Steps is a joint venture between Rancho Vistoso Line Dance Club and our club here in SaddleBrooke. A plan…
Clubs & Classes, September 2016
“Stay in the Moment” Rotary speaker suggests
Patti R. Albaugh Dr. Vicki Berkus, Ph.D., M.D. and CEDS (certified eating disorders specialist) was the featured speaker at a recent SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary meeting. She is a psychiatrist and a twenty-two year resident of SaddleBrooke. She is the author of Ten Commitments to Mental Fitness. Dr. Berkus has found that one of the most…
Clubs & Classes, September 2016
Into every life a little zen must fall
Harriet C. Schultz If you ever think what life is about, what we are supposed to be doing here, or why we may feel anxious, worried or easily upset, this might be of interest to you. Can we understand and become aware of our human predicament from a different perspective? Maybe we can learn to…