Col. Bill Nagy USAR (Ret.) The Catalina Mountains Satellite Chapter (CMSC) of Tucson Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) will tentatively resume its fall 2020 meetings on Oct. 17, 2020, at 11:30 a.m. at a venue to be determined. At whichever venue is determined, all sanitary precautions will be in effect, social distancing will be maintained,…
Linda DeWitt On Tuesday, Nov. 17, The MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association (MPWGA) will host its annual Take a Swing at Cancer Golf Tournament at the MountainView Golf Club. This event has raised over $140,000 in donations over the years for the University of Arizona Cancer Research! With your participation and support, we’ll keep this wonderful…
Dottie Adams There’s an old saying that no news is good news. I’m going to change the saying to no news brings old news. The picture collage depicts past performances and parties. In the bottom left-hand photo, the ladies and a gentleman are decked out in their red, white, and blue and kicked off the…
Ann Lange In the dawn’s early light of Sept. 7, the Oro Valley American Legion Post Color Guard honored our veterans with a rifle volley and flag folding ceremony as Commander Wayne Larroque read the meaning behind each of the 13 folds. As daylight spread gently across the MountainView Golf Club, patriotic citizens stood with…
Leigh Beatly The instructors at the SaddleBrooke Computer Club have been busy converting many of their in-person classes to virtual training. Currently we are unable to hold classes in our computer training facility due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements. So, in order to continue to offer instruction even through this pandemic, we have set up…
Diana Durham Dancing is fun, a social way to maintain and improve coordination as we enhance our auditory, visual, and mental abilities. Dancing is perhaps the most fun, effective, beneficial, and romantic exercise for your mind and body. “Are there places in Tucson where you can ballroom dance?” you ask. Oh yes! As many SaddleBrooke…
Barbara Barr Our veterans did not give up on fighting for us, and The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke is not going to give up on honoring our vets. One way or another, we are going to be honoring our veterans in November. We have a Plan A and a Plan B. But we still need…
Ann Kuperberg With the presidential election just weeks away, some of us have already mailed in our ballots, but the drama continues, possibly until the end of the year. We can play bridge online to escape from the constant news. The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) offered extra points in special games at the end…
Patti Gould Tibetan teacher Chögyam Trungpa once opened a Zen class by drawing a V on a large white sheet of poster paper. He then asked those present what he had drawn. Most responded that it was a bird. “No,” he told them. “It’s the sky with a bird flying through it.” Meditation is now…
This year the SBCO board of directors chose Pat and Jim Schlote as the organization’s 2020 Volunteers of the Year for their tireless work on behalf of the Kids’ Closet program.