Category: Clubs & Classes

British Club at Tea on the Town

British Club members enjoy lunch and tea at the Tortolita Mountains.

Twink Gates-Zimdar On a glorious fall day at a wonderful Oasis at the foot of the Tortolita Mountains on Sunday, October 19 nineteen members of the British Club enjoyed a delectable tea party/lunch at Tea on the Town. They savored a selection of fine teas, finger sandwiches, deviled eggs, quiche, pumpkin scones with clotted cream,…

Hikers enjoy fall picnic

Becky Hilst, second from right, is the chief lyricist of the hiking club’s new anthem, sung to the tune of America the Beautiful; photo by Karen Schickedanz

  Karen Schickedanz Cloudy skies and a few leftover sprinkles courtesy of Hurricane Simon couldn’t stop SaddleBrooke Hiking Club members from enjoying themselves at their annual fall picnic held last month at Catalina State Park. The picnic got off to a rousing start with the group rendition of a new hiking club anthem, sung to…

Jazzercise’s charity event

SaddleBrooke Jazzercise is dancing their way to help type 1 diabetes. We are holding this fun event on November 20 at the MountainView Country Club Ballroom from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Class is free! We are asking for any size donation for this charity; all proceeds will go to charity! There will door prizes, food,…

Why not dance?

The holiday season is approaching. Are you ready to dance? SaddleBrooke and Ranch residents are invited to dance. Beginners or seasoned dancers are all invited to Dance at HOA1 Vermilion Ballroom. There is no fee. If you are a beginner, someone will help you to get around the dance floor. If you are a seasoned…

DIGS: Take the slow road

Bob Koblewski, Dan Weiss and guest visiting during pre-meeting social time; photo by Bill Brennan

Bill Brennan James Cowlin, professional photographer from Oracle, Arizona, discussed Nature and Landscape Photography at the October meeting of DIGS, also known as the SaddleBrooke Photography Club. The subject for Jim’s presentation was Photographing the National Parks Along U.S. 89. Jim has a special passion for U.S. 89 as there are seven national parks, 14…

Liberty Walking half dollars

Ken Marich We all probably remember getting Liberty Walking (LW) half dollars as change in the 1950s and 60s. Today we rarely see these coins in circulation as they are all collector’s items and contain about $10 worth of silver. The LW half dollar was issued by the U.S. Mint from 1916 to 1947 and…

Interesting programs for Questers this season

Questers Sonoran Searchers met for their October meeting on Wednesday, October 8 at the home of Christian Sowders with Linda Hunzinger as co-hostess. The group welcomed a new member and started plans for a special luncheon to be held in March of 2015 with two other Questers chapters; one is SaddleBrooke and one is in…