Carole Hays If you can walk, you can square dance! The SaddleBrooke Squares Dance Club has changed, and square dancing is now more fun than ever before. We are a square dance club that enjoys the newer aspects of modern square dancing. No longer just country music, our callers use multiple genres, from rock to…
Joyce Sutay Red Nose Day is an annual campaign with the mission to end child poverty by funding programs that keep children safe, healthy, educated, and empowered. While raising life-changing cash for children that need it the most, it brings people together to laugh and have fun. Since its debut in 2015, over $240 million…
Rolly Pragerr Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries is excited to announce our first winners in the Bucks for Books raffle. The first drawing was held in March. Ellen Wixom and Gail Fasmire each won tickets to the raffle celebration scheduled for Jan. 19. The April winners are Elaine Ackerman and Esta Goldstein, who also won tickets…
Kathy Kortus and Ron Bouchard The Desert Gems 7.0 women’s 65 and older team won the league and will go to sectionals Dec. 3 through 5. Since SaddleBrooke restricted court use to members only, the team was lucky to be able to use the Oro Valley courts as home base. The team played a total of…
Phyllis Ketring, Publicity Coordinator The 2021 Health Fair is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 23 from 9 a.m. to noon, and everything looks positive. The planning committee has reserved the SaddleBrooke One Clubhouse and most of MountainView to feature a good representation of exhibitors, while meeting whatever social distancing standards are in place at the time.…
B. J. Murray Cyclemasters let happy thoughts multiply like rabbits during our final holiday ride of the season, The Bunny Ride. The event was on April 3. It was fun, starting with everyone assembling at the Activity Center. Because of the vaccination clinic, we had to move locations from where we usually meet. Everyone was given…
Barbara Barr, Robyn Gearhart, and Scott Brewbaker Meet the fabulous bakers of Stoney Flower Drive. Under the leadership of Faith Fromson, bakers Corky Bosch, Jet George, Nancy Harling, and Joyce Wantuck have been baking up a storm for the Unit 17 annual Spring Fling. This year’s Spring Fling was held on April 18 and included…
Nancy McCluskey-Moore The Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries (FSL) Bucks 4 Books Raffle supports funding for the SaddleBrooke Community Libraries to purchase books, DVDs, and audiobooks for our libraries. Fifty-percent of the funds raised through the raffle (after expenses) will be used to buy new materials for our libraries and the remaining 50% will be awarded…
Ken Marich The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) was founded in 2005 by Dr. Joel Waldstreicher and 10 members on the initial board of directors (BOD). The first courses were conducted in 2006 and to date we have offered over 350 courses to the SaddleBrooke community. Today I would like to introduce you to…
Patti R. Albaugh What is a cause-based club? Rotary Club International has created a new model for club structure and activity, and SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club has adopted the new format. It’s a simpler club model with less administrative hassle, fewer meetings, and quality time with fellow members doing self-selected projects. In this model, members…