Category: January 2020

The Sock Hop returns!

Jane Gromelski Tuesday, Jan. 28 will be our next ’50s and ’60s Sock Hop. It will be held in the MountainView Ballroom, doors and the cash bar will open at 5 p.m., the buffet will be served at 5:30 p.m. The meal will include a plated salad, rolls and butter, comfort food meatloaf, mashed potatoes…

New Year! New SaddleBrooke Singers Season!

Steph Mattie Ah! The calm that follows the December concert and before the start of our spring rehearsals. The SaddleBrooke Singers have returned from a break and are transitioning from the 2019 board of directors to the 2020 team. It has been my pleasure to write the articles for our group for the past two…

Operation Christmas Child

Carol Thompson Once again, Community Church at SaddleBrooke (CCSB), packaged almost 250 Christmas gift boxes for children around the world. This ministry is a yearly collaboration with Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham. School supplies, games, stuffed animals, and toys were packed into shoeboxes for girls and boys – ages ranging from 2-years to 14-years-old. Included…

Thank You, Friends

Thank you to all who made the Golden Goose Thrift Shop’s fourth “Estate Quality Event” such a huge success! Thanks to our generous donors, our loyal customers and our stellar volunteers, we were able to generate significant revenue for the local charitable programs that we support! We were able to bring in many “first-time” Golden…

Questers Experience a Vintage Christmas

Sylvia Munsen

Sandi Newberry The Catalina Timewalkers chapter of Questers met in the home of member Sylvia Munsen whose home was decorated with her amazing, large collections of vintage Christmas decorations, which she and her mother have collected throughout their lives. For the December monthly meeting, Sylvia presented a program about her collection of vintage Christmas decorations…

10-S-4-LIFE Returns in February

Jim Ward Tennis is truly a sport of a lifetime. What a unique opportunity to get great exercise and meet new people. 10-S-4-LIFE is a follow-on to Tennis 1-2-3, a highly successful and popular program started by Bob Lewis in 1998. To date, over 1100 enthusiastic tennis players have benefited from this program. 10-S-4-LIFE is…

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Louise Grabell What do gardeners do in January? Speaking only for myself, gardening is never finished. Maybe that’s because I don’t hire anyone to take care of my estate. Truth be told, I’ve been secretly harboring the notion that at my age, maybe I need some help. But here’s my problem: no one can take…

SPA Offers Introductory Lesson for Beginners

Shawne Cryderman Any SaddleBrooke resident is welcome to attend this introductory lesson. The focus of the introductory lesson is to allow people of all ages and skills to have the opportunity to get on the court and play this fun, phenomenal, full of good time’s game. At the end of the intro lesson, participants will…