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Category: January 2024
Clubs & Classes, January 2024
Great Decisions 2024 Meeting Dates and Topics Announced
Barb Schaepe Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program focused on world affairs. SaddleBrooke Great Decisions strives to serve as a catalyst for developing awareness, understanding, and informed opinion on U.S. foreign policy and global issues. The 2024 SaddleBrooke Great Decisions programs will be held on eight Mondays, Jan. 15 through April 8, from 3…
Clubs & Classes, January 2024
British Club Ladies and Gentlemen’s Christmas Coffee Morning
Mary Gates On Dec. 3, 18 members of the British Club enjoyed a Ladies and Gentlemen’s Christmas coffee morning at the home of Twink Gates-Zimdar and Bob Zimdar. Freshly baked mince pies, sausage rolls, quiche, cheese plate, cold cuts, nuts, olives and water crackers, coconut macaroons, Belgium chocolate cookies, Hershey’s Kisses, peppermint chocolate bark, fresh…
Clubs & Classes, January 2024
Chess Club
Greg Hlushko The SaddleBrooke Chess Club has players of various experience levels, and we play in a casual, friendly environment for fun. Chess is a great game that can help keep your mind sharp and improve your concentration. The club has no dues. Come by to learn how to play or to play a few…
Generals, January 2024
Unit Happenings – January 2024
Unit 3N Brunchin’ on the Block Party Candace Brockey and Claudia Amaral On a sunny Dec. 2, 60 neighbors gathered in the Echo Canyon cul-de-sac for the final unit gathering of 2023. They enjoyed several charcuterie boards, plus a special surprise of chile relleno casserole and Mexican rice provided by member Annette Aubuchon. After a…
Generals, January 2024
SaddleBrooke Singers Begin Spring Concert Rehearsals
Cheri Emahiser If your heart is telling you it’s time to sing, stop by our 2:30 p.m. rehearsal on a Sunday in January at the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center, 64518 Galveston Lane. Sing a few tunes with us and learn more about the Singers. Meet Sue Case, a SaddleBrooke Singers member since 2002. Sue says,…
Clubs & Classes, January 2024
SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary – January 2024
SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotarians Participate in Wreaths Across America Frank Shipton SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotarians Ron Lenz, Maggie DeBlock, Dick Kroese, Jennifer Williams, and Roger Swett participated in the laying of the Wreaths Across America on Dec. 16, 2023. Sunrise Rotary Doubles Down at the 2023 Tucson Marathon Frank Shipton Members of The SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary (SSR)…
Sports, January 2024
2024 Take a Swing at Cancer Tournament
Denise Cashmore Join in the Take a Swing at Cancer event on Feb. 20 for a great cause. This fundraiser donates every dollar raised to the University of Arizona Cancer Center for cancer research. You can help make this a successful event. The day will start with a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start at The Preserve…
Generals, January 2024
‘Tony Terry and The Gaslight Theatre—The Smile of Tucson’ Documentary
If you love The Gaslight Theatre, this documentary, Tony Terry and The Gaslight Theatre—The Smile of Tucson, by SaddleBrooke resident Walter Fritz, is for you! Walter has been creating films for more than seven years. Walter began his documentary journey in Skagway, Alaska, where The Gaslight Theatre started as the Mighty Moose Melodrama Theatre in 1977.…
Clubs & Classes, January 2024
SaddleBrooke Skygazers: Exploring the Ultra-Distant Universe at the January Skygazers Meeting
Sam Miller The SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club is pleased to host Dr. Kevin Hainline, an assistant research professor at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory, on Sunday, Jan. 21, at the DesertView Theater, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive, at 7 p.m. In this talk, UA astronomy professor Dr. Hainline will discuss the first year of science…