Peter Bakke The SaddleBrooke Democratic Club (SBDC) will hold its annual gala and fundraiser at the SaddleBrooke MountainView ballroom on Sunday, Feb. 2, at 5 p.m. Tickets and dinner selections are available for sale online at saddlebrookedemocrats.org/meetings, or you can print the form on the club’s website and send a check. This year’s theme is…
Category: January 2025
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
Family Search Secrets: Genealogy Club Speaker for February Is Amy Urman
Laurence Edralin Amy Urman is the owner of Nosy Wilma LLC, a private investigative agency licensed in the State of Arizona. She is a professional genealogist, licensed private investigator, researcher, and lecturer. Amy trained as an investigator under the tutelage of another investigator. During her 20 years of working for a law firm, she became…
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
Belles and Barbershop Holiday Performance
Claudia Booth Christmas bells were ringing as the Silver Belles dance performance team and the Catalina Keynotes barbershop quartet performed their holiday show for the clients at The Fountains at La Cholla. The Silver Belles danced to seasonal favorites such as “Jingle Bell Rock,” “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,” “You Make It…
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
Catalina Mountain Elks Help IMPACT of Southern Arizona
Marie Starjnski On Nov. 23, 25 Catalina Mountain Elks gathered to assist our local food bank, IMPACT of Southern Arizona. We helped them create 280 Thanksgiving food bags. These bags included potatoes, stuffing, vegetables, gravy, and cranberry sauce. Turkey and pies were added later to provide a full Thanksgiving meal to our less fortunate neighbors.
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
Catalina Mountain Elks Adopt A Family Project
Marie Starjnski Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge #2915 “adopted” 20 kids through IMPACT of Southern Arizona, our local food bank, at Christmas time. We purchased toys, clothing, and art supplies for all, hoping to make their holiday season a lot merrier. This awesome project was made possible by the PERA and generous donations from our members.
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
Chess Club
Greg Hlushko Chess is a great game that can help keep your mind sharp and improve your concentration. The SaddleBrooke Chess Club has players of various experience levels, and we play in a casual, friendly environment for fun. Come by to learn how to play or to play a few games. The club has no…
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
SaddleBrooke Texas Hold ‘em Tournament Winners
Marianne Pinello The Sept. 9 through Nov. 25, 2024, tournament winners are as follows: 1st Marianne Pinello, 2nd Ron Koehler, 3rd Greg Stymfal, 4th Mike Edmonds, and 5th Glenn Deutsch. Congratulations to all who participated in this tournament. The new tournament started on Dec. 2. Please join us in the Sonoran Room at MountainView Bar…
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
British Club Christmas Dinner Dance
Mary (Twink) Gates The holiday spirit was in full swing on Dec. 11 when 21 members of the British Club attended their annual Christmas Party, this year teaming up with Unit 5 and Unit 11, at the MountainView clubhouse ballroom in SaddleBrooke TWO. Surrounded by sparkling Christmas trees and Christmas garlands, the camaraderie was palpable,…
Clubs & Classes, January 2025
British Club: Carols, Cocktails, and Canapes
Mary (Twink) Gates Carols, Cocktails, and Canapes kicked off the holiday season for 40 members of the British Club at the home of Lynne Pendlebury and Mike Sachse on Dec. 1 at 5 p.m. It was so much fun, each member being decked out with choices of necklaces of flashing Christmas lights, headdresses of reindeer…
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
Start the New Year with a Beat!
Dawn Walker SaddleBrooke Winds and Strings finished 2024 with a series of fun and well-attended concerts. Our music director Jesus Jacquez teaches at every rehearsal and enhances our performances with a creative visual display to go along with the music. If you have an instrument and might be interested in joining us, please get in…