Connie Kotke SaddleBrooke residents tend to be a talented lot, with wide-ranging skills and experiences acquired through decades of working, traveling, and just plain living. What expertise do you have that would make our community a better, and more informed, place to live? The SaddleBrooke Public Affairs Commission (SPAC) is a “dynamic” group that spans…
Category: January 2025
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
Save the Date!
Linda Drake Mark your calendar for Thursday, March 6, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Ranch House Ballroom for the “Lunch and Lecture with a Financial Legend.” The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke is holding a great and informative event on revisiting your retirement planning. The “Father of the Four Percent Rule” and member…
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
How Does SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Stride Into 2025?
Christianne Dettmann By Gifting, Lifting, Shifting, Shivering … and Quilting! Okay, so those don’t completely rhyme, but it’s worth noting just how many ways the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club finished strong in 2024 and is striding even stronger into 2025. In December alone, the club: • Gifted Christmas goodies and necessities to dozens of needy…
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
Fun, Fitness, Friendship
Mary Klootwyk Dancers from SaddleBrooke Squares hit the road again to attend a two-day square dance festival held in Bakersfield, Calif., this past November. The trip started three days earlier with a stay in Lake Havasu to visit the local sites, including a picturesque ferry ride departing just north of the famous London Bridge and…
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
Partners Western Dance Classes and Dances
Jane Gromelski Dancing is a great activity for couples. It has many benefits. It is great exercise, it builds synapses in the brain, and you do it with your partner. Best of all, it is fun! It’s the only sport where you hold your partner close—forget the luge. We will teach the Arizona 2-step in…
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
Get in the Groove: A Guide to East Coast Swing
Pat Knepler As the excitement of the new year fades, so do many of our resolutions. The SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC), however, has a wonderful way to renew interest in some of those “forgotten” resolutions—especially the one about getting into shape. What better way than ballroom dancing to have fun while burning those holiday…
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
February Tech Talks Meeting
Laurence Edralin The topic of our February Tech Talks meeting will be “Introduction to Photoshop Elements and Learn How to Improve Your Images,” presented by Mark Guinn. Mark Guinn is a lifelong amateur photographer. “After my sister said, ‘Mark, you take good pictures. You should get a good camera,’ I got my first SLR from…
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
Gardening Club Members Are Learning in Gardens
Mary Jane Wilson The new SaddleBrooke Gardening Club (SBGC) started scheduling member-only garden tours with the arrival of our cooler temperatures. Seeing someone’s garden and hearing them talk about how and why they did things, along with the opportunity to ask questions and share personal experiences, is what most of our members have been asking…
Clubs & Classes, January 2025
Unlock the Secrets of Your Moon Sign: A Journey to Inner Wisdom
Julia Virgil and Barbara Barr Bengen Join us for an illuminating exploration into the heart of astrology on Monday, Jan. 13, from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Catalina Room of the Mesquite building at 36891 S. MountainView Blvd. Sara Bourland, SaddleBrooke’s own astrologer, will present “Unlock the Secrets of Your Moon Sign: A Journey…
January 2025, Clubs & Classes
Visiting with Respect, Preservation Archeology, and You
Bruce Hale In response to inquiries regarding proper etiquette when hiking in proximity to the many antiquities found throughout the Southwest, the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club (SBHC) has invited Dr. Stephen E. Nash of Archeology Southwest to be the featured speaker at the club program on Jan. 15. His presentation titled “Visit with Respect: Archeology Southwest,…