G. William Myers (LT, CEC, USN Former) The Catalina Mountain Satellite Chapter (CMSC) of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) held its January meeting on Jan. 16. The meeting began with a short business session presided over by Col. Bill Nagy, President, during which members were updated on the chapter’s activities. The day’s presentation…
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Clubs & Classes, February 2021
SilverBelles Get Their Jingle On for the Holidays
Claudia Booth Neither wind, sleet, snow, or COVID can stop the SilverBelles performance team from dancing! Decked out with candy canes, jingle bells, and their new red fringe pants, the SilverBelles danced in the street to an enthusiastic audience in Unit Three. Sam Page, the group’s Master of Ceremonies, performed a “Santa Rap” with the SilverBelles…
Clubs & Classes, February 2021
Partners Western Dance
Jane Gromelski Partners western dance activities spring 2021: our next series of dance classes will be the Arizona 2 Step and Western Waltz. Classes will start on Wednesday, March 3. We will have six to eight classes in the series. These will be classes held outside, behind DesertView, on the volleyball courts. Our first meeting…
Clubs & Classes, February 2021
Softball Clinic Covers All the Bases
Terry Hurley Michael Schumacher is not an experienced softball player but it didn’t stop him from signing up to play in the SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Sidewinder League this winter. He’s new to the sport, last year was the first time he ever played, but figured he had nothing to lose. “I still have a long…
Clubs & Classes, February 2021
CycleMasters Delivering the Progress
B.J. Murray The Progress has been delivered to SaddleBrooke residents since 1990. In January of 1997, Cyclemasters Cycling Club united with Robson Publishing to deliver the newspaper. Now, 24 years later, Cyclemasters continues to get this important communication out to all our residents. We start the process by learning from Robson when we can expect to…
Clubs & Classes, February 2021
Promoting Literacy in the Copper Corridor
Maggie deBlock SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Cause Club members delivered books to the San Manuel/Mammoth Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade teachers’ library as well as books donated for other grade levels. The Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade books were purchased using matching grant money from Rotary District 5500. This story began when the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary…
Clubs & Classes, February 2021
Many Changes for the Lincoln Penny Over the Last 110 Years
Ken Marich Abraham Lincoln was our 16th president and was in office from 1861 to 1865. In the early 1900s, Victor D. Brenner, the U.S. Mint engraver, designed the Lincoln penny to honor the 100th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth. Brenner engraved his initials on the reverse of the 1909 penny. A total of about 99 million…
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Whirling, Twirling SilverBelles
Claudia Booth The SaddleBrooke SilverBelles are thrilled to welcome our newest member, Shaun Herndon, to their dance team. Shaun is a very talented and accomplished performer. She has been performing all of her life as an award-winning, competitive baton twirler. She is a two-time World National Baton Champion, an Iowa and Midwest Champion, a three-time…