The SaddleBrooke Chess Club has secured an additional time for those who prefer to play during the day. The new session is every Monday at the MountainView Clubhouse in the Ocotillo Room from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Our evening session remains on Wednesdays in the Bobcat Room in the SaddleBrooke One Clubhouse from 6 to…
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Clubs & Classes, March 2022
SaddleBrooke Singles Club Update
Hazel Staloff The SaddleBrooke Singles Club offers a low-key environment for socializing with others who are similarly situated. In addition to our very popular, weekly happy hour, in which we meet in one of the SaddleBrooke clubhouses for drinks and dinner, the group attends events in members’ homes, dines at local and not-so-local restaurants, has…
Clubs & Classes, March 2022
Parkinson’s PWR! Moves 4 Balance Club
Join us on March 17 at 1:30 p.m. in the SaddleBrooke One Arts and Craft Center, Room 3, for a presentation by Dr. Michaela Gaither, PT, DPT, OCS, CMPT, CSI. Fear Factor! The amygdala in our brain is the area that is searching for danger, often without conscious awareness on our part. Once there has…
Clubs & Classes, March 2022
PC Hiking Club Diary
March SaddleBrooke Hiking Club Program and Speaker Bruce Hale The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club welcomes Dr. James (Jim) Smith, a nine-year club member, as the featured speaker at its monthly meeting and program on March 16. Dr. Smith’s presentation is titled “A Hiker’s Guide to Birding: SaddleBrooke, SE Arizona, and Beyond.” Alongside wildflower viewing, birding is…
Clubs & Classes, March 2022
Cyclemasters—Here’s What You Missed!
B.J. Murray We had another fun time in January. If you are thinking of joining our group, you missed out on a great day when we did SaddleBrooke Ride the Alps. We had two groups who competed to see who could get the best elevation, the very tough hotshots who love to climb hills, or…
Clubs & Classes, March 2022
Texas Hold’em Tournament
Maureen Benigno, Coordinator of Texas Hold’em The winners of our prestigious 12-week tournament from Nov. 8, 2021, to Jan. 24, 2022: 1st Chuck Kochiss, 2nd Jack Porteous, and 3rd Aggie Adams. Following are the first-place winners at the Final Table from Nov. 8, 2021, to Jan. 24, 2022: Nov. 8: Chuck Kochiss Nov. 15: Alan…
Clubs & Classes, March 2022
Jewish Friendship Group News
Marsha Foresman The Jewish Friendship Group Book Club met on Feb. 10 at the home of Sandy Epstein, who presented The Tunnel by A. B. Yehoshua. As always, the discussion was lively and challenging and, at times, personal, since the book deals with a retiree newly diagnosed with dementia. Plus, the freshly squeezed orange juice from…
Clubs & Classes, March 2022
MOAA News
LT William Myers, CEC USN Former The Catalina Mountain Satellite Chapter (CMSC) of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) held its meeting on Feb. 19 in the Grill’s Boardroom at SaddleBrooke Ranch. The meeting began with a business session presided over by CAPT Chuck Vaughan, president, during which members were updated on the chapter’s current…
Clubs & Classes, March 2022
British Club Ladies’ Coffee Morning and Book Exchange
Twink Gates, British Club Publicity On a beautiful, sunny, brisk day with blue skies, a Ladies’ Coffee Morning was held at the home of Elke Mulligan on Feb. 9, with 11 ladies meeting at her lovely home here in SaddleBrooke. It was great to get together, chat about recent events, and enjoy the camaraderie once more. Elke served…
Clubs & Classes, March 2022
SaddleBrooke SilverBelles Welcome Terri Mullin
Tami Peterson Terri is a Colorado native whose profession for 40 years was dental assisting. Inspired by one of her patients, who was a ballroom dancer, upon retiring, she decided to take it up. Now, competing with her professional ballroom dance teachers is one of the highlights of her newfound love. As a young…