John Ahlen On March 29 Gays, Lesbians and Allies at SaddleBrooke (GLAAS) will welcome Dr. Tracey Kurtzman, an esteemed Tucson pediatrician, to speak on the topic of caring for transgender children and their families. Dr. Kurtzman practices at El Rio Health, here in Tucson, where she cares for young patients and also teaches medical students…
Kay Sullivan Bill Wilkening, a 15-year volunteer for the Watershed Management Group, gave a presentation called “Rainwater Harvesting: It’s More Than Just Tanks” to 50 Nature Club members on Feb. 12 in the DesertView Theater. Some of Bill’s family members can trace their Tucson roots back for six generations. He shared that his grandfather used…
Dan Watson and Barbara Barr Bengen The annual Fore For Kids Charity Golf Tournament is just around the corner on Monday, April 22, at The Preserve. The tournament, sponsored by the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke, raises funding for programs for children and youth in the area and the Copper Corridor. In addition to golf at…
Barbara Barr Bengen Let me take you down memory lane 57 years to 1967 and the Academy Award-winning movie The Graduate. In his critically acclaimed film, young Dustin Hoffman plays recent college graduate Benjamin Braddock. To celebrate Ben’s graduation, his parents throw a cocktail party. A friend of Ben’s parents, Mr. McGuire, pulls Ben aside…
Barb Schaepe SaddleBrooke Great Decisions started off the year with timely topics, excellent presentations, and spirited discussions. Meetings, which continue in March and April, occur on Mondays from 3 to 5 p.m. in the East Ballroom of the MountainView Clubhouse unless otherwise noted. Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program focused on world affairs. SaddleBrooke…
Bruce Hale The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club will present the second annual My Favorite Hike program on Wednesday, March 20. Following the huge success of the program last year, the club hopes this will be a fixture on the schedule for years to come. The program is a series of short presentations by club members who…
Our meeting on March 9 welcomed Holly Shaman, MSW, psych-social director of the Aria Hospice. Aria Hospice Comfort Care is a locally owned and operated Southern Arizona home that can provide medical staff, medications, medical equipment, and supplies to your home when it is convenient for you. Shaman works with dying people and their families…
Former Lt. William Myers, CEC, USN The Catalina Mountain Chapter (CMC) of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) held its most recent luncheon meeting on Feb. 17 at SaddleBrooke Ranch. The meeting began with a business session presided over by retired Capt. Chuck Vaughan, U.S. Navy, President, during which members were updated on the…
Laurence Edralin The SaddleBrooke Genealogy Club’s next presentation, “Tidbits to Assist You,” with helpful websites and where to find resources for your research, will be on April 4 at 1 p.m. in the SaddleBrooke One Coyote Room. The speaker is Lou McLean. Lou McLean is the current president of the West Valley Genealogical Society located…
Mary Klootwyk Dancing is a universal human experience. We dance to express joy, celebrate life events, and enact religious and cultural rituals. Dance also has physical and cognitive benefits that may exceed those of other forms of exercise. The evidence for the health benefits of exercise is indisputable. Physiologic studies have demonstrated that regular activity…