Janet Tucker The summer months are a fun and no stress way to take advantage of the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild classes. These short classes have been very popular and are a great way for anyone interested in art to test the water and see if painting is right for you. Or perhaps you would…
Vivian Herman The SaddleBrooke SilverBelles have been dancing since the 90s and although dancers have come and gone in 20 years, the current ensemble has not only dancing in common, but friendship, camaraderie and the love of a good party. To celebrate another year of entertaining in various senior living communities and other venues in…
Patti R. Albaugh Savo Fries, a member of the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club, recently received recognition as a Paul Harris Fellow, a group of individuals acknowledged by Rotary International. Fellows have contributed, or have had contributions made in their name, of $1,000 to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. Ms. Fries is a retired realtor…
Steve Holdener The Viennese Waltz, also known in German as the Wiener Walzer, is quite different from other forms of waltz. It is a rotary dance where the dancers are constantly turning either toward the leader’s right (natural) or toward the leader’s left (reverse), interspersed with non-rotating change steps to switch between the direction of…
Pam Boedeker SaddleBrooke Nature Club adopted the Peniocereus greggi (desert night-blooming cereus) as its logo. It is one of the Sonoran Desert’s most famous yet least encountered plants. Most of the year it is a floppy, nondescript cactus. But on just a few nights it becomes the star of desert plants with its elegant white…
Paul Shalita This clinic is a practice and critique session designed for players at intermediate and advanced levels who desire to improve their Bridge. No partner is necessary. No time commitment; come late, leave early. Meet potential new partners. Sessions run from 12:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Thursday afternoons at 37901 S. Arroyo Way in…
Charla Blacker Eighteen members of the SaddleBrooke Archers toured the Precision Shooting Equipment Archery factory in March. PSE Archery is one of the largest manufacturers of bows in the world, providing over a quarter of all bows sold in the United States. PSE makes all of the components for their compound bows at their Tucson…
Richard Beaty New Classes Added for Summer Good news. For all of you who remain in SaddleBrooke during the summer, the SaddleBrooke Computer Club has added several new classes just for you. The following classes are currently available for enrollment: Set up your new PC: Two sessions. Learn how to set up a new computer…
Jim Vavra The May meeting of the SaddleBrooke Democratic Club was held on Tuesday, April 12. The speaker, Tim Steller of the Arizona Daily Star, spoke to a packed Activity Center audience about the spring 2015 session of the Arizona legislature. Mr. Steller reflected on one of the shortest legislative sessions in recent history for…
Susan Dawson-Cook Foods sweetened with aspartame and sucralose seem to be an ideal solution for minimizing sugar and caloric intake. The sad truth is both are harmful chemicals that wreak havoc on your system. Even people who routinely avoid artificial sweeteners should beware of where these insidious ingredients lurk. Most know they are constituents of…