Category: Clubs & Classes

MOAA News

LT William Myers, CEC USN Former The Catalina Mountain Satellite Chapter (CMSC) of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) held its most recent meeting on Saturday, May 21, 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…

Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge 2815 Youth Awards

The Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student recognizes top high school graduates with $2.5 million in scholarship awards. Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge 2815 is proud to announce and extend congratulations to five Oro Valley high school graduates who are recipients of an Arizona Elks Association $2,000 scholarship award. An awards ceremony and luncheon were held…

Artist of the Month: Mary Baum

LaVerne Kyriss Mary Baum always liked art. Like many other women of her generation, she saw this as a pleasant pastime. As a young woman, she expected to work for a while, get married, and have a family. When that track wasn’t moving as fast as she wanted, she decided college would be a good next…

Rotary Club June 2022

The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke Cleans Up and Cools Down Barbara Barr The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke not only cleans up, but they also cool down. Members of the club spent the past two weekends cleaning up the roadside for the main thoroughfare in Oracle, Ariz., and Golder Ranch Road in Catalina. The Rotary Club…

SaddleBrooke Hiking Club Travels to Silver City

Dale Leman The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club’s Trip Committee functions to identify and plan interesting hiking trips outside our area. Generally, they plan two trips each year. This year the trip committee selected Silver City, N.M., for a May 11 through 13 trip. The city borders the Gila National Forest, which has an extensive system of maintained…

Escape the Heat with Summer Art Classes

Connie Kotke, Publicity Chair The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild is a nonprofit organization that provides a wide range of classes to build or enhance the skills of artists at all levels of experience. Classes are held in the air-conditioned Topaz Room in the Arts and Crafts Center at MountainView clubhouse. Learn more about instructors, techniques,…

Cards, Clothes, Collectables, and Charity

Eileen J. Snearly It took a village to get this idea together. On May 11, 2022, the Neighborhood Bridge Group met at the home of Phyllis Cadden to play cards, have fun, and donate items to Sister Jose’s Women’s Center. Present were Phyllis, Lauanne Leising, Beth Effenberer, Jan Brenny, Susie Prescott, Julie Davis, Karin Harden,…

From Golf Links to Dance Floor

Judy Saks The MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association (MPWGA) was getting ready for their Member-Guest Tournament. Lady golfer and SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club (SBLDC) member Terry Kelly had been asked if she could teach a line dance at an evening event. She told them, “I’m just a novice!” But Terry knew she could call on some…