Category: June 2022

Madaras Gallery Presents the Great Summer Art Auction

Starting Wednesday, June 8, through Saturday, June 24, Madaras Gallery presents the Great Summer Art Auction. Bidding opens at incredible values, and the two-week silent auction includes original paintings by Diana Madaras, as well as several guest artists. The auction ends June 24. View the auction online at www.madaras.com beginning June 8. Madaras Gallery is located…

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…

Health Fair Plans Underway

Phyllis Ketring, Publicity Coordinator The 2022 Health Fair is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 22, from 9 a.m. until noon. This is one of the largest volunteer events here in SaddleBrooke featuring a representation of the medical facilities, healthcare providers, and health-related nonprofits in the area. Both SaddleBrooke One and MountainView clubhouses will be filled with…

Spring Brings Ladies Choice and Presidents Cup

Wanda Ross We SaddleBrooke Lady Niners thoroughly enjoy golfing with each other, but we also like golfing with men. On April 26 we held a fun Ladies Choice tournament. Each Lady Niner invited a gentleman of her choice (who was not her husband or partner) to play with her. The theme of this event was…

Senior Village at SaddleBrooke – Neighbors helping Neighbors

Senior Village Hosts Recycle Collection Event Senior Village hosted a household hazardous waste and electronics recycle collection event on April 23. SaddleBrooke residents were able to unload four 22-foot box truckloads of unwanted electronics, old cans of paint, and household chemicals. More than 15 Senior Village volunteers made this a successful endeavor. Avoiding Scams and…

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,…

Word of the Month: Capo

David Zapatka While listening to the Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks tune, “I Have a Capo on my Brain,” last night, I thought, how could a “capo” be on a brain, and secondly, haven’t I heard this word used in another context? The movie The Godfather came to mind. This sparked research into this word.…