Category: August 2015

Jewish Friendship Group news

Marilyn Anthony The Jewish holidays are around the corner already and the JFG will be holding its annual Break Fast after Yom Kippur on September 23 in the Vistas Dining Room. More details to follow in the monthly email. The next Ladies’ Coffee will be co-hosted by Ellie Adelman and Elaine Fagen on Thursday, August…

A new sport to try?!

SaddleBrooke Squares: “A” team effort!

Rita Fletcher Team effort: Check! Contact sport: Check! Coach: Check! Fumbles: Sometimes! Victory: Always! Fun: Check! The sport of Square Dancing is indeed a true team effort. A team of eight executes a variety of calls given to them as they dance and sing along. Mistakes sometimes happen but the fun is correcting them, as…

Choosing joy

Terry Barringer The Woman’s Ministry of Community Church At SaddleBrooke is excited to present a five week video study by renowned author Kay Warren, co-founder of Saddleback Church in Southern California. Kay Warren has a passion for inspiring and motivating others to make a difference in their lives. This passion inspired her to write her…

Community Church enjoys appetizer/ice cream social

Everyone brought goodies to share, making happy smiles everywhere.

Mary Baglien On Tuesday, July 21, more than seventy members and friends of the Community Church at SaddleBrooke gathered at the HOA 1 Activity Center for an indulgence of appetizers and ice cream. Everyone brought something to share and there was a wonderful assortment of delicious appetizers and abundance of ice cream including some that…

2015 High Holy Days

We are proud to announce that the Institute for Judaic Services and Studies at SaddleBrooke will be providing High Holy Days Services for the thirteenth consecutive year. Rabbi Sanford Seltzer will be conducting the services at SaddleBrooke, sharing his insights on the High Holy Days. He has many years’ experience as a pulpit Rabbi as…

Community Church provides habitat with tool kits

Front row: Sandy Simester, Cathy Scott, Nancy Rude, Dick Kroese, Sharon Williams and Sandy Hines; back row: Keith Gordon, Steve Willis, Shannon Schudda and Steve Wilson

Connie Saiz The Community Church of SaddleBrooke has partnered with Habitat for Humanity Tucson since 2003 by donating their time and talent to help qualified local families become homeowners. Since 2007, the congregation’s Mission Committee has provided a basic tool kit for every new Habitat homeowner. This year we provided 20 tool kits because that…

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Louise Grabell Humidity is wonderful! It’s good for your plants—and your skin, too! You may find mold, moss and mushrooms around your estate. The spores for these organisms live in the soil, waiting for just the right time to germinate and reproduce before everything dries out again. Some annuals may develop moldy leaves. This is…

Ranching in southern Arizona in memory of Joe Goff part 6

Bob Simpson Having adequate sources of water is a critical matter for ranchers. Goff uses springs, earthen dams (tanks) to capture runoff, drilled wells and even old hand-dug wells with windmills. An interesting example of the latter is The Swizos, located between Park Link and the Florence Highway. The well is over 90 feet deep…

Injuries and healing

Susan Dawson-Cook An uncomfortable pull in your bicep muscles makes you grimace during a weight workout. You shrug it off. As the week progresses, the pain and tenderness continue. You’re getting older, you say to yourself and press onward. By the weekend the discomfort lingers for hours post-workout. You find yourself rubbing the sore spot…