Stephen Argentati The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke recently celebrated its annual Passing of the Gavel ceremony, where past president Doug May “passed the gavel” to the incoming president, Barbara Barr. Barbara has been a powerhouse rotarian for many years, and we are excited to begin the new year with her at the helm! The assistant…
Carol Thompson Since 2003, the Community Church at SaddleBrooke (CCSB) has supported Habitat for Humanity Tucson as one of our faith-based mission partners. Over the years, CCSB has provided significant monetary contributions to help Habitat work with partner families to assist them in achieving safe, decent and affordable housing. CCSB also provides a new toolkit…
Jerry Fay As usual, the Fourth of July provided us with a beautiful day to celebrate, play tennis and enjoy a BBQ potluck. We had players on 15 courts playing mixed doubles with the pairing and format developed by Melanie Murphy, Carol Eisenbraun and Mike Oberski. Everyone enjoyed the spirited tennis in spite of the…
Jane Gromelski, Partners Western Dance Club president The Partners Western Dance Club will continue dancing throughout the summer months in the MountainView Ballroom on Mondays at 6:00 p.m. These are not classes, but informal practice sessions. Harry and Dottie Adams volunteered to provide music and will organize the practices so we don’t forget all the…
Nancy Teeter, registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) When you adopt the eight habits listed below, your bowels will thank you by moving regularly. In addition, you will enjoy better health because 80 percent of your immune system is in your gut. Begin your day with a fiber-rich meal. Either one cup of cooked old-fashioned, rolled oats or…
Stuart Watkins Sausage biscuit and senior coffee drive by the big yellow M sign the thought started reverberating pounding in my mind couldn’t stop it passed another big yellow M on another corner down the way in the wrong lane couldn’t make it in time sausage biscuit and senior coffee the words were now controlling…
Tammy Bearden The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild, in partnership with the University of Arizona Museum of Art, will present the first of two lectures on Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 10:30 a.m. in the West Ballroom of the MountainView Clubhouse. The lecture, “Painters of the Southwest: Maynard Dixon and Friends,” will be presented by Docent Tammy…
Phyllis Ketring, publicity coordinator Health Fair 2019 will be held on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. The Health Fair is one of the largest, volunteer-driven events in our community. The fair has become so popular that the planning committee has had to turn away nearly 30 exhibitors each year. Therefore this year,…
The SaddleBrooke CycleMasters, in partnership with Robson Publishing (publisher of the monthly SaddleBrooke Progress), has volunteered to deliver the Progress to all the homes in SaddleBrooke. The community has been divided into 41 routes, mainly around units. So, during the summer months when the snowbirds have left town and many of us take trips to explore…
