Category: August 2023

New or Recent Residents in SaddleBrooke: Learn More About the Institute for Learning in Retirement

Kenneth Marich, Member, Board of Directors The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) is an adult continuing education program founded in 2005. The ILR provides a broad range of educational opportunities right here in SaddleBrooke for all residents. The ILR program offers more than 30 courses throughout the year. All courses are designed to meet the…

Patriotic POP Tennis

Roe Callahan Did you know that 130 million hot dogs are consumed nationwide on the 4th of July? While Coney Island, N.Y., hosts a famous televised hot dog eating contest every 4th of July, we at the SaddleBrooke Tennis Club celebrate by playing mixed doubles with a social that follows where our participants added to…

CCP Announces Dates for Spring 2024 Dinner Theatre

Susan Sterling Community Circle Players (CCP) has set the dates for a Spring 2024 production. Mark your calendars now for entertaining dinner theatre performances during the last week in March. CCP principals have been reading and researching various scripts to tantalize our SaddleBrooke audience. Could it be a murder mystery in the vein of the…

MountainView Lady Putters Keep the Ball Rolling

Marilyn Ginther Due to circumstances beyond our control, the regular Monday morning putting had been put on hold beginning in May, when the SaddleBrooke TWO golf maintenance project broke ground and started their six-month course renovation. But there is no stopping us. “Keep the ball rolling,” so we did! The Lady Putters have continued to be…

EZ Riders Indoor Cycling

Karen Dewey The EZ Riders indoor cycling club has a new location at the Rincon Room at MountainView. This new location gives us a much more spacious and bright space to cycle to our favorite music while getting a tremendous workout. Please come by and check us out. We offer morning classes on Mondays, Wednesdays,…

Benefits of Playing POP Tennis and Traditional Tennis

Roe Callahan Did you know that playing POP tennis or traditional tennis just three hours a week can reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease by 56%? One long-term study shows POP tennis and traditional tennis players add 9.7 years to their lives over sedentary individuals. Playing POP tennis and traditional tennis has a wide range…

#How Do You Like Us Now? The Genealogy Collection

John Faulkner This is a continuation of spotlighting areas of the SaddleBrooke Library system you may not be aware of. Our three-library system has a lot to offer residents of SaddleBrooke and is supported financially by Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries. Through your membership and donations, the libraries can offer residents a wide range of books,…

Ladies 55+ 4.0 Team Going to Sectionals

Jane Zielske SaddleBrooke’s Tough Cookies Ladies 55 and over 4.0 won the league for the second year in a row with an undefeated season. The team includes co-captains Jane Zielske and Jackie Kline, who have co-captained for years. “I am fortunate to have Jackie as an amazing co-captain and also as a wonderful partner,” says Jane. Returning…

Joe Allen, a Remembrance

Sheilah Britton This past spring, a beautiful live oak was planted in SaddleBrooke in remembrance of a man who lived in the community for the past six years. Joe Allen was a Master Gardener, and his fellow Master Gardeners felt he would appreciate the planting of a tree that would shade his neighborhood and be…

Meet the Instructors: Kathy Szpakowski

Kenneth Marich The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) is proud to introduce Kathy Szpakowski as a new member of the ILR faculty. Kathy is an author, speaker, radio personality, consultant, and  successful business owner. She has more than 25 years of experience in human behavior and resource development and is a certified professional behavioral analyst…