Greg Hlushko The SaddleBrooke Chess Club has players of various experience levels, and we play in a casual, friendly environment for fun. Chess is a great game that can help keep your mind sharp and improve your concentration. Come by to learn how to play or to play a few games. The club has no…
Georgie Hourigan Sonoran Singers may be on hiatus until we gather once again with our director Cora Peters to prepare for our autumn and holiday sing-outs, but several of us just can’t stay away. So, we meet up at our usual time in the MountainView clubhouse dining room and share some drinks and together time…
Tim Gaule I am a member of the SaddleBrooke Hearing Discussion Group. In this month’s article I would like to briefly discuss Real Ear Measurement (REM). Contrary to what your grandchildren might think, it doesn’t involve having your audiologist grab a tape measure to record the external dimensions of your ear. REM is a technique…
Tom Marshall Socrates @ SaddleBrooke (S@S) is embarking on its fifth season this fall with a new format—roundtable discussions. We’ll begin meeting on Monday, Sept. 22, in the east wing of the MountainView ballroom at 4 p.m. We’ll continue to meet every fourth Monday of the month in the east wing of the ballroom at…
Bob Hutton Summer can be a lonely time when the mercury peaks in three digits. Many clubs still maintain regular hours, including the Silversmithing and Lapidary Club, with the added bonus of an air-conditioned room! Summer is slower, but that affords time for more personal instruction. Beginning classes are offered on an “as-requested” basis. Recently,…
Wanda Ross On July 4, several Cyclemasters bicyclists, led by Gail Thom and Marty Herbert, rode for an hour on many SaddleBrooke streets and counted 290 U.S. flags. That’s a lot of American pride here. Since our independence on July 4, 1776, the United States of America has changed greatly. The USA has grown from…
Bob Hutton The Woodworkers Club of SaddleBrooke offers classes from time to time, available free of charge to any SaddleBrooke resident. Recently, Joel taught a three-part (1-1/2 hour each session) series of classes on fine wood finishing. I thought I knew a few things about finishing wood. Turns out, I knew nearly nothing. We were…
Marie Starjnski Catalina Mountain Elks 2815 held a month-long pasta drive in June. We collected 240 pounds of pasta for IMPACT of Southern Arizona, our local food bank, to help restock their shelves.
Pat Knepler The foxtrot originated in the United States around 1914. It was named after Harry Fox, a vaudeville entertainer who developed a style of trotting to ragtime music. Today it is one of the most popular ballroom dances in the world due to its versatility. It is a graceful dance using long walking steps…
Mary Klootwyk Square dancing is low-impact but still a great aerobic exercise. Mayo Clinic encourages square dancing: it burns a lot of calories, strengthens bones, and helps the cardiovascular system. A study comparing this type of dancing with walking and stretching suggests that the demands that dancing places on the mind and body make it…