Unit 17: Life is a Bowl of Ice Cream Mary Gelinas Arlene DesJardins and David Dodd served up many dishes of ice cream at Arlene’s home on July 26. Arlene had a great selection of goodies to make the ice cream quite enticing. This was our unit’s first chance to try having a gathering during…
Barbara Barr Each year, the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke recognizes an area teacher for excellence in teaching. As the 2020 school year came to a close, area principals recommended a teacher from their school for this honor. Due to COVID-19, we were unable to honor our teacher of the year until school resumed in August.…
Jo Ann Ellison On August 14, 2020, GLAAS member Roberta Dunn shared her experience as an LGBT-rights activist and transgender woman at a special members-only Zoom event. Roberta and her wife of 36 years moved to SaddleBrooke last year from Charlotte, N.C. She retired to Charlotte after a forty-year career in the computer/telecommunications industry. She…
You Need to Know the Arizona Two Step Diana Durham Dance in the United States is as varied as the people who live here. So, of course, Arizona has its very own dance step! If you are interested in picking up one of the most popular and useful dances in our state, learn the Arizona…
Karen Brungardt, President, SBFAG The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild (SBFAG) has started up art classes again! Even though our selection is more limited at this time due to the current pandemic, we have an interesting selection of classes offered. As always, full class descriptions are available on our website along with registration forms. All classes…
Dolores Robu The SaddleBrooke Bereavement Group has been providing help for those who have experienced a loss since 2007. We have met in the Coyote room of SaddleBrooke One, every Sunday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. With the onset of COVID-19, the face to face group had to stop meeting in March. We were stunned…
Sheilah Britton September is like a sigh of relief in the desert. Temperatures begin to fall, nights take on soft breezes, and we slowly return to spending more time outdoors in the middle of the day. While we can’t count on everyday being mild, the shorter daylight hours assure us that we are on our…
Michele Gildner The Silver Belles roared into 2020 ready to dance, with a slate of scheduled spring performances and a few new, flattering and fun additions to our costume wardrobes. Alas, spring performances never happened; all was put on hold, including our twice-weekly practices. Sheltering-in-place meant solitary home dancing practice at best. Or wearing the…
Esta Goldstein It’s now been five months since we had to stop meetings due to the COVID-19 closing of all meeting rooms here in SaddleBrooke. We have all been trying to protect ourselves from contracting the virus. Doing this has isolated many of us caring for those with Alzheimers, MS, Dementia, Stroke, ALS, Parkinson’s, PDP, and…
Patti Gould During this unprecedented time, the Wellness Integrated Network (WIN) is not able to meet in our seminar style format. We are continuing to offer classes and wellness information through classes on Zoom, Facebook, and email articles. Please go to our Facebook page and like it: www.facebook.com/win.sbaz. To be placed on our email distribution…