Jane Gromelski Dancing is the only sport that lets you hold your partner in your arms! It’s good for you mentally and physically. It’s exercise that is fun! We will offer Texas 2-Step classes starting on Thursday, Oct. 5, in the Vermilion Room in the SaddleBrooke clubhouse. Texas 2-Step 101 will start at 6 p.m.…
Marilyn Ginther Guest: During the July luncheon for the MountainView Lady Putters (MVLP), they were honored to have special speaker Linda Hampton, executive director of the Senior Village at SaddleBrooke “Neighbors Helping Neighbors.” She shared a PowerPoint presentation regarding services available to SaddleBrooke residents. Senior Village has also been showcasing musical talent here in SaddleBrooke at…
Sam Miller The SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club is pleased to host Kai Staats, the director of Research for SAM, a Space Analog for the Moon and Mars at the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2, on Sunday, Oct. 8, at the DesertView Theater, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive, at 7 p.m. Staats is an entrepreneur, researcher, and…
Tom Marshall When you reach retirement, it can be hard to start something new, much less take a class entitled “Novice,” but that’s just what Dick and Karen Schroeder did, and they fell in love with ballroom dancing. “It’s an exercise for both mind and body. It’s the social interaction with other dancers before and…
Twice monthly volunteers at the Sheriff’s Office Substation in the Mini Mart are available to help dispose of expired or unwanted pills on the second Friday of each month and the fourth Tuesday of each month. The next date is Tuesday, Sept. 26, from 2 to 4 p.m. Please be sure to empty the contents from…
Roe Callahan Join us at the SaddleBrooke Tennis Club on Sept. 20 from 9 to 11 a.m. to Bring a Friend (family member, partner, or neighbor) to POP Tennis Day. Come see why your POP tennis friends are having so much fun. You’ll get to see how POP tennis is played while enjoying the company…
Senior Village Membership Team Phyllis Ketring When you say “hello” to Senior Village for the first time, it’s the Membership Team that greets you. There are currently 27 volunteers on the team with two co-leaders. One of them will be your first personal contact with Senior Village. Co-leaders Jaci Nissen and Betty Crawford are dedicated…
Raymond H. Goettsch This is the time of year when pickleball players make suggestions for rule changes to USA Pickleball for 2024. Approximately 100 proposed changes can be found on rules.usapickleball.org/entry, and comments can be made regarding these proposed changes. Probably the most important proposed change is to make the volley serve illegal and the…
Anne Jones Rochelle H. Davies What could possibly be better than a summer morning spent with friends on one of SaddleBrooke’s golf courses? Seeing the radiant smile light up your friend’s face when she realizes her first hole-in-one = priceless. On the morning of Aug. 18 on the par 3, 100-yard (blue flag) hole number 6…
Jim Beregi On July 22, the Paralyzed Veterans Association wheelchair athletes were treated to a welcome-back luncheon. At the luncheon, the Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge 2815 Veterans Committee, in combination with our Past Exalted Rulers (PER) Association, gave each athlete $600, for a total of $3,000, toward their expenses for competing in this year’s competition.…