Category: September 2025

Summer Is Winding Down—Time to Start a New Hobby?

Bob Hutton Yes, most of us have a hard time getting projects done when it’s hot out… or cold, for that matter. We’re an independent sort, aren’t we? But the season will be changing. What better time to discover a worthwhile hobby? The Silversmithing and Lapidary Club is starting to fill up the calendar with…

Colorado State Party

Lynne Pendlebury and Linda Shamburg Calling all Colorado transplants who are enjoying the move here to paradise, otherwise known as SaddleBrooke. Have you noticed the plethora of former Coloradans here, and have you ever thought of how much fun it would be to compare notes and reminisce about the good old days in the Rockies?…

Pizza, Prizes, and Puzzles!

Dawn Hecht Want to increase your fine motor skills, strategic thinking, and concentration? Try speed puzzling! The RoadRunner Grill was the setting for the PEO Chapter FF’s speed puzzle competition on July 31. Puzzling is typically known as a very leisurely activity, but speed puzzling is anything but! More than 50 puzzlers raced against the…

Special Series on Catholic Social Justice

Leslie Fore You are invited to the series of presentations on Social Justice at Santa Catalina Catholic Church. The series began on Sept. 7 with Care for Creation in honor of the Season of Creation in September. The presentations will be on two Sundays a month at 1 p.m. in the Parish Hall and done…

Get Back in the Pool!

The SaddleBrooke Swim Club is offering its 22nd free Let’s Swim Clinic from Oct. 20 through Oct. 31. There are six sessions: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10 to 11 a.m. at the DesertView pool. Improve your strokes! Increase your endurance! Strengthen your heart! You may have read the articles about the many 80- and…

Sizzling Sputters Defeat the Summer Heat

Connie Kotke, Co-president Monday mornings at 8:30 a.m. in June and July were certainly warm for the SaddleBrooke Verde Sputters, but a dedicated cohort of players turned up every week to sink their putts, earn their stars, and win some money. The smiles, the cheers, and the friendly competition continues on the SaddleBrooke One putting…