Greg Hlushko Chess is a great game that can help keep your mind sharp and improve your concentration. The SaddleBrooke Chess Club has players of various experience levels, and we play in a casual, friendly environment for fun. Come by to learn how to play or to play a few games. The club has no…
Lynda Fraley Members of the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club (SBLDC) and their guests gathered for a potluck dinner on Sept. 10 at the SaddleBrooke One tennis pavilion. Dancers each prepared a favorite appetizer, salad, main dish, or dessert. The resulting spread was lavish and appetizing! It included favorites as well as exotic specialties. A partial…
Jane Gromelski Dancing is a great exercise for couples. It has many benefits. It is great exercise, it builds synapses in the brain, and you do it with your partner. Best of all, it is fun! It’s the only sport where you hold your Partner close. Forget the luge. We teach the easiest dance to…
‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Film Preview to Air at DesertView Theater The SaddleBrooke Fines Arts Guild is proud to present a preview showcasing the new Ken Burns documentary Leonardo da Vinci at the DesertView Theater on Thursday, Nov. 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. Doors will open at 3:45 p.m. The two-part, four-hour documentary will be…
Marie Starjnski On Aug. 10 Catalina Mountain Elks held a chicken dinner to benefit Arizona Elks Major Projects. We hosted 60 people for dinner, with lots of raffles and games. We had an unfortunate power outage, but that didn’t stop our members from getting generators and lights going so that the dinner could go on!…
Tom Marshall Is it difficult being a single member of our Ballroom Dance Club, which is mostly couples? In this continuation of the article on singles, we hear from two men in our club. Denis Greenland grew up in the Philadelphia area, but he began dancing to music by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.…
Karen Dewey Welcome back, all EZ Rider snowbirds. The Rincon Room has worked out well for our club, giving us a lot of room and natural lighting to enjoy our invigorating rides. We now have 24 newer bikes, all in excellent condition, thanks to our members’ ongoing maintenance program. Our biggest news is that we…
Ken Marich The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) is proud to sponsor a free two-hour presentation by Terry Caldwell on the Navajo Code Talkers. The lecture will be on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 4 p.m. in the DesertView Theater. (Mark your calendar!) Terry is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and a SaddleBrooke resident.…
Karla Trippe Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. To help educate local SaddleBrooke voters, the SaddleBrooke Democratic Club hosted a series of events this fall. The standing-room-only September meeting featured several local candidates, including: • Kirsten Engel, candidate for Arizona CD6 House of Representatives • John McLean, candidate for Arizona LD17 Senate • Kevin Volk,…
Helen Avery The SaddleBrooke Ceramics Club (SCC) has once again proven that creativity, community, and a little holiday spirit can create magic. Last year, in a heartwarming collaboration with the SaddleBrooke Rotary Club, SCC donated unpainted ceramic Christmas ornaments for an event aimed at bringing joy to the children of Oracle. Little did we know,…