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.…
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!…
Melanie Einbund Apples and honey, round challahs with raisins, blowing of the shofar, honey cakes, pomegranates, flowers, and all that is sweet and inviting as we welcome the new year! We greet each other by saying, “L’shana tovah u’metukah” (pronounced l’shah-NAH toe-VAH ooh-meh-too-KAH), which means “for a good and sweet year.” We are delighted to…
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…
The Golden Goose received the Legacy Award from the Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce! On Aug. 13 Larry Clark and our own Stephanie Urdiales stepped up to the podium to receive this prestigious award. What a day, and what an organization! The story of the Golden Goose is an amazing Cinderella story. It’s a story…
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.…
Leah Kari, Retired Pharmaceutical Representative and Licensed Insurance Agent No matter how orderly we believe our affairs are, most people who have experienced the enormous life upheaval of a spouse passing say they were not as prepared as they thought. Having updated our trust today, I hope to convey the importance of meeting with your…
Kathy Sinnott At the time of this writing, the outcome of the 2024 presidential election is unknown. What is the future of our nation? The angst of this uncertainty has many folks asking the question, ‘who and what can we count on anymore?’ An answer can be found within the Rockin’ 4 Heroes’ mission: we…
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,…
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,…