Category: November 2014

How Does Your Garden Grow? – November 2014

Louise Grabell It’s November already! How did that happen? Well, while you are thinking that the gardening season is over, let me tell you what you could and should be doing at this time of the year. Get your shovels ready! There is one important gardening don’t that you must remember: now is not the…

Lessons from the voice within

Author and guest speaker, Susan Parker

Glenda Anderson The Metaphysical Study Group (MSG) of SaddleBrooke is welcoming one of its own members, Susan Parker, to present to us on Wednesday, December 10, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. in the Coyote Room in the SaddleBrooke Clubhouse. Please note the change in meeting place for this month only. If an angel walked through your…

Baseball caps for children with cancer

Ellen Efron, Sue Hagerty and Carol Bidwell

Sy Efron Ellen Efron, Sue Hagerty and Carol Bidwell have made their annual contribution of baseball caps to the Diamond Children’s Center. The caps are mainly intended for children stricken with cancer and who are undergoing chemotherapy. There are usually extra caps to go around for the other children as well, especially when people get…

Western Partners Dance classes for 2015

Jane Gromelski You’ve seen others dancing on the floor, now see how easy it is. We invite you to come and learn the Texas Two Step and the Western Waltz and experience a boot stomping, ground pounding good time! We will begin our next series of classes on Wednesday, January 7, 2015, in the HOA1…

Women’s Shelter in need of personal items

Micki Wilverding Donations of clothing, linens and personal care products are needed for homeless women. Sr. Jose Women’s Shelter located in the homeless corridor in Tucson has a need for the following: adult clothes, twin sheets, blankets (any size), towels and personal care items such as shampoo, shower gel, lotions (regular or travel size) and…

Join the Men’s Bible Study Group

The Men’s Bible Study enjoy breakfast together.

Would you like to interact and enjoy Christian fellowship with other men? Join our group, the Men’s Bible Study (MBS) in SaddleBrooke. Our Men’s Bible Study started Friday, October 3, 2014, and continues (most) every Friday to June, 2015, from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. On October 3 we began our reading and discussion of 1…

It’s Grandkids’ Softball time again

Kids of all ages enjoy being active after a Thanksgiving feast; photo by Jim Smith

Jim Smith The SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association will sponsor its annual Thanksgiving Grandkids’ Games on Friday, November 28. The event will be held at the softball complex located just southwest of the DesertView Center. This is a great chance for you to get your grandkids away from their Xboxes and Nintendos. Bring them out to…

Calling all Elvis fans

Pat Smith If you are a fan of all things Elvis, we invite you to participate in our Elvis Fan Nites. At our gatherings we celebrate The King by viewing one of his thirty-one movies or special event DVDs, sharing personal memories and memorabilia and enjoying some of Elvis’ favorite foods created from his special…

SaddleBrooke HOA 2 fitness and wellness facts

Gwen Lewis Eight daily habits and how they affect the life expectancy of the average American: 1. Smoking a pack of cigarettes a day takes seven to eight years off your life. 2. Having one drink a day actually increases your life expectancy by about a year. But every additional drink per day decreases it…