Category: November 2016

DesertView Cinema

Schedule Date Time Eddie The Eagle PG-13 November 22 2:15 and 7:00 p.m. Hunt For The Wilderpeople PG-13 November 29 2:15 and 7:00 p.m. The Meddler PG-13 December 6 2:15 and 7:00 p.m. Café Society PG-13 December 13 2:15 and 7:00 p.m. Programs are subject to change. Please check our website for the latest schedule.…

Preparing for Progress Delivery

Ed Betanzos (left) and Jeff Eighmy rest after bundling the October issue of the SaddleBrooke Progress; photo by Bob Lamb. Monthly delivery of the Progress is a service project of the SaddleBrooke CycleMasters. About 5,000 newspapers are received monthly from the printer. Ed coordinates scheduling of delivery people. Jeff separates the papers into bundles by delivery route, which are neighborhood units. Later, 30 persons will arrive here to collect papers for their assigned routes. The delivery people will devote one or two hours each month

Bob Lamb Monthly delivery of the SaddleBrooke Progress is a service project of the SaddleBrooke CycleMasters bicycle club. 5,018 newspapers are received monthly from the printer. In the picture, Ed and Jeff have just handled organization for the deliveries in October. Backup volunteers also take turns at these jobs. Our partnership with Robson Publishing has…

Master swimmers compete in annual benefit meet

Lyn Moreno and Allison Lehman 
each swam five events at the 
Jamina Winston Meet.

Allison Lehman On September 24, 2016 two female swimmers representing SaddleBrooke Master’s swim team, Lyn Moreno and Allison Lehman, participated in the second annual Jamina Winston Swim Meet up in Mesa, Arizona. They also participated in last year’s meet and had such a good time they decided to do it again. It proved to be…

Local DAR Chapter to meet December 10, 2016

Danna Koelling The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) was founded on October 11, 1890, during a time of intense interest in the beginnings of the United States of America. Women felt the desire to perpetuate the memory of ancestors who fought to make this country free and independent. As a result, a…

Knit Wits prepare to “Dye”

During Show and Tell our members proudly display their handiwork. Many even wear their pieces to the meeting.

Carol Chiarello Fall is here and the Knit Wits are planning interesting activities. We will have a guest speaker in November who will show our group how to custom dye yarns. This is so exciting! This person is a well-known yarn dyer who has just moved to Tucson. Our members will also have the opportunity…

Wanting to line dance with Rebecca in 2017?

These happy Level 1 dancers (mostly from SaddleBrooke) visit the Hacienda Clubhouse at SaddleBrooke Ranch on an October Monday. A few times this fall, banquet conflicts have allowed Line Dance lessons with Rebecca to take road trips up to our welcoming neighbors at the Ranch. Thanks to the Ranch management for making our dance weeks complete.

Dr. Mark Magdanz It’s time to reserve space for January 2017; almost all dance space in SaddleBrooke is currently reserved – so act now. Limits are placed on student numbers for safety. The winter series is planned for 10 classes in each level of difficulty. Starting the week of January 16, classes will resume. Sessions…

SaddleBrooke Writer’s Group

Joan Elder The SaddleBrooke Writers Group is people who love to write. Some write for their own enjoyment, some write personal memoirs for family to cherish, some write to publish, but we all write. Some members write prose, some poetry and some even do both. Our membership is open to all residents of SaddleBrooke with…

MOAA meeting highlights

Certificate of Appreciation and MOAA Coin presented to Captain Melvin from Colonel Benedict, president

The October 15 meeting of the Catalina Satellite Chapter of MOAA was held in the east room of the MountainView Clubhouse. The speaker was Captain Albert Melvin (U.S.N.R., .retired), a SaddleBrooke resident. He graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and worked aboard U.S. flag merchant ships. He also had a 30-year career in the…