Category: Clubs & Classes

Nature Club picnic

Park Ranger Jennifer Rinio and her friend entertained with pleasant duets.

Ginny Berkey The Nature Club began its fall activities with an evening of dinner and music at Oracle State Park. Over 60 members gathered at the large group area to enjoy the afternoon with drinks, appetizers and the company of a female Harris Hawk. Those with cameras were able to take wonderful close-ups of the…

FSL introduces rolling membership

Rolly Prager Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries announces a new way for members to renew their annual membership. Beginning this December, member dues will be payable one year from the date of the previous year’s payment. For example, if a member pays dues in February 2018, the dues for 2019 won’t be due until February 2019.…

Knit Wits news

Tina Marie leads the group in learning how to make fingerless gloves.

Carol Chiarello The Knit Wits recently got their hands on fingerless gloves. Tina Marie Willis taught this class. Also on the schedule this fall are classes on mini-gift ornaments and crocheted designs. We will also do a class on utilizing the knitters’ website called Ravelry. Class participation is optional but many members seem to enjoy…

Inspirational speaker at Rotary

Patty Albaugh with Joe Pinella

Patti Albaugh On October 5, 2017 Mr. Joe Pinella gave an inspirational speech to the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary regarding overcoming adversity through the healing arts of Chi Gong and Tai Chi Kung. As a teenager he met a Chinese Buddhist Monk who took him to the Chinese temple (store front) and there he discovered the…

Line Dance lessons with Rebecca

October finds a happy Level 1 class of line dancers in the new Mariposa location at DesertView. Soon we’ll all be back on the dance floor and learning more new dances like Black Whiskey - already in our heads. Rebecca (front left) teaches these happy dancers year round.

Dr. Mark Magdanz Line Dance is both fun and exercise – one of the top forms of low impact activity for seniors. A major thing you will learn with Rebecca is that many dance movements already occur in daily life – just add music and pattern. One of the biggest hurdles found with dancing pleasure…