Category: November 2018

When you volunteer to run a club or activity group, you want to get connected with others who share your passion. Sometimes, though, all you get is a headache. To help smooth out the potentially harried business of event scheduling, dues management and communication, clubs across the country, from the Acadiana Woodturners of Louisiana to…

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Andrea Molberg Ever been told to focus on positive things? Gratitude works. One of my recent blessings was a neighbor who, after speeding past me as I was walking my dog on the dangerous stretch of Catalina Hills Drive, turned his car around and apologized. Doing so made him late for the appointment he’d been…

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Nancy Teeter, RDN Between what you hear on TV and read in the news, eating right can seem like a real challenge. Diet books and the Internet may seem like easy solutions, but your best bet is the personalized services of qualified professionals in the field. Your premier resource is a registered dietitian (RD) or…

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Larry Linderman Those of us fortunate enough to have been born in the United States and Canada while World War II was raging were spared the terror brought to millions across the globe as both sides rained death and destruction from above. Imagine countless civilians huddling in any shelter they could find as tons of…

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Emilie Siarkiewicz SaddleBrooke Community Outreach is once again participating in the Jim Click “Millions for Tucson” car raffle. This year’s Grand Prize is a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit. The second prize is two round-trip, first-class airline tickets to anywhere in the world (some restrictions do apply) and the third prize is $5000 cash. The…

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Rolly Prager Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries lecture series continues on November 15 when Wayne Ranney will speak about the Grand Canyon and how it became a wonder of the world. Smitten by Stone: How We Came to Love the Grand Canyon is a fascinating story about how the Grand Canyon went from obscurity to a national…

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Dinner Theatre is coming back to SaddleBrooke, but with a twist. For the past two seasons, Community Circle Players has entertained SaddleBrooke residents with the murder mysteries, Eat, Drink, and be Deadly! and The Mafiosi Murders. This year CCP is going for laughs with Don’t Drink the Water by Woody Allen, presented by special arrangement with Samuel…

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The Golden Goose Thrift Shop’s third annual estate quality event will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 15, 16 and 17 (Thursday and Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.) There will be donated and cast-off antiques and heirlooms; thousands of pieces including gold and silver…

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Jan Pede Thank you, SaddleBrooke! This year’s I Don’t Want It sale was our best yet! Thanks to you, we will be donating $6400 to benefit the pets at Pima Animal Care Center (PACC). Thanks to all for donating such wonderful treasures and for supporting us at the sale. Many thanks to both Monica Gray…

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An open letter to Senior Village Senior Village occasionally receives notes of appreciation from members grateful for the services we provide. What follows is an unsolicited letter from our member Sheila Abraham who sums up the reasons why the Village has grown to over 500 members in three years with 160 dedicated volunteers. “I wanted…

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