Category: November 2022

Photographers of SaddleBrooke Kicks Off 19th Year

Jim Hagedon The Photographers of SaddleBrooke, formerly known as the Digital Imaging Group of SaddleBrooke (DIGS), is getting their 2022–23 meeting year off to a great start! This year’s monthly meeting programs will include several professional photographers from a variety of disciplines, as well as member photos taken during club field trips, photo scavenger hunts,…

Murder Mystery Coming this March!

Andrea Molberg Community Circle Players will once again be doing a murder mystery in March! CCP will produce the delightful murder mystery Spook Light Legacy, an original script by Joh Mann. Perfect for a dinner theatre format, this show has intermissions for dinner and dessert, with chances for the cast to engage with the audience,…

Protecting Your Retirement Portfolio and Your Wellness

Barbara Barr Renowned financial planner (retired), author, speaker, researcher, and businessman William P. (Bill) Bengen spoke at our October program. Bengen’s topic was ”Protecting the Wellness of Your Retirement Portfolio and Your Wellness.” The program included information on financial stress and health, as well as the impact of inflation, the stock market, and history on…

Get a Clue at the SaddleBrooke Libraries

Renee Mazin Was it Colonel Mustard in the library with a candlestick? We don’t have a “clue,” but we do know that the library has been a place of mystery, knowledge, refuge, and romance. Many authors have recognized the library’s allure and used it as a setting for their books. SaddleBrooke community libraries offers you…

Live Quilt Auction to Benefit Charities

Connie Rank-Smith The SaddleBrooke Friday Quilters have scheduled a live quilt auction to benefit up to two charities in the SaddleBrooke area, to be held on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. The live auction will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 21 at the SaddleBrooke Activity Center in SaddleBrooke One. There will be…

Stuart Watkins and ‘Jerome, Arizona’

Matilda Moore is headed to Jerome, Ariz., and reviewed the tourist guide book Jerome, Arizona, by SaddleBrooke resident Stuart Watkins. Here is what she had to say: “Look what just found me! We are getting ready for a week in Sedona to include a day in historic Jerome, and along came this wonderful little book to…

In Passing

David K. Dodd David K. Dodd passed away peacefully, Oct. 8, 2022. Born Oct. 31, 1932, in West Hartford, Conn., David was the son of Thomas Kilburn and Florence Marks Dodd. Graduating with a B.A. from Yale University in 1954, he was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve and, after serving 2¼ years…

Sean Lewis to Perform at Grillin’ & Chillin’ Event

Sean Lewis I will be playing from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 16 at SaddleBrooke One’s Grillin’ & Chillin’ event in the Agave Lounge. I’ll be playing a good mix of guitar and vocal selections from the Beatles, Neil Diamond, the Eagles, Everly Brothers, Credence Clearwater Revival, Neil Young, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Jim…

SaddleBrooke Rotary’s Ride to End Polio

Barbara Barr If you see people in bright-colored Rotary shirts out riding the streets of SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch, they are Rotarians in training for the annual Ride to End Polio. This ride is held in connection with El Tour de Tucson. Each year, members of our club have so much fun with this event.…