Bonnie Newton Bridge is a great way to make new friends and enhance relationships, provided you know how to bid. I can help! Beginners Only Class: Opening 1 bids and their responses, evaluating the trick-taking potential of your hand, communicating with your partner. Classes are on Tuesdays, Jan. 6 through Feb. 17, 2026 (seven weeks)…
Category: November 2025
November 2025, Front Page
SaddleBrooke Singers Performing December 7!
Cheri Emahiser We hope you are looking forward to a wonderful afternoon of festive cheer at DesertView Performing Arts Center when the SaddleBrooke Singers present their concert titled “A-Caroling We Go!” What a fantastic way to get into the holiday spirit. Mark your calendars. You absolutely don’t want to miss this show. And it’s a…
Generals, November 2025
SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network – November 2025
SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network’s Monthly Pet Donation First Friday Drop-Off We are now into fall hours. October through April drop-off hours are 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Drop off at the SaddleBrooke One bocce courts, 64500 E. SaddleBrooke Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85739. Our various pet charities are always in need and are always thankful for your…
Generals, November 2025
SaddleBrooke Singers’ Rehearsals Begin! Come Join Us!
Cheri Emahiser We are always looking for new singers, and we invite you to join us on any Sunday afternoon in January. You will be warmly welcomed by the Singers. Be Onstage with Us! Can you imagine making music on the DesertView Performing Arts Center stage with the SaddleBrooke Singers? It is a wonderful experience.…
Sports, November 2025
Home Sweet Home
Marilyn Ginther This year the MountainView Lady Putters added a special Sponsorship Committee to locate and invite local businesses to be a vital part of our Putters organization. Each Monday the putting green is lined with signs from those willing to donate a nominal amount to be featured. Danielle Schamp with Long Realty, one of…
Clubs & Classes, November 2025
Bridge Party Bulletin: Bids, Tricks, and Strategy
Susan Love SaddleBrooke One Monday Bridge Club hosted a festive Welcome Back, Snowbirds, party after their game on Oct. 13. This event marked one of our biggest duplicate bridge competitions of the season, with players competing across nine and a half tables for top honors. Arlene and Jack Mayfield claimed the top spot in North/South,…
November 2025, Clubs & Classes
Why Square Dance?
Mary Klootwyk Square dancing is a vibrant American folk dance characterized by couples forming a square, guided by a “caller” who calls out moves, making it a spontaneous and communal activity. Its roots are a blend of European folk dances, like English country dances, and African American traditions. While the modern American form emerged from…
Features, November 2025
Snapshot
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg The song “Silhouettes” was playing overhead as I stepped into the building. I had not heard that song for decades. And then, a grey-haired woman came up to me and said, “Where is my husband? I can’t find him anywhere!” The woman showed signs of desperation as she pleadingly looked at…
November 2025, Generals
Reading Tutors Wanted!
Donna Thompson Oracle’s Mountain Vista Elementary School has just joined the reading tutor program coordinated by AchievePinal.org. As you may be aware, Pinal County students have fallen behind in reading proficiency—partly due to the pandemic. The good news is that there is definitely a light at the end of this tunnel. The better news is…
November 2025, Features
SaddleBrooke ‘Doctor Odyssey’ on Wake Island
Joseph Rizza For those SaddleBrooke residents who customarily peruse the contents of the SaddleBrooke Progress, they are accustomed to reading the occasional article written by their very own “Dr. Odyssey.” Dr. Joe Rizza, a resident of SaddleBrooke since 2010 and a licensed M.D., has been for 32 years a cruise ship doctor, expedition voyage doctor,…