Category: December 2015

CycleMasters fall and winter season begins

Cyclemasters show off their new cycling attire!

Ted Belanger This November has proven again that the SaddleBrooke CycleMasters continue to shine within the community. Whether it is doing community services like the road clean-up projects or supporting the Tucson Marathon Water Stop and Bike Patrol or collecting food for the local food pantry or donating bikes to the children at the local…

A Rabbi, a priest and two ministers walk into a room…

Sandy Wagoner There have been many positive changes in the LGBT community in the past few years. Laws regarding same sex marriage have been changed and society is becoming more accepting of these loving relationships. Many churches have begun to change their views, also. GLAAS is excited to present a thought-provoking panel discussion titled “Welcoming…

SaddleBrooke Volleyball Club holds fall social

Members of the SaddleBrooke Volleyball Club had a great time at the fall social!

Pat Tiefenbach SaddleBrooke Volleyball Club members and guests recently gathered for their fall social event at the Cadillac Chaparral Steakhouse. About 20 people started the fun by visiting with each other and then everyone enjoyed a delicious barbeque dinner served by attentive employees of the Steakhouse. When all the guests had finished eating, the group…

What can line dance lessons do for you?

On Thursdays you’ll find the most advanced dancers in Rebecca’s line dance class at the MountainView Aerobics room. These ladies and gentlemen really master some dances with a high degree of difficulty - and do it well. Bravo!

Dr. Mark Magdanz Why line dance? The lessons provided to the SaddleBrooke and Ranch communities are designed to promote and maintain improved mental and physical health. How can an activity do this? Classes and social parties provide one and a half to two and a half hours of interval exercise. They include written step instruction,…

MPLN welcomes new and returning members

On November 7 women from the Mountainview/Preserve Ladies Niners (MPLN) joined a Tucson Girls Golf event, sponsored by the LPGA and USGA, to donate over 30 new MPLN league shirts to the girls who participated in the program. Pictured here are Joyce Sutay, MPLN President and Susan Elliott.

            The MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners welcomed four new and returning members this fall. Margaret Walker and Marty Harsch are returning Lady Niners. Denise Gilliat-Norgard and Jan Mattson are new members. MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners play on Tuesdays, with tee times starting at 8:00 a.m. in the fall and winter. Come join…

STC presents U of A Women’s and Men’s Tennis exhibitions

Wildcat Women

Join us on Tuesday, January 5 at 9:30 a.m. and Sunday, January 10 at 11:00 a.m. when the SaddleBrooke Tennis Club presents the University of Arizona Women’s and Men’s Tennis Practice/Exhibitions. All SaddleBrooke residents and guests are invited. The women’s team will conduct a practice on Tuesday and the men’s team will have a Red…

SaddleBrooke Skygazers

How far are the stars? John Lauder When astronomers use their telescopes to look at stars, the distances are gigantic. For example, the closest star to Earth (besides our sun) is something like 24,000,000,000,000 miles away. That’s the closest star. There are stars that are billions of times farther away than that. When you start…

“Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot…”

Conductor Laureate George Hanson

Anne Movalson We hear the above phrase at the beginning of a New Year as the clock strikes midnight or the crystal ball descends in Times Square. Its answer is NO, and the SaddleBrooke Symphony Guild will prove this Saturday, January 9 of the New Year 2016. Conductor Laureate of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, George…