Dave Tiefenbach SaddleBrooke Computer Club offers classroom and online classes for new and experienced users of PCs, Macs, IPads and iPhones. New offerings for 2018 include Apple FaceTime, Photo Editing with Photoshop Elements and RootsMagic, a genealogy database program. Also offered is Fix or Build Your Own PC. A detailed description of all classes can…
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Clubs & Classes, December 2017
Great Decisions 2018 Topics
Ellen Citron The SaddleBrooke Great Decisions program will begin on Monday, January 8 at 3:00 p.m. in the ballroom at MountainView Clubhouse. A social get together will follow the meeting. The Great Decision books and the future dates of meetings should be available at this meeting. This is also the time that dues will be…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
Nature Club visits the tree lab
Annie Maud Your vocabulary word of the day: Dendrochronology n / the science of dating events by studying growth rings in trees and wood. In 1937 a University of Arizona professor formalized this new science. A. E. Douglass found he could date events in the past by counting tree rings and studying their growth patterns.…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
Partners Western Dance classes and activities in 2018
Jane Gromelski In January, 2018 we will start our next series of Beginning and Intermediate Partners Western dance classes. In the Beginning series, we cover Texas Two Step for four weeks, and then we do two weeks of Western Waltz. Classes will start on Wednesday, January 10, in the SaddleBrooke clubhouse Vermilion Room. Beginning classes…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
Nature Club meeting
Ginny Berkey Do you know what happened to all the cacti that once covered the bare lot where the next Fry’s will be? If you have attended the Nature Club’s November meeting you would know and you would be aware of the Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society Rescue Program. This group of over 1100 members…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
Stroke/Neuro Support Group
Myra Knapp Are you caring for a loved one who has stroke, dementia, Parkinson’s disease or another neurological condition or movement disorder? Or are you your own caregiver? Members of the Stroke/Neuro Support Group understand that caregivers may need an outlet and an opportunity to share concerns and solutions in a supportive atmosphere. Monthly…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
Knit Wits news
Carol Chiarello Our knitters are enjoying the pleasant fall weather. A group of more than 20 ladies gathered at Dianne Barnard’s home for a lovely potluck meal. The weather was perfect for enjoying the outdoors, the camaraderie, the food and a little time left over to work on a knit or crochet project. Thank you,…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
SaddleBrooke SkyGazers
SaddleBrooke SkyGazers’ monthly meeting will be January 14, 2018 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the HOA One Activity Center featuring The Best of Mt. Lemmon Astro Photography by Travis Deyoe, Mt. Lemmon Sky Center telescope operations. Travis will be bringing a spectacular selection of night sky photos taken through the large Mt. Lemmon telescope…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
Questers experience – Italian Renaissance Stone Art
Sandi Newberry The November meeting of the Catalina Timewalkers Chapter of Questers was hosted by Sandi Newberry with Martha Chilton as co-host. Sandi presented a program on “Pietre Dure: Florentine Mosaics.” Pietre Dure is an Italian term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished natural stones to create images. The most…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
Tai Chi is the perfect training practice as we age
Carol Emerson Practicing the ancient martial art of Tai Chi is so beneficial to us as we get “a little older” that it should be “the preferred mode of training,” according to scientists. Researchers have found that older people who regularly performed the traditional Chinese mind and body technique were less likely to suffer falls…