Sue Hagedon These December holidays are a wonderful time of year with beautiful music, fancy parties, pretty lights and, of course, sharing lots of fellowship and food <ahem>, with good friends and family! Remember, amidst your busy December schedule, that on Thursday, January 11 tickets for the 2018 P.E.O. Chapter EP’s Fashion Show and Luncheon…
Category: December 2017
Generals, December 2017
Institute for Learning in Retirement
SaddleBrooke Institute for Learning in Retirement – Spring 2018 Schedule Join the ILR and register for classes at www.sbilr.org 18-101 Powerful Women in History Ann Kuperberg, Mondays, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. MV Sonoran Rm, 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5 18-102 Music of the 60s, Part II Susan Kravitz, Mondays, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. MV Sonoran…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
Photography Club captures the All Souls Procession
Vicki Cunningham The SaddleBrooke Photography Club’s November trek was to the All Souls Procession in downtown Tucson Sunday, November 5. This is perhaps one of the most important, inclusive and authentic public ceremonies in North America today. The procession had its beginnings in Tucson, Arizona in 1990 with a ceremonial performance piece created by local…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
FSL Lecture Series kickoff
Rolly Prager Robin Pinto will kick off the 2018 FSL Lecture Series with a presentation about the Chiricahua National Monument. Dr. Pinto will describe the landscapes of the Chiricahua Monument and the Faraway Ranch and how they are inextricably intertwined. Their geology and ecology, their people and resources, their histories of design and development have…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
Healthy Aging
Maggie deBlock On October 26, Ellinor Montgomery, RN, author of Eat G.L.A.D. not S.A.D, presented to SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club a timely topic on eating healthy, which translates into healthy aging. She began with a success story involving her husband John who was 120 pounds overweight when they married. Due to his obese situation, he…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
SaddleBrooke Rotary’s newest Amigo
Tim Morsani Thinking about joining a service club but not sure of the commitment? Consider becoming an Amigo of the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke. An Amigo may attend weekly club luncheons to find out what types of programs are presented. She/he may participate in social activities and work-projects. An Amigo has the opportunity to analyze…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
Computer Club news – enrollment begins December 15 for 2018 classes
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…
Generals, December 2017
Film for all residents, January 7
Joan Elder All residents of SaddleBrooke (and guests) are invited to see Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story. This film which introduces the Jewish Film Festival has never been shown in Tucson before! It tells the incredible story of a couple you know – even if you did not know that you know them!…
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.…