Category: December 2018

GriefShare meets in January

Cari Block Community Church of SaddleBrooke (CCSB) will continue the GriefShare program with meetings at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, January 6 and January 20 at the Parish House. Call or email for directions. Session topics will include: “The Journey of Grief” and “Grief and your Relationships.” This highly regarded video and support group is designed to…

Photographer of the Month: Michael Reale

Barbara Wilder At the SaddleBrooke Photography Club general meeting in November, our speaker was Michael Reale who presented a slide show featuring his recent trip to the Amazon Basin and Peru. It was an exciting trip, especially since Peru was in the World Cup Soccer Games for the first time in many years. The whole…

Peer Discussion Group for Better Hearing

Jennifer Jefferis and Dick Kroese Remaining active with our families and our communities is so important. That is why Jennifer and Dick started the Peer Discussion Group for Better Hearing. Both of us have found the best way to help yourself is to not isolate and give up. Instead, find the support and information you…

Generosity helps shelter dogs rest comfortably

Laurel Parrott This is a story about how regular people can make a huge difference for a great cause. When you look after dogs as pets in your home, you make sure they have nice, comfortable beds to sleep on every night, somewhere warm and dry like in outdoor dog kennels, but last spring, SaddleBrooke…

Prescription drug drop off program

Prescription drugs can be dropped off on the second Friday each month from 10:00 a.m.-noon. This month’s date is Friday, December 14. You can also drop off on the fourth Tuesday of each month from 2:00-4:00 p.m.; however, it will be closed this month due to the Christmas holiday. Drop off your unused prescription drugs…

Saturday Morning Bridge clinic

This clinic is a practice and critique session designed for players at intermediate and advanced levels who desire to improve their bridge. No partner is necessary. No time commitment; come late, leave early. Meet potential new partners. Sessions run from 9:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday mornings at 37901 S. Arroyo Way in SaddleBrooke. We…

This I have learned

Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg It goes without saying that December is probably the most hectic and frenetic month of the year. Over-extended, over-stressed and over-stimulated, we sometimes find that when the last day of the month arrives, ergo – New Year’s Eve, we have become inured to all of the emotions that come with “the…