Rolly Prager Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries is pleased to announce plans for the spring authors luncheon. Author Jeff Siger will be the guest speaker on March 16. Tickets go on sale Jan. 28 at the SaddleBrooke TWO Administrative office. The cost of the ticket is $30. Guests will choose among the following entrees: salmon, greek…
Category: December 2019
Clubs & Classes, December 2019
Eliminating gender-based violence
Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers is honored to have Professor Monica Casper Ph.D. speak on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, at 10 a.m. at the MountainView Ballroom with coffee social at 9:30 a.m. Doctor Casper, with three decades of research and action on issues related to violence against women and gender-based violence, will provide a contemporary overview…
Clubs & Classes, December 2019
Ann Martin wins 2019 MPWGA Club Championship
Ann Lange Ann Martin, a friendly, feisty, but not-too-fierce mountain lioness, climbed to the top of the Catalinas with her win of the MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association (MPWGA) 2019 Club Championship. Thirty-one women in six flights, all named after Arizona mountains, traversed the Preserve Golf Club on Nov. 4, and MountainView Golf Club on Nov.…
Clubs & Classes, December 2019
Astronomer and comet hunter to speak at January Skygazers meeting – January 12
Sam Miller The SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club is pleased to host renowned astronomer, comet hunter, and author David Levy on Sunday, Jan. 12 at the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center at 7 p.m. Levy has discovered 22 comets, either independently or with astronomers Gene and Carolyn Shoemaker. He has written 34 books, mostly on astronomical subjects,…
Clubs & Classes, December 2019
Don’t leave credit on the table
Brianne Spaeth Don’t leave credit on the table was one of the first things Marc Snow said when he visited our rotary club to discuss his work with the Rotary Vocational Fund. Marc is the Assistant Governor of District 5500 for Rotary. He is currently a member of the Oro Valley Rotary Club where he…
Sports, December 2019
MPLN State Medallion teams
Eileen J Snearly Each year the Arizona Golf Association (AGA) conducts their State Medallion Tournament. Both 18-hole and 9-hole leagues throughout Arizona holds competitions to see which of their members will represent their club at the AGA Championship held in January the following year. These four talented golfers have qualified for the State Medallion this…
Clubs & Classes, December 2019
Ceramics Club notice
Jill Conklin The members of SaddleBrooke Ceramics Club (SCC) were represented at the Arts and Crafts Fair with a variety of crafts. So much talent and we are happy to have them as our members. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season and hope you will join us in 2020. The SaddleBrooke Ceramics…
Features, December 2019
How does your garden grow?
Louise Grabell OK, it’s that time of year again. You know, the holiday season. How did that happen? I think yesterday was July, eh? So, I usually devote some space at this time of year to tell you what to do with some of those Christmas bloomin’ beauties you purchased, but I’ll save that for…
Generals, December 2019
24 residents participate in Swim Club’s 14th free Let’s Swim Clinic
Lyn Moreno “A great swim clinic” is the way participants describe the free Let’s Swim Clinic that is offered as a service to the community by the SaddleBrooke Swim Club. This October’s clinic was the fourteenth clinic that the club has given at the DesertView pool. Each clinic has had a full enrollment of 24…
Religion, December 2019
Building Bridges with the LGBTQ Community
Leslie Fore The Social Awareness and Justice Ministry at Santa Catalina Catholic Church invites you to a book discussion on Building Bridges with the LGBTQ Community: How the Catholic Church and the LGBTQ Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity by Fr. Jim Martin, S.J. This is a two-part discussion, Part 1…