The spirit of giving was alive and well at the SaddleBrooke Ceramics Club’s annual member party, where generosity met creativity. Through a silent auction and a lively 50/50 drawing, the club raised funds to support two vital organizations: SaddleBrooke Senior Village and IMPACT of Southern Arizona. “It was hard to choose between all of the…
Electrical boxes, walls, and other infrastructure in SaddleBrooke can detract from our beautiful Sonoran Desert surroundings. To remedy this situation, representatives from both SaddleBrooke One and SaddleBrooke TWO reached out to the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild, along with other artistic groups, to develop colorful murals along major roadways like Ridgeview and Clubhouse Drive. The first…
All summer long, the Swim Club will offer coached practices on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Two or three practices will be available on those days between the hours of 7 and 11 a.m. While all practices will offer a combination of technique and fitness work, the 7 a.m. session will place a slightly higher…
Barbara Barr Bengen We are planning something very special for the SaddleBrooke community this summer. In collaboration with Dr. John Tait, we are working on a Summer Symposium on wellness. We are still working on the details, so watch the papers and our email distribution list. Plans for the symposium include speakers on a variety…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg I am happy to report that there is a new theater troupe that has recently emerged here: Once Upon a Time Theater. The production company is the result of a collaboration between co-directors Susan Kravitz (lead writer) and Anne Grant, well-known thespians and singers in their own right. The co-directors first…
Mary Klootwyk We all know the benefits of physical exercise, including low-impact exercise, but what many don’t know are the cognitive benefits of square dancing. Square dancing requires active attention and quick physical responses, and because of this, it triggers several multiple brain functions at once, such as kinesthetic, rational, musical, and emotional, which have…
Raymond H. Goettsch The SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) sponsored four teams in the Arizona Pickleball Players League (APPL), and three teams advanced to the Arizona state tournament and earned medals. Other SPA members advanced to state in separate teams, advancing to state and receiving medals. On April 7 in Mesa, SPA’s Soft Serve team (women…
Deanna Hyland Poppies! Thousands and thousands of poppies, interspersed with majestic saguaro, and a picturesque backdrop of the Santa Catalina Mountains. The yellows and oranges blanketed the ground for as far as we could see, the colors exploding in front of our eyes. On March 28, 10 members of the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club were fortunate…
Barb Rutt On a beautiful spring day at the end of March, seven members of the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club saddled up and went horseback riding in Saguaro National Park East. They met at Houston’s Horseback Riding Stables, located on Tucson’s northeast side and nestled next to the Rincon Mountains, for the two-hour ride. Houston’s has…
Denise Cashmore Since 2016 (18 years!), MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association has partnered with the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) and is proud to have raised more than $250,000 in donations for cancer research. This year’s Take a Swing at Cancer golf event was held on Feb. 20. The sun was shining as 136 golfers…