Karen Brungardt The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild looks forward to an exciting winter and spring with a robust offering of art classes as well as its annual Art Show. The annual Art Show will be Feb. 7-8, 2020, in the MountainView Country Club, from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 4…
Deanna McCann As a new SaddleBrooke resident in 2014, I met several neighbors who had multiple sclerosis (MS) and wondered how many people with this disease live here. It seems most everyone knows someone in life’s circle who has MS or is affected by it in some way. Given that there are 1 million people in the…
Terry Hurley Playing softball is not easy for people our age. Let’s face it, our reflexes, coordination, strength, speed, endurance, and vision are not what they used to be. Plus, most of us are not in the best shape of our lives. However, every season about 165 men and women put on their blue or…
Jane Gromelski Tuesday, Jan. 28 will be our next ’50s and ’60s Sock Hop. It will be held in the MountainView Ballroom, doors and the cash bar will open at 5 p.m., the buffet will be served at 5:30 p.m. The meal will include a plated salad, rolls and butter, comfort food meatloaf, mashed potatoes…
Nancy Dowell Pickleball co-founder, promoter and innovator, Barney McCallum, died at his home on Nov. 18, 2019, at the age of 93. Inducted into the inaugural class of 2017 of The Pickleball Hall of Fame, he leaves behind a rapidly growing international pickleball community that is indebted to him. It is fun to recount his…
Bernice Christian, Cathy Schaber, and Margaret Betanzos It is hard to believe but this year marks the 30th anniversary of our libraries! The libraries had a modest beginning in 1990 when some dedicated women started collecting books, storing them in their garages, and when there was space, bringing them to the newly opened SaddleBrooke One…