Unit Happenings – January 2025

Preserve Ladies Who Lunch

Cyclemasters Tour de Tucson

SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild – January 2025

In Passing

Lorna and Richard Horton

Richard Horton Lesleyanne Weiss Richard Horton passed away on Monday, November 9, 2015, at age 88 after a battle with cancer. He was greatly loved by his family and will be missed very, very much. My parents have been residents of SaddleBrooke since 1990. There was no memorial service as he requested to be cremated…

ILR: Institute for Learning in Retirement

Laurie Brussel, artist, educator and ILR instructor

Meet the instructor – Laurie Brussel Ken Marich It is a pleasure to introduce you to Laurie Brussel, an artist, educator and an ILR instructor. Laurie was born in New York City and as a youngster moved with her family to Long Beach, New York, a small beach town. The natural beauty of this environment…

SaddleBrooke Tennis Club

Sadie Hawkins Day Jay Clayton Wilson What a party! More than eighty players were supported by more than two dozen volunteers including event organizer Debbie McGeehan. Sadie Hawkins Day at the SaddleBrooke Tennis Club is an occasion in which the club’s ladies invite men for a day of mixed doubles followed by delicious food and…

Artist of the Month

Terese Butler, Pam Gappa and Candy Armstrong with a few of their fused glass creations; photo by LaVerne Kyriss

LaVerne Kyriss They call us the Glass Ladies, explained Candy Armstrong in introducing her artistic collaborators and business partners, Terese Butler and Pam Gappa. Armstrong and Butler met in Sacramento, California, where they both lived. They became friends and eventually took a fused glass class. Both were so intrigued by the results, in 2006 they…

SaddleBrooke Lady niners announce new board

Charlotte James, Hedy Gryszan, Sandy Wagoner, Trish Pohnert, Maria Byers, Char Crossman and Julie Egolf; photo by Bob Koblewski

Elaine Kienitz Our December Holiday Luncheon and Party got off to a fast start. Literally, the game we played on the golf course was fun and fast because we all played from the Aqua tees and there was no putting for the day. To determine the winners, only half our handicap was subtracted from our…

From your Events Committee at SaddleBrooke One

Wednesday, January 20 – Charles Smith Wine Dinner The leading magazine in the global wine industry, Wine Enthusiast, named Washington State’s Charles Smith its 2014 Winemaker of the Year! Charles Smith Wines is the largest independently owned winery in Washington State. This is Charles’ third nomination for Wine Star’s Winemaker category and his first win.…