Barbara Starrett SaddleBrooke Freethinkers are proud to have Daisy Vargas, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Arizona, College of Humanities, speak on “Religion, Identity, and Encounter in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands” on Sunday, April 21, at 9:45 a.m. This talk will focus on how Mexican Catholic religious practices aid and inform the maintenance…
David Zapatka Would you like to neutralize the hard shots being hit in your direction? Consider a blocking strategy. Blocking a shot properly requires technique, positioning, timing and strategy. Follow this advice to improve your blocking skills: * Stand with your knees bent and feet shoulder-width apart. The lower you can get down, the better.…
Member Spotlight on Katherine Evans Dawn Price One of the newest members to SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild is Katherine Evans. Evans and her husband found SaddleBrooke in the way that many do. They were traveling all over, looking for places to consider retiring in. They visited some friends who were already here, came over the…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg The word “hack” has several meanings, including to describe someone who tries to surreptitiously gain access to computers. However, in recent years, this word has come to mean alternative/creative ways of doing something to achieve the same goal. There are hundreds of hacks online, of course, but here are some of…
Ron Andrea If you’ve attended the Health Fair in years past, you know this is an event you absolutely don’t want to miss! If you haven’t attended in the past, know that this is a free smorgasbord of health information and health screenings that includes dozens of local health care providers. The date for this…
Sandra Sowell Almost any day of the year, SaddleBrooke Hiking Club members are afoot in some place all over the world. A recent beautiful February day found nine of them following guide Michael Reale out of the Proctor parking area in Madera Canyon and onto the Nature Trail. This trail is found in the foothills…