Outside riders: Kurt McMillen, Tom Kruse, Paul Frederickson, Gary Nix, Rick Zabinski, Dan Hoshino, Curt Kooiker, Ray Malaski, Jim Doyle; not pictured: John Roberts (photo by Marty Herbert) Wanda Ross…
Artist’s impression of an Eclipsing Binary (Credit: European Southern Observatory) Sam Miller The SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club is pleased to host Father Christopher Corbally, an astronomer with the Vatican Observatory…
A recent summer SBDC dance class (photo by Wanda Ross) Watched any Dancing with the Stars episodes? Then you have probably seen rumba. Remember Johnny (Patrick Swayze) in Dirty Dancing? “Time…
Movin’ to the music Introduction to Ballroom: Rumba and Tango Judy Saks The SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC) is pleased to continue our Introduction to Ballroom classes. These classes are…
The gals (left to right): Lyn Moreno, Allison Lehman, Stacy Olson, Shawne Cryderman, Wendy WeinbergThe guys (left to right): Steve Willer, Larry John, Jim Spiegel, Mark Randall Julie Adamen The…
Happy Tail: Rigby Romayne Trudo A precious little puppy was dropped off under the portico in SaddleBrooke One on Aug. 16, 2024. He was handed off to a bystander, with the person saying, “The owner can’t afford to keep him,” and then she drove off. No one knew who she was or where she came…
EJ Snearly The MountainView/Preserve Ladies Golf Association chose SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) as the charity receiving funds from the “BEE A Friend” event. The check was presented to SBCO by President Marcy Tixier and Vice President Joyce Deutch.
Grant Supports Oracle School District’s Kindergarten Prep Program Nancy McCluskey-Moore The Oracle School District provides a Kindergarten Preparation program free of charge to all three- and four-year-old children living in the district. Half-day classes are held at Mountain Vista Elementary School. Since pre-kindergarten education is not funded by the State of Arizona, this program is…
Barbara Barr Bengen Did you save the date of Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, at SaddleBrooke One? That’s the date for the 2025 annual Wisconsin Party. You don’t want to miss out on this great time! Every year we have even more fun than we did the year before! The 2025 Wisconsin Party is headed by…
Leslie Mehalek The September blood drive was a great success. We collected 64 units of blood this time around! Our next blood drive was on Nov. 9 in the MountainView ballroom from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. As of this writing, we already had 69 people signed up. The Red Cross has been staffing us…
Marilynn Davis To study the Renaissance and, more specifically, the Italian Renaissance, is most definitely a lifelong journey. In a word, the Renaissance means “rebirth” and revival of interest in art, architecture, and literary culture. And those to personify this revival from the 14th to the 16th centuries were men such as Michelangelo and Leonardo…