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…
Mary Solberg Jenny Rink has been a SaddleBrooke resident since 1997 and has assisted over 500 residents with computer issues during that time. In early February Jenny downloaded a pre-release of Microsoft Windows 10 (which will succeed Windows 8.1) along with a couple million other Windows users all over the world and became a Windows…
Jazzercise and the Strength 45 (SilverSneakers) classes have just finished a 30 day challenge last month! Eleven women finished the challenge stronger than ever and won a tee-shirt in the process! Our next challenge will be starting in June; a perfect time to come inside and get out of the heat and even try to…
Janet Tucker Who remembers Alice Cooper’s great summer anthem? I may not have been a wild Alice Cooper fan, but I have always liked that song. So here we are in the delightful month of May, watching the flowers bloom and making summer plans. The summer time is great time to take advantage of the…
The last MSG Social for the season will be Sunday, May 31 at 5:00 p.m. at Bob and Louise Sample’s home at 63895 E. Cat Claw Lane in Unit 8 across from the fire station and mini-mart. Please bring a dish (for 10 to 12 people) to share and your drink of choice. The Samples…
Pam Boedeker This year the SaddleBrooke Nature Club has been focusing on the products of Arizona. In April our guest speaker’s expertise was pecans. Rich Walden is a third generation farmer from the Santa Cruz Valley south of Tucson. He is the Farm Manager for the Santa Cruz Valley Pecan Farm and is active in…
Andrea Molberg Fun, competitive, easy to learn and good exercise, pickleball is the fastest growing sport among active seniors and a sought after amenity in retirement communities. So much so that Pickleball is the first sport added to the National Senior Games in 20 years and according to Athletic Business (2015) has been catching fire…