Barb Schaepe SaddleBrooke Great Decisions started off the year with timely topics, excellent presentations, and spirited discussions. Meetings, which continue in March and April, occur on Mondays from 3 to 5 p.m. in the East Ballroom of the MountainView Clubhouse unless otherwise noted. Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program focused on world affairs. SaddleBrooke…
Ed Barnes In 1974 Congress established the Individual Retirement Account (IRA) to encourage working people to save for retirement and supplement their social security retirement incomes. Funds in a traditional IRA are sheltered from income taxes until withdrawn. But to ensure that money isn’t sheltered from taxes indefinitely, Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) were established. Currently,…
Our meeting on March 9 welcomed Holly Shaman, MSW, psych-social director of the Aria Hospice. Aria Hospice Comfort Care is a locally owned and operated Southern Arizona home that can provide medical staff, medications, medical equipment, and supplies to your home when it is convenient for you. Shaman works with dying people and their families…
Bruce Hale The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club will present the second annual My Favorite Hike program on Wednesday, March 20. Following the huge success of the program last year, the club hopes this will be a fixture on the schedule for years to come. The program is a series of short presentations by club members who…
Phyllis Ketring If you want to age gracefully, the March 25 Health Night Out presentation has answers. Dr. Akash Taggarse is a board-certified specialist in internal medicine and geriatrics. His presentation will explore a multifaceted approach to aging. He will emphasize preventive strategies and lifestyle modifications. He will discuss how to navigate the aging process…
Laurence Edralin The SaddleBrooke Genealogy Club’s next presentation, “Tidbits to Assist You,” with helpful websites and where to find resources for your research, will be on April 4 at 1 p.m. in the SaddleBrooke One Coyote Room. The speaker is Lou McLean. Lou McLean is the current president of the West Valley Genealogical Society located…