National Four Chaplains Day, Feb. 3. The story: On Feb. 3, 1943, an enemy torpedo struck the Army transport Dorchester as it carried 902 officers and enlisted men, Navy armed guard, merchant seamen, and civilian workers in the North Atlantic. The Coast Guard cutter escorts Comanche and Escanaba rescued 230 men. As Dorchester took on water,…
Barbara Barr On Friday, Feb. 4, at 1 p.m. in the MountainView Ballroom, the Wellness Integrated Network (WIN) presents Suzanne Marlatt Stewart speaking on “The Power of Love.” When we saw Suzanne’s article in the SaddleBrooke paper on loving yourself, we knew we wanted Suzanne to speak at our February meeting. During the month of…
If you are new to hiking in Arizona, or have not hiked recently, you may want to learn about hiking in the Sonoran Desert from experienced SaddleBrooke Hiking Club guides. If so, you are invited to attend a hiking orientation presentation at 2 p.m. on Feb. 7 in the DesertView Theater at SaddleBrooke TWO. Among…
Rick Morrison The SaddleBrooke RV Club kicked off the annual holiday season with a potluck party on the evening of Dec. 9 in the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center. The event was well attended by a sell-out crowd of enthusiastic partiers, hosted by our president, Ron Anderson. He introduced the newly elected board members for 2022…
Rebecca Sharpe Author Gary Gildner, who now lives in SaddleBrooke, has added How I Married Michele, a collection of personal essays, to his biography. Recipient of the National Magazine Award for Fiction, the Robert Frost Fellowship, plus many other prizes in fiction, poetry, and memoir, Gildner has gathered together 15 essays published over three decades…
Hello, SaddleBrooke submitters! This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for the February issue is Jan. 26. Please send your submissions on time, or early if possible!