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Institute for Learning in Retirement

SaddleBrooke Institute for Learning in Retirement – Spring 2018 Schedule Join the ILR and register for classes at www.sbilr.org 18-101 Powerful Women in History Ann Kuperberg, Mondays, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. MV Sonoran Rm, 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5 18-102 Music of the 60s, Part II Susan Kravitz, Mondays, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. MV Sonoran…

FSL Lecture Series kickoff

Rolly Prager Robin Pinto will kick off the 2018 FSL Lecture Series with a presentation about the Chiricahua National Monument. Dr. Pinto will describe the landscapes of the Chiricahua Monument and the Faraway Ranch and how they are inextricably intertwined. Their geology and ecology, their people and resources, their histories of design and development have…

Healthy Aging

Maggie deBlock On October 26, Ellinor Montgomery, RN, author of Eat G.L.A.D. not S.A.D, presented to SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club a timely topic on eating healthy, which translates into healthy aging. She began with a success story involving her husband John who was 120 pounds overweight when they married. Due to his obese situation, he…

Film for all residents, January 7

Joan Elder All residents of SaddleBrooke (and guests) are invited to see Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story. This film which introduces the Jewish Film Festival has never been shown in Tucson before! It tells the incredible story of a couple you know – even if you did not know that you know them!…

Free diabetes education seminar and classes

Gary Hammond The American Diabetes Association believes that 12 million Americans over age 65 have diabetes — that’s 25% or one in four of us! Medicare feels the problem is so great that it has funded a special free education program by certified trainers — the Diabetes Education Empowerment Program, or DEEP. For SaddleBrooke residents…

CCP’s Dinner Mystery has been cast

Andrea Molberg Start planning now to attend Community Circle Players’ new dinner mystery Mafioso Murders. Many fine CCP performers plus two newcomers, one from SaddleBrooke Ranch, turned out for auditions held mid-November. CCP’s Director Susan Sterling just revealed the cast members are Ron Andrea – Mickey D’Goon, Fran Berman – Black Widow Betty, JP Blount…

50s and 60s Sock Hops planned

Jane Gromelski Return with us to those thrilling years when we were young. Some of us went to the dances and danced; some watched from the sidelines. Bah to that! We can all get on the floor and dance with our own moves—come and have fun to the music of our golden youth! Age has…

Fine Arts Guild and UAMA Art Lecture Series

Tammy Bearden The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild, in partnership with the University of Arizona Museum of Art, will present a new series of three lectures beginning Wednesday, January 3, 2018, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the west ballroom of the MountainView Clubhouse. The first presenter will be docent Tammy Bearden who will discuss American…

Mental illness: what you need to know

Leslie Fore Mental health problems are very common. One in five American adults and youth are affected by mental illness. The Santa Catalina Catholic Church Social Awareness and Justice Ministry is hosting an educational forum on mental illness called Understanding Mental Illness: Together We Can Make A Difference on January 28, 2018 from 1:00 to…