Thomas Bird The SaddleBrooke Shih Tzu Club meets five times per year (November, December, February, March, and April) on the second Saturday of the month, with club members alternating as hosts. A notice will appear in the paper each month, and regular members will receive an email notice. All SaddleBrooke shih tzus and their owners…
Jan Strada SaddleBrooke Caregivers United is the new name chosen for the SaddleBrooke Neurological Support Group. Our goal is to provide support and resources for those in our community who are caregivers. Our first meeting after summer break will be on Saturday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to noon. Meetings are held at the SaddleBrooke…
Tim Gaule I am a member of the SaddleBrooke Hearing Discussion Group. In this month’s article I would like to briefly discuss Real Ear Measurement (REM). Contrary to what your grandchildren might think, it doesn’t involve having your audiologist grab a tape measure to record the external dimensions of your ear. REM is a technique…
Bob Hutton The Woodworkers Club of SaddleBrooke offers classes from time to time, available free of charge to any SaddleBrooke resident. Recently, Joel taught a three-part (1-1/2 hour each session) series of classes on fine wood finishing. I thought I knew a few things about finishing wood. Turns out, I knew nearly nothing. We were…
Georgie Hourigan Sonoran Singers were thrilled to perform for the first time at DesertView Theater on April 14. Senior Village sponsored this Music Matinee where they have monthly free events featuring our local talents. Sonoran Singers, led by our talented director Cora Peters, sang such songs as “Joy to the World,” “Red River Valley,” “Shenandoah,”…
Former Lt. William Myers, CEC, USN The Catalina Mountain Chapter (CMC) of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) held its recent meeting on March 15 at SaddleBrooke Ranch. The meeting began with a business session presided over by CMC’s First Vice President, retired Col. Bruce Huffman, U.S. Army, during which members were updated on…
April Is National Volunteer Appreciation Month Laura Anderson Thank you to all the Senior Village volunteers. Senior Village celebrated volunteers with a luncheon for 165 at the MountainView ballroom. Honored to give back to those who have given so much, Senior Village extends a heartfelt thank you to all 300 volunteers. Volunteering offers more than…
Peter Bakke The SaddleBrooke Democratic Club meeting on Feb. 11 will feature Jennifer Hilsbos, the newly elected chair of the Pinal County Democratic Party. At our January meeting, Communications Chair Karla Trippe discussed data from the last election. A lively and informative discussion followed. The SaddleBrooke Democratic Club meets at 3:30 p.m. on the second…
The speaker at the SaddleBrooke Computer Club meeting on March 17 will be Dian Lineback, and her topic will be “New iPhone/iPad Tips and Tricks.” The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. at the DesertView Theater. No matter how long you’ve used an iPhone, there are always new (or new to you) features to discover.…
At our meeting on Feb. 6 at the DesertView Theater, our speaker, Sharon B. Megdal, PhD, compared and contrasted the Wicked Water Problems facing both Arizona and Israel, two desert locations. She highlighted new technologies being developed in Israel that offer potential solutions to Arizona’s water problems. Dr. Megdal bridges the academic, practitioner, and civil…