Each year Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries provides our community with several informative and entertaining lectures. All are offered free-of-charge to FSL members, while non-members are charged a nominal $5 fee to attend some of the lectures. On October 15, 2015 our speaker will be Jan Cleere, a well-known author and historian. Jan will talk about…
Category: September 2015
September 2015
Health Night Out – September 28, 2015
Phyllis Ketring Monday, September 28, at 7:00 p.m. in the MountainView Country Club Ballroom, SaddleBrooke Health and Wellness will host Dr. Miguel Montero-Baker, a vascular and endovascular surgeon at Pima Vascular. Many Americans live with the pain and discomfort of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) thinking it is a normal part of aging. The problem is…
September 2015
“Thirdsty Thursday” social popular with SaddleBrooke Freethinkers
Fran Berman SaddleBrooke Freethinkers met at the RoadRunner Grill on July 16 for our second “Thirdsty Thursday” social. Thirteen SaddleBrooke residents, including some new faces, enjoyed two hours of dynamic discussion in a happy hour setting. Thirdsty Thursday is a monthly opportunity to get to know each other better. There was no guest speaker or…
September 2015
Hop on board for a southwestern Utah Parks bus tour
The Utah Parks bus tour departs on October 5, this week-long bus trip includes: A Monument Valley tour featuring information about the Navajo Culture including demonstrations of basket weaving, rug weaving and sand painting. An evening sound and light show while floating down the Colorado River. A tour of the Arches and Canyon Lands featuring…
September 2015
Let’s Dance and SBDC – SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Clubs
Bolero – Spanish or Cuban? Part 2 Steve Holdener Last month I wrote that Bolero is a very slow and deliberate romantic Latin dance originating in Spain in the late 18th century. The music at that time was sung and accompanied by castanets and guitars. The Cuban Bolero tradition originated in Santiago de Cuba in…
September 2015
Pinal County Board of Supervisors adopts SaddleBrooke LWV Proclamation Proposal
In 2014 the National League of Women Voters (LWV) adopted a position opposing all forms of domestic and international human trafficking of adults and children, including both sex and labor trafficking. The League believes every measure and effort should be made through legislation and changes in public policy to prevent this abuse of human life,…
September 2015
New Sunday Tai Chi class starts September 6
Carol Emerson We have had so many requests for a beginning Tai Chi class on the weekend, and beginning Sunday, September 6, we will offer one! The new class will be from 10:00-11:00 on Sunday mornings. It is just the perfect time for Tai Chi, so we hope this will work for people who work…
September 2015
Hello “Jewel” generation
We are now up and running on our website: www.jewelgeneration.com. If this is your first time visiting our site, “Jewel” is an acronym for Journal for Experienced Women Enjoying Life. Our website is still very basic, but we are working hard to expand it as we get more volunteers to help with articles and informational…
September 2015
New feature at SaddleBrooke Health Fair, Saturday October 17
Phyllis Ketring For the first time at the Health Fair, Oro Valley Hospital will sponsor short outdoor seminars on the lawn near the HOA One clubhouse. Three Oro Valley doctors will offer these mini-seminars so a larger number of people can learn about their specialties and ask questions. 8:15 a.m. – Kim Tucker, MD, Orthopedic…
September 2015
Audition for our 2016 show!
Dick Fleming SaddleBrooke’s own community theatre group, The PrimeTime Players, is looking for talented, energetic and creative actors for our upcoming spring 2016 play Calendar Girls, written by Tim Firth and based on the 2003 blockbuster film starring Helen Mirren. The play tells the true story of a group of women in England whose simple…