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editorial@robson.com — January 2011 CLUBS AND CLASSES


Nature hike in the Baboquivari Mountains


Dancers are, from left to right, in the back row: Lucy Kalinske, Rose Collins, Hapi Kendall, Sharon Betts, Pat Johnston, Hinda Rosenbleet, Joan Van Matre, Elaine Casel, Sue Robisch, and Suzanne Reagan; middle row: Trudy Varga, Mickey Levich, Cherrill Kallio, Sara Jackson, Patti Albaugh, Gail Waller, Ann Alvir, Angela Martin, and Anne Sandvig; front row: Barbara Humphry, Shirley Miller, instructor Bertie Litchfield, and Donna Erickson.


Bertie Litchfi eld This


fall Bertie Litchfi eld taught a


series of beginner basic steps for the SaddleBrooke Line Dance club (SBLDC). The dancers have been affectionately called the “tenderfoots.” We have had a lot of fun, as shown in the picture. It is wonderful that the dancers have many wonderful opportunities to dance


here in SaddleBrooke. Bertie has more than 10 years of teaching experience. Her two favorite steps are still the “smile step”” and the “fun factor step.” She often wears her favorite motto “The Music Will Tell You.” We get great exercise while having lots of at


fun. Contact Debbie Westwater debbiewestwater@netscape.net


or 825-4849.


SaddleBrooke Hikers pause in Baboquivari’s Brown Canyon with guide Jean Thomas. Photo by Sandra Sowell.


Elisabeth Wheeler The


Baboquivari Mountains, long


considered to be a sacred space by the Tohono O’Odham people who are native to the area, are the westernmost of the so- called Sky Islands. The mountains form the border between the fl oristic regions of the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts. Brown Canyon is a protected canyon in the Baboquivari Mountains with wildfl ower, birding, and wild animal spotting possibilities. Nature tours are offered by trained guides from the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. Twelve hikers from the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club were led by guides from the education center in Brown Canyon past ranching ruins to


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Judy Freeman Espanol...y mas (Spanish...and more)


will begin spring 2011 Spanish classes in SaddleBrooke with instructor Judy Freeman. Remember: learning a new language


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is one of the best ways to keep mentally fi t. Join up and have lots of fun, too! Why just study Spanish anywhere else, when you can learn to speak it with Espanol...y mas? Bring a friend and get 10% off both fees! Each step is a class running 13 weeks, starting January 31. Choose the one that suits you best! Following is a schedule of classes: A Path to Conversation - $150 Step 1: From the alphabet to basic verbs


and dialogues, Mondays, 9 a.m. to noon, The Preserve Clubhouse; Step 2: The, a, and an, more verbs and some prepositions, Fridays, 9 a.m. to noon, Coyote Room HOA I; Step 3: Two ways to be, adjectives and numbers,


Fridays, 1 to 4 p.m.,


Coyote Room HOA I; Step 4: Commands, possession, stem-changing verbs, Wednesdays, 1 to 4 p.m., The Preserve Clubhouse; Step 5: Por and para, direct and indirect objects, gustar, Tuesdays, 1 to 4 p.m., The Preserve Clubhouse; Step 6: Preterit, imperfect, future and conditional, subjunctive, Wednesdays, 9 a.m.


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noon, Arts and Crafts No. 3 HOA I; Step 7: Refl exive uses, perfect tense, familiar commands, subjunctive, Mondays, 1 to 4 p.m., The Preserve Clubhouse Conversation and Grammar - $140 This


class is for those who have


developed their conversational skills and want to maintain and improve them through lots of talking and grammar review. TBA. Questions? Want


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the fi fth largest natural bridge in Arizona. Highlights were identifying the cacti and trees, exploring the ruins, and spotting a northern cardinal, Mexican blue jay, an Arizona woodpecker, and wild Arizona turkeys. Hikers were Bob Shea, Sandra Sowell,


Lora Lowden, Janet Fabio, Tom Barnwell, Barbara Levinson, Harry Ford, Joe Leone, Faye Von Wrangel, Jack Denton, Elisabeth Wheeler, and Jason Noffsinger. For information about the Buenos Aires


National Wildlife Refuge and guided tours, call 520-823-4251. To learn about hikes being offered by volunteer guides in the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club, call president Dave Hydeman at 289-5546. 


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