Category: April 2018

SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club

  Rodeo kickoff Sue Robisch The SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club was recently the featured entertainment at the second annual Rodeo Round-Up Kick-Off and Potluck at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Oro Valley. Our dancers performed some of their favorites such as Lonely Drum and Memphis Love. It was an enthusiastic audience, eager to join in the…

Rotary Club announces community leader of the year

  Tim Morsani The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke is pleased to announce the Community Leader of the Year – Ms. Alicia Bristow. For the past five years, Ms. Bristow has been president of Oracle Women‘s Network. She has served on the Oracle School Board, the Friends of the Arizona School Board Association, is former Southeast…

Midge Miller: Painting for sheer enjoyment

  LaVerne Kyriss Midge Miller painted a ship during an art class she took 43 years ago as a young woman. She framed it and after a while it ended up hanging in the garage. Fast-forward through a 35-year career as a high school teacher in Los Angeles and a comfortable and full retirement life…

Save the date for Health Fair

  Phyllis Ketring, Publicity Coordinator Health Fair 2018 will be Saturday morning, October 13. This is always a popular event and 2018 should be no exception. Details on exhibitors will be available later this year. Expect to see the immunization providers, skin cancer screening, eye exams and more. The Health Fair is one of the…

Men’s Bible Study each Friday

  Paul Vincent Volpe Want to explore and understand Biblical scripture? Join our Men’s Bible study for fascinating discussions and Christian fellowship each Friday every Friday, from 9:00–10:30 a.m. from October through May. Our practice is to meet at 8:00 a.m. in the SaddleBrooke TWO Mesquite Grill at MountainView for breakfast/coffee and fellowship. Then, at…

Hula Group performs at Variety Show

  Glenda Fredricks Recently the SaddleBrooke Hula Group performed in the Biannual Variety Show at SaddleBrooke. From left is Deena Ream-Robinson, Jeri Taylor, Melody Campbell, Therese Ashton, Donna Hoagberg and center front Glenda Fredricks, Instructor. If you would like us to entertain you, please call Glenda at 818-9525. We will dance for luaus, senior home…

Swimmers dominate Senior Olympics Relay Meet

  Lyn Moreno SaddleBrooke Swim Club once again dominated the Arizona Senior Olympics relay meet held at the Kino Aquatics Center in Mesa on March 11, 2018. The relay meet is one event in the Arizona Senior Olympics, which is a program of the Arizona Lifelong Fitness Foundation. The competition is for athletes over 50…

Pet safety tips

  Leslie Rocco In a blink of an eye, they’re gone. No second chances. It’s a story repeated hundreds of times in SaddleBrooke; you’ve never seen a coyote in your yard…until you do. Coyotes easily jump a seven or eight foot wall. An experienced pet owner shares her experience and hopes it will save a…

22 swimmers successful again

  Harold E. Peter SaddleBrooke Swimmers were drawn on February 25 to the Chandler, AZ Mesquite Grove Aquatic Center to participate at the important qualifying meet for the Senior Olympics National Championship to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico in June of 2019. The qualifying meets are held in various parts of the USA. The…