Category: January 2017

SASO opens with Elgar, ends with Rachmaninov

Punch Howarth Two popular works by British composer Edward Elgar will open the January concerts by Linus Lerner and the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4, Op. 39 and Violin Concerto, Op. 61. Elgar composed 5 P. and C. Marches with the first being best known as it is used in…

Another home run for Thanksgiving Grandkids’ Softball Event

Future All-Stars had a ball at the SaddleBrooke Softball Field; photo by Jim Smith

Jim Smith The SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association (SSSA) sponsored its annual Thanksgiving Grandkids’ Games on Friday, November 25 at the Softball Complex. Games Director Steve Garceau was assisted by Coaches Pat Tiefenbach, Doug Sweetland, Roy Steigers, Mark Schauer, John McKniff, Janice and Terry Mihora, Jim Westerberg, Gus Marano, Ron Quarantino and photographer Jim Smith. Twenty-two…

Bernie Eaton: Tour double winner

A putting lesson for the Introductory Class

Barbara Johnson Everyone here at the SaddleBrooke Golf Course is just overwhelmed that our Pro Bernie Eaton has received not one but two prestigious awards. The first one is the 2016 Southwest Section PGA Player Development Award. The second award is being named the 2016 Southern Chapter of the Southwest Section Golf Pro of the…

SaddleBrooke Lady Niners show holiday cheer

Our new Board for 2017

Barbara Johnson The SaddleBrooke Lady Niners held their last big event of 2016 on December 13 with their annual Holiday Luncheon. They started the day with a fun game of golf where they got to throw out their three worst holes of the day (winners were determined by their scores based on two thirds of…

Happy New Rear! Join the classes

Ann Hamm On the first day of this month many of us resolved with great courage of conviction to exercise more and stick to a workout plan, making New Year, New Rear our fitness mantra and feeling more empowered than ever to get to work and pull it off; however, studies show that within six…

Latest News From New Home Sales

Start the year off with the home of your dreams! At SaddleBrooke, you can choose to build your dream home from the ground up or select a Move-In Ready Designer Home and be on the fast track to the resort lifestyle. Either way, SaddleBrooke makes it easy for you to begin to enjoy the lifestyle…

SaddleBrooke comes through again

Marty Herbert On Saturday, December 10 the SaddleBrooke CycleMasters conducted a Bicycle Round-up. This campaign was designed to enable SaddleBrooke residents to rid themselves of any excess bicycles, bicycle clothing, bicycle parts or bicycling accessories in order to help the less fortunate. The CycleMasters teamed up with BICAS (Bicycle Inter Community Art and Salvage) of…

Wanting to explore and understand Bible scripture?

Paul Vincent Volpe Our Men’s Bible Study (MBS) commenced on Friday, October 7, 2016, and continues every Friday from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. through June. Our practice is to meet at 8:00 a.m. in the HOA 2 MountainView Dining Room for breakfast/coffee and fellowship. Then at 9:00 a.m. we go to the Ocotillo Room in…