Category: January 2020

2 Your Health: The Neck and Headache Connection

Dr. Craig Brue Patients with headaches commonly complain of neck pain that starts at the back of the head and radiates from the upper neck into the forehead area. The headache is often one-sided. The term “cervico-genic headache” means that this type of headache originates because of irritated nerves in the upper neck region. There…

Line Dancing Improves Brain Function

Bonnie Schoenfelder Since line dancing is so much fun, you really don’t need another reason to do it, but line dancing has some long-term health benefits that are worth noting. The New England Journal of Medicine studied the effects of different recreational activities on mental acuity. People who play the hardest gain the most. The physical…

Vital Moves New Instructor

Signe Elwick

Signe Elwick Since my retirement from full time two years ago, I have been lucky enough to join the Vital Moves staff as an instructor (TRX Basics class) and personal trainer. I have a small group of clients who mean a great deal to me. I am of the strong belief in the physics principle:…

Bus to Tucson Festival of Books

Judi Brauns Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries is sponsoring a bus to the Tucson Festival of Books on Saturday, March 14. The bus will leave SaddleBrooke by 8:15 a.m. and leave the festival at 4 p.m., returning to SaddleBrooke by 5 p.m. The cost is $25, including a driver tip. Tickets will be on sale Friday, Jan. 31,…

SB Niners End of Year Luncheon

Dian Kupper The Niners celebrated the holiday season with an end of year luncheon in the Vistas. The purpose of the luncheon was to install our 2020 executive board and to award end of year awards and trophies. Trophies were presented to the President’s Cup winner, Janet Williams; Club Champion, Judy Schilling; and Founders Cup…

High Desert Gardening Classes Start February 26

Ellen Sosin Back by popular demand, the Master Gardeners will be offering the six-week class, High Desert Gardening. This will be presented in the MountainView Ballroom at the MountainView Clubhouse, SaddleBrooke, on Wednesday afternoons starting Feb. 26. It will run for six weeks, each session will last two hours, and registration is required. This course…

SaddleBrooke Singles Club Notice

Hazel Staloff On Dec. 5, 2019, the Roadrunner Grill hosted 42 members of SaddleBrooke’s Singles Club for their annual Christmas Party. The women were resplendent in their holiday attire: sparkles ruled the day. The men eschewed sparkles, but looked their best nonetheless. The elaborate menu included a delicious buffet of salad, short ribs (so tender…

Want To Shoot Trap?

The Robson communities will hold their annual trap/clay pigeon competition at the Casa Grande trap/skeet range on March 27, 2020. Each shooter will shoot three rounds of 25 targets. The competition started in 2011. All seven Robson communities will participate in the competition. Anyone who enjoys shooting is welcome to participate. After the shoot, we…