SaddleBrooke Softball stretches beyond our retirement community. We have a number of current players who reside here who have stamped their softball skills on teams outside of SaddleBrooke. Currently, nine of our residents play on an over 65 league in downtown Tucson for the Copper Health sponsored team. That roster includes Paul Auster, David Bohlman,…
Do you want to get some good exercise? Do you want to challenge your brain? Do you like music? Would you rather not worry about having a dance partner? Do you like to have fun? If you answered “yes” to any, or maybe even all, of these questions, then come join the SaddleBrooke Line Dance…
We dance all summer The Latin Rhythm Dance Club is in its fifteenth year of providing professional level instruction in authentic Latin dance styles to SaddleBrooke residents. This season’s classes feature some favorite Latin dances. About dancing Taking a class, with its defined steps and different tempos, provides cognitive as well as balance challenges compared…
Marilyn Anthony Our recent event was a potluck on March 30 and as usual it was a full house with some of the best meals available in SaddleBrooke. The trivia game which usually accompanies this particular event is being rescheduled to be a standalone activity and will resume in 2020. Apologies to those who love…
Georgie Hourigan Sonoran Singers were thrilled for the opportunity to sing at the PEO Fashion Show and Luncheon on February 22. We are a group of approximately 40 members, sopranos, second sopranos and altos who braved the terrible Tucson weather that day to entertain. We sang songs such as Dream, Sincerely, Lullaby of Broadway and…
Oro Valley Post 132 sponsored contestant Cassandra Lawson, a sophomore at BASIS of Oro Valley, placed first at the American Legion Dept. of Arizona state competition. Cassandra now advances as the state’s delegate to the American Legion national finals competition in Indianapolis, IN, to be held in April. The Oro Valley Post 132 program of…
Phil Barney At the March 14, 2019, off-site meeting of The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke, held at the SaddleBrooke Ranch Clubhouse, the special guest was Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb. Sheriff Lamb gave a very interesting and informative talk. His jurisdiction has 650 employees and he described the challenges facing law enforcement in a county…
Elisabeth Wheeler The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club continues to improve the Oracle Passage of the Arizona Trail. On Wednesday, February 27, fourteen volunteers wrestled with persistent catclaw covering the trail. They sculpted drainages ravaged by the winter weather. This session, originally scheduled the previous week, had been postponed because of the snow. As usual with these…
Varda Main P.E.O. Chapter EP has been sponsoring Scholar Award students at the University of Arizona Geosciences Department for a number of years. Last month, thirteen students invited Chapter EP to visit their labs. They wanted to share with us the exciting science projects they are working on and learn from Chapter EP’s defining moments…
Linda Nagy On Thursday, February 28, a group of 23 SaddleBrooke Photography Club members met at the MountainView parking lot and carpooled to Picacho Peak to capture the color and splendor of the spring wildflowers. The outing was arranged and hosted by Bernie Nagy, one of the founding members of the club. Along the way…