Frank Shipton Members of the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club shared booth spaces with other organizations at the annual SaddleBrooke Activity Fair and enjoyed meeting and greeting potential new members while also honoring one of their own.
Greg Hlushko Come and play a few games at the SaddleBrooke Table Tennis Club and get reacquainted with a game you may have played years ago! Many of our members mention that they had not played table tennis for many years prior to coming to SaddleBrooke. No problem! If you have played previously, you will…
Health Night Out will be held on Monday, April 24, at 7 p.m. at the DesertView Theatre, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive. Orthopedic Surgeon Gregory Walker, M.D., was so impressed by his father, who was a physician, that he chose the path of medicine for his life’s work. Dr. Walker selected his particular specialty because he says…
Robert Carl Johnson Robert Carl Johnson, 67, of Saddlebrook, Ariz., passed away on March 2, 2023. Born on May 29, 1955, in Minneapolis, Minn., Bob was the son of Donald and Gladys (Phyle) Johnson. He grew up in Bloomington, Minn., alongside his siblings Gary, Rick, Debbie, Susie, and Vicki. Bob was a devoted father and…
Bruce Hale The April 19 SaddleBrooke Hiking Club (SBHC) program will be a “Recap of this Past Year’s SBHC Out-of-State Hiking Trips.” The Club Trip Committee and other participants will make short presentations of the high points of each of this past year’s trips to Silver City, N.M.; Bryce Canyon, Utah; and Borrego Springs, Calif.…
Karin Bivens On Feb. 25 and 26 the 7th annual Winter Masters Distance Invitational was again sponsored by the SaddleBrooke Swim Club. The meet was held at the newly renovated Oro Valley Aquatic Center’s Olympic-size pool. What was particularly challenging, however, was Mother Nature’s surprise winter storm that arrived on Sunday, dropping temperatures and bringing snow,…
Sharon Scanlan Join us for a concert presented by the Sonoran Bells, the premier handbell choir in the Tucson area. This ensemble is directed by Shannon Casey, former handbell director at Vista de la Montana United Methodist Church (Vista UMC). Our current Director of Music Ministries Jane Anderson is one of the bell ringers. This…
Boot Prints—Frank Earnest Diana Smith Born in Rochester, Minn., to a family of doctors, Frank Earnest knows something about taking the scenic route to come full circle. In his life, much like in his hiking, Frank started down his chosen path, embracing experiences along the way, before returning to the place he started. Frank first began hiking…
Karin Bivens On March 18 four SaddleBrooke triathletes (Diane Wagner, Len Kershaw, and Rodger and Karin Bivens) competed in the Oro Valley Sprint Triathlon. The sprint triathlon consisted of a 350-meter swim in the Olympic 50-meter pool at the Oro Valley Aquatic Center, followed by biking two loops of a 7.2-mile course, followed by a…
Oh, What a Night! Ann Vernon With a record-breaking 270 attendees, this year’s Oracle Schools Foundation Spring Fling Gala was a huge success! Great energy floated around the ballroom as people socialized and bid on silent auction items or signed up for fixed-price events. The live auction bidding was very spirited! A special thank you to…