Dr. Craig Brue, D.C. Would you like to know the world’s best exercise for back pain? During my 40-year career as a doctor of chiropractic I have seen thousands of patients and I have probably given over one million spinal adjustments. In this article you will be given the same advice that I have…
Category: July 2018
Features, July 2018
This I Have Learned – The Envelope
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg I did not expect The Envelope to arrive so soon. It languished on our kitchen granite countertop for hours, and then my husband arrived home. “I cannot open The Envelope,” I said with a voice tinged with fear. “Would you?” “Sure,” he said in a cheerful voice. I heard the…
Sports, July 2018
Karen and Rodger Bivens conquer age groups at Show Low, AZ Triathlon
Miles Bivens On Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10, SaddleBrooke residents Karin and Rodger Bivens competed in the fifteenth annual Deuces Wild Triathlon Festival in Show Low, Arizona. Several triathlons and running races are put on during the weekend, including a kids’ sprint triathlon on Saturday afternoon. It’s a great advert for triathlon training…
Front Page, July 2018
Hikers escape the heat in the Santa Rita Mountains
Dale Leman Early on May 31, nine SaddleBrooke hikers headed to the Santa Rita mountains near Green Valley, at least in part to escape the late May heat. Our mission was to hike to the Josephine Saddle and back. The hike started at the Madera Canyon parking lot, elevation 5400 feet, and proceeded up the…
Clubs & Classes, July 2018
Help our local veterans
Ed Davis The award winning American Legion Oro Valley Post 132 is sponsoring its annual charity golf tournament August 25 at The Views in Sun City. One hundred percent of the proceeds are to provide care and assistance to local homeless and at risk veterans and to the families of the deployed soldiers of…
Sports, July 2018
The MPMGA’s Pima Cup results are fabulous
Bob Edelblut The MPMGA has been a regular participant in Pima Cup competitions for quite some time and those asked could not remember a season where the MPMGA’s teams finished as high in the standings as they did this year. Listen to this—they finished second overall and were a measly two points behind the…
Clubs & Classes, July 2018
Nature Club visits Tohono O’odham Cultural Center
Ginny Berkey and Annie Maud Over a dozen Nature Club members drove far past Sells to the Tohono O’Odham Cultural Center and Museum for a tour of the new facility. We visited the museum portion before settling down to watch an interesting slide show about the center from the selection of the location to the…
Sports, July 2018
Lady Putters contribute to IMPACT of Southern Arizona
Jean Kraus On Monday, June 11, MountainView Lady Putters presented their annual charity donation to IMPACT of Southern Arizona. Barbara McClure, Executive Director of IMPACT, accepted the $400 donation. MVLP members were told the money will be used to provide prescription eye glasses to children in need, specifically for children in the “Copper Corridor” directly…
Generals, July 2018
Hop aboard the FSL New Mexico bus tour!
Nancy McCluskey-Moore and Jim Cowlin Spanish exploration and colonization in the Southwest took place over nearly 300 years. Nowhere is it more evident than in New Mexico where Spanish heritage is an enduring legacy. The Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries is sponsoring a bus tour of Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Taos and Albuquerque on October 15-21,…
Front Page, July 2018
New Villas at SaddleBrooke
For active adults looking for a “Lock & Leave” lifestyle, SaddleBrooke is introducing the new Courtyard Villa Series, priced from the $230’s. Sales are now underway for these impressive single-level, attached homes that exemplify carefree living by offering popular great rooms for entertaining, spacious master suites and outdoor living spaces to enjoy Arizona’s fabulous weather.…