Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg I was preparing dinner when my husband called from the driving range. “I just met a person you really need to meet. His life story is amazing,” my husband said. And that exchange led to a sit-down interview with Bruce Cornell, a remarkable and truly inspiring individual. Bruce arrived for the…
Karen Schickedanz Two new candidates from SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch are running in the November election for four-year terms on the Oracle School Board. Both Wendy Odell, a six-year SaddleBrooke resident, and Donna Pedota, a six-year SaddleBrooke Ranch resident, have extensive experience in public education and health care. Wendy grew up in Minnesota and attended…
Bruce Kistler, President, SaddleBrooke Barbershop Chorus When you think of barbershop music, you may think of a barbershop quartet such as the Buffalo Bills quartet that was featured in the movie version of The Music Man. Quartet singing is the backbone of barbershop music, and members of the SaddleBrooke Barbershop Chorus have formed several quartets…
Frank Shipton Past President and current Club Foundation Chairman Maggie DeBlock pins and presents a new membership packet to Julia Halvacs as she is welcomed as a new member into the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club, a service-oriented club that emphasizes fun while supporting the needs of our community and its surrounding area.
Edie Crall The SaddleBrooke Democratic Club’s Sept. 13 meeting featured various Democratic state candidates who told club members their goals and objectives if they are elected in November. In calling the meeting to order, Club President Maureen Borland stressed how important it is for all to vote. Those candidates in attendance were: Martin Quezada, a member of…
Wanda Ross Each year, the SaddleBrooke Lady Niners and the SaddleBrooke Women’s 18ers Golf Associations join together in a combined golf tournament and luncheon. This year’s theme was Pretty in Pink. How bright, beautiful, and festive we all looked dressed in our favorite shades of pink. Seventy golfers enjoyed this year’s LAGOS Tournament on Sept.…
Shirley Hamann Several SaddleBrooke Women’s Golf Association (SBWGA) ladies have been participating in events outside of SaddleBrooke, sharing what SaddleBrooke ladies are all about. Arizona State Senior Championship On Sept. 7-9, 11 members of SBWGA-18 participated in the Arizona State Senior Championship Tournament. This was a 54-hole stroke play event held at Tonto Verde Golf…
Joseph Rizza, M.D., SaddleBrooke resident and specialist in internal medicine and emergency medicine, has been a cruise ship doctor for 30 years. Many of his cruises have been on expedition ships and icebreakers to Antarctica, South Georgia, and the high Arctic, including the North Pole. He has typically accompanied from 50 to 180 passengers to…
Rev. Rachel Srubas Award-winning poet Janet Rives will present a poetry reading at Mountain Shadows Church, located at 14240 N. Oracle Road at Mountainaire Drive, on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 1:30 p.m. Rives is the author of two poetry collections, Into This Sea of Green and Washed by a Summer Rain.
Ann Lange The backwards, backwoods, out-in-the-boonies village of Dogpatch was so small and closely knit that it was near impossible for the family lineage to stay in the lines, and if the kith and kin untangled the twisted branches of the family tree, they just might discover they were one big happy family of country cousins.…