Category: November 2016

Unit Happenings

October’s event was at the home of Bob Zimdar and Twink Gates.

Unit 2 monthly potluck Twink Gates-Zimdar On Monday, October 3, 23 neighbors in Unit 2 gathered together for their monthly evening potluck meal. October’s event was at the home of Bob Zimdar and Twink Gates. Neighbors welcomed Arthur Fife, a close friend of the Zimdar-Gates, visiting them from the Isle of Man, Great Britain. Twink…

Refugee Focus is looking for volunteers

Susan Shear Many of us come from families who once were refugees. Some of our families escaped persecution, trauma and death. As I know from the stories of my family of refugees who escaped the Nazis in the 1930s, it is incredibly difficult to come to a new country from a completely different culture, unable…

SaddleBrooke One Christmas Eve Service at 4:00 p.m.

Bob Ross A traditional Christmas Eve worship service will be held on Saturday, December 24 at 4:00 p.m. in the Vermilion Room of the SaddleBrooke One Clubhouse. This will be the eleventh holiday service at SaddleBrooke led by the Reverend James Briney, Pastor of Oro Valley United Church of Christ. The Reverend Briney noted that…

From your Events Committee at SaddleBrooke One

Monday, November 14 – Bingo Second Monday of every month The Vistas Dining Room Bingo sales begin at 5:30 p.m. Early Bird Bingo at 6:45 p.m. Regular Bingo begins at 7:00 p.m. (Prices start as low as $3 per pack for 11 games (cash only!) Seating is limited so come early! Food will be served…

SASO to perform Nielsen along with Rossini and Beethoven

Grammy-nominated flutist Carol Wincenc joins the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra to perform Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s Flute Concerto on November 19 and 20.

Punch Howarth Denmark’s Carl Nielsen is one of three outstanding Scandinavian composers of large instrumental works along with Kurt Atterberg of Sweden and Jean Sibelius of Finland. Nielsen’s Concerto for Flute with soloist Carol Wincenc will be performed by the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra conducted by Linus Lerner at their second concert of the season in…

Announcing new Robson Pickleball League

Pete Gilohann Pickleball players from all the Arizona Robson Communities except Quail Creek are gearing up to play in a new Robson Communities Pickleball League. The goal is to have a league for pickleball players from various communities to have a social and competitive opportunity to play one another. This inter-community league is ready to…

Health Night Out – Oh, My Aching Back November 28

Dr. Efrain I. Cubillo

Chronic pain affects over 86 million people in America and it seems to resist many medical treatments. One of the most common complaints is back pain. Back pain is often caused by facet arthropathy. The next speaker at Health Night Out, Dr. Efrain I. Cubillo of the Pain Institute of Southern Arizona (PISA), will discuss…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

We borrowed the Impact truck in order to deliver presents for 249 Apache children at San Carlos in one trip. Left to right: Truckers Tom Drake, Bruce Fink, Bob Stephens and Dave Wisniewski.

Adopt-a-Child 2016 Ken and Ellen Perkins We have been watching the heartbreaking news stories about families in Syria who are suffering great hardship and can’t find a safe place to raise their children. They are truly in need of help and their plight just seems to get worse with each passing day. But please don’t…

4th annual Kansas Day Party

Ginny Porteous and Jan Deer Please join your fellow Kansans for a special Kansas Day Celebration on Tuesday, January 17, 2017. We’ll gather at the HOA 1 Activity Center from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. Bring a heavy hors d’oeuvre to serve six or more. BYOB. The cost is $5 per person. Space is limited to…