Outside riders: Kurt McMillen, Tom Kruse, Paul Frederickson, Gary Nix, Rick Zabinski, Dan Hoshino, Curt Kooiker, Ray Malaski, Jim Doyle; not pictured: John Roberts (photo by Marty Herbert) Wanda Ross…
Artist’s impression of an Eclipsing Binary (Credit: European Southern Observatory) Sam Miller The SaddleBrooke Skygazers Astronomy Club is pleased to host Father Christopher Corbally, an astronomer with the Vatican Observatory…
A recent summer SBDC dance class (photo by Wanda Ross) Watched any Dancing with the Stars episodes? Then you have probably seen rumba. Remember Johnny (Patrick Swayze) in Dirty Dancing? “Time…
Movin’ to the music Introduction to Ballroom: Rumba and Tango Judy Saks The SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC) is pleased to continue our Introduction to Ballroom classes. These classes are…
The gals (left to right): Lyn Moreno, Allison Lehman, Stacy Olson, Shawne Cryderman, Wendy WeinbergThe guys (left to right): Steve Willer, Larry John, Jim Spiegel, Mark Randall Julie Adamen The…
Anne Movalson Mention Gold Medals and we think of the Olympics, but Gold Medals are awarded for other achievements and they are no less precious. In 1997 Jon Nakamatsu won the Gold Medal in the Van Cliburn piano competition. He won by playing an electrifying performance of Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto which is considered one of…
TRIAD drug drop off program resumes Gary Hammond For over a year now SaddleBrooke TRIAD volunteers have staffed a program for residents to dispose of unused or expired prescription and over the counter drugs at the Pinal County Sheriff’s Substation in the Mini Mart Mall (next to the bank). Over one hundred and twenty pounds…
Carol Poole Rescue Bangles are flying off the shelf at SaddleBrooke Drug and Tortoise and the Hair, having earned a little more than $400 for the SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network. The Network’s mission is to facilitate adoptions, volunteer at shelters and events and fundraise to pay medical and shelter needs. We could not have been…
Gwen Lewis Eight daily habits and how they affect the life expectancy of the average American: 1. Smoking a pack of cigarettes a day takes seven to eight years off your life. 2. Having one drink a day actually increases your life expectancy by about a year. But every additional drink per day decreases it…
Thanksgiving Food Bank Nan Nasser SaddleBrooke Community Outreach will once again prepare Thanksgiving food baskets for eligible families in the Oracle area. We expect to assemble 30 baskets for families at Mountain Vista School as well as people at the Mountain Health and Wellness Center also in Oracle. These baskets include a turkey, stuffing, cranberry…
Don Jensen Confused and Overwhelmed? A Medicare Seminar will be held October 21; encore presentation if you missed September’s Health Night Out! Medicare Open Enrollment is October 15 to December 7. With 40 Medicare Advantage plans, 11 Medicare Supplement plans (also known as Medigap plans), and 50 prescription drug plans to choose from, how can…