Joseph F. Giammarino First we would like to thank Mission Royale and Conrad Leines representing Mission Royale Billiards Club for their hospitality, competition, hot coffee and tasty sweets. Another big thank you goes out to Dominic Borland, vice president of the Pool Players of the Brooke, for organizing this event and making sure it…
Tim Morsani SaddleBrooke Rotary’s 20th annual Fore For Kids Charity Golf Tournament will take place at the Oro Valley Country Club on April 23. This year’s principal beneficiary is Make-A-Wish Arizona which grants wishes to Arizona children with life-threatening medical conditions. Checks will be made to a 501(c) (3) organization so there may be…
Joe Giammarino and Dominic Borland Pool Players of the Brooke want to thank our generous sponsors Red Lobster and OOROO Auto Care. On December 2, 2017 the Pool Players of the Brooke hosted an 8-Ball Singles Tournament at the SaddleBrooke Billiard Center. Thankfully, we had beautiful weather and the players were comfortable sitting outside on the…
Ann Kuperberg The holidays are over and the Mountainview Bridge Club starts 2018 in the Catalina Room next to the Mesquite Grill in SaddleBrooke Two. Check our website for details at:www.bridgewebs.com/mountainview. If you need a partner, contact Jean Reitan at [email protected] or by phone at 445-8225. December players who won three or more games include…
Pat Cox The Wall That Heals is a scaled replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. and will be coming to Canada del Oro Riverfront Park in Oro Valley on March 15 through 18, 2018. It honors more than three million Americans who served in the Vietnam War and bears the names of…
Pat Smith “‘Tis the Season to Be Jolly” and the SaddleBrooke Francophiles celebrated with their first ever Holiday Walk on December 9. Several dozen spirited members met in The Preserve and joined together in true holiday style, sharing a variety of hearty hors d’oeuvres and beverages at five host homes on Desert Son Drive: Carie…
Tim Morsani In 2016, the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke invited artist Diana Madaras to headline a fundraiser to help fund art departments in nearby schools. SaddleBrooke residents channeled over $6,000 to elementary schools in Oracle, San Manuel and Catalina. Oracle used their $2,000 to purchase ukuleles which are being used to introduce fifth graders to…
Jean Kraus With refrains of “We wish you a merry Christmas” sounding through the main dining room of HOA One, MountainView Lady Putters ushered in the holiday season. The mood was very festive with many putters attired in Santa hats, Christmas sweaters and several wearing complete elf outfits. The committee responsible for decorations outdid themselves…
Rett Benedict Colonel Martin Lenzini (USMC Retired), a resident of our neighbor SaddleBrooke Ranch was the speaker for our first meeting in the Catalina Room of the refurbished Mesquite Grill on Saturday, December 16. He showed the first indication of his future as a fighter pilot by climbing trees and riding the roof of the…
Russell C. Stokes Everyone who knows Ann Rolando describes her as friendly, detail-oriented with high energy and always ready to lend a helping hand. Ann Rolando is the SaddleBrooke Gift Shop Featured Artist for the first month of this New Year. Ann and her husband John moved to SaddleBrooke six years ago from Elm Grove,…