Category: May 2019

SaddleBrooke Niners have a new club champion

The Niners are really enjoying the fabulous spring weather. Lots of members are playing weekly and, of course, play is followed by lunch and socializing at the RoadRunner Grill. Soon we will be saying good-bye to the winter folks and will look forward to seeing them again in the fall. Our Club Championship Tournament was…

The Wellness Integrated Network presents Reiki

Barbara Barr Have you heard about Reiki and wondered what it is? Have you wanted to learn more about Reiki? Reiki is a well-known modality which supports health and wellness and is often used with integrative medicine. Dr. Mehmet Oz, a renowned cardiovascular surgeon and host of a popular syndicated television program The Dr. Oz…

A lovely house concert

Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg What better way to spend an evening than with friends, fabulous food, adult beverages and memorable music? And so it was that on a beautiful SaddleBrooke Saturday evening Tom and Marjorie Herrmann hosted a small group of 60 of their closest friends, on their lovely patio, to listen to J.D. Loveland,…

Summer dog obedience classes start May 20

The classes will be held in Riley’s Place in the SaddleBrooke Dog Park. You enter the park off the ball field on the new ramp that leads right to the dog park. 8:00 a.m. Beginning Agility – Introduction to Agility for beginners (puppies over eight months) 9:00 a.m. Intermediate Obedience – dogs who have passed beginners 10:00…

An affair to remember

Eileen J Snearly It definitely was an affair to remember. The MountainView Preserve Lady Niners crowned a new Club Champion and they also gave a $8,761 check from the MPLN Invitational in March to Jean Fedigan, Executive Director of Sister Jose Women’s Center here in Tucson. Kay Tomaszek received the Club Championship trophy from MPLN…

Grand Opening of Dog Park June 8

Dog Park members have much to celebrate and will do a grand reopening Saturday, June 8. All SaddleBrooke residents and their well-behaved four-legged friends (on leash this day with current rabies vaccinations, please) are invited to check out the renovated small and large dog parks. And we have a place for our senior dogs, too!…

SaddleBrooke Swim Club gives back to the community

Karin Bivens On Tuesday, April 16, the SaddleBrooke Swim Club held its End-of-the-Season Recognition and Awards get-together and recognized the various ways the Swim Club has been actively involved in serving the community and local area. Many swimmers from the club volunteered to help with swim lessons for underprivileged children in an event held at…

WWII Round Table reviews past season

Larry Linderman Until two years ago, the World War II Roundtable was exactly that: a small group of participants who could fit around a table and for an hour or two discussing a war that was global in scale, caused immense suffering and death and hopefully, was the last of its kind to ever befall…

Ballroom Dance Club elects new officers

Wanda Ross New officers were elected for the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club at our General Meeting in April; Brian Hand as President, Kathleen Dunbar as Vice President, Dottie Adams as Secretary and Wanda Ross as Treasurer. The vision for the Board is to help both those people who want to get back into dancing and…

PPB’s first 9-ball Singles Tournament

Joe Giammarino Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) wants to thank our generous sponsors Expert Automotive and Smashburger. On Saturday, April 20, 2019, the PPB Billiards Club hosted the first 9-Ball Singles Tournament in HOA1’s newly opened, beautiful Catalina Recreation Center (CRC). The format was double elimination, two out of three in the first round…