Category: January 2016

Latest news from New Home Sales

The SaddleBrooke Sales Team * With a recent record of four home sales in the month of November, The Preserve is looking forward to the start of a promising new year! * We have five Move-In-Ready Homes for sale at SaddleBrooke. Ranging from 1,744 square feet to 2,323 square feet, Move-In-Ready Designer Homes make it…

You are invited to an open house

Bob Montgomery You are invited to an open house! The America Legion Oro Valley Post 132 is sponsoring a Sons of the American Legion (SAL) Open House. SAL Mission and Eligibility Honor the military service and sacrifice of a parent or grandparent Support American Legion programs that benefit veterans and service members and their families…

Donations needed

Micki Wilverding Sr. Jose Women’s Shelter located in the homeless corridor in Tucson has a need for the following: adult clothes, twin sheets, blankets (any size), towels and personal care items such as shampoo, shower gel, lotions (regular or travel size) and feminine products. Men’s clothing will also be accepted and donated where needed. The…

Voices for Giving

The Sonoran Singers

Dee Zellinger The Sonoran Singers choral group of SaddleBrooke with their voices and performances give happiness and joy to many people. “That’s what we are about,” says Director Janie Grinstead. “We lift the spirits of those for whom we perform.” This volunteer group of about 35 female voices has been doing their giving for over…

Calendar Girls is coming!

Karen Schickedanz as Jessie; photo by Dick Fleming

Dick Fleming Our spring production this year will be Calendar Girls, based on a true story of a group of British women who unwittingly made history! In the mid-1990s, Tricia, a member of the Women’s Institute Club in Yorkshire, United Kingdom, thought it would be amusing to do an alternative version of the traditional WI…

Catalina Timewalkers

Left to right: Marty Riemers, Marlene Olsen, Nancy Harling, Sandra Hackett, Gerry Burnside, Harriet Shemmer, Sandi Newberry, Marianne Lyons, Bonnie Busch, Marilyn Bertke (hidden), Nancy Hoffman, Linda Holt and Cris Lieber; photo by Mary Anderson

Sandi Newberry Linda Holt treated the Quester Chapter of Catalina Timewalkers in December to a delicious holiday brunch in her beautifully decorated home. She was assisted by Cris Lieber and Nancy Hoffman. Following the brunch the members shared special holiday memories. The November meeting was hosted by Roberta Williams assisted by Marianne Lyons. Cathy Hufault,…

CycleMasters supports the Tucson Marathon

A water stop at the 2015 Tucson Marathon

Ted Belanger Sunday, December 6 was the sixteenth year the CycleMasters have supported the Tucson Marathon by providing water and aid as needed. We are among the longest continuous support organizations that help out this increasingly popular race. Most members working the water table are long-term event volunteers, some more than 10 years. Imagine arriving…

STC Volunteer Appreciation and new member party

  Kay Sullivan The SaddleBrooke Tennis Club sponsored a Volunteer Appreciation and New Member happy hour party on October 23 on the Tennis Center patio. With festive fall table décor and happy hour beverages flowing, over 90 volunteers and new members enjoyed the heavy appetizers and desserts. This year we have had over twenty new…

How to help your New Year’s resolution stick

Ann Hamm Chances are at some time in your life you’ve made a New Year’s resolution — and then broken it. This year stop the cycle of resolving to make change and then not following through. Why? We set forth unrealistic expectations, burn out, then go back to our old, unhealthful ways within a month.…