Mike Carran On January 7 SaddleBrooke residents Verne Loose, Bob Wample and Mike Carran met with Congressman Tom O’Halleran to discuss climate change. Loose, Wample and Carran are all members of the SaddleBrooke Chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, a non-profit, non-partisan organization that lobbies to advance a plan to mitigate the worst effects…
Bob Franke An authentic German dinner will be presented by the award winning American Legion Oro Valley Post 132. Saturday, April 14, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center 64518 East Galveston Lane. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go for veterans in need and for rehabilitation programs. The…
Lydia O’Connor The presenter for the SaddleBrooke Genealogy Club’s first meeting of 2018 was club Vice President Patty Gregory-Burke. She told us about a little-known fact in the constant search for our ancestors: British Home Children, Canada’s Forgotten Children. During the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain, the larger cities became over populated and as a…
Andrea Molberg On January 1, 2018 the SaddleBrooke Homeowners Association transitioned away from the Developer (Robson). One of the consequences of the transition was the termination of a “Use Agreement” between Robson and the SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA), our largest club, to continue to use the temporary pickleball courts at the Preserve. What’s the…
SBCO Adopt-a-Family/Child for the Holidays update Ken and Ellen Perkins We wanted to provide everyone an update on the SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Adopt-a-Child and Adopt-a-Family programs. We just returned from the snow and cold of New England where we spent the holidays with our family and our three grandchildren. Spending time with them reminds us…
Eve Fly The first SaddleBrooke Arts and Crafts Fair was held in 1994. Humble beginnings. The brainchild of two residents who knew of the many talents of their friends and neighbors. They also knew of the need to expose these talents to the rest of their community. Now, twenty-five years later, The SaddleBrooke Arts and…
Karen Schickedanz You only have a few days left to order beautiful geraniums being sold by SaddleBrooke Delta Gamma alumnae to benefit local charities. The order and payment deadline is Wednesday, February 21. Hanging baskets will be 12 inches in diameter in two colors: dark red and hot pink. The baskets are bigger than last…
Andrea Molberg and Jim Schlote SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) is gathering donations to build additional courts within SaddleBrooke for playing this extremely popular sport. With more than 760 club members, pickleball is the largest club in our community and has clearly outgrown its six courts at Ridgeview built by SPA. SPA needs to immediately…
Larry Linderman US Army Air Force and England’s Bomber Command teamed up to rain death and destruction like the world had never before seen on Nazi Germany during the last two years of World War Two. While the Allies attacked German war production facilities, train yards, troop concentrations, harbors, airfields and other military targets…
H.V. Topspin “No one ever left a job or a marriage because they were over-appreciated.” All non-profits rely on the good will and energy of members who volunteer to arrange, contrive and engender salubrious events that build a better and more convivial tennis experience. Our SaddleBrooke Tennis club is no stranger to the finest of…