Mary Ann White Sonoran Searchers gave a donation to Oro Valley Historical Society January 12, 2016, for the Steam Pump Restoration site at Oracle and First in Oro Valley. The Questers Chapter gave a $500 check with request they use on the Steam Pump Restoration. All members were pleased to donate to the project in…
Category: March 2016
March 2016, Extras
Freshwater to perform at Oracle Center for the Arts
On Saturday, March 19, the Oracle Piano Society (OPS) Director Mark Freshwater will be performing at the Society’s Performing Arts Center in Oracle. The event is a charity fundraiser to benefit the Society with 100% of the proceeds going to the charity. Freshwater will perform music from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. to include selections from…
March 2016, Extras
Wild Things: gourd exhibit by Carol Signore
WILD THINGS – A Fine Art Gourd Exhibit by Carol Signore will be displayed at DeGrazia Museum’s Little Gallery in Tucson March 20 through April 2 (except Easter Sunday) 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily. Signore was introduced to gourd art in 2009 at the Quail Creek Gourd Club in Green Valley. Her early pieces…
March 2016, Extras
24th annual Oracle Artist Studio Tour April 16-17
Art in galleries is engaging, but art seen in the artists’ own studios, in historic ranches and barns, with the artists themselves there to talk about their work, is a special experience, one available to all who visit Oracle Saturday and Sunday, April 16 and 17, when the town’s art community will welcome visitors to…
Sports, March 2016
STC brings UA Wildcats to SaddleBrooke
Jay Clayton Wilson SaddleBrooke was turned into Wildcat Country in January as the SaddleBrooke Tennis Club presented the University of Arizona women’s and men’s tennis teams for a practice session (women) and Red vs. Blue exhibition matches (men). For the second year in a row, and as a precursor to an annual event, all SaddleBrooke…
Sports, March 2016
SPA making the best of demand on popular pickleball courts
Andrea Molberg and Shawne Cryderman Pickleball Association (SPA) members are making the best of the six Ridgeview courts we currently have. Down by the crowded courts, here is a sample of what waiting players said: “It is hard to sit and wait but if it means I can play my favorite sport, then that is…
Sports, March 2016
Table Tennis news
Greg Hlushko The SaddleBrooke Table Tennis Club had nine players participate in the Tucson Senior Olympic Festival Tournament on January 29. The event was held in the Armory Senior Center in downtown Tucson. The facility has eight tournament quality tables. Our club had its most successful results ever bringing home a total of 18 medals.…
Sports, March 2016
Wilson and Clausen take second
Karen Wilson and Janey Clausen represented MPWGA at State Medallion on Saturday, January 16. The tournament was held at PebbleCreek Golf Resort in Phoenix. With Karen’s net score of 70 and Janey’s gross score of 86, they placed second in their flight. Congratulations!
Sports, March 2016
To President Dennis Marchand: A special thank you for a job well done
Bob Edelblut and Dan Schroeder The Dennis Marchand era officially ended in December at the Men’s Club Winter Bash when the slate of 2016 Board Members was approved by the membership. As was said that day by Bob Eder, President Elect, “You will be a tough act to follow.” Many others who served with you…
Sports, March 2016
Dan Schroeder makes it a half dozen
Bob Edelblut On Sunday, January 31 Dan Schroeder became the sixth M-PMGA active member to record a hole-in-one in January. No one questioned could remember that many aces occurring in that short a time frame—unbelievable. Dan’s hole-in-one was special for several reasons. It was his first ever in a career that began some fifty years…