Jim Grosjean The Mountainview-Preserve Men’s Golf Association (MPMGA) recently completed its last major event of the season, the annual Member-Guest Tournament. Golfers from around the country joined SaddleBrooke members for a three-day party/tournament. The competition began in earnest on April 6 with a shootout on the last three holes at MountainView. Approximately half the field…
Greg Hlushko We play chess in the Ocotillo Room in the SaddleBrooke TWO clubhouse at 2 p.m. on Mondays and 9:30 a.m. on Wednesdays. Chess is a game where you can learn the rules in about an hour or so, but you can spend a lifetime learning new tactics. It’s a game that can help…
EJ Snearly A “young” lady who has been in SaddleBrooke for only two years and has only golfed for two years had a dream come true. Sandee Heighton moved to Arizona with her husband John two years ago from Seattle where she taught elementary school for 40 years. On March 23, on MountainView Golf Course,…
Senior Village expresses its heartfelt gratitude for the amazing support from the SaddleBrooke Units. Altogether, the Units donated 24 themed baskets, which were very popular items at the Silent Auction. The Units that created and donated themed baskets are as follows: 3N, 6, 7, 8A, 15, 24, 25, 27, 29, 31, 32, 36, 43, 44A,…
April 28 was our last Shabbat service until the High Holy Days. It was also the last service of our outstanding accompanist Harrison Scheckler. Harrison leaves us to teach at a university in Iowa. Harrison came to us not knowing Jewish liturgical music. He has learned this genre amazingly well. We will be forever grateful for…
Jay Mathews Resurrection Church at SaddleBrooke is on the move. The congregation of 160 SaddleBrooke residents is now meeting each Sunday in the MountainView clubhouse ballroom in SaddleBrooke TWO. “I think it quite interesting that the first Christians long ago were mobile because they had no permanent buildings,” commented Pastor Roger Pierce. “They used their…
Georgine Hurst High on the hill of El Conquistador Way in Oro Valley sits a small church known as “The Wedding Chapel.” The quaint chapel creates a fairytale-like setting with a breathtaking panoramic view of Tucson. It is made of rustic-colored stones trimmed with dark grout and has a beautiful steeple, an inviting entrance court,…
Dee Berisha WOOO (Women On Our Own) is very excited to announce the election of new officers for our organization for the 2023-25 term. Hats off to this group of women who volunteered to place their names into consideration for these board positions. It is no small commitment to volunteer in a community such as…
Tim and Janis Gaule My wife and I have agreed to coordinate submitting articles to this publication on behalf of the Discussion Group for Better Hearing. In this month’s article we would like to discuss the challenges of restaurants for the hearing impaired. Restaurants tend to be loud. If you search the question on the…
King Mitchell, aka Mitch Well, softball fans and friends, here it is April 26 and Progress and Round-Up deadline time again. The big news? The softball winter season, league standings, and the championship playoffs are in da books. Yep, the season began Jan. 9 and ended on April 21. For the last two years, the softballers have…