Are you one of our residents, new or old, who is unaware of the convenient service our volunteers provide? Stop by the Sheriff’s Office Substation in the Mini Mart area here in SaddleBrooke on the following dates and times to dispose of those pills: Second Friday of each month: June 9 from 10 a.m. to noon…
Category: June 2023
Generals, June 2023
Deadline Reminder and How to Submit Articles
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Generals, June 2023
ILR Planning Course Schedule for Fall Term
The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) has recently completed its fall/winter terms which offered 29 courses plus two one-hour courses. These courses consisted of 75% new topics and 25% updated repeat classes. How many ILR courses did you attend? Board members are now in the process of scheduling the education program to be presented in…
Generals, June 2023
You’re Invited to the Monster Bash
Barbara Barr Bengen The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke cordially invites you to a Monster Bash on Friday, Oct. 20, at the MountainView ballroom from 5 p.m. to ? Help our club raise funds to support the people and programs in our community and the Copper Corridor. This will be a memorable evening with dinner and…
Features, June 2023
My Son’s Prayer
Stuart Watkins Last night I overheard my son in prayer. “Dear Jesus, tell me if I can go to Heaven if I am a Methodist instead of a Roman Catholic. Tell me if I am a Buddhist, may I still get to Heaven? What about the Muslims that follow their religion and do unto others…
Generals, June 2023
Fireworks Not Enjoyed by All
Linda Lyon Celebrating our nation’s Independence Day is great fun for most of us, but not usually for our four-legged friends. In fact, more pets get lost on the 4th of July than any other day of the year. This results in a surge in our shelters or, worse yet, animals running loose and perhaps…
Sports, June 2023
Pool Players of The Brooke vs. Sun City Oro Valley
Joe Giammarino The Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) Billiards Club would like to thank Sun City Oro Valley’s Billiard Club (SCOV), Ken Schriner, and SCOV’s billiard team for their pool table prowess, camaraderie, and friendly competition. Another big thank you goes out to Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, PPB’s Travel Team captain, for organizing this event.…
Generals, June 2023
American Legion Oro Valley Post Charity Golf Tournament
If you want to make a meaningful difference in the lives of local homeless and other veterans in need and the families of deployed members of the Guard and Reserve, our citizen soldiers, there is no better way than to support the American Legion Oro Valley Post 132. As recently stated by the chairman of…
Features, June 2023
Who Is Packing Your Parachute?
Rev. Suzanne Marlatt Stewart As the story goes, Charles Plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was shot down by a missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy military. He was captured and spent six years in a Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on…
Features, June 2023
Word of the Month: Cenote
David Zapatka Reading in the Quest magazine recently, I came across the word cenote. Cenote—si-ˈnō-tē noun: a natural pit or deep sinkhole in limestone resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath with a pool at the bottom that is found especially in the Yucatán Peninsula. Origin and Etymology—Mexican Spanish, from Yucatec ts’onot…