Category: August 2017

SaddleBrooke Car Show a success!

Left to right: Carol and Dick Thompson, OPMC President Ron Jackson, Faith and Dennis Holt

Carol Thompson July 4 Car Show at the HOA 1 parking lot was well attended this year. Only three Mazda Miata owners displayed their cars. If you are a Mazda Miata owner and would be interested in joining our local Miata Club, Tucson’s Old Pueblo Miata Club (OPMC), please contact Membership Chairs Carol and Dick…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach

Get ready to walk! The 21st annual SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) Walkathon will be held at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 28. This fundraising event helps SBCO support an ever-expanding group of programs benefiting youngsters in nearby communities. Registration for the Walkathon opens on Monday, September 25 following the SBCO General Meeting. This meeting, which…

Health Fair seeks volunteers

Dr. Joseph Christiano, Neurosurgeon

Phyllis Ketring The Health Fair has vacancies on every team right now. That is good news if you have a particular preference. We need people to greet vendors, provide information and assist during the fair, help with surveys and support vendors as they take down exhibits. One of the most pressing needs is for help…

Community Church patio party

Games were played and wonderful food was shared.

Dick Kroese Community Church at SaddleBrooke (CCSB) worships together, but we also play together and have a wonderful time enjoying each other’s company. We could not have picked a better evening in July. The weather was right and the views from our Parish House balcony were spectacular! The game that we played was also special.…

Faith-based Grief Share Group begins in October

Cari Block Anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one is entering one of the most difficult life experiences. Long after the memorial service and burial there are emotional, practical and spiritual issues to deal with. There are different stages of healing than can go on for years. Once again, Community Church at…

A clue to SaddleBrooke’s Mystery Theatre (CCP) success

Susan Sterling, Shawne Cryderman, Tim Morsani

Andrea Molberg Today I interviewed Tim Morsani about live theater in SaddleBrooke. Tim is the new treasurer of Community Circle Players (CCP) and a life-long thespian. Ande: Live Theater continues to be very successful in SaddleBrooke – Why do you think that is? Tim: “There are several reasons – All modesty aside, the quality is…

American Legion Golf Tournament

Please support your local American Legion Post and help us to help those in need. Oro Valley Post 132 is sponsoring a charity golf tournament Saturday, August 26 at the Sun City-OV Views Golf Club. All proceeds, 100%, will benefit local veterans in need and the families of the deployed soldiers of our adopted local…

Papercrafters host monthly FUN SHOPS!

Carol Thompson Participants enjoyed our July Fun Shop: Note Card Box Kit. The presenters were Liz Spielmann and Marlene Theissen. We all walked away with a box that holds note paper and pen, photos or gift cards. It was a clever recycling use of the many stamping boxes we all collect in the club. Many…

What is CCP planning? Next production remains a mystery

Cast of Eat, Drink and Be Deadly!

Andrea Molberg With the fantastic success of their first SaddleBrooke dinner mystery production Eat, Drink and Be Deadly! behind them, the founders of Community Circle Players, Shawne Cryderman and Susan Sterling, are planning another SaddleBrooke theatre experience for next April. Both HOA1 and HOA2 are eager to have a CCP dinner production back. Susan will direct…

SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network

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Payoff vet debt campaign raised 30k in 30 days Thanks to generous SaddleBrooke pet lovers, the SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network offered a $15,000 $1 “fur” $1 match if Tucson residents would donate the same. We had great media coverage in both television and newspaper but social media was the big winner. And when donations started…