Diane Mazzarella SaddleBrooke Troop Support volunteers and donors continued a high level of activity over the summer months. Some highlights: * A major automotive group donated tickets for the November 13 Dinner Dance for program speaker Colonel and Mrs. Carr and two U.S. Marine representatives and their guests and is sending four associates to the…
Category: October 2015
Generals, October 2015
SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings
Adopt a Child 2015 Ken and Ellen Perkins At our summer home in Vermont, the leaves are beginning to turn and there is a nip in the air. That tells us that it is time to return to SaddleBrooke and make plans for the annual SBCO Adopt a Family for the Holidays project. We have…
Clubs & Classes, October 2015
Beginning Clogging class starts November 3
What is clogging? Clogging is not a plumbing problem. Clogging is fun, energetic dancing with special taps on your shoes. You get to make lots of noise and yell “Yee haw” whenever you want. It is done to mostly Country Western music with some rock and roll and pop songs, too. Instructor Carol Jones has…
Generals, October 2015
Vista Fine Arts presents “From Classics to Jazz”
Donna Langwig Vista Fine Arts invites you to a wonderful afternoon of music with artists Christine Vivona and Rob Boone Sunday, October 25 at 2:00 p.m. Christine and Rob perform a variety of standards on the harp, trombone and piano featuring Jazz Classics from the Great American Songbook. They delight audiences with selections such as…
Front Page, October 2015
Passion for tennis and pickleball
Nancy Teeter Is one sport better? I interviewed seven SaddleBrooke residents passionate about both pickleball and tennis to find out. Peter Bidwell, Larry Gray, Greg Hlushko, Mary Hlushko, Kathy Jensen, Jackie Kline and Linda Linegar have long tennis playing histories. Most have played tennis for 40 plus years and, except for Larry Gray, play both…
Clubs & Classes, October 2015
Hiking Club program to feature the Coalition of the Sonoran Desert Protection
Jan Springer Do we really need a wildlife crossing bridge and tunnel on Oracle Road? How many times have you heard that question since the road construction began many months ago? Come learn why we do need these crossings and much more when featured speaker Hannah Stitzer, Program and Outreach Associate for the Coalition of…
Clubs & Classes, October 2015
MPMGA Captures Ryder Cup
Bob Edelblut On the second and third of September the MPMGA and the SMGA battled for the right of ownership of the 2015 Ryder Cup. Each Men’s Club fielded a sixteen man team consisting of fifteen low handicap players and one professional for the two day competition. Our event followed a traditional Ryder Cup format.…
Clubs & Classes, October 2015
Representative Ann Kirkpatrick visits SaddleBrooke
On a hot August afternoon, almost one hundred enthusiastic Democrats showed up to welcome Representative Ann Kirkpatrick. The gathering was held at the home of Linda and Holly Lyons, complete with delicious tacos and Ann’s special recipe for margaritas. She has visited SaddleBrooke many times and was here to discuss her candidacy for the U.S.…
Generals, October 2015
Health Night Out – October 26th Be your own health advocate
Phyllis Ketring Monday, October 26 at 7:00 p.m. in the MountainView Country Club Ballroom, SaddleBrooke Health and Wellness will host Karen Mercereau, a clinical RN specializing in patient advocacy education. Navigating the medical system today can be daunting and leave one open to preventable medical errors. At present there are 12 million misdiagnoses in the…
Features, October 2015
Frost in August
It has been said again and again but The Golden Goose, winner of the 2014 Pima County Small Business Award, would be nothing without its volunteers. The Goose Board of Directors knows there is really no way to ever repay all of the dedicated, hard-working people who have been there through the hot summer when…