Ken and Ellen Perkins For more than a decade, the SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Adopt-a-Family and Adopt-a-Child program has provided hand-picked and carefully wrapped Christmas gifts to local families and Apache children on the San Carlos reservation. In recent years, the program has grown to annually assist about 90 families and 257 Apache children. SaddleBrooke and…
Bonnie Schoenfelder Pop tennis is a century old paddle sport that until recently was called “Paddle Tennis.” Rebranded as pop (for popular) tennis in 2015, people enjoy the game because it’s played on a shorter tennis court (using tennis scoring) but is easier to play because of the composite paddles with memory foam; a slower, depressurized…
Colonel William Nagy The Catalina Mountains Satellite Chapter (CMSC) Tucson of the Military Officers Association of American (MOAA) kicked off its 2019-20 season on Oct. 19, in the Catalina Room of the Mesquite Grill in the MountainView Country Club complex. The guest speaker for the event was Senator Vince Leach (a SaddleBrooker). Senator Leach is…
Nancy Moore The Robson Resort Community annually produces the Source Book, an official community telephone and local business directory for SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch. Since 2001, delivery of this directory to each residence has been provided by SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) volunteers. To date, this project has raised $34,869 to fund SBCO programs that benefit…
Joe Giammarino Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) want to thank our generous sponsors, Mike’s Catalina Barber Shop and Steve Searl. On Sept. 28, the PPB Billiards Club hosted an 8-Ball Singles Tournament in SaddleBrooke One’s Catalina Recreation Center Billiards Room. The format was single game, double elimination. What a wonderful place we have to hold…
Harriet Shemer The Catalina Timewalkers SaddleBrooke chapter of the Questers held its opening meeting of the 2019-20 sessions on Oct. 18. The program “History of Pharmaceuticals, Its Tools and Marketing” was presented by Harriet Shemer. She talked about simple ailment remedies from 3500 B.C. to the complex compounds of today. During the presentation, Harriet displayed…
Pat Smith Once again, the SaddleBrooke Francophiles celebrated the opening of their 2019-20 season of fun, food, and festivities with a “Blind Wine Tasting and Cheese Event,” held at the lovely home of Dave and Mylinda Guillen on Sept. 28. After a brief description of the wine being tasted, members tested their palates to guess…
Nicholas T. Mares Monday Mixers is a great way to meet other SaddleBrooke residents. All are welcome—you do not have to be a golfer, couple, or expert putter. All you have to do is want to have fun. Monday Mixers is open to all men and women of SaddleBrooke One and SaddleBrooke TWO and takes place…
Steph Mattie Since all of my articles this fall have been tied to the theme of “School Days,” there’s no better time than now to remind you all of what it felt like to be a student performing in a play or musical. For many of us, the first time we were on a stage in…
What happens to heirs when a reverse mortgage borrower dies? What if your parent or spouse dies who had a reverse mortgage? Do you inherit the house? Do you have to repay the reverse mortgage loan? Will the reverse mortgage lender make you sell the deceased’s belongings or empty his or her bank accounts to…