Bob Edelblut The PGA and the LPGA are sponsors of the First Tee organization and the First Tee of Tucson is its regional affiliate. On Sunday, October 23 the MPMGA hosted at the MountainView Golf Course the First Tee of Tucson annual golf day. Tim Koch has masterminded this event for the past six or…
Dick Kroese Operation Christmas Child first started in 1990 in North Wales when Dave Cooke, father of four, sees the horror of abandoned children in Romanian orphanages on TV news. He asks friends to help fill a truck with toys and drive them to Romania and this was the beginning of Operation Christmas Child as…
Ted Belanger Saturday, October 29 was a perfect fall day in SaddleBrooke for our club’s Halloween ride. Thirty-five members participated in the search for the winning spider held captive by a not so friendly ghost. The lucky five winners received gift cards from Panera Bread for their lucky findings. The ride was followed by a…
Ginger Riffel The SaddleBrooke Tennis Club Board of Directors, TJ Duffy, Glen George, Bob Stocks, Kay Sullivan and Ginger Riffel, wanted to thank all the members (over 400), some of whom are new members and many of them volunteers, by throwing an All Member and Volunteer Appreciation Party. This was an undertaking headed by Kay…
Harriet Shemer The November meeting of the Catalina Timewalkers, Chapter 1389 of the Questers, was held at the home of Bonnie Busch with Gail Brown co-hosting. Caroline Lochner of Western National Park Association (WNPA) in Oro Valley was the quest speaker. WNPA has been a partner association with the National Park Service since 1938. WNPA…
Pat Cox Members of Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge No. 2815 met at the Golder Ranch Fire District Training Center on November 21 and stuffed 300 bags with Thanksgiving food items for distribution by IMPACT of Southern Arizona to underprivileged families. Each family also received a turkey, pies and rolls for their Thanksgiving dinner. The food…
The Oracle Schools Foundation Gala 2016 held on November 5 at SaddleBrooke’s HOA 1, The Vistas, was a huge success raising almost $19,000 for the Foundation and the students it serves. Close to 160 people and businesses supported this year’s Read to Succeed event which began with a great performance by Mt. Vista Elementary School…
If you are looking for a special gift, an evening of dining and dancing is a lovely choice. There are a myriad of dance opportunities scheduled in SaddleBrooke for this winter and spring. They range from informal practice sessions to elegant dance galas. These are all sponsored by the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club and the…
Mark Freshwater As I began composing songs in 2015, I found myself repeatedly inspired by events in our family and in the world. For that reason, I chose The Diary as a theme for the project. Nearly every song on the CD has a story behind it that provided inspiration or context. While in Arizona we…
Jane Gromelski Return with us to those thrilling years when we were young. Some of us went to the dances and danced; some watched from the sidelines. Bah! To that we can all get on the floor and dance with our own moves—come and have fun with the music of our golden youth! We have…