Category: December 2018

Community Circle Players’ excitement

Andrea Molberg We can be thankful that dinner theatre is returning to SaddleBrooke with Woody Allen’s Don’t Drink the Water presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Excitement is already building. Those who enjoyed the 2018 sold out performances of The Mafioso Murders and 2017’s Eat, Drink, and Be Deadly! have been wondering what the live…

The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke at work

Barbara Barr Golder Ranch Road is looking good after some of the members of The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke did a fall cleaning! Clothed in safety vests and cactus proof (as much as possible) clothing, members dodged cactus spines while improving the roadside. Doug May, A.T. Barr, Barbara Barr, Joe Dylewski, Rudi Faller, Jim Fry,…

You’re invited to Sister Jose Women’s Center event

Santa Catalina Catholic Church is hosting the fourth annual Luncheon/Silent Auction to benefit the Sister Jose Women’s Center in Tucson. For many Tucson women experiencing homelessness, Sister Jose Women’s Center is their only safe haven and the first step to recovery from homelessness. Its low-barrier day center provides unaccompanied homeless women with a stable and…

MountainView Preserve Niners fall tournament

Tim Morsani Why are these guys smiling? They were two of the big winners from the MountainView-Preserve Niners fall tournament. They, along with Nick Mares, Bob Neuman, Ned Selinsky, Michael Hovan, Steve Pomeroy and Tom MacDonald shared a $584 purse. Want to share in the fun? The MVP 9ers play either the MountainView or Preserve…

Winds and Strings wants you

Marie Lopez The SaddleBrooke Winds and Strings rehearses each Friday at 8:30 a.m. at the MountainView Country Clubhouse West Ballroom. The group plays selections of music from films, movies and Broadway. In addition, the band features patriotic tunes as well as more recent music such as standards from the Beatles. If you play a wind…

Train hard/race/party margaritaville style

Karin Bivens A SaddleBrooke resident asked whether our swim workouts were fun, to which I replied, “Only when they’re over!” Note the word “work” in workout! But large numbers of swimmers continue to participate in workouts and clinics, develop and learn new skills, make great improvements in their swimming; many compete and then the fun…

SaddleBrooke Hiking Club donates to Seeds of Stewardship

Presentation of a thank you letter from the Arizona Trail Association to Norm Rechkemmer, president of the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club, for the club’s donation of $1000 to the Seeds of Stewardship program. The Seeds of Stewardship program takes students into outdoor settings to provide environmental education and stewardship learning.

Prizes, prizes, prizes for photos!

Byron Cotter, SaddleBrooke TWO Golf Committee Do you enjoy taking photos? Do you enjoy walking on the Preserve and MountainView golf courses? Are you a golfer or do you live on one of the two SaddleBrooke TWO courses? SaddleBrooke TWO is announcing a Golf Course Photo Contest with three top prizes. First prize is dinner…

SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network

About the SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network Karyle Steele The network works with Pima Animal Care Center, Pinal Animal Care Center and several rescue groups of homeless pets. We provide financial support for the medical needs of the pets to get them healthy and adopted. We have a monthly pick-up service of gently used clean towels,…