Louise Breves, President, SaddleBrooke Ceramics Club Want to be creative and spend some of your day having fun socializing, learning a new painting technique, and making new friends? If so, the SaddleBrooke Ceramics Club is the place for you. The club is located in the Quartz Room, just west of the SaddleBrooke TWO Administration Office, and…
Linda Lyon The SaddleBrooke Democratic Club was pleased to host the Oracle School District superintendent, Crystle Nehrmeyer, as our November guest speaker. She had much to share with the members about the 401 students who attend Mt. Vista Elementary School, including the preschool, which is mostly funded through the Oracle Schools Foundation, with generous contributions…
Connie Kotke, Publicity Chair The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild is a nonprofit organization that provides a wide range of classes to build or enhance the skills of artists at all levels of experience. Classes are held in the Topaz Room at the MountainView Clubhouse. Learn more about instructors, techniques, fees, and material costs (if applicable)…
Linda Lyon There were no fish, but plenty of fish stories, at the recent SaddleBrooke Fly Fishers (SBFF) social. Forty-five members and their guests enjoyed good food, fellowship, and fun times. Officially established in March 2020, the SBFF has now grown to a membership of over 70, despite COVID lockdowns. Members are now eager to…
Delivering Thanksgiving to 260 Homes Barbara Barr For many Rotarians in the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke, the best part of Thanksgiving comes several days before the actual holiday. The best part of Thanksgiving is when we help around 260 area families with turkeys and all the fixings for their holiday. Working with IMPACT of Southern Arizona,…
Pool Players of The Brooke vs. Sun City Oro Valley Joe Giammarino The Pool Players of the Brooke (PPB) would like to thank Sun City Oro Valley’s (SCOV) Billiards Club, Robert Dufur, and the SCOV’s billiards team for their pool table prowess, camaraderie, friendly competition, and congenial luncheon at the RoadRunner Grill after the Eight-Ball…
Maureen Benigno, Coordinator of Texas Hold’em Winners of our prestigious, 12-week tournament from Aug. 16 to Nov. 1: 1st Wayne Larroque, 2nd Sam Akhoury, and 3rd Chuck Kochiss. Following are the first-place winners at the Final Table from Aug. 16 to Nov. 1: Aug. 16: Wayne Larroque Aug. 23: Tony Greco Aug. 30: Kathy Szpakowski…
Connie Kotke, Publicity Chair On Nov. 18, 10 new and seasoned artists learned that pastel doesn’t always mean light blue, green, yellow, and pink. To start the class titled Exploring Pastels, guild instructor Delys Nast explained that pastels are actually pigments that are ground into a paste with water, then formed into soft pencils, sticks,…
Richard Martin We had a special Halloween square dance scheduled for Oct. 31, but none of our regular dancers showed up. Instead, we had ninja warriors, Elvis, beatniks, hippies, flappers from the 20s, Dick Clark dancers from the 50s, James Dean, vampires, pirates, Thing One and Thing Two, Spider-Woman, and even a very scary Dave…
This year’s SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network’s (SBPRN) fundraiser was a huge success! Because of the response, we were able to have the style show/luncheon on two days this year. Ticket sales, raffle sales and Calle Rose sales exceeded all expectations. We thank everyone who made this possible. Because of your generosity, SBPRN will be able to…