Ann Lange The Preserve Ladies had their Coming-Out Party on Wednesday, January 18 to debut a new tradition—Ladies Happy Hour, and afterwards, slithered off to the back rooms to play around with their favorite board games. The sign on The Preserve patio club door read “girls only” and 75 or so BFFs yacked it up…
Mike Carran On January 7 SaddleBrooke residents Verne Loose, Bob Wample and Mike Carran met with Congressman Tom O’Halleran to discuss climate change. Loose, Wample and Carran are all members of the SaddleBrooke Chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, a non-profit, non-partisan organization that lobbies to advance a plan to mitigate the worst effects…
Bob Franke An authentic German dinner will be presented by the award winning American Legion Oro Valley Post 132. Saturday, April 14, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center 64518 East Galveston Lane. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go for veterans in need and for rehabilitation programs. The…
Lydia O’Connor The presenter for the SaddleBrooke Genealogy Club’s first meeting of 2018 was club Vice President Patty Gregory-Burke. She told us about a little-known fact in the constant search for our ancestors: British Home Children, Canada’s Forgotten Children. During the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain, the larger cities became over populated and as a…
Andrea Molberg On January 1, 2018 the SaddleBrooke Homeowners Association transitioned away from the Developer (Robson). One of the consequences of the transition was the termination of a “Use Agreement” between Robson and the SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA), our largest club, to continue to use the temporary pickleball courts at the Preserve. What’s the…
SBCO Adopt-a-Family/Child for the Holidays update Ken and Ellen Perkins We wanted to provide everyone an update on the SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Adopt-a-Child and Adopt-a-Family programs. We just returned from the snow and cold of New England where we spent the holidays with our family and our three grandchildren. Spending time with them reminds us…