Janette Volz Sewing machines could be heard buzzing through the course of this summer. The SaddleBrooke Friday Quilters have been busy as bees making items for charity and our upcoming 2022 quilt show. Multiple charities have benefited from this bustling work done under the guidance of Service Committee co-chairs Marcia Webster and Athena Taylor. Last…
Ross Dunfee What is a Marine? A sailor, a soldier, infantry, amphibious assault members? They are all–soldiers serving on ships ready for land action. Their history, etched in antiquity, has records in ancient Greece and Rome. In the 17th century, the English, in its wars with the Dutch, referred to Marine units as naval infantry.…
Karen Brungardt The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild is having a lot of fun teaching our Art and Wine Events, and our guests are enjoying them too! If you’ve missed out on the last one, you can sign up for the Nov. 23 Art and Wine Event. This is a Tuesday, and it’s from 5:30 to 9 p.m. The…
Mike Nickerson The SaddleBrooke Democrats met for their first in-person monthly meeting at the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center on Sept. 14. Even though we all wore masks, it was great to see each other again in person. This was a hybrid meeting, so some members still joined us via Zoom. Eric Cadel, Pinal County first…
Joe Giammarino The Pool Players of the Brooke (PPB) would like to thank Green Valley Recreation’s Billiard Club (GVR), Ken Watson, Harry Clark, and GVR’s team for their pool table prowess, camaraderie, friendly competition, and a congenial luncheon at the 19th Hole Grill after the Eight-Ball Challenge. Another big thank you goes out to Dominic…
What a summer it has been. Did anyone know we would have so much rain and so much green in our summer surroundings? Because so many people leave during the summer, our August blood drive was smaller than winter and spring, but we still collected 55 badly needed units. Thank you to all who came out. We…