Patti R. Albaugh and Dick Kroese The SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club recently honored Monique Morquez (“Mo”), waitress at MountainView Country Club, for her outstanding attention to the needs of her customers. We are not always an easy group to serve. She might hear “Iced-tea, please” while she is scurrying to hand 20 people their breakfasts,…
Patti R. Albaugh SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club recently welcomed two new members and recognized a new Paul Harris Fellow. New members are Dee Zoline and Susan King. Membership Chair Mark Douglas presented them with their membership materials. Welcome, ladies! Ron Lenz, a new member also, is the latest Paul Harris Fellow in SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary…
Dick Kroese Club members enjoyed hearing Greg Byrne talk about University of Arizona athletics. Byrne officially started as Arizona’s Director of Athletics on May 3, 2010. Byrne has helped Arizona athletics maintain its proud position both nationally and in the Pac 12 through the department’s five goals and principles: “Graduate Student-Athletes; Follow the Rules; Represent…
Mark Your Calendars! Have you needed your smoke alarm batteries replaced? Ever had a snake in your yard? Needed medical attention? Needed medical transport? Ever had a fire emergency at your home? If your answer to any of these questions is “yes” then you have had the assistance of the Golder Ranch Fire Department. To…
Patti R. Albaugh Al Mollenkopf recently spoke to the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary about the newly formed SaddleBrooke Western Heritage Preservation Club. Al may have grown up in Michigan but his childhood fixation with Tom Mix movies started his interest in all things western. When he moved to SaddleBrooke a few years ago he started a…
Doug Sweetland On July 28, the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club hosted representatives of the SaddleBrooke Troop Support (STS) at its weekly meeting. Attending from the STS were George Bidwell, president and Bo Nanna, publicity chair. Mr. Bidwell shared the history in the formation of the organization with the start in 2005. Initially the organization was…
Dick Kroese Mark Schwartz recently spoke at the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club about the cold war and how it affects all of us. It affected our everyday life including politics, economics, military, sports culture, entertainment which created a counter culture generation. This unique era provides a framework to examine our lives via presentations, discussions and…
Dick Krose Habitat for Humanity of Tucson came to SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club and shared its ongoing mission to create a more just and compassionate world by bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope. Habitat Tucson offers an innovative solution to the crisis of substandard housing by offering hardworking, local families a hand…
SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club welcomed their own member, Patti Albaugh, to speak on May 26 on genealogy and the SaddleBrooke Genealogy Club (SGC). Patti brought her own family chart, which documents 12 generations of ancestors. “My Mayflower ancestors are down four more generations,” she said. Her chart showed obvious “brick walls,” those ancestors who couldn’t…
On June 16, 2016 Mike Roddy was the guest speaker at SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary Club. Mike arrived at SaddleBrooke HOA 1 from Minnesota. Mike was a student at Iowa State. He is the Golf Course Superintendent of SaddleBrooke HOA 1. Mike is married with two children (girls). He has been here at SaddleBrooke for six…