Category: March 2017

Line Dancing lessons with Rebecca

This is not how you line dance in Rebecca’s classes. Like most school groups, getting ready for a picture is like herding cats. In Rebecca’s class we always let those in witness protection decline to participate. These are is some of your neighbors deciding how their hair looks.

Dr. Mark Magdanz At this time both levels of Line Dance with Rebecca classes are well underway. Many dances brand new to the community have been learned and older ones reviewed. Years ago Rebecca began to define her classes in levels to denote the degree of dance difficulty, teaching pace and exertion level. In our…

Eighteen mounted up for a fine spring horseback ride

Enjoying a fine spring day are, right to left: Tom Ridolfo, Janelle Authur, Bob Authur, Peg Ridolfo, Rebecca Williams, Don Williams

Rebecca Williams Eighteen riders from the SaddleBrooke Ranch Riding Group headed up the trail for a great spring ride at Donnelly’s D-Spur Ranch in Gold Canyon. The one-hour trail winds through the foothills of the Superstition Mountains, which were especially colorful in the warm morning sun. It was easy to tell that spring was already…

SBR Democrat Club holds successful first meeting

Forty-two attendees at the initial meeting of the SaddleBrooke Ranch Democrat Club met at the Hacienda on Monday, February 6.

On Monday, February 6, 2017, Steve Groth, our Democratic Precinct Committee person, invited Ranch Democrats to an organizational meeting to determine if there was sufficient interest to launch a Ranch Democrat Club. Working from a mailing list of people he knew, we had a great turnout of 42 interested people and several people expressing interest…

Upcoming Master Gardener programs

Basic Desert Gardening March 6 SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners present Basic Desert Gardening on Monday, March 6, 9:00 a.m. until noon in The Hacienda Club at SaddleBrooke Ranch. Do you have questions about the basics: soils, cactus, growing natives, frost protection, irrigation and any other issues affecting your gardens and landscapes? Your very…

Pickleball Club update

Left to right: Garry Grasso, Special Events; Raynelle Duhl, Treasurer; Priscilla Wolf, Vice President; Keith Sturdivant, President; Lope Cook, Secretary. Photo by Denis Heck

Janis Duwe The SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association (SBRPA) is the largest club at the Ranch with over 200 members. This active and welcoming club has been very busy this past year with many ongoing and new programs and plans to continue the excitement in 2017. Board elections were held in December 2016 with the following…

Not too cold for tennis!

Left to right: Sheila Bray, Tove Pape, Madoka Knight and Carol Mihal

Tove Pape One of the things I love most about living here at SaddleBrooke Ranch is that I can play tennis year round. Our tennis club has shifted the start times to 10:00 a.m. for the winter so we don’t freeze our fingers off, but sometimes it can be cold even at that time. The…

SBR annual spring food drive planned for March 25

Bob Johnson It is time to begin planning your food purchases for the upcoming SaddleBrooke Ranch spring food drive. This has been an annual event for several years and is conducted in collaboration with SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO). This year the food drive will benefit the Tri-Community Food Bank (TCFB) based in Mammoth and serving…

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Club Expo highlights

In its fifth year Club Expo is the one event during the year in which all the SBR clubs, organizations and fitness classes are invited to come together to explain and to show what they are all about and to hopefully interest other people in their particular activity. What is really special is that this…