Category: April 2020

Drug Take Back Day – April 25

Linda Shannon-Hills Mark your calendars for Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, 2020, at La Hacienda Club in La Vista Room. To help Ranch residents, SBR Wellness Roundup along with Dr. Jack Fincham, are holding a pickup at the Ranch for you to bring unused, outdated, and/or no longer needed medications (prescription, over-the-counter,…

Receiving PROfessional Advice

SBR golf pros, Ken Steinke and Mike Jahaske, share tips and encouragement with the Ranchette Putters; Photo by Camille Esterman.

Camille Esterman Golf club pros, Mike Jahaske and Ken Steinke, joined the Ranchette Putters at two of the holes on the SBR putting green. As each team approached, a pro explained how he read the green; he then lined up and took a shot. Based on his example, club members tried to improve their accuracy…

Celebration Dinner

Nan Nasser On Sunday, March 1, friends and members of Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church (MSPC) enjoyed an afternoon at SaddleBrooke Ranch, celebrating the 20th Ordination Anniversary of Pastor Rachel Srubas, and 20 years of MSPC being centered in Christ, caring for community. The event began with a social period at the Sol Ballroom, followed by…

Earth Day in the Park

Donald Fore The Care for Creation Ministry at Santa Catalina Parish is planning several special events leading up to the fifth anniversary of the release of Laudato Si in June. On Sunday, April 26 at 4 p.m., in Catalina State Park, Santa Catalina Parish will host an outdoor Mass to celebrate Earth Day and the…

Join the fun! SaddleBrooke Ranch Players

No experience necessary; no memorization! Backstage and onstage spots need to be filled. The Ranch Players Chamber Theater is casting Four Cab Rides on April 2, in the Sol Ballroom from 6-9 p.m. The play consists of four women and eight men. It will be directed by Josephine Zara. Four Cab Rides is composed of four individual vignettes.…

Four Years Under the Desert Stars

Janelle Authur Sixty-nine Unit 8A-er’s celebrated 48 months-in-a-row of unit happy hours with an Evening Under the Desert Stars dinner party on Friday, Feb. 21, in the Sol Ballroom. The happy hour gatherings started at The Bistro in March 2016, as Unit 8A residents began to move into their new homes. The first evening was…

How Did You Spend Your Extra Leap Year Day?

Neighbors finishing dessert at the Doepke home, and anxiously waiting to find out who had the highest winning score for the evening.

Forty neighbors in Unit 8A decided to spend leap day, Feb. 29, getting together for Game Night and playing a fun card game called Crazy Bridge. John and Marci Whitehead, George Patterson, and Shelley Zieglar, hosted 20 neighbors at each of their homes. Individuals were randomly chosen prior to game night so everyone knew which home…

NW Tucson Bridge Club Notice

“I wouldn’t mind being in jail if I had three cellmates who were decent players and who were willing to keep the game going 24 hours a day” —Warren Buffett, describing his love of the game of bridge. Bridge is the world’s most popular card game, enjoyed every day by millions of people. It is…