Category: April 2020

Oracle Schools Foundation

Since voters approved the override continuation and bond for the Oracle School District last November, I’ve had a few people ask me “who will provide oversight of the projects and spending?” My quick answer to this question is “your governing board”. We take our oversight responsibility very seriously, and are committed to delivering return on…

SaddleBrooke Health Fair Update

Phyllis Ketring The upcoming SaddleBrooke Health Fair will be later than usual this year. Mark your calendars and remind your traveling friends and neighbors that the 2020 Health Fair will be Oct. 24. This date change may allow more people to attend this always popular event. Volunteers are the heartbeat of the fair. If you…

CCSB Church Choir for Palm Sunday and Easter Service

Once again this year, the Community Church at SaddleBrooke (CCSB) will conduct an amazing presentation of the Holy Season on both the Palm Sunday Cantata on April 5, and the Easter Sunday presentation of He’s Alive! on April 12. Please join us for both presentations at the DesertView Theatre at the 8:30 a.m. performance. CCSB…

Golder Ranch Fire District Updates and Best Practices

Linda Shannon-Hills Join us on Tuesday, April 14 at 4 p.m., in the La Mesa Room, when Golder Ranch Fire District chief liaison officer, Captain Adam Jarrold, will be here to discuss updates with Golder Ranch, give us an overview of their procedures when making an emergency call visit to your home. They will also give…

A Little Levity from the Ranch Stone Poker

Bruce Carlson Hi folks, My name is Bruce Carlson and I live here at SaddleBrooke Ranch. Some of you may know me as a singer/songwriter. Some of you may know me as a Bible teacher/healing evangelist/prison chaplain. Some of you may know me as Nancy’s husband. However, none of you know me as the “Stone…

SBR Couples Golf Champions for 2020 Crowned

Kate and Paul Thomsen, PThomsen Consulting, LLC, SBR Couples Golf Championship sponsor.

K. Paul Knott The third annual SBR Couples Golf Championship tournament, sponsored by PThomsen Consulting, LLC, was held on Sunday, March 8, at SaddleBrooke Ranch Golf Club. Twenty-six couples competed for gross and net honors as well as additional prizes for low net scores in five flights. The event was held in cool, breezy, and…

SBRWGA 2020 President’s Cup Tournament Winners

President’s Cup Second Flight winners: Terri Movius, Colleen Carey, Debbie Shelton, and Sterlyn Robertson.

Carol Mihal With brisk mornings during two beautiful days of golf on Feb. 18 and 19, ladies of the SBRWGA competed in the first major golf tournament of 2020, the President’s Cup. This tournament is a two-day low net tournament, where the winner is commemorated on a perpetual plaque in the trophy case, and receives…

Unit 16B Chili Cook-Off

First place winner Sherry Pietrzykoski

Joy Hellard After celebrating 16B‘s 70th home completion, the unit held its inaugural Chili Cook-Off on Feb. 25, 2020. Despite the wind and cold, over 50 residents attended the event which took place in Diane Schramm’s garage. Tables lined the walls, laden with steaming crockpots, mounds of corn breads, and a variety of yummy desserts,…

April Gardening Lecture

Zann Wilson The Gardeners Exchange, in conjunction with the SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners invites you to attend Backyard Bats, presented by Scott Richardson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist, with responsibility over the previously endangered lesser long-nosed bat. The program will be held on Wed., April 15 at the Sol Ballroom, SaddleBrooke Ranch at 1…

Wellness Roundup – The Immune System

Dr. David Friedman

Linda Shannon-Hills SBR Wellness Roundup is thrilled to welcome Dr. David Friedman to SaddleBrooke Ranch. Dr. Friedman’s talk is titled “The Immune System: To Boost or Not to Boost, that is the Question.” He will also discuss how the pathways to your healing system go down depending on the offending agent and how to harness it.…