Lynbeth Street

Paint and Sip Classes

Janna Copel is offering paint and sip classes monthly. Come with your friends, bring your favorite sipping drinks, and paint with us! Classes are $40 and include all materials and instruction with choice of canvas size 16”x20” or 12”x16”. To sign up, join the TeamReach app (instructions follow) and select the class you’re interested in. Class…

Diva Saw Them Again!

Jeanne Nordstrom, one of the original Dinking Divas of SaddleBrooke Ranch, just returned from California after seeing the Barenaked Ladies concert with her husband, Victor Nordstrom, an honorary member of the Divas.They have seen the band more than 50 times! (Photo by Debora Witten)

Rancheros Square Dance Club Graduates 10 Dancers

Rebecca Williams and Mary Spittler Graduating from a square dance class is a very special occasion for a new dancer. It signifies successful completion of a series of square dance lessons that are necessary prior to entering the activity as a qualified square dancer. It is an achievement; it is a reward; it represents a degree of…

CCP Announces Dates for Spring 2024 Dinner Theatre

Susan Sterling Community Circle Players (CCP) has set the dates for a spring 2024 production. Mark your calendars now for entertaining dinner theatre performances during the last week in March. CCP principals have been reading and researching various scripts to tantalize our audience. Could it be a murder mystery in the vein of the well-received…

Elks Lodge Awards Scholarships

Roger Mastro, scholarship chair, Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge, has shepherded the scholarships for the Arizona Elks Association and Elks National Foundation Most Valuable Student Scholarship Awards. This year, we are proud to recognize six soon-to-be college/university freshmen as recipients of one $4,000 Elks National Foundation (ENF) Scholarship and five $2,000 Arizona Elks Association Scholarship Awards (AEAs). The five…

SBR: Strong-Brave-Resilient; Fighting Cancer with Knowledge

Sandy Jessop When SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) residents Nancy and Chris Racioppo’s youngest son, Anthony, was 4 years old, the unthinkable happened. Fifteen years later, those feelings come back as she describes those first days: “We took Anthony to the doctor one morning with a slight fever and bloody nose, and he was very pale. We were sent for…

Word of the Month: Piastre

David Zapatka Reader Chuck Hakkarinen, commenting on the May WOTM column, writes, “In the 20th century, Paladin was the name of the character played by actor Richard Boone in the TV western “Have Gun, Will Travel.” He was quite the dandy, living in San Francisco, quoting the Classics, fast on the draw. I think he typically…