Becky Kueker I absolutely love giving presents. I look all year for special gifts that really suit the person. Something WOW, not in cost, but in thought. In early November my friend had a special birthday. She is a widow and I wanted to do something for her she would never expect. My wonderful neighbor…
Sports, January 2021
SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association Thanks Our 2020 Sponsors
Carol Mihal The SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association (SBRWGA) would like to say a big thank you to the local businesses who partnered with us through their sponsorship during 2020! The purpose of SBRWGA is to promote good fellowship and interest in golf, enable our members to enjoy organized competition and social activities, and to…
Sports, January 2021
SBRWGA Holiday Festival Golf Event
Carol Mihal On the beautiful morning of Dec. 1, the ladies of the SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association (SBRWGA) gathered to play in the “Holiday Festival Event—40 Balls”. Many of the players arrived wearing their best festive golf attire to add to the holiday atmosphere, and candy canes were available to everyone at the driving…
Features, January 2021
Sonoran Retractables Is Shading Arizona
Bill Starr Sonoran Retractables has been a leader in the customized outdoor shade business for over a decade in the Arizona market. We maintain the highest quality of Italian Engineered and designed Retractable Awnings and Screens. Sonoran Retractables has seen an incredible boom in Louvered Pergolas. With our manufacturer and our shade consultants we now have…
Generals, January 2021
Unit Happenings: Unit 16B Scavenger Hunt: “Where’s Waddle?”
Joy Hellard Adapted from the game “Where’s Waldo,” unit 16B held an outdoor Thanksgiving scavenger hunt Nov. 25 through Nov. 27, 2020. The rules for the game asked participants to hide up to three turkeys in their front yards. As dawn appeared on Nov. 25, the creativity of the residents’ turkeys was notable. Towering at…
Clubs & Classes, January 2021
Fourth Annual Mahjongg Cards for Charity
Bonnie Goldman Mahjongg is a very popular game at SaddleBrooke Ranch. We have many players who are new to the game and people who have played for years. Prior to COVID, there were weekly games played on Thursdays in La Hacienda Club (and sometimes lessons), coordinated by Gail Latimer and Bonnie Goldman. There are multiple…
Generals, January 2021
Did You Know?
Consider Golder Ranch Fire District’s EMS Membership Linda Shannon-Hills Golder Ranch Fire District EMS Membership is a way to protect you and your loved ones from the unexpected cost of an emergency ambulance transport. The current Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) regulates the cost of an emergency transport in Arizona state. So, the ambulance…
Front Page, November 2020
Nature’s Way: Our Feathered Residents
Jim Hoagland As a young kid in Indiana no one ever explained to me the concept of birds migrating, so I assumed that the birds I saw were here year-round but hid during the winter. It was much later in life when I discovered the phenomenon that some birds migrate while others do not. On the…
Generals, November 2020
SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings
Becky Tolan: A Dedicated Kids’ Closet Volunteer Elizabeth Watson Becky Tolan said the decision to move to Arizona was one of the best decisions of her life. Part of that enthusiasm encompasses life in SaddleBrooke and the many opportunities to enjoy retirement while also helping others. Becky and her husband, Roger, moved from the Lakewood…
Sports, November 2020
Free Women’s Suffrage Exhibit Offered by the Questers to the Community
Debbie Hansen A free, portable exhibit on the American women’s suffrage movement is being offered to community libraries, museums, schools, government offices, and other organizations in Chandler, Sun Lakes, Litchfield Park Historical Museum, Tucson, Green Valley, and all around the state of Arizona to help celebrate the centennial of passage of the 19th Amendment giving…