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Newcomers’ meet and greet; Welcome to the Ranch

Rich and Mary Jane Carsten

Linda Harvey and Linda Shannon-Hills The Newcomers’ Gathering is a chance for our new residents to introduce themselves to the community and to other new residents just arriving. This gives new residents a chance to meet other new residents and to hear about activities and events at the Ranch. Resident veterans have volunteered to come…

SBRWGA 2019 President’s Cup Tournament winners

President’s Cup winner and Flight Winners. Front row: Sterlyn Robertson, Jeanne Osterlund, Janice Mihora, Mary Snowden, Linda Sherfy; Back row: Mary Anderson, Kate Thomsen, Jeanne Jensen, Cheryl Reddy, Cheri Alfrey, Brenda Armenia, Melanie Timberlake, Norma Barnes, Alison Livett; Not pictured: Alex Anna and Sue Wells.

Jeanne Osterlund The 2019 President’s Cup Tournament was held on March 5 and 6. This is a two-day low net tournament held once a year. The winner is commemorated on the perpetual trophy and receives a nice prize. Thirty-nine women competed in five flights to become President’s Cup champion. At the end of the first…

CCSB collects $6,000 for Wycliffe Center

From left to right: Pastor Steve Wilson, Loren Hawthorne, Steve Willis and Keith Gordon.

Carol Thompson Community Church at SaddleBrooke (CCSB) had a special collection at our Christmas Eve service last year. CCSB supports many worthwhile missions, and the church members contributed a total of almost $300,000 last year alone. Recently, the CCSB Board approved donating the Christmas Eve collection of $6,000 to the local Wycliffe Center in Catalina.…

Spring Concert April 7

The Arizona Choral Society, accompanied by a small group of instrumentalists, will present its Spring Concert entitled “The Music of Living” featuring inspiring musical selections of love, joy and world peace on Sunday, April 7 at 3:30 p.m. at the Catalina United Methodist Church, 2700 E. Speedway Blvd. in Tucson. Pre-concert tickets are $20; at…

Golder Ranch Fire District at SBR

Linda Shannon-Hills Chief Randy Karrer, Captain Adam Jarrold and Anne-Marie Braswell made a visit again to SaddleBrooke Ranch on March 7, keeping us updated on activities with GRFD and future plans for a permanent fire station in SaddleBrooke Ranch community. Residential Lock Box Program at Golder Ranch Fire District sells the lock boxes for $65…

Golf balls for a good cause

You probably remember the game show Let’s Make a Deal in which Monty Hall would select contestants from the audience and trade items of value for another item. “Let’s Make a Deal” has come to a garage in SaddleBrooke! You can pick up ten gently-used golf balls, in exchange for your $5 bill. All golfers…

Palm Sunday Cantata at CCSB

Carol Thompson Under the direction of Ron Aeschliman, the Community Church at SaddleBrooke (CCSB) choir performed its first time ever Christmas Cantata to a DesertView Performing Arts Theatre audience of approximately 475 on December 9 in SaddleBrooke. Those in attendance received a spiritual blessing through the music and responded with a standing ovation. Following the…

Putting tips from the pros

Mike Jahaske demonstrates how ‘reading the green’ from a squatting position improves accuracy; Photo by Camille Esterman.

Camille Esterman SBR golf pros, Mike Jahaske and Ken Steinke, joined the Ranchette Putters for an in-depth session of learning how to ‘read the green’. While rotating around the putting area, Mike and Ken gave pointers to each team. Our pros described how they would line up a shot, look for breaks on the ground,…