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Local Artist Wins Award

Debora Witten Mike Price, known in the art world as M.E. Price, is a SaddleBrooke Ranch resident who paints in oil. In the 2022 Members Juried Show at the Tubac Center of the Arts, Mike won an award for his piece “American Bison.” The piece measures 24×24 inches. Mike’s artistry is represented by the K.…

Welcome New Neighbors

Linda Harvey and Linda Shannon-Hills Welcome to our new neighbors moving into our beautiful community. We have a wonderful welcome program for all new residents to SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR). Moving into a new community can be a daunting experience, and our Newcomers Welcome volunteers want to help with the transition. Our group consists of resident…

Bocce Club Holds Fall League Finals

The SaddleBrooke Ranch Bocce Club recently finished their fall league play. This season we had our largest turnout with 30 teams rolling hundreds of bocce balls for seven weeks. On the evening of Dec. 5, after two more days of playoffs, two teams emerged to roll off in the final game. Honor Rollers and Fireballers…

Putters Manage Challenging Weather in November

Camille Esterman “I didn’t wear the right clothes!” “I need to pack extra clothing in my golf cart.” “I never know what to wear!” These were some of the comments heard on the SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) green in November. One week, putters faced icy-cold gale-force winds and their golf balls seemed to skate across the…

Adopt-a-Family and Adopt-a-Child Programs Delivered a Happier Holiday

Nancy McCluskey-Moore The SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) Adopt-a-Child and Adopt-a-Family programs again brought holiday joy to local families and children. Very generous donors from SaddleBrooke Ranch and SaddleBrooke contributed $63,739 to bring holiday cheer. SaddleBrooke Ranch residents donated $15,200 of the total. Kim Schweitzer and Betty Ryan, who coordinate this program for SaddleBrooke Ranch, wish…

Oracle Schools Foundation

Tapas Anyone? Ann Vernon One of the fixed-price events for the Oracle School Foundation 2022 auction was an authentic Spanish dinner prepared by Nile Vernon and assisted by Ann Vernon and Pat and Ron Andrea. Nile spent many summers in Spain and picked up cooking tips from various families he stayed with while teaching in…

10th Annual Holiday Lights Tour

Leslie Brown Do you remember bundling up and riding around in the family car to view the twinkling holiday lights? Let’s cruise the streets in golf carts! Mark your calendars for the 10th Annual Holiday Lights Golf Cart Tour to see all that glitters and glows on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 6 p.m. Line up…

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights

Kim Schweitzer Hanukkah, Hanuka, Chanukah, or Chanukkah—no matter how you spell it, it is a Festival of Lights. The holiday that Adam Sandler wrote a song about! This might surprise some people, but Hanukkah isn’t all that religious of a holiday, nor a gift-giving one. However, it holds important cultural significance for the Jewish people.…