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Social Ballroom Dance Club

Carol Osgood This club is for all dancers. Improve your skills or learn to dance for the very first time! It is all for fun with a wonderful social network. You can dance like no one is watching! The February Dance and Dine in the Sol Ballroom was well attended, and had many dancers from…

2 Your Health: Medicare and Me

Leah Kari, certified medical representative and licensed insurance agent specializing in Medicare products You as a Medicare beneficiary regularly receive a thick, ominous appearing envelope mailed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. It’s your Medicare “explanation of benefits” or EOB. If you are on original Medicare, it’s called a Medicare Summary Notice. Your Medicare…

New Home Sales

Lauren Winkowski SaddleBrooke Ranch’s amenity expansion is underway and upon completion will provide current and future residents the best in active adult resort-style living. New amenities opening soon include: Ed’s Dogs, four bocce ball courts, two new tennis courts (six total tennis courts) and a ramada. We’re also proud to announce that Robson Communities was…

How Can You Be a Schizophrenic for a Day?

Steve Weiss In January, residents from SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch volunteered to be interviewed in a simulation representing a psychological condition of choice at the University of Arizona School of Nursing, located at the Banner Medical Center. Each volunteer gave three 10-minute interviews with senior nursing students. The interviews were conducted in a small interview…

28th Annual Oracle Artist Studio Tour April 4-5

Jan Tenery Drive the high desert byways of Oracle and visit more than 40 artists and artisans showing and selling at their studios. First, stop at the Visitors Center on American Avenue for a preview and map. Or visit www.oracleartiststudiotour.org for directions and details. The event is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Admission…

Ranchette Putters Hold Annual Awards Luncheon

Camille Esterman The Sol Ballroom at the SaddleBrooke Ranch House provided a beautiful setting for the Ranchette Putters’ 2019 annual award luncheon. Both the outgoing and incoming board occupied the head table. Outgoing president, Jacque Hendricks, thanked her board and handed the gavel over to Linda Sentivanac. Irene Keil presented Jacque with a golf ensemble,…

SaddleBrooke Ranch Writing Guild

Joyce Hellard The SaddleBrooke Ranch Writing Guild is a group dedicated to improving our writing skills. We meet on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in the La Vista Room, from 1-3 p.m. After discussing a topic on how to improve our writing, we share excerpts from our own memoirs, essays, fiction, or…

Oracle Piano Society Presents Gold Medalist March 8

Susan and Craig Bauer At only 27 years old, Dmytro Choni has already made a name for himself on the international stage. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1993, he began studying piano at age four. This young concert pianist has won numerous prestigious competitions in Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Ukraine, China, Germany, Argentina, and the United…

Horseback Riders Enjoy Some Fine Spring Weather

Rebecca Williams On Saturday morning, Feb. 1, the group headed up to Gold Canyon east of Apache Junction for a scenic ride in the foothills of the Superstition Mountains at Donnelly’s D-Spur Stables. The foothills are beautiful in the morning. Due to lower elevation of 1800 ft. versus ours at 3400 ft., the plants were already…