Español y Más, with instructor Judy Freeman, is again offering a Beginning Spanish class at the Ranch. This is your chance to jump in at the beginning or brush up on the skills you’ve already acquired. Start your path to conversation, and you might find yourself having a little fun along the way! You’re never…
Sports, January 2024
POP Tennis 2023 Highlights
Deb McGiboney POP was HOT at the SBRTA in 2023! It became so popular that the group called the “POPATEERS” was formed. We are looking forward to POP in 2024 as we will offer clinics, more events, and more scheduled and drop-in play times!
Clubs & Classes, February 2024
Shalom Club Celebrates Hanukkah
Marlene Diskin On Dec. 8, almost 50 members of the SaddleBrooke Ranch Shalom Club gathered at the clubhouse to light the Hanukkah menorah, signifying the Jewish eight-day “festival of lights.” The holiday commemorates the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple where, according to legend, Jews had risen up against their oppressors and even though…
Clubs & Classes, February 2024
MOAA News
Former Lt. William Myers, CEC, USN The Catalina Mountain Chapter (CMC) of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) held a recent luncheon meeting on Dec. 16 at SaddleBrooke Ranch. The meeting began with a business session presided over by retired Capt. Chuck Vaughan, U.S. Navy, President, during which members were updated on the chapter’s current and…
Clubs & Classes, February 2024
Painters Club Gearing Up for Busy Year
Patti West The recently organized SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) Painters Club has hit the ground running, and 2024 promises to have offerings that will appeal to all levels of painters from aspiring to accomplished. Newly elected President Nancy Derifield, Vice President Marion Ewing, Treasurer Lee Vulcan, and Correspondence Secretary Patti West have been busy planning educational and social…
February 2024, Clubs & Classes
SBR Women of Wine Celebration
Deb McGiboney The SaddleBrooke Ranch Women of Wine (SBRWOW) Christmas event on Dec. 21, 2023, was a big party! Santa and the Grinch started out our evening followed by the SBR Ukulele Club entertaining us with Christmas carols! Thank you, Tyler, Crystal, and Ben from the Ranch House Grill, for all your hard work throughout…
February 2024, Features
Word of the Month: Redolent
David Zapatka While reading The Metaphysics of Ping-Pong: Table Tennis as a Journey of Self Discovery by Guido Mina di Sospiro, I ran across the word redolent. His use of the word while describing table tennis rubber was intriguing. Redolent—red·o·lent adjective 1. Exuding fragrance: aromatic 2. Full of a specified fragrance: a. scented (air redolent of seaweed)…
February 2024, Features
Ranch Riders
Victor and Jeanne Nordstrom on a 2013 CanAm Spyder (photo by Debora Witten)
February 2024, Features
Building a Strong Foundation
Kathy Sinnott A 24-foot obelisk will grace the southern Arizona skyline this year, offering new views of the Oro Valley horizon. The Arizona Heroes Memorial is on target to finish construction by late spring and will offer a plethora of activities for tourists and residents alike! Its scenic setting and landscaping will only be enhanced by…
February 2024, Features
In Passing – February 2024
Brinton Taylor Darlington Formerly of Augusta, Maine, and SaddleBrooke Ranch, Tucson, Ariz., Dr. Brinton Darlington left this world on Dec. 19, 2023, a few weeks before his 102nd birthday. Honesty, perseverance, thriftiness, and a dry sense of humor guided him throughout his life. His accomplishments were many: he became an Eagle Scout at the age of…