SaddleBrooke Master Gardeners are volunteers for University of Arizona Pinal Cooperative Extension. They assist the public with University research-based, home horticulture information through educational programs and projects. You don’t have to be an expert gardener to become a Master Gardener volunteer; you only need a desire to learn and to help others. The next Master…
May 2015
Pickleball Club makes great showing at 3rd annual tournament
Linda Shannon-Hills The SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Club members continue their success in area Pickleball tournaments. March 18-22, 2015 – Robson Ranch third annual tournament. Twenty-one players from the SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Club competed in Women’s Doubles, Men’s Double and Mixed Doubles. In Men’s 3.0 Double, Bob Hills and Paul Frederickson won the Bronze medal The…
May 2015
New activity: Outside the Box
Ross A. Messer We don’t discuss politics or religion, but we have compelling discussions on interesting topics, and by listening with openness, respect and curiosity, we learn a lot from each other. If you enjoy “thinking outside the box,” if you believe that there are a lot of really intelligent people here at Saddlebrooke Ranch,…
May 2015
SBRTA holds quarterly meeting
Janice Neal The SBRTA quarterly meeting was held on April 1 in La Hacienda Club. Forty percent of our membership was able to attend. Several new members were welcomed to the group. We have grown by 25% to date this year. Quite a bit of the meeting was spent discussing the expansion of our tennis…
Front Page, May 2015
6th Annual SBRMGA Community Golf Tournament a huge success
A cool, windy April 12 brought out 88 golfers to play in the sixth annual Community Golf Tournament to raise money for the SaddleBrooke Community Outreach-Education Division to fund scholarships for local area high school students who are pursuing additional education. This is is a significant increase over the 20 participants in 2010, the first…
May 2015
Another successful food drive
Stephen Groth Two hundred nine bags/boxes of food and $1,115 were collected from Ranchers this year for SaddleBrooke Community Outreach’s annual food drive in March. The food drive supports the Tri Community Food Bank in Mammoth providing one basket of food once a month for families in Mammoth, Oracle, San Manuel and surrounding towns. Our…
Front Page, May 2015
3rd Annual Club Expo continues to grow
The third annual SaddleBrooke Ranch Club Expo held on March 31 was a great success with 46 groups and clubs showcasing their individual activities. This was an opportunity for the clubs and organizations located in the community to gather in one place and tell their stories. This year there seemed to be a celebratory feel…
May 2015
Colorado Club and Bocce
Linda Shannon-Hills Bocce is an ancient Italian game. So why were the members of the Colorado Club playing Bocce on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Arizona? Because it is fun! With teams of two, eight teams of club members headed to SaddleBrooke HOA One for a two-hour friendly competition. Alastair and Helga Stone helped the…
April 2015
Great Apache Heritage Celebrations Tour – May 8-9
Arizona Pathfinders, a non-profit volunteer group of the Arizona Historical Society, is conducting a two-day tour of the Great Apache Heritage Celebrations at Fort Apache, on 8-9 May 2015. The first day we visit the Besh-Ba-Gowah Archeological Park in Globe, AZ then have lunch at DeMarcos restaurant in Globe, AZ. We then travel to Show…
April 2015
SBCO help us help our kids
Nan Nasser For many years SaddleBrooke Community Outreach has been recycling aluminum cans to help support our programs for needy children in neighboring communities. We have worked well with Tucson Iron and Metal and recently received a note saying that our current receipt for $840 should have been for $1,440, but there was so much…