Community News Melanie Einbund Bonnie Lasky has been an ardent supporter of B’nai Midbar, encouraging ‘All Things New.’ Bonnie created our website, our Jewish Links newsletter, Books of Remembrance, and so many other items that I’ve lost track. Her energy, creativity, and go-getter attitude have amazed us as we try to keep up with her.…
May 2026, Religion
New Vista UMC Sermon Series: “Learning to Love Boldly”
Rev. Mary Dotson When I was in my 40s, I entered seminary. It was an American Baptist seminary, but the student body was quite ecumenical, including Lutherans, Presbyterians, United Methodists, and other denominations. It was during a semester in Systematic Theology that I sensed my understanding of God—and God’s work in and through all of…
Religion, May 2026
What’s on Your Mind?
Suzanne Marlatt Stewart Join us for a renewed format designed for a meaningful and heart-centered experience, including prayer and meditation, a short inspirational message, and time for deepening discussion. It’s an opportunity to pause, reconnect spiritually, and engage in uplifting conversation in a welcoming community setting. Whether you have joined us before or this would…
May 2026, Features
Welcome New Neighbors
Linda Shannon-Hills Welcome to our new homeowners moving into our beautiful community in the last few months. We have a wonderful welcome program for all new residents to SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR). On March 26, new and soon-to-be residents attended the Newcomers Welcome Gathering. Please welcome them. Each month, the Newcomers Welcome Volunteers hold a gathering…
May 2026, Features
Trico’s Apprentice Lineworkers Excel at State Rodeo
Trico Electric Cooperative hosted the Arizona Lineman’s Rodeo on March 25. This event gathers Apprentice Lineworkers from electric cooperatives, electric districts, and tribal utilities across Arizona to showcase their skills and knowledge in events based on traditional linemen tasks like pole climbing, hurt-man rescue, and cross-arm change out, while promoting safety and camaraderie. “Being able…
May 2026, Features
Nature’s Way: Thorns and Blooms: The Allure of Arizona Cacti
Gerry Tietje It has been said that everything in the desert either bites, stings, stabs, or sticks, and that certainly includes cacti, which have spines that are hooked, barbed, and sharp. Who hasn’t walked out into the desert without acquiring a prickly sphere on a pant leg or shoe? Cacti (Cactaceae) are succulents that store…
Sports, May 2026, Features
2 Your Health – May 2026
Healthy Ways to Start Your Day Dr. Rose Bricker, Blue Lemon Therapy The first five minutes in the morning is an opportunity to ground yourself, lower your stress, and improve the quality of your day. The following information can dramatically impact your health, longevity, peace, and joy. There are six simple habits that you can…
May 2026, Features
Dollars and Sense: Enrolling in Medicare (Part 1)
Leah Kari, licensed insurance agent and retired pharmaceutical representative Part 1 of 2 This article is the first installment in a two-part series on enrolling in Medicare. For a comprehensive understanding of the enrollment process, please refer to the following month’s issue of this publication, which will feature Part 2 and provide detailed guidance on…
Features, Sports, May 2026
The Ranch Riders Ride to Apache Junction
John Atwell On April 2 the Ranch Riders group rode up the “Copper Corridor” (Hwy 77) north to Superior and then over to Apache Junction to the Rusty Buckle Saloon. The round trip put about 200 miles on our bikes. The bikes included Harleys, BMWs, Triumph, and KTM.
May 2026, Features
From Life to Page: New Books by Local Writers
Crossing Horizons—A 1970s Odyssey by Corrine Glesne is the most recent book to emerge from a local writing group. Glesne’s travel memoir traces six years in the early 1970s, when she hitchhiked across Europe, lived on a kibbutz, and traveled overland by third-class trains and buses through Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan. She followed this period…