Category: January 2022

SBRMGA Club Championship

Tom Graham In a year of COVID and course improvements, the SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) was still able to conduct its premier event—the Club Championship Nov. 3 and 4. The Club Championship is a two-day low gross tournament. It’s open to all full members with a separate championship flight, and four additional flights…

Are Sentimental Items Really Clutter?

Linda Shannon-Hills Have you heard the term, “sentimental clutter”? You no doubt have such items in your home. Is an object sentimental to you, but you don’t need it or perhaps you don’t even like it? Of all the habits that cause people to hold on to clutter, an emotional attachment to items such as gifts,…

New Board Members Elected for the Technology Club

Linda Shannon-Hills In December, the SBR Technology Club voted for new members of the board of directors, welcoming Alastair Stone and Jeff Kaczmarek. Remaining on the board are Maria Astaire, Ellyn Biggs, Richard Brosnahan, Dave Richey, Bruce Strickland, and Barbara Whitehead. Thanks goes to existing board of directors, Carol Andrews and Tony Pietrzykoski, for their…

Jewish War Veterans Welcomes Administrator for Homeless Veterans

Sunday morning, Jan. 16, Jewish War Veterans (JWV) Copper State Post 619 will welcome speaker Joselyn Wilkinson, who serves as the homeless veteran program administrator for the State of Arizona and the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services. Arizona is in the top three of fastest growing states in the country. With this, accompanied by inflation, comes an…

Community Circle Players

Dinner Theatre Fall Show Was Sold Out! Andrea Molberg Community Circle Players (CCP) quickly sold out its fall dinner theatre production An Evening of One Acts. Over the six November nights, 724 attended the show in the MountainView Ballroom. Eight one-act plays—some funny, some thought-provoking—made up this unique production which had one producer, five directors,…

Putters Rally in October

Camille Esterman October turned out to be an ideal month to resume putting activities on the SBR 18-hole green. After a very long hiatus due to COVID and the conditions on the course, the Ranchette Putters turned out in force to putt and socialize. Enthusiastic ladies showed up and attended enough weekly sessions to qualify…

2021 Was a Busy Year for SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary

Maggie de Block Fighting hunger, increasing literacy, helping homeless veterans, and caring for our community. SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary members were busy volunteering in 2021 with our service projects that ranged from the Mammoth Food Bank to increasing literacy in the Southern Copper Corridor. Our work began on Jan. 6 at the Mammoth Food Bank, where we…

Thank You SBRPA Volunteers

Kim Ahlgrim-Heine On behalf of our 2022 board members, I’d like to thank the SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association (SBRPA) board members, committee chairs, and committee members who served our club in 2021. Besides all the day-to-day things, they had to contend with the results of the wind storm, continued COVID precautions, and a huge surge…