Linda Harvey The SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) National Parks Club is pleased to announce that it will be expanding its topics to include all Public Lands, including State Parks. * Our Jan. 13 meeting features two guests from Catalina State Park. Park Historian Pat Damiani will present a program entitled “Catalina State Park—Past, Present, Future.” Ranger…
M.C. Nelson SaddleBrooke Ranch Democrats invited Arizona Senate Democratic Leader Priya Sundareshan from Tucson’s Legislative District 18 to review the state of water locally and in Arizona. Priya, a Tucson native, has taught natural resource law at the University of Arizona and previously advocated for sustainable resource management with the Environmental Defense Fund. She holds…
Donna Pedota The Minnesota Club met for a Holiday Happy Hour and some fun (but challenging) holiday Minnesota-focused trivia questions. We played two rounds of themed questions such as “What would be the percentage of having a White Christmas across Minnesota?” “What famous Christmas movie was filmed in Minnesota?” and “What do Swedish children leave…
Mary (Twink) Gates Carols, Cocktails, and Canapes kicked off the holiday season for 42 members of the British Club at the home of Lynne Pendlebury and Mike Sachse on Dec. 2 at 5 p.m. It was so much fun with each member being decked out with choices of necklaces of flashing Christmas lights, headdresses of…
Karen Daly Peltier Are you intrigued by family history? Always wondered how your family came here and what they left behind? Are you unsure how to even start building your family tree? Then this is the place for you! The SaddleBrooke Ranch Genealogy Club, Ranch Roots, will host a Beginning Genealogy class on Jan. 7…
Joyce Wainscott Intensely observant, intellectually curious, precisely diagnostic, and laser-focused on problem solving: all terms defining Ron Lenz, past president of SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary. Ron was born in Wisconsin in 1947; his brother Russell in 1955. Their father was a sheet metal worker, their mother a homemaker. In 1957 Ron’s family moved to the maternal…
Debbie McGrady, Certified Personal Trainer Well it is that time of year again! Time for that New Year’s resolution. Especially time and opportunity to make this the best year ever! As we all know, as we age it becomes even more important to keep our bodies healthy as well as maintaining a healthy brain. One…
Ken Robinson, President The SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) Republican GOP Club will host Rodney Glassman for Attorney General on Wednesday, Jan. 28. Rodney Glassman is married to his law school sweetheart, Sasha, and the father of two teenage daughters, Rose and Ruth. Professionally, Rodney has been a practicing litigation attorney for almost two decades and also…
Nancy Borcalli A message from Sheila K. Muehling, President Saddlebrooke Ranch Conservatives (SBRC) “As we close out 2025, and look ahead to a new year, we also turn the page on an important chapter in the history of conservatives at SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR). With great anticipation for what 2026 will bring, I’m pleased to share…
Janet Knowles Mrs. Edie Crall of SaddleBrooke was recently honored by Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) for her dedicated service to children in the Oracle School District. Mrs. Crall accepted the DAR Community Service Award on Nov. 13, at a meeting of the DAR El Presidio Chapter, held at the Sun City, Oro Valley…