Join your Southeast Pinal County (formerly SB/SBR) Master Gardeners for our Spring Garden Fair. You can attend the event on Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to noon at the SaddleBrooke Two MountainView Clubhouse in the Ballroom West and on the patio. The clubhouse is located at 38759 S Mountain View Blvd., in SaddleBrooke. There is no charge.…
Category: March 2024
March 2024, Front Page
Battle for the Saddle March 27 through 30
Saddle up and join in the fun at the 2nd annual Battle for the Saddle to be held March 27 through 30 at the SaddleBrooke Tennis Center at 64335 E. SaddleBrooke Blvd. Doubles teams from SaddleBrooke Ranch and SaddleBrooke will face off in friendly competition to win the coveted Battle for the Saddle trophy. Spectators are…
March 2024, Clubs & Classes
The S.O.B. Club Adventures
Cheryl Stroben What is the “S.O.B.” club you might ask? We’re the SaddleBrooke Off-Road Bunch … along with a few SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) members! We are a lively, adventurous, and fun Jeep off-road group. The club started at SaddleBrooke around 2004 and now includes SBR members. My hubby and I are what you would call “newbies” to the…
March 2024, Front Page
Spring into Health at the Health & Wellness Fair on March 9!
Linda Shannon-Hills, SBR Health & Wellness Fair Committee The Ranch is a very active and friendly community, but more and more residents are finding they need to find medical resources to maintain, improve, and thrive in their health and wellness. To meet the needs of our residents, SBR Neighbors Helping Neighbors is hosting the first…
March 2024, Clubs & Classes
Conservative/Republican Club News
Nancy Borcalli Please note that the SaddleBrooke Ranch Conservatives in Action (SBR CIA) (formerly SBR Women of Action) has day and time changes beginning in March. Invitation from CJ Utecht, President, and Nancy Borcalli, VP Starting in March 2024, SBR CIA will meet on the fourth Thursday of each month at 3:30 p.m. The meetings will be…
March 2024, Sports
Relishing Pickleball: Countering the Slice Shot
David Zapatka Last month we discussed hitting slice returns of serve and dinks. This month we are discussing how to counter the opponent’s slice returns and dinks. Consider using these strategies to counter the opponent’s slice shots. * Hit through the spin using a flat drive shot. By driving the ball, you are countering the…
March 2024, Features
Essential Oils in the Laundry Room
JoAnne Gaudioso Doing laundry may not always be the most exciting way to spend your time, but it is a task everyone has to face on a weekly or perhaps even daily basis. You can enhance your laundry routine with the cleansing power of essential oils. The most common benefit of using essential oils in…
March 2024, Generals
Did You Know?: SaddleBrooke Ranch to Hold First Health & Wellness Fair
Linda Shannon-Hills, SBR Neighbors Helping Neighbors New residents move to the Ranch and may not know where to start to find new physicians, specialists, and more. Help will be available during the first SBR Health & Wellness Fair on Saturday, March 9, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Ranch House Sol Ballroom. Look for more information on…
Clubs & Classes, March 2024
Western Dancers Kick Off 2024 Boot Scootin’
Janelle Authur Ranch Western dancers continued to wear the leather off their cowboy boots with some major boot scootin’ at the January and February 2024 SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) Social Dance Club’s Western dances. On Jan. 12, Anthony Taylor Jr. and the Good Ol’ Boys brought their steel guitar and honkey tonkin’ back to the Sol Ballroom…
Features, March 2024
Word of the Month: Apricity
David Zapatka Friend and fellow pickleball player, Natasha Thompson, writes, “‘Apricity’ means warmth of the sun in winter. Did I expand your vocabulary?” Yes, you have, Tash, and I expect you will be expanding our readers’ vocabulary with this word as well. Maybe you will even bring it back into use as it has fallen…