Janelle Authur Sixteen Ranch Mah Jongg players participated in the SBR Spring 2019 Mah Jongg Tournament on Thursday, May 9, at the home of Gail Latimer. All agreed the tournament was a rousing success. Players racked up their tiles for five rounds of play (four games per round) completing 20 games by the end of…
Doug May Two engineering students from the University of Arizona spoke to The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke. They have completed an Engineering Design course as seniors. Each is graduating and moving on to further studies. Two young ladies, Olivia Talarico and Genevieve Wahlert, were members of a five person interdisciplinary design team. This team designed…
Linda Shannon-Hills Moving into a new community is exciting, especially meeting new people from around the United States and Canada. As our SaddleBrooke Ranch grows, finding common interests and backgrounds pulls us closer together as neighbors and that is what neighbors found when they joined the SaddleBrooke Ranch Colorado Club. We are not an official…
Camille Esterman On April 29, the Ranchette Putters were hosted by the Lady Putters of MountainView in an event titled “Cinco de Puttero.” Raised golf clubs formed a gauntlet leading to the putting green at SaddleBrooke Two, where a family of deer provided unexpected entertainment. After the deer retreated, a sea of pink shirts took…
Kim Schweitzer On April 22, the SaddleBrooke Ranch Democratic Club moved into the Bistro at the Hacienda Club for a regular meeting and social get together. Over 60 club members and Ranch residents attended for snacks, conversation and to learn about what is going on in our county and state. For the first time and…
Lowell Sletten The Table Tennis clubs from SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch faced off for the second time in April with the SaddleBrooke Club hosting the event. A total of 19 singles and doubles matches were played. The two clubs were evenly matched with SaddleBrooke Ranch being victorious in 11 matches and SaddleBrooke managing eight wins.…
Rebecca Williams On Thursday, May 9, the Rancheros and SaddleBrooke Square Dance Clubs graduated 45 new dancers. The new dancers did 16 weeks of lessons to learn the basic and mainstream calls of square dancing. During that time, they learned over 90 calls. Club members assisted in the lessons by filling in the squares so…
Kim Schweitzer One of Oracle’s longest running traditions, the Oracle Oaks Festival, was held on a beautiful Saturday afternoon and evening at the Oracle Community Center. It is a celebration of nature, landscapes and our diverse and ever-changing community. This year’s activities were planned by a new group of volunteers, which included SaddleBrooke Ranch residents…