Cathy Kauffman Under bright blue skies on April 15, a total of 108 players—27 teams from SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR), and 27 teams from Quail Creek—competed in the annual Pickleball Challenge at the Quail Creek Pickleball Club. The competition was hard-fought, and a good time was had by all. Each winning team earned two points per…
Kelly Reuter, a member of the Dinking Divas of SaddleBrooke Ranch, knows that in pickleball, it is all about the hat! (Photo by Debora Witten)
Helping San Manuel Classrooms Be Lockdown Prepared Barbara Barr Bengen What does a school do to prepare classrooms for lockdowns? And what does a school do when there is no budget for lockdown preparation or supplies? The school turns to Rotary, the world’s largest volunteer organization. And the school turns to the Rotary Club of…
Tom Graham Each year on Tuesday evening during Masters Week, a Champions Dinner is held. Tradition holds that the host is the prior year’s winner who selects the menu and pays the tab. This year the champions from the Updegraff Cup and the previously named SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) Club Championship gathered for…
Sandy Jessop It’s the worst club to be in; but the best club if you need it. The SBR Cancer Support Group, founded in 2015, is a community of caring, compassionate, and understanding SaddleBrooke Ranch residents who have at least one thing in common: cancer. Whether you have battled this disease yourself or have helped care for…
Linda Lyon Celebrating our nation’s Independence Day is great fun for most of us, but not usually for our four-legged friends. In fact, more pets get lost on the 4th of July than any other day of the year. This results in a surge in our shelters, or worse yet, animals running loose and perhaps…
Leslie Lefaive-Huerta Twenty-five disadvantaged children from Roadrunner Elementary School, Marana, Ariz., were escorted by Elks Lodge 2815 volunteers for an exciting shopping spree. Each child had a $140 shopping budget to buy clothes at Walmart at Oro Valley Marketplace. Walmart provided drinks and treats, plus donated 25 new pillows for each child. Crafty Critters made…
Rev. Suzanne Marlatt Stewart As the story goes, Charles Plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was shot down by a missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy military. He was captured and spent six years in a Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures…
Linda Harvey Timpanogos Cave National Monument, just south of Salt Lake City in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, just turned 100 years old. Among the various celebration activities, there will be Centennial Lantern tours at which visitors can explore the caves just as was done in the early years of cave tours—by the flicker of…
Linda Shannon-Hills You are loving our wonderful community, but do you know all that is available to you as a new resident? Don’t be overwhelmed with moving to SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR). It’s a new community, new state, new home—and we have information to help make settling into the new community easier. Come to the Newcomers…