Category: July 2018

SaddleBrooke Ranch WGA and MGA Mixed Sticks

Cathy Kerley and Tom Graham The SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association and Men’s Golf Association joined together teeing up the first Mixed Sticks special event on June 4, 2018. The format was a challenging single day Ryder Cup match play event. Players were divided into two teams, the Red Team and the Blue team based…

Newest CCP performers loved the experience

Andrea Molberg Community Circle Players sold out all its shows of The Mafioso Murders held at SaddleBrooke One’s Vistas and SaddleBrooke TWO’s MV Ballroom in April. Some are already thinking about becoming a part of next year’s production. SaddleBrooke’s live theatre group boasts it has veteran and new performers alike. What was it like to join…

Garden enthusiasts welcome to attend class on July 19th

  Margaret Larmour The Gardeners Exchange of SaddleBrooke Ranch in conjunction with the SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners welcomes you to attend “The Weird, Wacky, and Wonderful World of Soil, Fertilization and Amendments,” by self-proclaimed, plant nerd, Brendan Woltman, on Thursday, July 19 at 1:00 p.m., MountainView Ballroom West, SaddleBrooke. Brendon is knowledgeable in the field…

Ranchette Putters May winners

Camille Esterman This year the month of May mimicked March by ‘roaring in like a lion and leaving like a lamb’. Brave club members dressed in winter clothes and battled strong cold winds in the first 8:00 a.m. putting session of the season. Thankfully sunny skies followed, and putters enjoyed seasonably warm weather the rest…

Shalom Club Goes To The Movies

Kim Schweitzer On a beautiful evening in June, 18 members of The Shalom Club went out for dinner and a movie in Oro Valley. We enjoyed a great meal at The Keg where the company was warm, entertaining and fun to be with. Mel Brooks’ original film The Producers was shown on the big screen as…

OPMC Miatas Club needs you!

Carol Thompson The Old Pueblo Mazda Miata Club (OPMC) held its latest dinner meeting at the Barnfire restaurant on Contaro Drive. Before dinner, thirty plus members and their cars met out in the parking lot to ‘kick tires’ and discuss upcoming events. Many of the club members are SaddleBrooke residents but some are from the…

How does your garden grow?

Louise Grabell, Pinal County Master Gardener Strange things are happening [remember that line…Red Buttons]. It’s so darn hot outside that I decided to tell you about some strange things…as gardening goes…that you might enjoy over a cool glass of iced tea inside your cool house. Before I begin, a few garden reminders for this monsoon…

PNW Club celebrates spring with BBQ

Corine Sturdivant “Spring is nature’s way of saying let’s party.” – Robin Williams Party we did! The Pacific Northwest Club (PNW) held their springtime barbecue in late April at the home of Larry and Sharon Marchant who graciously welcomed 44 guests into their home. Chefs extraordinaire Larry Marchant, Mark Johnson and Bob Pritchard cooked up…

Arizona Pathfinders conducting five – day tour

  Bob Stuart Arizona Pathfinders, a nonprofit volunteer group of the Arizona Historical Society, is conducting a five-day tour (Tuesday-Saturday) on September 25-29, 2018 to the Sacramento Mountain Area, New Mexico. Join us for an adventuresome tour to this region, in south central New Mexico, east of the White Sands Missile Range. Sierra Blanca Peak,…

SBRTA Poker Tennis Social

Susan Pharr Filling all four courts Friday, June 8, the SBRTA held a Poker Tennis Social that was fun for all. Players rotated courts and partners collecting two playing cards for a Win and one playing card for a loss until the final match was over and it was time to play Poker. The group…