Category: July 2020

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

SBCO Salutes Volunteer Buzz Hackett Nancy McCluskey-Moore Gordon “Buzz” Hackett clearly enjoys performing community service. After arriving in SaddleBrooke 21 years ago, he was quickly recruited to serve on the SaddleBrooke Patrol. This position, which he held for 17 years, was a natural fit for a man who had a 20-year career with the U.S.…

Quilters Support Local Healthcare Workers & Patients

Quilt made by Marsha Webster for St. Mary’s End of Life Ministry.

Linda Eisenhart, Publicity Chair and Kathryn Von Bargen, President Service has always been at the core of the SaddleBrooke Friday Quilters’ group activities and they currently have eight projects that benefit 10 different local groups! This month we are featuring our medical facility beneficiaries. When the call went out in SaddleBrooke for masks, Quilt Club…

Donations Needed for Refugees Hit Hard by COVID-19 Pandemic

Leslie Fore The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone and especially the most vulnerable. The Santa Catalina Catholic Church Refugee Ministry (part of the Social Awareness and Justice Ministry) will be collecting items to help refugees who have suffered greatly due to loss of employment, crowded housing conditions, and a lack of basic necessities. The items…

CCP’s “An Evening of One Acts!” Features Five Directors

David Fuller and Carol Merlini are busy preparing for their new role as director. Each will direct one of the eight one-act plays in CCP's fall production “An Evening of One Acts.” (David's photographer: Susan Fuller; Carol's photographer: Richard Merlini)

And Two More Make…the Five Directors for CCP’s Fall Production “An Evening of One Acts!” Andrea Molberg Meet the other directors for this fall’s Community Circle Players’ (CCP) dinner theatre production. SaddleBrooke audiences have enjoyed David Fuller on stage in CCP’s dinner theatre performances, and this fall he will be in the director’s chair for…

Technology Club Awarded Pinal County Grant

Figure 1 original image on top with the optimized image using software

Linda Shannon-Hills The club was awarded funding to implement a Personal Digital Archiving Workstation from the Pinal County Board of Supervisors, under the Partner/External Agency Funding Program for Fiscal Year 2020-21. The Pinal County Board of Supervisors invites nonprofit service providers to apply for funding for specific projects or programs that provide measurable benefits to…

SBRWGA 2020 Del Sud Tournament

SBRWGA sponsor posters and golfers social distancing before round two.

Carol Mihal The SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association (SBRWGA) members recently participated in the Del Sud Tournament sponsored by the Southern District Women’s Golf Association (SDWGA) in southern Arizona. This is a two-day low net eclectic tournament which was played on June 9 and 16. An eclectic game results in one 18-hole score per player.…

ILR Meet the Instructor: Andrea Molberg

Dr. Andrea Molberg

Ken Marich The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) is proud to introduce Dr. Andrea Molberg as an instructor in the ILR. Andrea grew up in Bloomington, Minn., and raised her children outside of Rochester. After leaving the cold and snow of Minnesota, she moved to Orange County, Calif., to enjoy a warmer climate. To be…

SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild

Sunset acrylic

Karen Brungardt Art and Wine Events While many things have had to be postponed or cancelled due to coronavirus, the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild is resuming art activities with safety protocols in place, and limiting our Art and Wine events to small groups. SaddleBrooke Sunsets continue to be the subject for our next three Art…