Charles Hendryx SaddleBrooke Ranch Line Dance Level 3 participants line danced in the La Hacienda Group Fitness Room for 1.5 hours on June 1. To show their appreciation to instructor Sandy Calemine, Sandy was presented a “Thank You” card for her many months of teaching line dance at the Ranch. In addition, a cake was…
Category: July 2024
July 2024, Features
The Act of Holding Space
Suzanne Marlatt Stewart Living in a 55+ community offers many opportunities to be a support for your neighbors and friends. We are at the age when more physical ailments occur. Also, people making their transition. Just on my side of the street in the last couple of years: one lost her younger brother, another her…
July 2024, Features
Word of the Month: Brook
David Zapatka While reading Esoteric Astrology by Alice A Bailey, I read, “He is instantly aware, once he is spiritually awakened, of his motivating impulses, and this leads him to an imposed self-discipline-the thing the Leo subject sorely needs and which must always be self-imposed and self-applied for he brooks no disciplinary measures which others…
Features, July 2024
Ranch Riders
Rhonda and Gary Hayes with Gary’s bike, a 2014 Harley Ultra Classic Electra Drive, and Rhonda’s bike, which is a 2013 Harley Heritage Classic. Gary’s bike is a law enforcement model available if you are retired with at least 15 years service of active law enforcement. Gary was in law enforcement. (Photo by Debora Witten)
July 2024, Features
New BBQ Restaurant in Florence
Debora Witten One city away in Florence, Ariz., a new barbecue restaurant opened called Your Behind BBQ Birds and Bones. The extraordinary BBQ is prepared by the award–winning BBQ pitmaster Kyle Mataszewski. Kyle with his dad, Jerry, have been winning BBQ cook–offs since 2014. Now, after a short drive to downtown Florence, you can experience…
July 2024, Front Page
What Is POP Tennis?
Deb McGiboney In POP Tennis, the court is a little smaller, the ball a little slower, the racquet a little shorter—which makes this sport the perfect combination for FUN! POP Tennis is a great starter sport for beginners of all ages, an easy way for social tennis players to switch up their routine, or an…
July 2024, Front Page
SBRMGA Hosts Thrilling Ryder Cup Tournament
Jack Dyck, Tony Salerno, Andy Bolland The greens were alive with excitement as the SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) recently hosted its annual Ryder Cup tournament, a thrilling three-day event that had golfers engaged in fierce competition on May 15, 16, and 23. With a total of 102 players, evenly split between 51 golfers…
July 2024, Features
Featured Dog Walkers
July 2024, Features
Getting Ready for the Fall ARTwalk!
July 2024, Features
Featured Artist: Patrice Meyer
Come and check out art by the SaddleBrooke Ranch Art Club’s featured artist for July, Patrice Meyer. Patrice arrived at the Ranch about a year and a half ago from Oro Valley. She has hit the ground running with activities available at the Creative Arts Center, participating in many of the clubs that are offered.…