Category: August 2017

Arizona Public Media returns to SaddleBrooke

Barbara Williams Arizona Public Media is bringing two new programs to SaddleBrooke. On September 9, from 2:00-4:00 p.m., AZPM covers the Vietnam War at SaddleBrooke Activities Center. AZPM Director and General Manager Jack Gibson will preview clips from the new Ken Burns documentary, The Vietnam War, and AZPM’s original companion documentary, Arizona and the Vietnam War, both…

Summer activities for Partners Western Dance

Harry and Dottie Adams

Jane Gromelski, Partners Western Dance Club President. Partners Western Dance Club will continue dancing in the summer months in the MountainView Ballroom on Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. These are not classes but informal practices. Since the Fitness Room will be renovated, the group has moved to the Ballroom, but check with Dottie for dates. Harry…

Verde Valley Venture Tours itinerary

Arizona Pathfinders Inc., a nonprofit volunteer group of the Arizona Historical Society, is conducting a five-day tour on October 23-27, 2017 to the Verde Valley. Join us for an eventful tour to this region in the central transitional region of Arizona. Highlights: Day one – Travel to Arcosanti between Phoenix, AZ and Camp Verde, AZ for…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

A “College for Kids” classroom

SBCO supports “College for Kids” Each summer Central Arizona College Foundation offers a two-week science enrichment program, “College for Kids,” for 50 children between the ages of seven and 11. Students from Oracle, San Manuel, Mammoth, Dudleyville, Hayden, Kearney and Superior come to the Central Arizona College campus to participate in hands-on activities led by…

Master Gardener Program

Want to become a Master Gardener? Barb Nicholson, Pinal County Master Gardener Master Gardeners are your neighbors and friends who have taken it upon themselves to complete the requirements for Master Gardener certification. If you are interested in becoming a Master Gardener volunteer then you are invited to enroll in the Master Gardener Training Course…

Ranch Roots: reviewing our Family History Center trip

This month members of the SaddleBrooke Ranch Genealogy Club visited the LDS Family History center on Magee Road in Tucson. At our August 28 meeting we’ll recap the results of our trip to the Family History Center. Bring the results from your research there, and of course, whatever other finds and questions you may have…

Come play volleyball

Pat Tiefenbach Low key, mildly competitive and open to men and women who want to play for fun and exercise. We play Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Mountain Vista School Gymnasium in Oracle, carpooling from SaddleBrooke Ranch. A fee of $2 per night, payable the evening of play, is charged for non-annual…