Last Call for SBCO Walk for Kids Registration! Nancy McCluskey-Moore The SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) Walk for Kids (formerly known as The Walkathon) will be held at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29. This SBCO event helps support our programs benefiting youngsters from Catalina to the San Carlos Indian Reservation and the Miami school system.…
Rosemary Douglas Many residents of the Copper Corridor communities of Oracle, San Manuel, Mammoth, and Dudleyville face a double challenge. They live in a “food desert” and are also “food insecure.” Food deserts are areas where families have low access to supermarkets or large grocery stores and face significant obstacles to getting healthy foods. Food…
Melanie Einbund Why people of the Jewish Faith Observe Yom Kippur. Following Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is considered the most important holiday of the Jewish faith. The holiday marks the end of the 10 Days of Awe, a period of introspection and repentance. According…
Daniel Smejkal The SaddleBrooke Ranch Social Dance Club (SBRSDC) will sponsor a night of live music featuring Chuck Moses on Saturday, Oct. 22, in the Sol Ballroom. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with music beginning at 6 p.m. Chuck will be playing a wide variety of popular standards from the ’50s to present. All…
SaddleBrooke Ranch Pet Lovers in Action Each year, SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network holds a pet food drive benefiting the Pets in Need Action League (P.I.N.A.L.) which provides temporary pet food assistance to qualified residents of Pinal County who may be struggling to provide for their pets. This year’s pet food drive on Sept. 30 was…
Award-winning poet Janet Rives will present a poetry reading at Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church (14240 N. Oracle Rd. at Mountainaire) on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 1:30 p.m. Rives is the author of two poetry collections, “Into This Sea of Green: Poems from the Prairie” and “Washed by a Summer Rain.”
Linda Shannon-Hills and Dian Gowen The SBR Mending Souls group just celebrated their one-year anniversary as a SaddleBrooke Ranch group. We make charitable items to take to the Mending Souls headquarters in Tucson. They distribute items needed by various hospitals, foster care, schools, veterans’ groups, women’s shelters, and many other groups. Dian Gowen and Linda…
Karen Schickedanz Two new candidates from SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch are running in the November election for four-year terms on the Oracle School Board. Both Wendy Odell, a six-year SaddleBrooke resident, and Donna Pedota, a six-year SaddleBrooke Ranch resident, have extensive experience in public education and health care. Wendy grew up in Minnesota and attended…
Rev. Rachel Srubas In 1997, a handful of faithful residents of SaddleBrooke and environs established a worshiping fellowship that became Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church. On Sunday, Oct. 30, Mountain Shadows will celebrate 25 years as a congregation “centered in Christ, caring for community.” All are welcome to join the celebration, which will begin at 10…
Debora Witten To help make it clear when reserving the lap lanes for the outdoor pool, SaddleBrooke Ranch placed markers at the end of each lane. Tom Campbell and Laurie McCoy have been walking in the lap lanes for the past year for outdoor exercise. The clear lane markings help clarify the reserved lanes.