Category: December 2023

Thanks for Another Incredible Cancer Fundraiser!

Sandy Jessop For eight years, the Cancer Support Group has come together to raise funds and awareness for various cancers. 2023 was no exception. We began promoting the annual Cancer Support Group Golf Cart Ride and Cancer Walk several months before these events. We were pleasantly surprised at the number of residents who registered for…

SBR Memories Matter Team … You Matter!

Florence Messer To say that we are proud of the support and generosity from our friends and family would be an understatement. Our loss of our daughter, Michelle, to Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease is, and always will be, a nightmare. But our fight for a different future has helped to turn our grief into a purpose.…

Word of the Month: Bildungsroman

David Zapatka Reader, friend, and fellow bridge player, Gayle Covey, writes, “This is a really favorite word; bildungsroman. My friend Judy taught me this word several years ago … and now it comes up all the time! All those YA (Young Adult) fiction writers, turning books into films … and, of course, it is the word describing…

A Halloween Party Tale

Leslie Brooks This is a story that was almost dead on arrival … well at least some parts of it were, had the evil Count Dracula (pictured above) resumed his bloody way. But, thankfully, just in the nick of time, two sprightly, and dare I say cute, skeletal forms clattered down the Grill House hall…

“It’s Elementary My Dear Watson”

Bill Rogers Meet Watson, an 8-year-old English Setter frequently seen at Ed’s Dogs with mom and dad Nancy and Bill Rogers. Watson loves to lick an empty Ed’s Dogs gelato cup. He is also an AKC Therapy Dog. Before moving to SaddleBrooke Ranch from California in January 2021, Nancy and Watson volunteered every week for…

Playing Pool

Debora Witten The guys meet most afternoons. On this day, Larry Tipton, Phil Jelleff, Gene Renner, Jim Mabbit, Mike Bosky, and Bruce Keller played. Other pool players include Karl Knight, Jim Kaufman, and Tim Connolly.

Happy Birthday To You! – December 2023

Neighbors Sharing the Same Birthday Weekend Debora Witten Shown here are Sharon Steen, Vida Kaczmarek, and the birthday boys, Jeff Kaczmarek, age 75, and David Steen, age 65. Nothing But Love in the Room Oh, what a night of fun! Gayle Richey hosted an early birthday party for Debora Witten. Present were Judy Abadia, Sharon…