Nina Berghausen Join us Friday, Feb. 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. to see how Tucson photographer Rocky LaRose captures a taste of the world’s beauty through her lens. Rocky LaRose is a former athletic director/deputy athletic director at the University of Arizona. Rocky’s photographs were featured in the Arizona Wildlife Views calendar (sponsored by…
Category: February 2022
Features, February 2022
SBR Trio in Concert
Nancy Carlson Three residents from SaddleBrooke Ranch will perform a free concert on Saturday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. in the Sol Ballroom at the Ranch. Bruce and Nancy Carlson, and Ken Wilcox, sing as Carlson/Wilcox 47 … or CW-47. This talented trio has been together at the Ranch for 20 months, but their collective…
Sports, February 2022
SBRWGA Presents New Board of Directors
Beth Chamberlin In early January, the 2021 SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association (SBRWGA) Board of Directors handed over the reins to the newly elected 2022 board. The SBRWGA is a very active club at the Ranch. Every Tuesday is league day where players compete in various golf games. The leadership also hosts many fun tournaments…
Features, February 2022
Welcome New Neighbors
Please extend a warm welcome to the 25 homeowners who moved to SaddleBrooke Ranch in December 2021. They join us from 10 different states. New homeowners moving into SBR have a great program available to them for becoming familiar with their new community and surrounding area. Run and organized by enthusiastic volunteers, new homeowners can…
Generals, February 2022
Community Circle Players: Curious About the Upcoming Show ‘The Curious Savage’?
Andrea Molberg Bet you’re curious about Community Circle Players’ (CCP) production of the warm comedy The Curious Savage coming to SBR this March. In 2007, the production by SaddleBrooke PrimeTime Players was a big hit under the direction of Susan Shear. No doubt CCP’s revival will be as well. Since its opening on Broadway, audiences across…
Features, February 2022
Books, Books, and Memoirs
Karen Brungardt COVID-19 gave Karen a gift: Time on her hands because she had to stay home. She decided to take advantage and dug out her parents’ memoirs…yes, both of her parents each wrote a memoir! She edited them, taking their typed manuscripts and making them into books, adding photos and other information. Her mother,…
Clubs & Classes, February 2022
The Rock and Roll Dance Rocked the Ranch!
Scott Lowry In the words of that famous rock music philosopher, Bob Seger: “I still like that old time rock and roll, that kind of music just soothes the soul, I reminisce about the days of old, with that old time rock and roll.” Following Seger’s philosophy, on Jan. 12, the Sol Ballroom at the Ranch…
Clubs & Classes, February 2022
February 2022 Rotary Club
Solutions for the “Summer Slide” Barbara Barr Take Arizona’s hottest months and add school being out of session, and that equals a normal “summer slide” in reading scores for most students. The summer slide actually occurs throughout the U.S. That slide is even worse for students who are struggling to read or have no access…
Clubs & Classes, February 2022
9th Annual Holiday Lights Tour Twinkled and Glowed
Leslie Brown Do you remember bundling up and riding around in the family car to view the twinkling holiday lights? Over 100 golf carts and 200 SaddleBrooke Ranch residents lined up to traverse the Ranch and see all that glitters and glows for the 9th Annual Holiday Lights Tour via golf cart. This annual holiday…
Generals, February 2022
Need a Neck Pillow? SBR Mending Souls Will Make One
Linda Shannon-Hills and Dian Gowen In our busy community, residents come home tired. Take a bit of stress away with a neck pillow. The SBR Mending Souls volunteers are offering neck pillows to residents. You can also request a rehab pillow. Make a request by sending an email to Dian Gowen at [email protected] or Linda…