Category: 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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Catalina Mountain Elks’ Gifts for Veterans

As of Dec. 20, 2021, our donations to veterans totaled $123,822 for our Lodge year! Included in our total donation is $4,129 for new, warm clothes and food for our homeless veterans. Every year, the Veterans Committee is asked to shop for veterans living at the Arizona State Veterans Home on the VA campus. Belinda…