Colorado Club Beats the Heat

Linda Shannon-Hills At the Ranch this summer, we have been suffering through the blistering heat and humidity. To cool off, we scheduled a Colorado Club Beat the Heat Happy Hour while also celebrating Colorado Day. We had a great crowd come to the La Mesa room at La Hacienda Club, to wipe off the sweat and…

Square Dance Banner Raid!

Carole Hays and Rebecca Williams On July 31, 16 square dancers from the Mesa Checkmates Square Dance Club drove down from Mesa to join the Rancheros and SaddleBrooke Squares dance clubs for a night of square dancing. It has long been a square dance tradition that if a club brings two squares (16 dancers) to…

What Is the Medicare Donut Hole?

Leah Sugar Kari Medicare’s Donut Hole (aka the Coverage Gap) is a term that prompts curiosity or apprehension among Medicare beneficiaries. The cake donut is generally round with an empty center or hole. There is something to eat on both sides and nothing in the middle. This metaphorically describes a gap in a prescription drug…

Rotary Club September 2022

Happy New Year—Happy New Rotary Year, That Is! Barbara Barr Each and every June 30 at midnight, Rotary International passes the gavel to new presidents and officers as we start the new Rotary Year. Rotarians around the world celebrate the event with special dinners and parties. This year the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke celebrated with…

First Stop: Ed’s Dogs

Debora Witten Larry Steinberg has been playing pickleball since 2016. Larry is a retired social worker psychotherapist from New York and got interested in pickleball immediately after he moved to SaddleBrooke Ranch. Larry plays three to four times a week, and after pickleball he makes Ed’s Dogs his first stop. Looking for a cold drink…

Unit Happenings

First Residents on East Travertine Street Homeowners from Unit 18B celebrate the closing for Laurie and Gary Truax. Unit 18A’s First Meet and Greet Ma rie Mantoura Although a monsoon was brewing in the distance, about 50 friends and neighbors came out for our first of many gatherings of Unit 18A, most of us meeting…