Round-up—Holiday Cart Parade

Linda Shannon-Hills The weekend fanfare began on Dec. 13 with the SaddleBrooke Ranch Holiday Parade leaving the new Ranch House with five electric carts and two bicycle entries decorated for the holidays   At 2 p.m., the procession left the Creative Arts and Technology Center and went around Amenity Drive. As always, we had many clever…

Glowing in the Dark

First place winners (front): Mike and Lori Eby, (back): Larry and Sandee Bickelhaupt (photo by Camille Esterman and Connie Garrison)

Camille Esterman Unfavorable weather conditions and re-seeding operations limited the times the Ranchette Putters could meet in October and November. However, a Moonlight Couples Putting Event provided a great opportunity for everyone to putt, socialize, and ‘glow’ in the dark. The event was limited to 54 couples, who were assigned to teams of four or…

A “Novel” Way to Look at Your Faith Walk

Judy Miller If you’re puzzled about how to live out your daily faith walk and would like to hear how other Christian “walkers” are doing it, come to Judy Miller’s home on Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 1:30 p.m. to preview the novel, Sensible Shoes by Sharon Garlough Brown. It follows the stories of four women as…

Gold Sponsor Joins Putters for Brunch

Allison Honeycutt, from Golf Cars of Arizona, enjoys brunch with Linda Santevanac, Vice President of the Ranchette Putters.

Camille Esterman In spite of the fact that the SaddleBrooke Ranch putting green was closed, 80 Ranchette Putters enjoyed a holiday burrito brunch with Allison Honeycutt, from Golf Cars of Arizona. Breakfast options included sausage, ham, bacon, or vegetarian burritos—all accompanied with salsa and prepared at the Bistro. As the general manager and service manager at the…

Mahjongg Players Score at the Ranch

Participants are (left to right) Janelle Authur, Gale Hall, Elaine Brown, Betty Ryan, Janice Neal, Kate Thomson (third place overall tournament), Gail Latimer, Judie Townsend, Alyce Grover, Debbie Shelton (first place overall tournament), Brenda Pooler, Bonnie Goldman, Sharon Farber, Nancy Stirling (tied for second place overall tournament), Linda Sentivanac, Kathy Keasling (tied for second place overall tournament), Marie Astaire, Monica Gustafson, Nancy Carol, and Rainie Warner.

Janelle Authur Twenty Ranch mahjongg players participated in the SBR Fall 2019 Mahjongg Tournament on Nov. 14 in the Escondido Room at the Ranch House Grill and Brewery. The tournament was the third sponsored by the SBR Mahjongg Club and, given the continued success of the event, plans are underway for a fourth tournament on Thursday,…

SaddleBrooke Ranch Adopt–A–Family “Wrap up”

Kim Schweitzer “Adopting” a family for Christmas is an incredible way to help our neighbors and feel good about doing it. This year, Linda Russell, the Adopt–A–Family coordinator asked me if the residents at SaddleBrooke Ranch could fulfill all the children’s wishes from Mountain Vista School in Oracle. In the past, residents of SaddleBrooke and…