Cowboy Tennis at the Ranch

SBRTA members enjoy Cowboy Night Tennis: Bob, Kucsmas, Wes Hurst, Tove Pape, Susan Swanson, Georgine Hurst, Vern Nulk and Alastair Stone.

Sandy Schlager On Monday evening, July 18, the SBRTA hosted “Cowboy Tennis.” Members dressed in their best western duds, sans the fabulous cowboy boots, and enjoyed playing tennis under the stars. Well, it was actually monsoon clouds, but the stars were there somewhere. Western/cowboy music played in the background. All participants agreed it was a…

Pool Players of the Brooke: Paul ‘Bankster’ Callas plays perfect against field of 18

Left to right: Bruce Fink, second place; Larry Tipton, fourth place; Paul “Bankster” Callas, first place; Tom “Half Jacket” Barrett, third place. Lurking in the background is Dominic “The Doctor” Borland sitting in his very familiar chair.

Joe Giammarino and Dominic Borland Pool Players of the Brooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch Billiards Club want to thank SaddleBrooke Ranch and our generous sponsors Tractor Supply Co. and Chuy’s Mesquite Broiler. On August 6, 2016 the SaddleBrooke Ranch hosted its fourth 8-Ball Tournament. Tournament directors were Dominic Borland and Joe Giammarino. The following strong field…

“Breaking News You Need to Know” at Citizens Awareness Forum

Garret Lewis; photo by Dan Culver

Carol Sorensen SaddleBrooke Ranch residents were pleased to hear local and national current events from a radio talk show host’s perspective on Thursday, August 4. “Breaking News You Need to Know,” Garret Lewis, the informative and always entertaining host of KNST Radio AM790 presented his views and answered our questions at the August meeting of…

Citizens Awareness Forum presents Clerk of the Superior Court

The next Citizens Awareness Forum will be Thursday, September 1, at 4:00 p.m. in the LaMesa/LaMontana Rooms for all SaddleBrooke Ranch residents. Amanda Stanford, Pinal County Clerk of the Superior Court, will be our speaker. She wishes to expand services to those areas in Pinal County that are currently underserved and will be speaking to…

Elks Club donations help fund Teens Sew Cool Program

Left to right: Linda Shannon-Hills, Sig Danielson, Exalted Ruler Elks, Kathleen Morgan Squires and Ira Cohen, Arizona Elks Major Projects

Several women from SaddleBrooke, SaddleBrooke Ranch and the Rancho Vistoso area are mentors for students learning to sew from teens to pre-teens living in the Oracle, San Manuel and Catalina schools. This 16-year program, called Teens Sew Cool, provides sewing classes to over 30-35 students in a nine-week session in the spring and another nine-week…