CCSB Tours Tri-Community Food Bank

Kathy Doran The Mission Committee from the Community Church at SaddleBrooke (CCSB) went on a tour of the Tri-Community Food Bank (TCFB) in Mammoth, AZ. Our committee frequently tours the missions that CCSB supports to learn the needs of the various missions. “Let no child go to bed hungry” is TCFB’s mission statement. The TCFB…

Pickleball Association Hot Fun In The Sun

Ron Green The SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association held its first annual “pool party” on August 23, 2017. The “hot fun in the summertime” party took place at the Hacienda Pool. In place of the pickleball courts and nets the activities planned for our members were water volleyball, water aerobics, and water relay races. Weather for…

Blue Teams and Brats dominate Labor Day Softball Tourney

Competitive game: Harold Weinenger reaches to tag runner Don Jones as he stirs up the dust at third base. Photo by Dennis Purcell

Carol Chiarello A record crowd braved the hot and humid weather to watch three (mildly) exciting softball games at the annual Labor Day Softball Tournament sponsored by the SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association (SSSA). Dozens of volunteers helped to make this a fun day at the ballpark. Thank you to Doug Wagers, the Window Wizard, and…

Gospel Rescue Mission visits  Community Church at SaddleBrooke

Pastor Roy Tullgren

Dick Kroese Pastor Roy Tullgren, Executive Director of Gospel Rescue Mission, shared with the Community Church at SaddleBrooke (CCSB) congregation that things were going well at the Mission and they are always busy meeting the needs of the homeless and working poor. The Mission provides over 350,000 meals and 70,000 bed nights of shelter each…

Oracle School District

Amy and Katarina

Dennis Blauser, School Superintendent Once again the Oracle Schools Foundation and its forward thinking members have stepped up big. Three years ago Foundation member Alan Levenson came up with the idea of having the teachers choose an academically strong and motivated middle school student to participate in a program that would help set them on…

Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge remembers firefighters on 9/11

Pictured at SaddleBrooke Ranch fire station are, from left: Kayla Hudson, Cheryl Hudson, PER Gloria Cisneros, Brooke Hudson, Thomas Matthews, Capt. Lenny Fimbres and Cory Kapple.

Pat Cox Members of Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge No. 2815 prepared and delivered turkey dinners with all the trimmings to 10 fire stations in the Golder Ranch Fire District on the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. These dedicated men and women provide service to Catalina, Oro Valley, SaddleBrooke and southern Pinal County. The…