Day-into-night star party set for March 5 at Oracle State Park

Val Bembenek March activities at Oracle State Park Center for Environmental Education open on Saturday, March 5, with a special-event star party featuring live music, kids’ activities, and night-sky star viewing. This is one more event in celebration of the park being designated an International Dark Sky Park. Like all other events this month, it’s…

Spring Arts and Crafts Fair

Eve Fly If you miss the spring SaddleBrooke Arts and Crafts Fair, you’ll be missing a lot of talent! Our show has over 100 talented SaddleBrooke residents plying their wares. What makes this show different is that so many different medias are represented. You’ll find sculpture, authors signing their books, carved wood, fused and blown…

Easter program at Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church

Nan Nasser In the Christian religion Easter is a time to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead as described in the New Testament. The 40 days preceding Easter Sunday are known as Lent, a period of fasting, prayer and penance. Palm Sunday is the week prior to Easter, when people gladly welcomed…

Award – winning author featured at FSL author luncheon

William “Kent” Krueger will be the guest speaker at the FSL author luncheon on Monday, March 14, 2016. He is the New York Times best-selling author of 14 mysteries in the Cork O’Connor Series, including Tamarack County and Windigo Island. His novel, Ordinary Grace, won the 2014 Edgar Award as well as the Barry, Anthony and…

Calendar Girls they dropped everything for a good cause

Carol Andrews and Jim Barrett; photo by Steve Weiss

In all the years that The PrimeTime Players have produced live stage productions in SaddleBrooke, we’ve never had anyone from SaddleBrooke Ranch involved in our shows. This time, however, we’re fortunate to have Carol Andrews in our cast and Steve Weiss doing our photography. Calendar Girls, our upcoming spring show, is based on a true story…

Fifteen riders enjoy a fine spring horseback ride

From the top of the trail to the end: Doug Rinke, Rich Tiemann, Mary Tiemann, Joyce Bowling (sister of Judy Smith who is behind Mary Tiemann), Jeanne Chiapel, Gary Sherman, Lorretta Johnson, Bob Johnson, Don Williams, Rebecca Williams, Sue, a friend of the final rider, Alyce Grover. Picture by Lee Rinke

Rebecca Williams Fifteen riders from the SaddleBrooke Ranch Riding Group headed up the trail for a great spring ride at Donnelly’s D-Spur Ranch in Gold Canyon. The one-hour trail winds through the foothills of the Superstition Mountains, which were especially colorful in the warm morning sun. It was easy to tell that spring was already…