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SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

Volunteer Mary with her cart of tools and gadgets found at GGTS

Golden Goose Fashion Show Nan Nasser Mary, the Maytag Lady, is ready to tour the homes of those needing repairs with all the gadgets she has found at the Golden Goose Thrift Shop. Come to the annual GGTS Fashion Show to be held Monday, September 14, at 3:00 p.m. in the MountainView Ballroom. This fun…

Southern Arizona Guide

Linda Shannon-Hills “Southern Arizona’s Best Hidden Treasures” presented by Jim Gressinger from Southern Arizona Guide kicked off our July Thursday Talks at SaddleBrooke Ranch. As the Ranch grows the new residents come with a thirst for knowledge about their new home in the Sonoran Desert. Jim presented the new and seasoned residents some wonderful ideas…

Fall festivities are coming to the Ranch!

Doug and Betty Pearce enjoying the horseback ride at last year’s Chuck Wagon dinner ride at Tanque Verde Ranch.

Dianne Johns Fall is just around the corner. SBR residents will be returning from vacations, and snowbirds will start trickling in. Keeping with their tradition, the Ranch will continue to offer fall festivities to its residents. On Labor Day the Bistro will offer a hamburger and hot dog lunch. The lunch will be offered between…

Ventana Canyon golf outing

Members enjoy lunch while waiting for the scores to be tallied.

Bill Moore The third annual Ventana Canyon Golf Outing is in the books. The turnout was spectacular! On Monday, August 3, we did a reverse shotgun start on the Canyon Course at the Ventana Canyon Golf & Racquet Club with 42 golfers (13 women, 29 men). Something new to this year’s event was an optional…

Patriotic Bicycle Parade – Residents Celebrate July 4th

Parade hosts Steve and Sharon (top hats) ride with other parade participants.

Sharon Groth The fourth annual Fourth of July bicycle parade at SaddleBrooke Ranch started celebrating early. Decorated bicyclists, bicycles and even a few golf carts gathered in front of hosts Sharon and Steve Groth’s home at 8:00 a.m. for refreshments and camaraderie before touring the Ranch with red, white and blue and smiling faces. Bob…

Get on the bus

Back by popular demand, Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries (FSL) is offering a trip to the John Slaughter Ranch on Saturday, October 17. John Slaughter, former Sheriff of Tombstone, will conduct the tour. After departing SaddleBrooke at 8:00 a.m. the first stop will be the Tombstone courthouse where John Slaughter had his office. The tour will…

Arizona-Sonora Museum offers cool summer nights

Rosemary Prawdzik Beat the heat and enjoy refreshing summer night breezes at the Desert Museum’s Cool Summer Nights. These popular annual events run every Saturday night from June 6 through September 5 from 5:00-10:00 p.m. Each of the Cool Summer Nights features a special theme and relative activities throughout the Museum grounds. All of the…

Residents enjoy the first summer party on the patio

Tom and Carol Sorenson enjoying a drink

Steve Weiss On Friday evening, June 12, between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. the Bistro Viente and the Bistro patio of La Hacienda Club were transformed into a relaxing and entertaining environment where residents could talk to each other with cocktails, appetizers and music. With the help from Caroline Reis, Bistro manager, Danielle Herbert, Bistro supervisor,…

“Bat Night” at Oracle State Park to feature research ecologist

Research ecologist and wildlife manager for Arizona Game and Fish, Joel Diamond, Ph.D., will catch local bats and share facts and lore about the flying mammals in an early evening program at Oracle State Park Center for Environmental Education on Saturday, July 25. The popular “Bat Night” program includes identifying the “net-detained” bats before they…

Mark your calendar for annual Walkathon

These Boots Were Made for Walking.

Nan Nasser Do you remember the song These Boots Were Made for Walking? Well, polish off your boots and sneakers and get ready for the 19th annual SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Walkathon to be held Saturday, October 24, beginning at 7:30 a.m. with warmups in the HOA One parking lot, a walk around Ridgeview and ending…