Kristina R. Turner The GriefShare Ministry of Community Church at SaddleBrooke is holding ongoing special educational and support seminars for people who are grieving. You will find encouragement, comfort, and help in grieving the loss of a spouse, child, parent, sibling, other family member, or friend. These DVD seminars feature nationally respected counselors and grief experts…
Category: January 2021
Front Page, January 2021
Hikers Complete All 800 Miles of the Arizona Trail
Elisabeth Wheeler SaddleBrooke Hiking Club members Seana Kobak and Beth Jones met each other on a hike with the club. An adventure hike to Mt. Lemmon cemented their friendship. They then traveled and hiked together on the club’s fall trip to Durango last year and continued from there for their first backpack in the Canyonlands…
Features, January 2021
Finding Grace: Mystery Solved
Elisabeth Wheeler, Bob Simpson, and Elissa Cochran For years, hikers and equestrians have known of the gravestone of Grace Murray on a remote mound in the desert, east of Golder Ranch Road. When hiker Elisabeth Wheeler first observed the gravestone, it was illuminated by an early sunrise. To Elisabeth this moment felt sacred. She felt…
Features, January 2021
Friends of Pinal Celebrates One Year as a Non-Profit
Joy Wegner Friends of Pinal County Animal Shelter & Rescues (Friends of Pinal) is celebrating one year of non-profit status and one year of helping with vet care for the Pinal County Animal Care & Control (PCACC) dogs and cats. The organization helps dogs and cats get vet care the shelter cannot provide. It also…
Features, January 2021
A Love of Children Motivates Valued SBCO Kids’ Closet Volunteer
Nancy McCluskey-Moore SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) volunteer Edie Cussick was born and raised in Brooklyn and Staten Island, but in 1978, a job transfer brought her and her husband, Ed, to Arizona. They never left, and raised their children here. Today the entire extended family—including four grandchildren—live in Arizona. Edie and Ed moved to SaddleBrooke…
Sports, January 2021
MountainView Preserve Lady Niners Present “Let It Snow”
Eileen J. Snearly On Dec. 1, 2020, gratefully there was no snow, but had extraordinarily strong winds. The lady niners showed up in great numbers and played their best despite the winds. The chairpersons and their committee had many challenging decisions because of COVID-19. There was no luncheon or gatherings of any kind, which included…
Features, January 2021
Word of the Month: Jeremiad
David Zapatka Dear friend and Wisdom Seeker moderator, Ellen Engel, suggested the word jeremiad for this month’s WOTM. Jeremiad: noun jer·e·mi·ad | ˌjer-ə-ˈmī-əd, -ˌad 1. a prolonged lamentation or complaint 2. a cautionary or angry harangue. 3. a long, literary work, usually in prose, sometimes in verse, where the author bitterly laments the state of society and its…
Sports, January 2021
Pickleball Press: Board of Directors Election
Nancy Dowell The membership of SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association Inc. (SPA) recently voted to elect three members to the club’s board of directors. Board member, Gary Stevens was re-elected and newly elected, Barb Palmeri and Jeff Grant will fill the other board spots. Continuing directors, Peter Giljohann, Sue Diericks, Ken Roberts, and Jonathan Bailey complete the…
General, January 2021
Time to ‘Re-Member’ the Network
Beth Conquest To say that 2020 has been an unusual year for us at SB Pet Rescue Network is clearly an understatement. Over COVID-19 concerns we cancelled our large group fundraising events. Accordingly, it is quite humbling to report that our loyal and generous members continued to send in donations even during this uncertain period.…
Front Page, January 2021
23rd Annual Food Drive March 20
Nancy McCluskey-Moore On Saturday, March 20, SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) will once again gather donations to support the Tri-Community Food Bank (TCFB) based in Mammoth. TCFB serves needy families living in Mammoth, San Manuel, and Oracle. Our community’s donations help to provide monthly emergency food boxes to 338 households (1,092 people). All monetary contributions go…