Category: March 2018

SaddleBrooke Dems’ ‘Kick Off’ a rousing success

  Tim Koch, Vice Chair, SB Democrat Club American patriot, hero, astronaut, and sensible gun-ownership activist Captain Mark Kelly was the featured speaker at the SaddleBrooke Democratic Club’s annual kick-off dinner. Captain Kelly’s speech met with rousing support from the 310 attendees in the MountainView Ballroom on January 28. His remarkable service to America includes…

CCSB welcomes new members

  Carol Thomspon CCSB welcomes new members! Left to right: Susan and Ed Barnes, Rebecca and Alan Call, Doug and Suzanne Ham, Gerald and Elizabeth Phillips, Stew and Andrea Dresch, Judi Rickner, Steve and Lois Smith, Vicki and David Strief, Laura and Tom Poole, Kathy and Kevin Tharp, John and Pennie Quigley, Kathleen and Dick…

Running with the Gourds

  Pam Boedeker Members of the SaddleBrooke Nature Club had an Arizona-Perfect day to attend the Wuertz Farm Gourd Festival. It is held annually at the Pinal County Fair Grounds. In one building decorated gourds are set up in categories from kids to Grand Champion gourd artists. Blue, red and white ribbons are awarded in…

How Does Your Garden Grow?

  Louise Grabell Everyone can grow tomatoes! One plant is all you’ll need to harvest plenty of delicious fruit to enjoy in early summer. Growing tomatoes in the high desert of southern Arizona is a bit different from other places. Since I grow my tomatoes in a container, the following will explain how to do…

Want a real western experience?

  Dorothy Wood Dancing Horse Ranch, right here on the eastern edge of SaddleBrooke, is looking for some volunteers to help with feeding and watering their horses. Help with cleaning the corrals would also be greatly appreciated. The chores are light, the horses are gentle and the folks are friendly. As little as an hour…

Help prevent hunger with the 20th Annual Food Drive

Nancy McCluskey-Moore On Saturday, March 17 SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) volunteers will be gathering donations of food and money to support the Tri-Community Food Bank (TCFB) based in Mammoth. Please leave bagged food donations on your curb by 8:30 a.m. They will be collected by Volunteer Unit Captains and taken to the MountainView Clubhouse for…

Update from the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke

  Tim Morsani Game Warden Jimmy Simmons spoke at a recent Rotary luncheon about his role in Arizona’s Game and Fish Department. He feels he has the best job in the state. Half biologist half enforcement officer, Captain Simmons deals with a variety of issues. He helps move animals, wild sheep for example, from areas…