Category: April 2017

Bridge Tournament results

Carol and Greg Lindahl won first place in the 199 category.

Ann Kuperberg The SaddleBrooke Bridge community participated in Tucson’s Regional tournament held at the Radisson Hotel from February 27 through March 5. Many players came home with master points, some ranking first place. Stephanie Parks became a Life Master, achieving the gold points she needed; congratulations Stephanie. Carol and Greg Lindahl won first place in…

Gardeners Exchange

The Gardeners Exchange of SaddleBrooke Ranch invites you to attend on Wednesday, April 19 at 1:00 p.m., Sarma Spitzer’s program Ethnobotanical Gardening – Past and Present (or FUN with Ethnobotany). The program will be held at La Hacienda Club, La Mesa Room. Learn what Ethnobotany is and how the Native Americans have used available plants…

Meet Pickleball Ref Steve Phillips

Players standing around after they have won matches might opt to pitch in and try refereeing.

Andrea Molberg Why does someone agree to be a referee on a hot court for free? Steve Phillips’ answer is, “for the love of the game, to give back to the community and especially to surround myself with laughter, smiles and positive people.” After being diagnosed with renal cell kidney cancer in 2012, he and…

Is three the limit?

Pots of Istanbul wins Best of Show for Tami Graeber.

Cathy Schaber SaddleBrooke resident Tami Graeber has done it again. For the third year in a row Tami has won Best of Show in the recently held annual Tucson Quilters Guild Quilt Fiesta. This has never before happened in the 39 years of the show. Tami was one of three featured guild members this year…

Health Fair celebrates 20th anniversary

Phyllis Ketring This year’s Health Fair will represent 20 years of successful annual fairs at SaddleBrooke. The Health Fair is one of the largest volunteer-driven events in our community. Please mark Saturday morning, October 14, on your calendars to attend this anniversary event. The Health Fair Planning Committee frequently hears reports that a significant health…

CCP’s “Walls of Wonder” raffle winners announced

Raffle winners Michael Caryl and Claire Cordon

Andrea Molberg Community Circle Players, SaddleBrooke’s new community theater group, raffled off the beautiful mural flats providing scenery for their delightful mystery dinner theater production Eat, Drink and Be Deadly! Husband and wife team Claire Cordon and Michael Caryl were the lucky winners of one of the seven feet high by four feet wide murals and…

Meet ’n Greet for new Resurrection Church Pastor

Pastor Tim Nybroten with his wife Chandra and son Joshua at the SaddleBrooke Meet ‘n Greet

David Stanard Meeting the SaddleBrooke congregation of Resurrection Church was the first stop on the itinerary of Pastor Tim Nybroten as he and his family visited the area the weekend of February 24 to 26. During that time he attended a Meet ‘n Greet in SaddleBrooke on Friday, preached at 5:00 p.m. and attended a…