Category: June 2021

Famous Architect Inspires Painting

LaVerne Kyriss Fran Dorr said she entered the recently held One Image No Limits contest hosted by the SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild on a whim. “I had been researching the design approaches used by Frank Lloyd Wright for another project and had already created two designs for fabrics. I wanted to incorporate this feel. Because…

Your Online Shopping Brings Money to Senior Village

Diane Demeroutis At no cost to you, every time you shop online, smile.amazon.com will donate to Senior Village at SaddleBrooke. AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support the Village. This charitable program has generated over $1,500 for Senior Village—penny by penny, dollar by dollar. As a non-profit organization, Senior Village at…

Biospherian and Scientist Discusses a New World Flora

  Zann Wilson, Pinal County Master Gardener Your SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners are excited to bring you Dr. Linda Leigh, Biospherian and scientist, with her presentation, A New World Flora: Selection of Plant Species for Biosphere 2, an online community education program Thursday, June 17 at 1 p.m. Dr. Leigh was the director…

And the Winners Are!

Rolly Pragerr Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries is excited to announce our first winners in the Bucks for Books raffle. The first drawing was held in March. Ellen Wixom and Gail Fasmire each won tickets to the raffle celebration scheduled for Jan. 19. The April winners are Elaine Ackerman and Esta Goldstein, who also won tickets…

Senior Village at SaddleBrooke – Neighbors helping Neighbors

Cheerful May Baskets Stephanie Thomas What do butterflies, flower buds, and SaddleBrooke residents have in common? Answer: They are all bursting forth with new spring energy. To celebrate SaddleBrooke’s post-vaccination emergence, Senior Village wanted to spread much-needed cheer to randomly selected members by delivering May baskets, provided by a special gift fund. Friendly Contact and…

Celebración de Señora

Dottie Adams Olé May! It was a month full of celebrations from start to finish. The Saddlebrooke Line Dance Club (SBLDC) señoras added to the calendar by celebrating Mexico’s holiday with a Seis de Mayo party. Mi casa es su casa proved to be true, as Dolores Riccardone opened her home to host the celebration. The afternoon festivities…

Featuring Stories in the ‘SaddleBrooke Progress’

Elizabeth Maddox, Editorial Assistant What makes a great feature story in the SaddleBrooke Progress? * A milestone, birthday, or anniversary * Receiving an award or certification * Publishing a novel, short story, poem, etc. * Featuring an art piece and your journey as an artist * Outstanding book review * Sharing a recipe Where in…

English Country Dance Group

Britt O’Grady This time of year, it’s a little sad to see our snowbirds leave us, one after the other. The rest of our members try to keep the English country dancing going during the summer. It’s air conditioned! Of course, some of us stray to cooler places for a couple of weeks here and…

More Than a Hospital

John Stuart Watkins Thirteen days in the Oro Valley Hospital in Marana, Ariz., gave me time to get to know a little about the doctors, nurses, and staff. I realized there is more to a hospital than bricks, steel, and sterilized everything. It is the people who bring the hospital to life. Michael, RN works…

Four Haiku

Stuart Watkins Adoption Haiku My adopted children good times, bad times, crying times but love saw us through POP Tennis Haiku Serves are underhand POP Tennis in a nutshell shorter court saves legs Hospital Worker Haiku Hospital worker helping others to survive headed home with pride Non-Essential Haiku School janitor died no one noticed nor…