Several women from SaddleBrooke, SaddleBrooke Ranch and the Rancho Vistoso area are mentors for students learning to sew from teens to pre-teens living in the Oracle, San Manuel and Catalina schools. This 16-year program, called Teens Sew Cool, provides sewing classes to 30 to 35 students in a nine-week session in the spring and another…
Patricia Tarner Juan Ciscomani, featured speaker at the SaddleBrooke Republican Club August meeting, was appointed by Governor Ducey in the spring of 2015 as Director of Southern Arizona and became a part of Governor Ducey’s Senior Leadership Team. Juan was also selected by Governor Ducey to spearhead the Governor’s efforts in Sonora as the Director…
Patti R. Albaugh Louise Grabell, coordinator for the SaddleBrooke Master Gardener program, recently spoke to SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary about the background, vision and services of Master Gardeners. Louise was formerly a high school science teacher but even as a child she was interested in gardening. “I have my mother to thank for that,” she said…
Patti R. Albaugh Al Mollenkopf recently spoke to the SaddleBrooke Sunrise Rotary about the newly formed SaddleBrooke Western Heritage Preservation Club. Al may have grown up in Michigan but his childhood fixation with Tom Mix movies started his interest in all things western. When he moved to SaddleBrooke a few years ago he started a…
The Gardeners Exchange of SaddleBrooke Ranch welcomes Dave Morris, plant scientist and volunteer at Boyce Thompson Arboretum, to speak on The Curandero Trail on Wednesday, September 21 at La Hacienda Club, SaddleBrooke Ranch at 1:00 p.m. Dave, a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, lives in Arizona City. As a retired museum aide from…
Karen Schickedanz Come join your fellow Chicagoans for the SaddleBrooke Windy City Club’s fall gathering, a potluck from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, October 21 at HOA 1’s Tennis Patio. Bring a hearty appetizer to share and a drink of your choosing. In addition to munching and schmoozing, take advantage of the nearby bocce…
Phoebe Bax These three new bikes, purchased by the SaddleBrooke EZ Riders through our first two fundraisers, have been received with members continuing to make additional contributions toward the final three bikes. All of the bikes, housed in the Mesquite Grill Fitness Center, bring our new total to 18 bikes. The first Kick-Off for Bikes…
Dr. Mark Magdanz Want to line dance this fall? It’s hard to believe, but we’re already headed to another change in seasons. Fall classes are nearly full. If you are brand new you will start on the waiting list or come to SaddleBrooke Ranch until space allows in SaddleBrooke. Rebecca reserves class series far into…
Ruth Birkhead The first Thursday evening in August my dance partner (and husband) and I went to the SaddleBrooke Clubhouse for dinner. Much to my delight there were 10 or so couples on the dance floor. We couldn’t hear the music but I could see the dancers. There were a couple or two who I…
Twink Gates-Zimdar The ladies were joined by their husbands at a British Club Hors D’oeuvres and Wine Party held at the home of Mike and Eileen Sedgwick on Saturday, August 20. The 96 degree heat of the day had subsided, giving way to a pleasantly cool evening where some members out of the 30 attending…