Connie Kotke, Publicity Chair The SaddleBrooke Fine Arts Guild hosts a variety of art classes for SaddleBrooke residents and their guests in the Topaz Room (conveniently located at the Arts & Crafts Center adjacent to the MountainView Country Club). Join your neighbors for enjoyable ways to acquire or fine-tune your artistic skills. Visit the Guild’s…
Judy Saks On July 18, the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club (SBLDC) started off dancing in the morning to patriotic songs, which included “G.I. Blues,” sung by Elvis; “This Land Is Your Land;” and a rousing instrumental of “Yankee Doodle.” Then we were off for a picnic at the home of Claudia Rigg. You would normally…
Andrea Molberg Most of us spent years longing for the day when parents, teachers, and bosses wouldn’t be telling us what to do. Demand people do something, and they resist. Conversely, tell someone they can’t do something and, suddenly, the something looks awfully good. Though we dream of being in charge and having things our way,…
Linda Shannon-Hills Save the dates! The SaddleBrooke Ranch ARTwalk will be on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., and again on Sunday, Oct. 22, from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. for an open-studio tour. Artists will be showing their work in their home studios and groups in the Creative Arts and Tech…
Stuart Watkins The SaddleBrooke TWO Champions of Gratitude selected Paulette Kasperski as their Resident Champion of 2023. Many tennis and POP tennis players were among the voters who helped nominate her for this certificate of appreciation. Paulette’s family was visiting when she received notice that she had been selected. What an honor to be selected,…
Sandy Jessop It’s time to register for SaddleBrooke Ranch’s 8th Annual Cancer Walk! The Cancer Support Group Depends on your support! This past year brought us all a bit closer to resuming our “normal” activities. But when you have cancer, nothing in life is ever normal. That’s why the SaddleBrooke Ranch Cancer Support Group gathers together…
Carolyn Blair Life Under the Oaks Lavender Farm will start the autumn season off with our annual Bluegrass BBQ Dinner on Saturday, Sept. 30th! Big Daddy’s BBQ will prepare the delicious meal. The farm is located in the quaint community of Oracle at 1221 North Rancho Robles Road. Our farm is a unique and beautiful…
Jim Grosjean The July downtime gave SaddleBrooke golfers an opportunity to visit some cooler venues or courses with early morning tee times. Golfers teed it up at Tucson National, Sewailo, Poston Butte, the Views, El Rio, and just about anywhere you could get a tee into the ground. In my case, I spent a week…
Roe Callahan Wondering what Serena Williams has been doing while she waits for her second child to be born? We do. She’s playing POP tennis, along with all your favorite sports figures and movie stars. POP tennis is now being played by some of the most high-profile athletes, including David Beckham, Dwyane Wade, Lionel Messi,…
Debbie McGeehan Let me take you way back to 1986 on the Big Island of Hawaii. The tennis professional who worked at Mauna Lani Hotel asked resident and member John Sochacki if he would like to play a doubles match with him and his friend. His friend was Brian Sullivan who played in Wimbledon but lost…