Category: Clubs & Classes

October’s Calendar Girl: Joyce Sutay

Eileen J. Snearly and Joyce Sutay Looking back over the years, I wondered how those years zipped by so fast! It was in California where I finally earned my MA at the ripe old age of 40 so I could teach the joys of public speaking. It was in California where I discovered showing Irish Setters…

Wave a Sign!

Vicki Godbey SaddleBrooke Ranch Republican Ladies invite you to join us at our Saturday rallies for the re-election of President Trump. Our rallies have been very successful, much fun, and a lot of camaraderie. Men and women are participating from SaddleBrooke Ranch, SaddleBrooke, and Oro Valley. Just bring yourself, a spouse, or a friend; we…

CA Small: One-of-a-Kind!

CA in her studio

Linda Eisenhart and Kathryn Von Bargen The SaddleBrooke Friday Quilt Club attracts many members who are not traditional quilters. Some label themselves as fiber artists or art quilters and each of them compliment the club’s varied activities. Carol Ann Small (fondly known as CA) has sewn since age seven when her mother began teaching her…

Hiking in SaddleBrooke’s Backyard

The view from Picnic Rock (Photo courtesy of Kaori Hashimoto)

Marie Bienkowski You enjoy looking at the mountains around SaddleBrooke, but have you tried seeing them up close? Hiking into the mountains reveals that what looks like one uniform set of vegetation from your house or the golf course is really a wonderfully diverse desert flora. SaddleBrooke’s Hiking Club has trails up to Dome Rock…

SaddleBrooke Women Working to Elect Democrats

The “Gang of Five” with some of the almost 20,000 postcards that were sent out urging recipients to vote Democratic in November. Left to right: Karen Schickedanz, Edie Crall, Jeanne Herstad, Sharon Cotter, and Claire Cordon (Photo by Karen Schickedanz)

Karen Schickedanz It was last January, and Democratic women in SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch were rarin’ to go. What had started as a few women offering comfort and support to one another after the 2016 election had turned into more than 160 activists. They were ready to march and demonstrate, register voters, write letters to…

Republican Women of Pinal County

Jo Ann Evans, Programs The Republican Women of Pinal County will meet at 10 a.m. Oct. 26 in the Coyote Room of the SaddleBrooke Country Club. Our speaker will be Douglas Wolf, the Pinal County Assessor. He will discuss how the upcoming election will affect our bank accounts. Our last meeting was held in September after…