Category: November 2019

CCSB Men’s Breakfast

Jim Jensen Community Church at SaddleBrooke (CCSB) held a men’s breakfast at SaddleBrooke TWO MountainView on Oct. 16. A great meal and some great fellowship were had by all. Doctor Larry Behers, a world-renowned scientist and astronomer, shared with the group his sense of “My Place in God’s Universe.” He talked of many of the…

Saguaro National Park East

Mary Reimersma, Ken Reimersma, Elissa Cochran, Gayle Hosek-Spies, Jeanine Storrs, Marcia Munich, Mark Schwartz, Maria Szentirmal, Alison Lang, and Don Taylor. Photo by Ruth Caldwell.

Ruth Caldwell On Oct. 10, ten SaddleBrooke hiking club members, with guide Ruth Caldwell, hiked the Wildhorse Loop Trail up to Garwood Dam. The day was beautiful—sunny with temperatures in the 70s. The group headed south from the Speedway entrance toward the site of the old Bar G Ranch where a dam was built by Nelson…

Editorial submission deadline notice

Chelsey Nakata Hello, SaddleBrooke residents. The holidays are just around the corner, which means bumping up our editorial submission deadlines to ensure that everyone on our Robson Publishing team gets to spend time with their families. The following are the Progress editorial submission deadlines for the rest of 2019: Friday, Nov. 22 at 4 p.m. (this…

Prescription drug drop off

Esta Goldstein You can drop off your unused prescription drugs at the Pinal County Sheriff’s SaddleBrooke substation (located in the mini-market near Bank of the West) on the second Friday of each month (from 10 am to noon) or the fourth Tuesday of each month (from 2 to 4 p.m.). Place any pills in plastic bags. No…

Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries

Let’s tour west Texas Rolly Prager Save the date for a nine-day bus tour of west Texas from March 29 to April 2. The tour begins with a day in El Paso, where we’ll learn about the international culture along the Mexican border. The tour then continues with stops at Fort Dixon, a well-preserved historic frontier fort, and…

Hiker’s Adventures

Lunch view spot: Ray Peale, Mary Bubla, Andi Loveland, and Jodi Kreuser. Photo by Elisabeth Wheeler.

Little Molas Lake —Colorado Trail Elisabeth Wheeler The Colorado Trail elevation at Little Molas Lake is 10,900 feet. On Sept. 27, the last day of the club’s Durango trip, five hikers enthusiastically made the 8.5-mile round trip venture to 11,800 feet of elevation on the Colorado Trail. Hikers, led by veteran hiking guide Elisabeth Wheeler,…