Category: Generals

SaddleBrooke WWII Roundtable Presents…

Larry Linderman The Roundtable is excited to present Chris Wilson who will talk on Operation Barbarossa, Germany’s invasion of Russia on June 22, 1941. While the Germans initially made huge advances into Russia and took thousands of prisoners, the operation eventually led to a catastrophic defeat for the Wehrmacht and arguably was the major turning…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

Support SBCO While You Shop Nancy McCluskey-Moore AmazonSmile is a simple way for you to support SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smileamazon.com, 0.5% of your eligible Amazon purchases will be donated to SBCO. You can manage your purchases and other account information on Amazon.com…

CCP Dinner Theatre Auditions for Spring Show

Andrea Molberg With the curtains barely closed on Community Circle Players’ (CCP) highly successful fall dinner theatre production, An Evening Of One Acts, the troupe is already turning its attention to the upcoming spring show, which will run March 14 through 23, 2022. Save the dates! CCP will be bringing another fabulous dinner theatre show to the…

Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries

Bucks 4 Books Raffle Helps Fund SaddleBrooke Libraries Barry Swartzberg Many SaddleBrooke residents assume that because the three SaddleBrooke community libraries are housed in the SaddleBrooke and MountainView clubhouses and DesertView, the libraries are funded through our homeowners’ dues. In reality, the HOAs provide space, shelving, and computers for the libraries, but the books, large-print…

Holiday Books and More for You and the Grandkids

Janet Fabio, Renee Mazin, and Sharon Scanlan The holidays are here, and the DesertView Library can make this hectic season a little easier. If grandkids are visiting, bring them to the DesertView Library to find books and DVDs in the Children’s Collection. There are holiday classics, such as Polar Express and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.…

Holiday Garden Gifts

Sheilah Britton, Pinal County Master Gardener When I first moved to Arizona in the late 1970s, I shipped fresh citrus to my parents who lived in the mountains of Colorado each December. It was a rare thing for them to have a box of tangelos and lemons in the midst of winter. A short time…

The First-Ever Fit Fest

Barbara Barr Mark your calendar for Friday, Jan. 7, for the very first Fitness Festival (Fit Fest) at the MountainView Ballroom at 1 p.m. The Wellness Integrated Network (WIN) will be featuring demonstrations and the 411 on fitness programs from both SaddleBrooke One and SaddleBrooke TWO. You will meet Bry Deter, fitness coordinator for SaddleBrooke…

Jim Hoagland to Present “Five Seasons of Bird Observations”

Sheilah Britton, Pinal County Master Gardener SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners are delighted to host one of our own for our December community education presentation. Birder and photographer Jim Hoagland will present Five Seasons of Bird Observations on Thursday, Dec. 16, at 1 p.m. As a young boy, Jim Hoagland and his family would explore the woods…