Mary Klootwyk 2024 is here, and 16 SaddleBrooke Squares Dance Club members, along with 52 other dancers, celebrated by attending the 32nd Annual New Year’s Square Dance in Green Valley, Ariz., on Dec. 31, 2023. The event was sponsored by the Green Valley Square and Round Dance Club, which was formed in 1965. Dancers covered…
Tami Peterson Do you have a song in your heart and a spring in your step? Have you ever wanted to belong to a beautiful sisterhood? Well, this is your chance to make that happen. We are looking for lovely women who want to dance. You don’t necessarily need to be an experienced dancer, just…
Nancy McCluskey-Moore The 26th Annual SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) Food Drive will gather donations of food and money to support the Tri-Community Food Bank (TCFB) based in Mammoth. TCFB serves needy families living in Mammoth, San Manuel, Oracle, and the Dudleyville/Aravaipa area. Donations from SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch helped to provide bimonthly emergency food boxes…
Anne Quinn-Diment, Senior Village At the heart of Senior Village, you’ll find an experienced board of directors who are charting the organization’s course toward a sustainable future. The board sets the strategic direction of Senior Village and ensures accountability, transparency, and sustainability along the way. We are excited to introduce the latest additions to our…
Walt Shields Named after the well-known Tucson desert expert who for many years has hosted the popular PBS series The Desert Speaks, the David Yetman Trail is a 6.5-mile, one-way hike in the Tucson Mountain Park just west of the city. It is characterized by a diversity of Sonoran Desert plants and rugged mountain vistas.…
Wanda Ross When golfers make New Year’s resolutions, those resolutions often are to golf more, to improve their game, or to have more fun golfing. Joining Lady Niners is one way to achieve those goals. We golf nine holes every Tuesday morning on one of the three SaddleBrooke nine-hole courses. This gets us out on the…
Barbara Barr Bengen The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke teamed up with IMPACT of Southern Arizona, Oracle Community Center (OCC), Bubb’s Grub, Home Instead, and Manny Herrera to bring Christmas to 88 seniors and those sick at home in the Copper Corridor. It took a team to produce a complete Christmas dinner, music, singing, dancing, and gifts.…
Mark Erickson Hello friends and neighbors, we would like to introduce ourselves. For those of you who are not aware, we are a group of SaddleBrooke artisans who love our crafts and would like to share those with you at our gift shop. We invite you to come and visit us at our “little shop…
Helen Avery In a world where everything’s moving at lightning speed, finding a way to slow down and get your hands dirty in something creative is like hitting the reset button. Joining the SaddleBrooke Ceramics Club is like stepping into a world of benefits that go beyond just making cool stuff. It might just be…
Cathy Meyer In mid-December 2023, six SaddleBrooke hikers tackled Blackett’s Ridge, a challenging trail in the Sabino Canyon area. Though only six miles in length, the trek climbs more than 1,300 feet in a rapid ascent. According to Betty Leavengood’s Tucson Hiking Guide, in 1937 teacher Don Everett of the Southern Arizona School for Boys named Blackett’s…