Crystle Nehrmeyer, Superintendent The Oracle Elementary School District continues to improve the educational environment for students and maintain existing school facilities, all while maximizing tax payer dollars. During fiscal year 2021, the school district received $311,989.65 in Building Renewal Grants from the Arizona School Facilities Board. Created in 1998, the Arizona School Facilities Board (AZSFB)…
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Front Page, September 2021
Hiking Club Supports AZT in a Day
Elisabeth Wheeler The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club is a strong supporter of the Arizona National Scenic Trail. Volunteers attend five to six work sessions a year to maintain the Oracle Passage, a 8.6-mile section from American Flag Ranch Trailhead to Tiger Mine Trailhead, through Oracle State Park. Ongoing work is required to dig out encroaching catclaw,…
Front Page, August 2021
SPA Members at Age 80 and Older Play On
Raymond H. Goettsch The SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) has a large roster of members who are 80 years of age or older. For the record, those members include Phil Barney, Jeb Benter, Don Burkhead, Ellen and George Citron, Silvio D’Arco, Patrick Donlan, Mel Durchslag, Rich Flynn, Rich Hagerty, Bill Keese, Tom Kornmesser, Anita Lohman, Tom…
Front Page, August 2021
Upcoming Pet Food Drive
Marcy Vernon SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network will hold a pet food drive on Friday, Sept. 17, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the SaddleBrooke One parking lot by the bocce courts. This pet food drive will benefit the Pets in Need Action League, or P.I.N.A.L., public pet food bank, which serves all of Pinal County. This…
Front Page, August 2021
SaddleBrooke TWO Golf Raises Educational Funds for Veterans’ Families
Mike Karpe SaddleBrooke TWO golf operations and The Folds of Honor Mission spread their scholarship wings over the senior resort community in a winning way again this year. Folds of Honor provides scholarships to children or spouses of service members who have been killed or severely wounded while defending the freedoms that we enjoy today. SaddleBrooke TWO…
Front Page, July 2021
SaddleBrooke Squares: Join Today!
Carole Hays If you can walk, you can square dance! The SaddleBrooke Squares Dance Club has changed, and square dancing is now more fun than ever before. We are a square dance club that enjoys the newer aspects of modern square dancing. No longer just country music, our callers use multiple genres, from rock to…
Front Page, July 2021
Red Nose Day
Joyce Sutay Red Nose Day is an annual campaign with the mission to end child poverty by funding programs that keep children safe, healthy, educated, and empowered. While raising life-changing cash for children that need it the most, it brings people together to laugh and have fun. Since its debut in 2015, over $240 million…
Front Page, June 2021
And the Winners Are!
Rolly Pragerr Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries is excited to announce our first winners in the Bucks for Books raffle. The first drawing was held in March. Ellen Wixom and Gail Fasmire each won tickets to the raffle celebration scheduled for Jan. 19. The April winners are Elaine Ackerman and Esta Goldstein, who also won tickets…
Front Page, June 2021
The Desert Gems
Kathy Kortus and Ron Bouchard The Desert Gems 7.0 women’s 65 and older team won the league and will go to sectionals Dec. 3 through 5. Since SaddleBrooke restricted court use to members only, the team was lucky to be able to use the Oro Valley courts as home base. The team played a total of…
Front Page, June 2021
Health Fair 2021 Needs More Volunteers
Phyllis Ketring, Publicity Coordinator The 2021 Health Fair is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 23 from 9 a.m. to noon, and everything looks positive. The planning committee has reserved the SaddleBrooke One Clubhouse and most of MountainView to feature a good representation of exhibitors, while meeting whatever social distancing standards are in place at the time.…