This Ain’t Your Daddy’s Barbershop!

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings – November 2024

SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network – November 2024

World Card Making Day (WCMD)

Resurrection Church seeks new pastor

Senior Pastor Al Jensen

David Stanard The call has gone out for a Pastor of Evangelism at Resurrection Church. The individual selected will work closely with Senior Pastor Al Jensen and Pastor of Outreach Randy Winsand and will have major responsibilities at SaddleBrooke as well as at the main campus in Oro Valley. To bring focus to the search,…

Unit Happenings

And the winners of the Unit 21 Halloween Costume Contest (left to right) are: Pat and Ron Andrea – Supergirl and Superman - winners of best superhero/heroine category; Midge Mollenkopf - Face from Your Nightmares - winner of best Halloween/monster are Pat Anderson, Sherry England and Connie Wortman – The three widowed witches of SaddleBrooke - winners of best couple (real or fictional) who were actually a trio.

Villas 2 Susan Fusco A group of 14 women from Villas 2 took a mini-vacation recently when they traveled to Tubac on October 10 through 12. The ladies had frivolity in mind when they got underway and it was truly a frivolous and fun few days. The group stayed for two nights at Tubac Golf…

Two unusual Christmas gatherings

Shirin McArthur Episcopal Church of the Apostles is hosting two free Christmas-season gatherings this year. The first is an Advent and Christmas discussion series entitled Painting the Stars: Science, Religion and an Evolving Faith. The program takes place on Wednesday evenings and includes a 20-minute video followed by discussion in small groups. The videos include…

Pickleball opportunities are springing up all over

Andrea Molberg If you are traveling over the holidays, you may wonder, “Where can I play Pickleball?” This addictive sport has taken off all over the country, so players need not despair. In suburban Minneapolis, for example, the summer courts temporarily situated on an ice rink may be gone, but the local community gym provides…

Today’s best sport for the mature body

Ballbasher (aka Roger Thurman) Authoritative research has shown that one sport (available at SaddleBrooke and the Ranch both) offers the ideal exercise to the older practitioner. It is the only sport to offer an ideal level of three aspects of physical well-being together in the same activity. Definitely one of the best ways of staying…

Halloween hike

Halloween hikers are Michael Reale, Rainie Warner and Jan Springer; photo by Barbara Wilder

Barbara Wilder SaddleBrooke hikers enjoyed the first annual Halloween fun hike on the afternoon of October 31 at Catalina State Park. Everyone wore a silly hat and told jokes along the way, earning their treat which was a Hallow-weenie roast complete with potato salad, baked beans and desserts at the Gila Monster picnic site. This…