Ken Marich The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) is in its 12th year of providing SaddleBrooke exceptional education courses in a wide spectrum of disciplines. ILR instructors are all SaddleBrooke residents and are willing to share their expertise with our community. The upcoming fall and spring terms will have courses on geology, music,…
Sue Robisch What better way to spend a seasonably warm afternoon, after dancing your favorite line dances, than with cooling and delicious drinks and d’oeuvres with friends. This is what members of the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club did on a Sunday afternoon in July. The day was very warm, with the promise of a monsoon…
Vivian Herman This summer the SilverBelles individually took some time off for travel to foreign lands or to help grandchildren celebrate various milestones at high school and college graduations and marriages. Our choreographer, Ann, even became a great grandma. But personal milestones aside, the beat must go on since summer is also the time to…
Dale Leman Early on May 31, nine SaddleBrooke hikers headed to the Santa Rita mountains near Green Valley, at least in part to escape the late May heat. Our mission was to hike to the Josephine Saddle and back. The hike started at the Madera Canyon parking lot, elevation 5400 feet, and proceeded up the…
Shawne Cryderman The SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association has successfully raised over $650,000 toward the building of new indoor courts. This phase one goal was reached with donations from 66 percent of the membership, promises of loans of 25K from ten SPA members, T-shirt sales and contributions from friends of SPA and other members of the SaddleBrooke…
Sue Robisch It’s early in the morning and the dedicated people at Little Hooves and Big Hearts are busy at our facility in Oracle getting ready to go to the Children’s Clinics in Tucson. There is much to be done as our equine ambassadors, Lillie and Dolly, need to be bathed and groomed for the…