Jim Smith Twelve members of the SaddleBrooke Photography Club and several guests recently visited Boyce Thompson Arboretum, located just off U.S. Highway 60 near Superior, Ariz. Founded in the early 1920s by mining magnate William Boyce Thompson, the arboretum was born out of a deep appreciation and wonder of plant life. Today, it is Arizona’s…
Stuart Watkins Paulette Kasperski and her POP tennis players reserved courts 14, 15, 16, and 17 at the DesertView courts to accommodate the 16 who showed up this day. Her group of players sometimes has more than 20 show up. When there are more than four players per court, the extra players rotate in, and…
Marsha Mantykow As months go, March was quite the star, filled with great events. A recap: Purim Brunch and Carnival. While we looked forward to the festivities in the beautiful garden of Marilyn Anthony and Willy Halpert, the weather had its own plans. Graciously, Hara Lipman and George Delzell opened their beautiful home and saved…
Steve Kotke The weather was perfect and the courses were glorious for our annual Niners Tournament with our friends over in Oro Valley Sun City. The tournament was a mixed scramble of players from both communities on each team. On Wednesday, Feb. 26, we played the SaddleBrooke nine-hole course here in SaddleBrooke. On Thursday, Feb.…
Stuart Watkins It was late afternoon, and there was a pink glow on the Catalina Mountains when I decided to take my dogs out for a short walk in the desert behind our home. We were gone for almost an hour when two small rabbits darted across our path. Strider, the black lab, wanted to…
Ann Vernon Ten years ago, the Oracle Schools Foundation became a 501(c)(3) charitable organization whose mission was to provide educational opportunities to students at the Mountain Vista School in Oracle, with free preschool to three- and four-year-olds being our priority. And provide we have! Thanks to so many SaddleBrooke and Ranch residents, as well as…