Holiday Adopt Program Brightens the Season for Local Families

Senior Village – February 2026

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings – February 2026

Southern Arizona Arts Guild Gallery Is Relocating from La Encantada—Find Out Where They Are Going!

Introductory Level Classes

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Louise Grabell It’s monsoon season and let’s hope that we get plenty of rain. While our landscapes are irrigated, the desert is not, except for what nature provides. Those of you with xeriscapes don’t have to worry at all! For the rest of us, the extra water is a good thing. And with the additional…

SaddleBrooke Lady Niners

Left to right: Dan Russell, Mary Leversee, Kathleen Weiss and Sam Sollenberger; photo by Bob Koblewski

Elaine Kienitz The much anticipated Ladies Choice event was on a perfect sunny, no wind, mild temperature day. The game was a two person team using a modified Chapman scoring formula followed by a delicious lunch in the dining room. Winners were as follows: On the SaddleBrooke course 1st place Mary Leversee and Dan Russell,…

Hiking Club takes on Finger Rock

From left: Prominent Point, Finger Rock and Finger Rock Guard; photo by Roy Carter

Roy Carter and Mike Wolters Finger Rock is a famous Tucson area landmark that rises several thousand feet above the valley floor along Pusch Ridge of the Santa Catalina Mountains. The striking rock formation resembles a finger set atop a closed fist that is flanked on the east by the Finger Rock Guard and on…

Pickleball Social Event

The theme for the social gathering that took place on April 24 was Mixed Pickle. It was a very successful event of 48 participating senior men and women Pickleball players. We had a wonderful time doing the meeting/greeting/playing thing. Categories were dill, gherkin, bread and butter, relish, kosher and sweet. All six courts at Ridgeview…

The Sea Captain among us

Captain Steve Leane, United States Coast Guard Retired

Jay Clayton Wilson Almost every STC member has had Steve Leane restring a racket at one time or another. No surprise there because Steve is a Master Racquet Technician who has played with us and strung our rackets for us more than a decade. But there is more to Steve than many of our members…

SBWGA news

Our snowbirds are gone and the golf season is slowing down, most of our tournaments are over and we are all looking forward to open tee times, margaritas after golf and dodging the rain and lightning from our monsoons. We just completed our Catalina Cup season which runs from October to May. Ten teams from…