Helen Amelsberg Members of the Brit Club were treated to a truly special evening on Monday, April 13, as seventeen members gathered at Nonna Maria’s in Oracle for a private pizza-making experience filled with laughter, learning, and delicious food. What made the evening especially memorable was that the restaurant is normally closed on Mondays. Chef…
Lori Anderson The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club has been picking up litter along Catalina Hills Drive for more than 15 years as part of Pinal County’s Adopt a County Road program. The weather was very accommodating for the ten Club members who enthusiastically got down to business on April 28th. Much of the debris was not…
Dale Leman On Thursday, May 7, at 5:30 a.m., six members of the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club met at the MountainView parking lot to depart for a hike in Pima Canyon. Dianna Wilson, the Club’s Chief Hiking Guide, organized the outing. She set the early start time to prepare hikers for the hot summer soon to…
Wanda Ross The Ride of Silence is an annual cycling event that honors bicyclists who have been killed or injured on public roadways. It also raises awareness for bicyclists’ legal right to share the road. Thousands of riders participate each year across hundreds of locations. This year’s Ride of Silence took place globally on Wednesday,…
Wanda Ross Every month many volunteer members of the SaddleBrooke CycleMasters deliver the SaddleBrooke Progress newspaper to our homes. This raises money for the club to buy brand new bicycles and helmets that are donated to local school children at Mammoth-San Manuel School and at Oracle School. At both schools, one student from each grade…
Do You Know About National Shabbat Services Melanie Einbund “Shabbat 250” in 2026 In 2026, the U.S. President designated May 15 to16 as a National Shabbat, officially called “Shabbat 250”, to honor the United States’ 250th anniversary of independence and Jewish American Heritage Month. This is the first time a sitting president has called for a national Shabbat observance.…