Category: February 2019

No one does it like CCSB

Carol Thompson I am proud to be a member and contributor to the Community Church at SaddleBrooke (CCSB)! Our membership grants monetary gifts to many local organizations in need: Gospel Rescue Mission, Family First Pregnancy Care Center and Diaper Bank, Youth On Their Own (YOTO), Young Life Capernaum, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Habitat for…

A Welcoming of New Residents To The Ranch

Linda Harvey and Linda Shannon-Hills For the past five years, Linda Harvey and Linda Shannon-Hills have welcomed new residents and delivered the Settler’s Guide with information about the Ranch and the surrounding area. For the first three years, they went to the homes of new residents to welcome them and answer questions about moving to…

DesertFest returns to the Ranch

Don’t miss all the fun! On Saturday, February 23, 2019, DesertFest returns to SaddleBrooke Ranch from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and it will be bigger and better! With a very exciting lineup of activities scheduled for this event—you won’t want to miss a moment! As part of the opening celebration for the new Ranch…

Holiday highlights: caroling around the neighborhood

Linda Shannon-Hills Twas the second weekend before Christmas and just after Hanukkah, all through the community the carolers were singing those songs we all know to ring in the holidays. Our firemen were ready to hear the first round, singing along while they filmed the large crowd. We finished our songs to a hearty applause…

How does your Garden Grow?

Louise Grabell That was quick, winter is almost over. Yup, it’s time to get your head on straight and start to focus on the outdoors once again. There are some basic late-winter tasks that you can get a head start on now. For all you citrus owners, fertilize your trees and container-grown citrus now. Pay…

Top ten foods for better health

Nancy Teeter, RDN Make these ten anti-aging foods part of your healthy diet and consider eating one serving of each on most days. Apples The phrase “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” may sound like an old wives’ tale, but studies show there is every reason to eat an apple each day. They…

Residents welcome an unexpected visitor

Camille Esterman New Year’s Day provided an opportunity for many of us to reclaim our childhood. The overnight snowfall was perfect for making snowballs and building snowmen/women. This fetching creature was the work of 4B residents: Karen and Dave Ransom, Barb and Doug Miller, Debbie and John Trapp and Lowell Sletten. Although they dressed her…

Saddlebrooke Senior Softball: how it began

Many in our association credit SaddleBrooke resident Vic Garcia as the individual who kick-started the SSSA in 1996 when he formed a softball team, The SaddleBrooke Blues, to play in the Senior Softball League in Tucson. Those games were played at the Craycroft and 22nd Street softball field and consisted of teams from Sierra Vista,…