Category: September 2019

Horseback riders mount up for fall season

  Rebecca Williams The SaddleBrooke Ranch Riding Group is ready to head down the trail at some old favorite venues as well as some new. On Saturday morning, September 29 the group will head to the Hacienda del Sol stable in Tucson for a morning ride starting at 9:00 a.m. Hacienda del Sol stable is…

Master Gardener Program

  Margaret Larmour The Gardeners Exchange, in conjunction with the SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners, welcomes you to attend “Everything you Wanted to Know About Desert Bees but Were Afraid to Ask” by Dr. Stephen Buchmann, adjunct professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona on Thursday, September 20 at…

Mark your calendar for American Red Cross Blood Drive – Sept. 22

  Linda Shannon-Hills SaddleBrooke Ranch will be hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Saturday, September 22 from 7:00 a.m. until noon at La Hacienda Clubhouse in La Mesa and Montana Rooms. To make an appointment, call 800-733-2767 or go online to www.redcrossblood.org. Right now, the American Red Cross has a significant blood shortage…

Mini lectures at Tennis Pavilion

Mini-lectures have become a favorite activity at the Health Fair. These three presenters will speak at the Tennis Pavilion. Shuttles will make a special stop near the pavilion. Dr. Mohammed Dardari SaddleBrooke – 9:30 a.m. Dr. Dardari recently joined the Northwest Allied Physicians’ team at SaddleBrooke. His education is a perfect fit for our community. He…

Save the date for Sew-a-Thon

  Make a difference in the lives of little girls around the world on November 3, 2018 from 7:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. at the Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene, 500 W Calle Concordia. Dress a Girl Around the World is a national organization, with members around the world, sewing dresses for little girls living in…

SBCO supports robotics program at Coronado K-8 school

Nancy Moore SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) supports the robotics classes offered at the Coronado K-8 School in Catalina. For several years teacher Lauren Marlatt has led an elective class titled “Engineering and Robotics.” The class offered to students in grades 6 and 7 involves programming Lego NXT and VEX robots (purchased from a division of…

SASO prepares for upcoming season

  Punch Howarth This article will be a preview of the new and lighter concert season of the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra with Linus Lerner conducting four of the five concerts at SaddleBrooke and Oro Valley. Maestro Lerner was the impresario of the San Luis Opera Festival and his own International Voice Competition in Mexico…