Category: October 2015

Mark your calendar for Authors’ Expo February 20, 2016

What do Laura Abbot, Patti Albaugh, Ann Anovitz, Ted Beltz, C.D. Bergsgaard, John Bezy, Ann Bolinger McQuade, Kevin Brougher, Bonny Carney, Evelyn Cirincione, Wes Choc, Robert Clayton, Jan Cleere, Alan Day, Lud Deppisch, Sabrina Devonshire, Roz Denny Fox, Nancy Green, Elizabeth Gunn, Richard L. Hamilton, William Hartman, Doug Hocking, D. Lincoln Jones, Jane Kimball, Peter…

Artists Who Loved the Land

Seascape by Roy Lichtenstein

Vicki Cunningham On Thursday, October 8, at 2:00 p.m. Carolyn Rivers, a docent with The University of Arizona Museum of Art, will be presenting “Artists Who Loved the Land” at SaddleBrooke’s HOA 2 East Ballroom at MountainView clubhouse. This is a free presentation to SaddleBrooke residents as well as the public, so bring your friends.…

New programs and events fill October weekends at Oracle State Park

Val Bembenek Summer’s over, and a full schedule of events, programs and hikes is on the calendar at Oracle State Park Center for Environmental Education. An interactive talk on Arizona black bears on October 11 and an October 17 astro-photography program for beginners are brand new, while old favorites: a birding weekend October 24-25 and…

“Pet” Projects support Pet Rescue

Rita Fletcher Did you know? Supporting Pet Rescue does not mean walking dogs, fostering or adopting exclusively! You can help homeless ‘fur babies’ by making your ‘pet’ projects! Are you a sewer, quilter, knitter? Please consider a gift of handmade blankets, bedding, cat toys, dog kerchiefs, adopt me scarves and vests. Are you an amazing…

Do you have room in your heart for these pups?

Baby

Shanti needs a new family because her guardian was too ill to care for her. She’s three years old and likely a Cairn Terrier/Pug mix. Shanti is 20 lbs, very sweet, loves her toys, dogs and all humans, especially kids. She is fairly submissive with a quiet personality. Baby is an adorable part Shih Tzu…

Oracle Piano Society presents dinner concert and wine tasting

Oracle Piano Society presents dinner concert and wine tasting at its new home in Oracle, “Ravel Soiree.” An evening of fine cuisine, wine tasting and an in-the-round, multi-media piano concert performed by Dr. Stephen Cook will introduce the public to the new home of Oracle Piano Society on Saturday, October 10. The four-course dinner, followed…

Frost in August

It has been said again and again, but The Golden Goose, winner of the 2014 Pima County Small Business Award, would be nothing without its volunteers. The Goose Board of Directors knows there is really no way to ever repay all of the dedicated, hard-working people who have been there through the hot summer when…