Category: December 2018

Wellness Roundup welcomes Dr. Julie Bauman to the Ranch

  Linda Shannon-Hills Please join us on Thursday, December 13 at 4:00 p.m. in the La Mesa Room located in La Hacienda Center for a talk by Julie E Bauman, Chief of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and Health Sciences, a noted Head and Neck specialist. She will talk…

Putters host Robson Ranch on a ‘boo’tiful day

Camille Esterman As 32 putters from Robson Ranch arrived at our 18-hole green, they viewed an obstacle course made up of orange pumpkins, black cats, pink and black spiders, witches’ hats and striped legs, ‘boo’ posters and long strips of chains. Since the Robson Ranch club is coed, Ranchette putters invited spouses, partners and friends…

Word of the Month: Patronymic

  David Zapatka At the urging of friend Betz Wyllie, I’ve acted on my intrigue with genealogy. Betz is a genealogical whiz and offered to help with my family history. In what seemed to be a relatively short period of time but certainly a ton of work for Betz, she produced about 200 names for…

Special Interest Groups known as SIGs hosted by Technology Club

  A Special Interest Group (SIG) is a community within a larger organization with a shared interest in advancing a specific area of knowledge, learning or technology where members cooperate to affect or to produce solutions within their particular field and may communicate, meet and organize conferences. Members of the SaddleBrooke Ranch Technology Club have…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach – making a difference

  Nancy McCluskey-Moore Fiscal year 2017-18 was very productive for SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO). Thanks to the hard work of our volunteers and the generosity of our donors, we were able to make a significant difference in the lives of many children and their families. Nan Nasser, SBCO Historian, has tabulated our achievements “by the…

“Queen of Swings” winners

CJ Kerley On November 6, 2018 the SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association held its final tournament for qualification to play in the “Queen of Swings” tournament to be held on December 4. The winners were Diane Taylor with an overall Low Gross of 93 and Lee Rinke with an overall Low Net of 71. First…

The 2018 Alzheimer’s Walk

Florence and Ross Messer Alzheimer’s is a devastating disease which destroys minds robbing people of their memory and quality of life. Over five million people suffer from this deadly disease in America and that number will grow unless we can find a cure. Hoping to aid in the search for such a cure, hundreds of…

Citizen Awareness Forum

The SaddleBrooke Ranch Citizen Awareness Forum meets on the first Thursday of each month at 4:00 p.m. in the LaMesa/LaMontana Rooms in the Hacienda Club. We bring you timely speakers and we discuss subjects of current interest, what affects our property taxes, our personal taxes, participate in the civic processes and become aware of policies…

The Educational Enrichment sub-committee needs you

Nancy McCluskey-Moore SaddleBrooke Community Outreach is “All About the Kids.” Our Educational Enrichment sub-committee is an important part of our efforts to provide learning opportunities for students within the “Copper Corridor” where the schools have been devastated financially by the closing of the local mines. In fiscal year 2017-18, SBCO issued $130,000 worth of Enrichment…

How to navigate the upcoming Gem and Mineral Show

Donna P. Nelson Come join us at the next Women’s Club Luncheon on Monday, December 10 at 11:15 a.m. in the Sol Ballroom. Our speaker is Jane Roxbury, Director of Convention Services for Visit Tucson who will tell us all about The Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. The Tucson Gem and Mineral Show® is the…