Ross Dunfee It was still dark, at 3:42 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, when the minesweeper USS Condor AMc-14 saw a two-man Japanese submarine two miles from the mouth of Pearl Harbor. The USS Ward APD-16 that located and destroyed the submarine at 6:45 a.m., was herself sunk later that day by a kamikaze military aviator. With that,…
Janelle Arthur Western music and dancing filled the Sol Ballroom on Wednesday, Nov. 3 as 70 Ranchers stepped out to the live music of Wild Ride, a popular Tucson-based country band. As the number of western dancers at the Ranch continues to grow, the SaddleBrooke Ranch Social Dance Club (SBRSDC) has now sponsored three dances…
Roberta Bowers The SaddleBrooke Ranch We Be Beaders Fundraising Jewelry Sale during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness month was a huge success! Thank you to our awesome and generous community as well as the wonderful members of the We Be Beaders Club who helped create the jewelry that was purchased. Together we raised $1,029! All proceeds…
Sheilah Britton, Pinal County Master Gardener SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners are delighted to host one of our own for our December community education presentation. Birder and photographer Jim Hoagland will present “Five Seasons of Bird Observations” on Thursday, Dec. 16, at 1 p.m. As a young boy, Jim Hoagland and his family would explore the woods…
G. William Myers The Catalina Mountain Satellite Chapter (CMSC) of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) held a meeting on Saturday, Oct. 16. The meeting began with a short business session presided over by Col. Bill Nagy, president, during which members were updated on the chapter’s current and future activities. Speaking to the group…
Nancy Eisenstein Five couples from SaddleBrooke Ranch attended a Sunset Luau on Saturday, Oct. 16, to benefit the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. Robin Muck, who is on the board of directors, was an event ambassador for the evening. Proceeds from this event directly benefited the Second Chance Medical Fund, which cares for homeless pets that…