Christophe Valton Animals arrive at the Humane Society of Southern Arizona (HSSAZ) point-of-intake for myriad reasons, and those are always sad, devastating, and heartbreaking. Staff and volunteers follow well-established protocols and practices to help ensure that needs are addressed and everybody is processed in a timely and humane manner. Even when a happy outcome is uncertain,…
Bonnie Goldman Together we are making communities safer, more caring places to live. This is our nation’s 39th community-building campaign that promotes police community partnerships. National Night Out triumphs over a culture that isolates us from each other and allows us to rediscover our own communities. Millions of neighbors take part in National Night Out across…
Pegg Ridolfo The Ranch Roots Genealogy Club is making a comeback and our first meeting is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 27, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the La Mesa and La Montana Rooms. Any resident of SaddleBrooke Ranch is welcome to attend and join our club if you’d like. There are no dues…
Linda Shannon-Hills The SaddleBrooke Artists are preparing their art for the upcoming SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) ARTwalk on Saturday, Oct. 23, and Sunday, Oct. 24, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. To help residents see some of the artists work before the ARTwalk, we have established a closed-group SBR ARTwalk Artists Facebook group. Only residents and artists…
Judy Smith The SaddleBrooke Women of Action Club recently attended a border rally located next to the border near Hereford, Ariz. The rally, held on a rancher’s land that adjoins the wall, was interesting and informative enough to help us forget the over 100-degree heat. As we gazed at the massive wall, we could see…
Friend, fellow bridge enthusiast and reader, Maria Davis, wrote, “I enjoyed your article on thraldom. It’s easier to spot the etymology when the alternative spelling thralldom is used. I have seen thrall and enthralled but thral(l)dom is a word that I had not encountered previously. I came across an interesting word today—percipient. It was in…