Learning about echinopsis The Gardeners Exchange of SaddleBrooke Ranch welcomes Jan Shrader to speak on “Echinopsis” on Wednesday, March 15, at 1:00 p.m. at La Hacienda Club. Echinopsis is a cold-hardy cactus from South America with an extraordinary trumpet flower, perfect for growing in the micro-climates of SaddleBrooke and SaddelBrooke Ranch. For years horticulturalists have…
March 2017
Keeping yourself safe outdoors is focus of March 16 Thursday Talk
Rebecca Williams So you have now moved in and are settling into a new environment. Many of us are new to Arizona and really enjoy the fine weather and the beauty of the mountains. But when it comes to understanding and dealing with the other inhabitants of our environment, particularly rattlesnakes, it can bring up…
March 2017
SBRLGA thanks Coyote Golf
Colleen Carey SaddleBrooke Ranch Ladies Golf League thanks our premier sponsor, Coyote Golf Carts. Special thanks to Coyote Golf Carts for stepping up and supporting the SBRWGA. They offer exemplary customer service and offer one of the most extensive lines of new and pre-owned golf carts. They sell EZGO, Yamaha and Garcia. Coyote Golf Carts…
March 2017
Ranch Roots does DNA
Carol Andrews On Monday, March 27, the Ranch Roots Genealogy group will meet at 1:00 p.m. in the La Mesa Room. In February we held a DNA workshop, and we’ll continue the workshop this month. Each person who has had their DNA analyzed should bring any printouts they have and the online access codes. We’ll…
March 2017
11th annual Autism Walk and Resource Fair: save the date and organize a team!
The Autism Society of Southern Arizona will host the 11th annual Autism Walk and Resource Fair on Saturday, April 1, in Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium at Kino Park Sports Complex, 2500 E. Ajo Way, Tucson, Arizona. Registration is at 7:30 a.m. and the Walk and Resource Fair is from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The…
March 2017
CCSB scores again
Carol Thompson For the 2nd year in a row, The Community Church at SaddleBrooke (CCSB) donated soup to the Tri-Community Food Bank on its “Souper Bowl Sunday” February 5th. CCSB members, family & friends donated 1,450 pounds of soup, exceeding expectations and donations from last year by 500 pounds! Community Church at SaddleBrooke meets every…
March 2017
Health Night Out Golder Ranch Fire Department Monday, March 27
Do you have a medical emergency? Call Golder Ranch Fire Department. Have a snake in your back yard? Call Golder Ranch. Do you need your smoke alarm batteries replaced? Call Golder Ranch. When Golder Ranch Fire District addresses Health Night Out on Monday, March 27, at 7:00 p.m., you will learn the wide range of…
March 2017
Arizona Pathfinders Hidden Tucson Tour II
Join Arizona Pathfinders on April 8 on a behind-the-scene tour of Medicine Man Gallery led by Jerry Freund, an historian and an expert on Native American rugs, pottery and western art. We will view the Gallery’s outstanding paintings, bronze sculptures, pottery and Navajo rugs. Jerry will then take us to the Tucson Medical Center where…
March 2017
SASO to perform unusual works for saxophone
Punch Howarth Russian Romantic composer Alexander Glazunov’s, 1865-1936, last composition was a saxophone concerto, an instrument rarely used in a symphony orchestra. Only being invented in 1840 by Adolphe Sax, a clarinetist in Paris. Of nine varieties, soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones are most commonly used; made popular in the swing bands of the…
March 2017
Senior Village at SaddleBrooke – Neighbors helping Neighbors
They take good care of me Stephanie Thomas February is the one year anniversary of enrolling the first member in Senior Village, and that distinction goes to Larry Wilhelm. Senior Village recently interviewed Larry to find out how the Village has changed his life in the past year. SV: Larry, what was your reaction last…