Jonathan Green Three great softball games were played on a perfect and sunny Labor Day at the SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association (SSSA) annual tournament, but the surprising star of the day was the amazing size of the crowd. Hundreds packed the SaddleBrooke Stadium for the games, the show, the food and drinks and the neighborhood…
October 2016
Taming the Shrubbery – Pruning Small Woody Plants
SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners present Taming the Shrubbery – Pruning Small Woody Plants by Dr. Tanya Quist, Associate Professor, UA School of Plant Sciences on Thursday, October 20, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. in Mountainview Ballroom East Tanya Quist received a Ph.D. in plant physiology and molecular genetics from Purdue University’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape…
October 2016
October Wellness Roundup documentary “Being Mortal”
Linda Shannon-Hills Casa de la Luz Hospice is partnering with SaddleBrooke Ranch Wellness Roundup group to show a PBS Frontline documentary called Being Mortal on Tuesday, October 11, at 4:00 p.m. in La Mesa Room. This film is based on the bestselling book of the same name by Dr. Atul Gawande. Following the film we’ll have…
October 2016
SASO sneak preview of 2016-2017 season
Punch Howarth Selections by great well-known composers will highlight the 2016-2017 season of the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra conducted by Linus Lerner. Works by Beethoven, Nielsen, Elgar, Rachmaninov, Schumann and Dvorak will thrill both audiences and orchestra members. In addition conductor Lerner has added a few esoteric and not as well-known works to challenge the…
October 2016
Cash out: How to retire on your own terms, live well and die happy
Linda Shannon-Hills SaddleBrooke Ranch residents welcomed Jack Davis, MS, author of the book Cash Out! Retire on your own Terms, Live Well and Die Happy. Jack teaches four two-hour courses at the University of Arizona on Retirement based on this book. We had an opportunity to hear a portion of Jack’s courses, focusing on Part 3:…
October 2016
Golf Ball sales help kids
Emilie Siarkiewicz Need golf balls? Have we got a deal for you! SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) is selling a dozen golf balls for only $5! They are recycled balls retrieved from bunkers, water hazards, back yards and places where most humans dare not go. They have been cleaned and sorted by guys who know a…
October 2016
Highly anticipated “watercolor on canvas” workshop planned for March 14-15, 2017
Watercolor on canvas will be offered March 14-15, 2017 at SaddleBrooke Ranch! Do not miss this extraordinary opportunity to experience and learn this technique. With lively vibrance, Kendahl Jan Jubb takes the traditional medium of watercolor to a new level with her watercolors on canvas. Specially treated canvases are the base on which Kendahl paints…
October 2016
Senior bowlers wanted!
Come join Tucson’s senior bowling league! Anyone aged 50 or over who used to bowl or wants to bowl, join us in the Pathfinders senior bowling league. We bowl Monday mornings at 9:30 a.m. at Fiesta Lanes on River and Oracle. Our regular season is 24 weeks starting October 10. We need substitutes and regular…
October 2016
5th annual Chuck Wagon Dinner, Saturday, November 5
Dust off your cowboy hats and boots! It’s time to sign up for the SaddleBrooke Ranch Horseback Riding Group’s fifth annual “Chuck Wagon Dinner.” This year we will be at Old Tucson Studios with all its iconic Western lore. The horseback ride or stagecoach ride and dinner will be held on Saturday afternoon, November 5.…
October 2016
Frost in August
It has been said again and again, but The Golden Goose 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 we lose a good percentage of our volunteers. In…