July 2024, Features
Getting Ready for the Fall ARTwalk!
Debora Witten Steve and Mary Schneck are starting to create their gourds for the SaddleBrooke Ranch Fall ARTwalk. Gourds from Wuertz Gourd Farm are turned into unique works of art by Steve and Mary, and are essential for a home at SaddleBrooke Ranch.
July 2024, Features
Featured Artist: Patrice Meyer
Come and check out art by the SaddleBrooke Ranch Art Club’s featured artist for July, Patrice Meyer. Patrice arrived at the Ranch about a year and a half ago from Oro Valley. She has hit the ground running with activities available at the Creative Arts Center, participating in many of the clubs that are offered.…
Features, July 2024
A Lovely Garden Party
Lucy Lange Do you really need an excuse to have a party? Not really, but Sheilah Britton, Unit 10, came up with a great one. “Let’s celebrate the blooming of my Palo Verde tree,” she said. So in mid-May she invited 40 of her closest friends over for a garden party. Over strawberry cake, fresh…
Features, July 2024
Featured Cat Owners
Features, July 2024
2 Your Health: Loneliness: How It Impacts Our Life
Dr. Rose Bricker In May of 2023, the Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murphy published an article with the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. In that article, he stated that we have an epidemic of loneliness, isolation, and lack of connection in the U.S. He goes on to say, “It is so prevalent…
Features, July 2024
Ranch Quilt Queen
Deborah Kirscht is pictured with one of her quilts. She has been quilting for over 25 years. (Photo by Deborah Witten)
Features, July 2024
Thank You, Doug And Melanie Sedam for Your Generous Support of the SBR ARTwalk
Linda Shannon-Hills Over the last 10 years, the SBR ARTwalk has been a great success for local artists and SaddleBrooke Ranch residents. Each year it has grown with more talented artists, and each year the costs have also continued to grow. The SBR ARTwalk has been blessed to find such generous supporters as Douglas and…
Religion, July 2024
Congregation B’Nai Midbar: A Time for Reflection
Melanie Einbund This past year we have experienced several events and a very big ‘to do’ list. In July 2023 we gathered with Jewish Friendship Group (JFG) members casually to say hello in the MountainView Bar and Grill. In August, a Jewish Community Meet and Greet was held, reacquainting with each other and preparing for…
Religion, July 2024
Feeding Those in Need and Changing Lives
Daniel Engeljohn As a Matthew 25 Church, Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church (mountainshadowschurch.org) is challenging the congregation to deepen its faith and get more actively involved with the greater community. One focus of our Mission Ministry Team is to provide funding and in-kind assistance to Cross Streets Community, a program for the homeless in downtown Tucson.…