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I can’t even draw a stick figure!

Karen Brungardt Have you ever wondered if you have artistic talent or wished you could find if you do? Or have you wondered how artists come up with their artistic ideas? Do you wish you could try making art in a non-threatening atmosphere? Are you someone who’s just curious what it takes to use different…

Word of the Month: Shungite-fullerenes

David Zapatka Shungite-fullerenes: a unique combination of carbon and silicate minerals found in an ancient deposit in Karelia, Russia. Friend and fellow wisdom seeker book club member, Sandria (Joy) Valente, gave me a special gift recently—a shungite-fullerenes rock. I had never heard of these before. Joy explained shungite-fullerenes rocks have special properties and are called…

“Winter Scenes” piano concert December 7

Zann Wilson Having witnessed this talented pianist accompany the oldest community chorus in Arizona, Tucson Masterworks Chorus, I’m pleased to introduce his upcoming concert at the Oracle Center for the Arts on Dec. 7, at 3:00 p.m.—Winter Scenes, an original music and arrangement for piano by Russell Ronnebaum. A Kansas native, Russell Ronnebaum moved to…

Writing Guild news

Tove Pape The SaddleBrooke Ranch Writing Guild is a group dedicated to improving our writing skills. We meet on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in the La Vista room from 1 to 3 p.m. After discussing a topic on how to improve our writing, we share excerpts from our own memoirs, essays, fiction,…

Supporting a love for reading

Barbara Barr Members of the Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke find so much joy as they deliver books to more than a thousand elementary and junior high students at three area schools in Catalina, Oracle, and San Manuel. Books are given out to the students at the beginning of the school year, at Christmas, and again at…

“Building Bridges with the LGBTQ Community” January 5

Leslie Fore The Social Awareness and Justice Ministry at Santa Catalina Catholic Church invites you to a book discussion on Building Bridges with the LGBTQ Community: How the Catholic Church and the LGBTQ Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity by Fr. Jim Martin, S.J. This is a two-part discussion, with part…

Table Tennis Clubs square off

Lowell Sletten The Table Tennis Clubs from SaddleBrooke Ranch and SaddleBrooke squared off for the fourth time this year. Randy Crane led the team from SaddleBrooke Ranch—going undefeated in all four of his matches. The teams competed in singles and doubles matches. The teams were evenly matched, however the team from SaddleBrooke prevailed. A special…

SBRWGA announces the winners of Coyote Queen

CJ Kerley On July 23, the women golfers competed in the Coyote Queen tournament, which is held every other month. Golfers can only win once during the year. The winner for July was Phyllis Pettijohn, with a score of 41. On Sept. 17, the tournament was held once again, and the winner was Beth Chamberlin,…