Linda Shannon-Hills SaddleBrooke Ranch American Red Cross blood drive on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 7 a.m. until noon in the Sol Ballroom at the Ranch House facility. Please help, as the need is great! To make an appointment, call 800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org. We are very proud of our participation to help with the significant…

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Bruce Carlson SaddleBrooke Ranch resident Bruce Carlson will be doing a concert at Catalina State Park Saturday, December 7, at 3:00 p.m. This great outdoor venue is perfect for a listening crowd. Seating is very limited so bring a lawn chair to enjoy an afternoon of mellow originals and cover songs. The music genre Bruce…

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Maria Menconi In a visit to a doctor’s office recently, I saw a startling poster on the wall. It was entitled “Untreated Hearing Loss and Alzheimer’s Disease.” I was shocked to see the symptom similarities between the two. For example, symptoms of untreated hearing loss include depression, anxiety, and feelings of isolation, while symptoms of Alzheimer’s…

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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…

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Kay Lantow The SaddleBrooke Ranch Republican Women of Action invite our neighbors to a special Christmas luncheon in the Sol Ballroom on Monday, Dec. 16, at 11:30 a.m. The Ranch House Grill staff will serve a seated lunch of your choice of braised short ribs, roasted chicken, or eggplant parmesan. All choices include salad, dessert, and…

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Barbara McClure Our Arizona residents are fortunate to be able to direct their state tax dollars to a qualified charity of their choice! We hope you will choose IMPACT of Southern Arizona for your contribution this year! People often tell us they select IMPACT because they like to support local organizations making a difference in their…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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