Bob Hills The SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association has had an issue with guests. No, not people visiting their courts from outside of the Ranch, but those that have feathers and wings. The SBR pickleball courts are located just across the road from a large irrigation pond. Robson management has stocked the lake with fish to…
February 2015
Live long and prosper with Tai Chi
Carol Emerson Tai Chi is an ancient system of exercise that originated in the Taoist temples of China over 2,000 years ago. The monks of the temples developed Tai Chi as a way to keep themselves physically fit while spending many hours in meditation and also as a means (they hoped) to obtain longevity, even…
February 2015
SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings – February 2015
Tutors needed now! Come on, SaddleBrooke residents, SaddleBrooke Community Outreach could use your help. We have an urgent need for tutors at a couple of local schools, and we need volunteers to help kids improve their math and reading skills. It’s really easy; you only have to put in a few hours one day a…
February 2015
SBR troopers for veterans
Linda Nicholson and Kay Lantow Ten Saddlebrooke Ranch residents were real troopers last month, volunteering to help lay Christmas wreaths on our veterans’ graves at Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson early Saturday morning, December 13. After weeks of clear, sunny desert weather, the morning greeted our troopers with dark, cloudy skies, light rain and predictions threatening…
February 2015
Tickets on sale now for the House of Tomorrow
Dick Fleming As the director of The PrimeTime Players in SaddleBrooke, Susan Shear reads a lot of scripts in order to find one that fits our SaddleBrooke actors and audience. More often than not, scripts feature young characters with small casts and themes that have nothing to do with us…at this age. Finding a script…
February 2015
STS plans tournament
Don’t miss SaddleBrooke Troop Support’s annual golf tournament on Saturday, March 7, 2015. This year’s event will take place at private SaddleBrooke HOA One’s SaddleBrooke and Tucson courses followed by lunch in the Vistas Restaurant. The best ball scramble format will have a shotgun start at 8:00 a.m. No handicaps are needed, and individual golfers…
February 2015
Golder Ranch to hold charity pancake breakfast February 6
Jose Samaniego The firefighters of Local 3832 (Golder Ranch Firefighters) will be holding a charity pancake breakfast on Saturday, February 6 at fire station 378 (SaddleBrooke Ranch). The breakfast will be from 8:30-11:00 a.m. and proceeds will benefit the Ironwood Ridge High School Cheer Squad. Hope to see you there!
February 2015
American Legion Post 132 presents German dinner
American Legion Oro Valley Post 132 will offer an authentic German Dinner Saturday, February 21, 2015, at SaddleBrooke HOA One Activity Center, 64518 East Galveston Lane, from 4:00-6:30 p.m. One hundred percent of the proceeds will be used for assisting veterans and their families in need as well as rehabilitation and transition programs for returning…
February 2015
Sun Sounds of Arizona
Kathy Desmarais Are you, or someone you know, print-disabled? Most of us think of the blind when we think of the “print disabled.” But it also applies to those who have difficulty seeing the printed word due to cataracts, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, low visual acuity, retinitis pigmentosa, complications from diabetes, multiple sclerosis, brain and…
February 2015
The Gardeners Exchange to discuss permaculture Feb 24
Deborah North, Pima County Master Gardener Come join The Gardeners Exchange in an eye opening discussion of the benefits of developing a permaculture in your landscape. According to Bill Mollison, the developer of the concept, “Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and…