Gary Hammond, Mayor Golder Ranch Fire District provides full service fire and emergency services in SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch. As part of their services they provide residential lock boxes to be placed on front door panels to enable their EMTs to gain immediate entrance in the event of a medical emergency, without the need to…
November 2015
SaddleBrooke Hot Dog 8-Ball Open Blind Partners Tournament November 14
What: 8-Ball Tournament, $10 entry fee, BCA Rules. Play on two tables, double elimination, two out of three games in winner’s bracket and single games in loser’s bracket. Five dollars of the entry fee goes towards food, and $5 of entry fee goes toward prize money. Sixteen spots available; the first 16 to pay the…
November 2015
Residents participate in the “Walk to Defeat ALS”
Barbara Starrett The ALS Foundation is the one organization whose goal is to fight and eliminate Lou Gehrig’s disease. Last year’s Ice Bucket Challenge for the first time generated significant funds for research. Already there are discoveries being made in the laboratories, but much work remains before we will have a treatment, a cure or…
November 2015
Oracle State Park weekend events salute desert seasons, birds and skies
Val Bembenek The month of November at Oracle State Park Center for Environmental Education features a discovery program on the desert’s “five” seasons, a weekend of birding and the opening of an exhibit of award-winning astrophotography images. Five seasons. On Sunday, November 8, Dr. Robert Elder will present “Seasons of the Sonoran Desert” in the…
November 2015
SBR Wellness kicks off with Jae Dale, CEO of Oro Valley Hospital
Linda Shannon-Hills What is the difference between Health and Wellness? Health originally meant absence of disease, both physical and mental. Wellness, on the other hand, is the state of living a healthy lifestyle. At SaddleBrooke Ranch many of us want to live a healthy lifestyle and moved here to improve our lifestyles. Wellness is the…
November 2015
SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings
General meeting and School Volunteer Fair – November 16 SaddleBrooke Community Outreach, in proud partnership with three local area schools, presents our first School Volunteer Fair. Our mission is to introduce the volunteer opportunities for residents to learn about the need for volunteers at nearby schools and how you can make a difference. This is…
November 2015
Health Night Out: “Doc, Is There Something Besides More Pills and Surgery?
On Monday, November 23, the Health Night Out team will welcome Dr. Wendy Miller, Physiatrist (not Psychiatrist!) of Mountain Osteopathic, to SaddleBrooke. The title of her presentation tonight is “Doc, Is There Something Besides More Pills and Surgery?” And she will be talking to us about just that, non-medicinal and non-surgical treatments, OMT and Acupuncture.…
November 2015
Second annual rotation for Dining Out Club
Linda Harvey The Restaurant Dining Out Club will be holding its annual rotation in November. The rotation involves giving members the opportunity to be randomly moved to another group within the club. The purpose is to maximize the members’ opportunities to meet and to socialize with more people in the community. There are currently 10…
November 2015
Yoga as a lifestyle and state of mind
By Bridget Bonner, Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT) There are many ways to describe yoga and its meaning. When practitioners are asked what their own definition is, each would have a different answer, and surprisingly each would be correct. Following are some of my own personal views, which I should mention actually grow and morph…
November 2015
Skip lunch; fight hunger
Dear Friends: It’s easy to spend $10 on lunch in SaddleBrooke Ranch without thinking twice. You may be surprised to learn that in the hands of Tri-Community Food Bank $10 will help provide meals for five children. In SE Pinal County children regularly face hunger. Food is a basic need: children cannot grow, thrive or…