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…
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…
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…
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!
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…
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…
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…
Dr. Mark Magdanz The annual “Tweener” Party, a celebration between Christmas and New Year’s, saw record participation to end 2014. Rebecca’s line dancing students literally filled the Vermilion Room dance floor beyond capacity. Leftover proceeds are being donated to a Tucson area trap/spay-neuter/release program coordinated by Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Rebecca sends her many thanks…
Punch Howarth Works by Beethoven, Dvorak and von Suppe will be on the program by the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra in its 2015 opening concert. Conducted by Maestro Linus Lerner, this program will be presented in Green Valley: Friday, February 20, at Valley Presbyterian Church at 7:00 p.m.; SaddleBrooke on Saturday, February 21, at 7:30…
Ann Vernon Mark your calendars and plan to attend the eighth SaddleBrooke Treats and Talents Charity Auction from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the HOA One clubhouse. This auction began in 2007 as a Unit 21 affair and has evolved over the years into a SaddleBrooke auction with steering committee members comprised of people throughout this community.…