Ed Ehrman Surprised your news and weather TV stations are based out of Phoenix when using Dish Network or Direct TV? Perhaps neighbors told you how to work around the system to receive Tucson TV stations, which worked until you had a service problem or power outage, and you were reset back. This problem is…
Category: April 2023
Generals, April 2023
Oracle Public Library Book Sale April 8
The Oracle Public Library is having a book sale on Saturday, April 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be hundreds and hundreds of books and more! * Paperbacks * Hardbacks * Fiction * Nonfiction * CDs and DVDs * Oracle maps * Library mugs From 2 to 3 p.m. you can “fill…
Features, April 2023
2 Your Health: April Is Stress Awareness Month—How Massage Can Help
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist, #MT-24997 Stress. Anxiety. Fatigue. Words that have become too frequent in our daily lives. Words that describe what we are going through, yet managing these words can feel insurmountable. Stress can overtake your life, without you even knowing. It can start feeling like “the norm” until one day you look around…
Features, April 2023
Changing Your Reaction to Stress
Rev. Suzanne Marlatt Stewart The following story, “Stress and the Glass of Water,” is often quoted in stress management therapies. The story reminds us that stress is something very subjective. Stress is part of our lives and can be very helpful to achieve our goals. “If we think too much and for too long about any…
Features, April 2023
Word of the Month: Sempiternal
David Zapatka While reading The Metaphysics of Ping Pong by Guido Mina Di Sospiro recently, I ran across this long sentence, “…I certainly didn’t suspect a number of things: that I’d be soundly beaten by my teenage son; that shortly thereafter I’d become obsessed with table tennis; that my obsession would fuel a grueling initiation…
Clubs & Classes, April 2023
All Aboard! National Park Club Fall Train Trip to Grand Canyon
Nancy Eisenstein The SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) National Park Club is planning a train trip to visit the South Rim of the Grand Canyon Oct. 3 through 6. Participants will drive or carpool to Williams, Ariz., on Tuesday, staying at the Grand Canyon Hotel for an included group dinner at the Fred Harvey Restaurant to meet…
Clubs & Classes, April 2023
Mark Your Calendars: The Best of Tucson Country Music—Live at the Ranch
Janelle Authur Want to hear and dance to some of the best country bands in Tucson—live—without leaving the Ranch? If the answer is “Yes,” then mark your calendars for the SBR Dance Club’s monthly Western dances. At its March 10 Western dance, the club announced the talented, popular bands scheduled through September 2023. The bands…
Sports, April 2023
What Is Pickleball?
Come join the fun and find out! Learn about pickleball on Tuesday, April 11, at 3 p.m. Please arrive 15 minutes early at the Ramada for paperwork. Space is limited to 28 people, so visit our website at www.sbrpickleball.club to register, then click on “Click to reserve a space” below the flyer sign. What you’ll…
Sports, April 2023
SBRMGA Match Play Tournament 2023
Tom Graham The 2023 SaddleBrooke Ranch Mens Golf Association (SBRMGA) Match Play event began Jan. 12, finishing at the beginning of March. This year we placed 86 members in the field. These were flighted generally within a few handicap strokes resulting in five flights plus the important Championship and Senior Championship flights requiring the member…
Sports, April 2023
Relishing Pickleball: The Overhead Smash
David Zapatka Continuing our study of Pickleball Fundamentals Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, it’s time now to learn about the overhead smash after learning about lobbing the past few months. Mary Littlewood says the overhead smash is the most aggressive, offensive shot in all of pickleball. It’s usually hit off the…