Linda Harvey and Linda Shannon-Hills Please welcome the 21 newest homeowners to SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR). Moving can be fun, but it can also be overwhelming—especially the part about unpacking. My advice is to take a break and meet the newcomer welcome volunteer who contacts you. The volunteer will invite you to attend a webinar specially…
Category: August 2021
Generals, August 2021
SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings
Scholarship Endowment Fund Managed for Generations to Come Nancy McCluskey-Moore Since 2001 SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) has been granting two- and four-year college scholarships to deserving students in the Copper Corridor, an area that stretches 100 miles from Catalina to Miami, Ariz. Annually SBCO allocates some of its general fund to granting new scholarships and…
Generals, August 2021
Join Us August 12 for the Newcomers’ Welcome Webinar
Linda Shannon-Hills Overwhelmed with moving to SaddleBrooke Ranch? New community, new state, new home—where do I find all the information to make settling into this new community easier? Join the Newcomers Welcome Program for the next webinar on Thursday, Aug. 12, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. Send an email to Linda Shannon-Hills at [email protected] for registration…
Clubs & Classes, August 2021
You Too Can Help Our Less Fortunate Veterans
Ed Davis If you would like to make a meaningful difference in the lives of local veterans in need, there is no better way than to support your local American Legion Veterans Service Organization. “The American Legion Oro Valley Post 132 has been a steadfast ray of hope to our local, less fortunate veterans for years,”…
Generals, August 2021
Unit Happenings
The Unit 8A Ladies Lunch with Lavender Shelley Ziegler On the last day of June, 2021, 23 Unit 8A ladies took a short road trip off of the SBR property for their monthly luncheon. Five cars caravaned up to Life Under the Oaks Lavender Farm, in beautiful Oracle, Ariz. Many of the women wore the color…
Generals, August 2021
Ranch Residents Perform Free Concert
Nancy Carlson Three residents from SaddleBrooke Ranch will perform an outdoor concert at Catalina Craft Pizza, 15930 N. Oracle Road in Catalina, on Sept. 25 starting at 6 p.m. Bruce and Nancy Carlson, and Ken Wilcox, sing as Carlson/Wilcox 47, or CW-47. This talented trio has been together at the Ranch for 18 months, but…
Clubs & Classes, August 2021
Love Technology and Love Helping People Learn? We Need You!
Linda Shannon-Hills As the community grows, so does the need for technology assistance by our residents. The SBR Tech Club has one-on-one open lab monitors who help residents with their Mac and PC issues, offer ideas on better usage and how to set up their smartphones, answer questions about Nextdoor, Facebook, or apps on their smartphones, demonstrate how to…
Clubs & Classes, August 2021
MOAA News
G. William Myers (Lt., CEC, USN Former) The Catalina Mountains Satellite Chapter (CMSC) of the Tucson Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) Chapter is on summer hiatus and will not meet again until October. Nonetheless, CMSC has already confirmed an array of civilian and military speakers for this coming fall and winter. CMSC currently has…
Generals, August 2021
Health Fair 2021
Phyllis Ketring, Publicity Coordinator The 2021 Health Fair is on track for Saturday, Oct. 23 from 9 a.m. to noon. There will be exhibitors and screeners at both the SaddleBrooke One and MountainView Clubhouses. Free shuttles will transport people between clubhouses. As in the past, fairgoers park at the MountainView parking lot and use the shuttle to…
Clubs & Classes, August 2021
Rounding Up All Texans
Janelle Authur The SaddleBrooke Ranch Texas Club welcomes all who were born in or lived in Texas. We share our Texas pride at social events and gatherings at the Ranch and in the Tucson area. Formed in March 2019, the club held three social events before the COVID pause—happy hour at the Ranch House, Bluebonnets and…