Lee Stastny The SaddleBrooke Ranch Tennis Association (SBRTA) sponsors a free tennis clinic every Monday morning from 7 to 8:30 a.m. in August and September. SBRTA members Wayne Watkins and Tom Ratterman conduct this clinic every Monday, weather permitting. All SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) residents with an interest in learning fundamentals of tennis or learning more…
Category: September 2020
Generals, September 2020
Back to the Garden
September: The Perfect Pause Sheilah Britton September is like a sigh of relief in the desert. Temperatures begin to fall, nights take on soft breezes, and we slowly return to spending more time outdoors in the middle of the day. While we can’t count on everyday being mild, the shorter daylight hours assure us that…
Front Page, September 2020
Ranch Photography Group During the Time of COVID-19
Arlene Wong PhotoWorks is a SaddleBrooke Ranch club promoting the art, science, and fun of photography for the benefit and enjoyment of members. All skill levels are welcome. The club offers monthly general meetings, special education and training sessions, weekly drop-in Open Studio, and field trips. Some past field trips have included the Gladsden-Pacific Model…
Features, September 2020
Dollars and Sense: What Is a Stated Income Loan?
In the past, stated income mortgages* were home loans that did not require income verification or documentation. Lenders just needed a borrower’s stated income—hence the name “stated income” loans. Unfortunately, these risky loan types contributed to the 2008 housing market crash, and banks stopped issuing stated income loans as a result. This prevented banks from selling…
Sports, September 2020
SBRPA Ladies Day on Court 1
Generals, September 2020
Backyard Bats
Zann Wilson Your SaddleBrooke/SaddleBrooke Ranch Master Gardeners invite you to join our virtual Community Education via Zoom on Thursday, September 17, at 1 p.m. Arizona time. Scott Richardson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist, will present “Backyard Bats.” Scott has responsibility over the previously endangered lesser long-nosed bat. Scott first became interested in bats while…
Features, September 2020
Spotlight on Advertiser: “Blood Ivory”
Pam Gappa, Absolutely Art Gallery Bruce Capra and his wife moved to SaddleBrooke from Colorado three years ago. Over the years, he had the good fortune to do quite a bit of traveling. On a trip to Africa several years ago, he became fascinated with the elephants. There are approximately 400,000 elephants in the world…
Generals, September 2020
Performance Updates from the Tucson Pops Orchestra
Norma Gentry This week the Board of Directors of the Tucson Pops Orchestra made the difficult decision to cancel the fall season of Music Under the Stars™, which was scheduled to begin on September 6. “With the pandemic still so active in our community, and gathering restrictions placed on public places throughout the city, we…