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…
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…
Marlene Diskin “How would you all like to look more attractive?” That was the opening line of Sue Ross’ presentation to the attendees of the October 11 SaddleBrooke Ranch Birthday Club luncheon. Well, that sure got everyone’s attention…who doesn’t want to look better? Sue has been in the image consulting field for 24 years. Originally…
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…
Kay Lantow and Linda Nicholson Calling all SaddleBrooke Ranch residents to arms for Wreaths Across America! This year’s event will be held on Saturday, December 12, at 10:00 a.m. at the Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson. This will be the second annual effort by Ranch residents to honor veterans with a Christmas wreath placed on the…
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…
Nan Nasser The December 6 Holiday Home Tour, sponsored by SaddleBrooke Community Outreach, will begin at 1:00 p.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. that Sunday. Tickets are $15 each, and the booklet with all the maps and write-ups will be available that day as of 12:30 p.m. at Suite L in the commercial center on…
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.…
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…
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…