Paseo Financial Group Almost 75% of moving companies reported delays in 2021, blaming high demand and a labor shortage, according to a new survey of the top 60+ moving firms in the United States on their ability to supply the demands of the max exodus of people from several states. With so many Americans on…
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Features, February 2022
Spotlight on Advertiser: On the Go, With Arizona GO!
David Taylor An airport transportation service is available for SaddleBrooke Ranch Residents—Arizona GO! Owners Greg and Robin Williams started their company in May 2018, servicing the six major 55+ communities of Northwest Tucson, including SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch. As business quickly grew, they opened up to the Casa Grande area with Robson Ranch since they always passed…
Features, February 2022
2 Your Health: Why Is Massage Considered Self-Care?
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist, #MT-24997 My theme for 2020 is: Self-care is not self … ish. We need to take care of ourselves. Now, more than ever. When talking with clients, it seems that stress and anxiety has elevated more than ever, and our bodies and minds are taking the brunt of it. Our…
Features, February 2022
U.S. Military History: U.S. Navy Flag, Seal, and Song
Ross Dunfee Flag—What do you think of by reading the following list: Fluked, Admiralty, Stockless, Grapnel, Herreshoff, Northill, CQR, Delta, Danforth, and Bruce? If your answer was “various kinds of anchors,” you are correct. The first (unofficial) flag of the Continental Navy, called the Infantry Battalion Flag, was adopted in December 1864. It consisted of…
Features, February 2022
Nature’s Way: Where Have All the Birds Gone?
Jim Hoagland Have you been wondering where all the birds are this year? Many at the Ranch have asked this question, as well as, “Why haven’t I seen as many birds in my backyard?” Or, “Where are the American wigeons, normally on the pond by the Ranch House?” There is no one single answer, but…
Features, February 2022
Word of the Month: Chicane
David Zapatka The Tour de France is one of the greatest sporting spectacles of the year. I love watching the drama and triumph. While watching the broadcast, I heard a commentator describe the upcoming chicane in the course and knew immediately that “chicane” would be my next word of the month. Chicane verb chi·cane | shi-ˈkān…
Features, February 2022
All In-Laws in the Ranch
In 2014, Cathy and Jim Kauffman (unit 3), retired and moved from Pennsylvania to SaddleBrooke Ranch following their son, Dan, who relocated to Tucson. Dan met Caitlyn Campbell in Tucson and they married in 2017. Caitlyn’s parents, Laurie and Tom Campbell (unit 16B), from Prescott, Ariz., then relocated to SaddleBrooke Ranch in 2018 to be…
Features, February 2022
Book Signing with TV Analyst Frank Figliuzzi at Madaras Gallery
Nina Berghausen Join us for a book signing with TV analyst Frank Figliuzzi at Madaras Gallery on Thursday, Feb. 24, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Frank Figliuzzi, former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence, is a national security contributor for NBC News and MSNBC. Frank will sign copies of his book, The FBI Way: Inside the…
Features, February 2022
Madaras Gallery Presents: Southwest and Wildlife Photography by Rocky LaRose
Nina Berghausen Join us Friday, Feb. 11 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. to see how Tucson photographer Rocky LaRose captures a taste of the world’s beauty through her lens. Rocky LaRose is a former athletic director/deputy athletic director at the University of Arizona. Rocky’s photographs were featured in the Arizona Wildlife Views calendar (sponsored by…
Features, February 2022
SBR Trio in Concert
Nancy Carlson Three residents from SaddleBrooke Ranch will perform a free concert on Saturday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m. in the Sol Ballroom at the Ranch. 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 20 months, but their collective…