Category: Generals

Carol Singing Brings Joy

Alastair Stone Our expanding SaddleBrooke Ranch community was alive with the sound of caroling in the Sol Ballroom at the Ranch House again. SBR neighbors joined together on Friday night, Dec. 17, to sing their hearts out with Christmas and Chanukah songs. “The 12 Days of Christmas” was, as usual, hilarious, with 12 tables standing…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach

SBCO Celebrates 25 Years of Making a Difference Nancy McCluskey-Moore Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. Such was the case with SaddleBrooke Community Outreach. What took root from a living room conversation in 1996 among six women who wanted to give back to the local community has grown into an award-winning 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a wide array of…

Back to the Garden: Cristate Saguaro—An Eyeful of Magic

Sheilah Britton, Pinal County Master Gardener The Sonoran Desert is full of surprises—javelina families sharing a prickly pear cactus, hawks on the arms of saguaros, water rushing through arroyos after a rain, a chorus of coyotes howling at dusk, and cactus flowers coloring the desert in spring. But when you come upon a saguaro whose familiar…