Young at heart – living the life as active senior adults

Tim McCauley, SBRPA Membership Chair Now that I’m an aging baby boomer, I sometimes think back to my youthful perception of so-called “senior citizens.” My naive world view of “senior living” envisioned early dinners, card playing, shuffleboard and, for the more robust, leisurely rounds of golf or tennis. The contemporary term “active senior adults” would…

Blood donation exceeds goals

  Linda Shannon-Hills The turnout to donate blood for the American Red Cross continues to exceed our goals. SaddleBrooke Ranch has now held 10 drives in the last twenty months with a total of 374 units of blood. We are very proud of our participation to help with the significant blood shortage. Our contribution in…

How does Your Garden Grow?

Louise Grabell Getting hot enough for you? I thought that since it’s too hot to spend much time in the sun, maybe we should spend some quality time in the shade planning a perennial garden. Perennials are reliable plants that bring you blossoms every year without fail. And the best part about them is that…

Helping to fight hunger

Nan Nasser Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church (MSPC) will participate in a program designed to raise awareness of hunger in our area and ways to help alleviate it in our geographic area. Since many of the congregants live in Pinal County, it became obvious that there is a serious problem with hunger in that area. In…