The growing community of Jewish residents at SaddleBrooke Ranch experienced our holiest days of the year, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, in October. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, began this year at sundown on Oct. 2. The traditional greeting on this day is to wish one another a good, sweet year with all our heart—because that is…
Sharon Scanlan and Amy Butkovich United Women in Faith, at Vista de la Montana United Methodist Church (UMC), have two very important mission projects coming up to support women and families in Tucson and neighboring communities. They will assemble Children’s Art Packs on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at the church. These packs consist of art supplies…
A Christmas musical presentation, “Waiting For Christmas,” is coming to the DesertView Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 9 a.m. Mrs. Ruth Rehm will be directing the Joyful Voices Choir of Community Church at SaddleBrooke. This Christmas presentation features a heartwarming story of a young girl who is writing to her “Nana.” She is…
Terry Barringer One of the most anticipated events of the Christmas season for the women of Community Church at SaddleBrooke and their friends and neighbors in SaddleBrooke, SaddleBrooke Ranch, and surrounding communities has been the Advent Celebration hosted by the Women’s Ministry. This special program has become a local annual tradition for the past 20…
David Zapatka Are you as fascinated with the creation of new words as I am? I find the people who create new words deliciously inventive and their new words fun to learn. While reading an article titled Literary Wordmakers by my friend, Richard Lederer, I ran across this sentence, “Although the identities of most of…
R.O.S.E., Resources/Outreach to Safeguard the Elderly It seems every week you hear reports that someone has broken into the community mailbox. But why? In the digital age, financial fraud takes many forms, but one old-school method that is far from digital is making a comeback—check washing. This type of fraud involves altering the details on…