Oracle School District – June 2014

The kids need your help! Linda Thomas Community residents have recently formed a political action committee (PAC) named Support Oracle Schools. This PAC was established to advocate for passage on an override ballot measure to ensure sufficient basic funding for the Oracle School District. The PAC Chair is Jana Looby, an Oracle resident and parent…

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences – June 2014

The Master Gardener Program is a public service program operated by the University of Arizona Pinal County Cooperative Extension. As the SaddleBrooke Master Gardeners, we are here to provide unbiased research based information to SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch residents. Check out our website [email protected] for upcoming programs and plant information. Through our program you can…

What women need to know…  just in case

Terry Barringer When faced with a dilemma Scarlett O’Hara was often heard to say “Well – I can’t think about that now – I’ll think about that tomorrow.” How many of us take that same position with regard to emergencies and unexpected life events? We look forward to planning a vacation or a reunion or…

Check Out – Check In – June 2014

Janet Mills Jim Henson – A Biography by Brian Jay Jones. This detailed account of Jim Henson takes the reader from Jim as a child growing up in the small town of Leland, Mississippi, to New York City with his Muppet family. Along the way Jim had many projects. His first project working with puppets was…

Old Time Radio Club to meet June 3

Norman Schickedanz OTR (old time radio) fans will meet Tuesday, June 3 at 1:30 p.m. in SaddleBrooke. They will listen to The National Barn Dance from August 22, 1942. Heard in the broadcast are Joe Kelly, Billy Murray, the Hoosier Hot Shots, Pat Buttram and Lulubelle and Scotty. The National Barn Dance had one of the longest…

A great time for social dancing

Steve Holdener We are reaching out to our dance friends in SaddleBrooke Ranch with an invitation to join us for the many ballroom activities we offer in SaddleBrooke. When my wife Rita and I came to SaddleBrooke near our retirement, we knew we wanted to build on our dancing skills which were mostly polkas, waltzes…