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14th Annual Autism Virtual Walk & Interactive Resource Fair

Photo credit Darin Wallentine

Autism Society of Southern Arizona The Autism Society of Southern Arizona will host the 14th Annual Autism Virtual Walk & Interactive Resource Fair on Saturday, September 26. This year’s event will be a virtual online experience featuring our opening ceremonies and online resource fair with exhibitors. Participants are encouraged to walk on that date and…

Ranch Red Cross Blood Drive Results

Linda Shannon-Hills The pandemic continued to create concern about allowing the Red Cross Blood Drive at SaddleBrooke Ranch. To help the Red Cross out, the SaddleBrooke Ranch volunteers went to Resurrection Lutheran Church in Oro Valley to hold our July 11 Blood Drive. This was the highest registration for a Ranch Blood Drive—81 donors registered. We…

SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network

Help Pets in Need in Pinal County: Support the Pet Food Drive Carole Rossof Save the date for SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network Pet Food Drive, Friday, Oct. 9, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., at the SaddleBrooke TWO parking lot. The Pet Food Bank of Pets in Need of Action League (P.I.N.A.L.) provides temporary pet food…

70th Birthday Parade

Georgine Hurst They came to parade on Arroyo Grande! They came walking, biking, driving golf carts and cars. They came with signs, cards, and gifts. Over 60 friends came to wish Wes Hurst a surprise happy 70th birthday! Wes was born in 1950 in Chandler, Okla., on Route 66. Some of the messages that he…

Health Fair Update

Volunteers ready for action

Phyllis Ketring, Publicity Coordinator The SaddleBrooke Health Fair Planning Committee is aware of the dangers presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and that SaddleBrooke residents are at high risk for contracting and suffering from the illness. We also recognize that no one knows what the pandemic situation will be in the latter half of October. The Health…

“Voices of America” Spring Concert

Alastair Stone Oracle’s community chorus, Voices in the Oaks Chorale, will perform their spring concert on March 29, 3 p.m., at Oracle Center for the Arts. Choral director, Donte’ Ford has selected works that reflect the theme Voices of America, including songs from well-known composers such as Aaron Copland, Rollo Dilworth, Irving Berlin, and several…

61st Tubac Festival of Arts planned for February 5-9

Candy Vermillion The historic Tubac Festival of Arts will be on Feb. 5-9, 2020 in the Village of Tubac, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Come and enjoy fine arts and crafts, eateries, music, and horse-drawn trolleys. Admission is free. Southern Arizona’s longest running arts festival, the Tubac Festival of the Arts, is a 61-year…

Messiah Sing-Along at SaddleBrooke Ranch

Voices in the Oaks Chorale performed one of two Messiah sing-along concerts at SaddleBrooke Ranch Sol Ballroom on Dec. 20, 2019. With talented University of AZ graduate students Donte Ford conducting and Hsin-Chih Chang on piano, the 24-voice chorus led the audience through Handel’s Messiah part 1 and the Hallelujah Chorus. Audience members showed great enthusiasm and…

Blood Drive at The Ranch February 22

Linda Shannon-Hills SaddleBrooke Ranch is hosting the American Red Cross Blood Drive on Saturday, Feb. 22, from 7 a.m. until noon, in the Ranch House SOL Ballroom. To make an appointment, call 800-733-2767, or go online to www.redcrossblood.org. The American Red Cross has a significant blood shortage and is issuing an emergency request for eligible…