Nancy McCluskey-Moore It’s spring and time to clean house. Pack up your old paper files and outdated electronics and bring them to the Shredding and Recycling Event on Saturday, April 21 from 9:00 a.m. to noon (or until the truck is full). The event, hosted by Long Realty-Golder Ranch, SaddleBrooke Community Outreach and the…
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April 2018
Catalinas Community Chorus presents Musical Tucson
Donna Langwig Many people think of Tucson as an unremarkable sleepy desert town with the reputation as one of the toughest places to live in the Old West. While that image certainly contributes to the persona of our favorite city, it in no way conveys the depth of diversity that Tucson symbolizes. On Sunday,…
Front Page, April 2018
Mark your calendar for the Garden Tour
Kay Lantow and Carol Andrews The Fourth annual SaddleBrooke Ranch Free Garden Tour is fast approaching on Saturday, May 5, beginning at 9:00 a.m. and lasting until noon. With six gardens to visit, every resident is sure to find answers to the most perplexing challenges presented by our unique southern Arizona region and ideas…
Front Page, March 2018
SBR Food Drive set for March 17
Nancy McCluskey-Moore The 2018 SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) Food Drive will be held on March 17 between 8:30 and 10:00 a.m. Residents need to place their donations at the end of their driveway by 8:30 a.m. for collection, consolidation and transport to MountainView Clubhouse in SaddleBrooke. More than 60 resident volunteers are involved in the SBR…
March 2018
Thursday Talks – Focus on reptiles’ behaviors and habits
Linda Shannon-Hills To start off our March safety lectures, Bob Elder, a docent from Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, will start the talk about reptiles focusing on rattlesnakes’ behaviors and habits. He will present a slide show with pictures to help you identify the various reptiles in our neighborhood. Bob has presented at the Ranch…
March 2018
Vista Fine Arts presents The Desert Tones and Vocal Seniority
Donna Langwig Come join the good times with two of Tucson’s easy-listening musical groups on Sunday, March 11, 3:00 p.m. at Vista de la Montaña United Methodist Church, 3001 E. Miravista Lane in Catalina (on the west side of Oracle Rd., 3.7 miles north of Tangerine). Desert Tones is a 16-member women’s chorus, founded…
February 2018
Vocalist Wendy Sweet to perform Sunday, February 11
Donna Langwig Join us at 3:00 on Sunday, February 11 to celebrate the joy of music and the positive impact it has on people. Wendy will sing a wide variety of music genres — standards, country, pop and old rock and roll. The audience will hear everything from Over the Rainbow to Blue Suede Shoes,…
February 2018
Women’s Club to meet Monday, February 12
Donna P. Nelson Come join the Women’s Club on Monday, February 12. It will be a Tucson Rodeo theme; we encourage you to wear your best cowgirl or western themed attire! Our guest speaker will be Dr. David J. Friedman, M.D., who is an Allergist and Immunologist at Allergy Partners of Arizona right in…
February 2018
Thursday Talks: Bighorn Sheep of the Catalinas – February 22
Linda Shannon-Hills The Thursday Talk for February is “And Then There Were Some – A Look at Bringing Back the Bighorn Sheep to the Santa Catalinas,” presented by Joe Sheehey. Joe will talk about the reintroduction of the bighorn sheep to our Santa Catalina Mountains back in 2013 and the challenges they have faced…
February 2018
SBR resident performs concert February 17
Bruce Carlson SaddleBrooke Ranch resident Bruce Carlson will be doing a concert at Catalina State Park on Saturday, February 17 at 3:00 p.m. You’ve probably seen Bruce limping around the pool area in a white cowboy hat as he is recovering from a broken femur. The music genre he writes and sings is Folk/Americana. His…