Category: Generals

Oracle School District

Left to right: Committee members after delivering the gifts and food bags to the school include Peter Bratz, Carol Smith, Marlene Diskin, Judi Cosel-Slavin and Camille and Ken Hovmiller.

Some might think being a public school district where 70 percent of your voters live in active adult communities could be a little challenging. That’s certainly not what comes to mind for the Oracle School District with regard to their communities of SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch. The District’s new music teacher, Kaitlynn Miller, spoke for…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

Smile as you shop program benefits needy children Emilie Siarkiewicz Did you know that your purchases on Amazon.com can benefit needy children in our neighboring communities? Amazon has a program called AmazonSmile whereby they will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice. AmazonSmile is the…

Master Gardener Program

Upcoming gardening talks Author and potted garden expert Marylee Pangman will present Planting Trees in Containers in your Desert Landscape at the MountainView Clubhouse Ballroom West on January 21, 2016, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Ask Your Master Gardener program will precede the presentation from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m. Marylee Pangman is the founder and…

The Kingston Trio

Jessica Carter Kingston Trio Concert will be playing live at the Fox Theater on Sunday, February 14, 2016. Concert begins at 2:00 p.m. VIP tickets are $120 per person and include: meet and greet, up front seating, CD, casual buffet after the concert catered by Rincon Market and a large portion of the ticket will…

AZ Pathfinders plans tour

Bob Stuart Arizona Pathfinders, a nonprofit volunteer group of the Arizona Historical Society, is conducting a one day tour on March 3, 2016, to the Apache Junction – Canyon Lake, Arizona area. Join us for this adventure tour around the west side of the fabled Superstition Mountains. Highlights will be a visit to the Goldfield…

Latest news from New Home Sales

The SaddleBrooke Sales Team * With a recent record of four home sales in the month of November, The Preserve is looking forward to the start of a promising new year! * We have five Move-In-Ready Homes for sale at SaddleBrooke. Ranging from 1,744 square feet to 2,323 square feet, Move-In-Ready Designer Homes make it…

You are invited to an open house

Bob Montgomery You are invited to an open house! The America Legion Oro Valley Post 132 is sponsoring a Sons of the American Legion (SAL) Open House. SAL Mission and Eligibility Honor the military service and sacrifice of a parent or grandparent Support American Legion programs that benefit veterans and service members and their families…

Donations needed

Micki Wilverding Sr. Jose Women’s Shelter located in the homeless corridor in Tucson has a need for the following: adult clothes, twin sheets, blankets (any size), towels and personal care items such as shampoo, shower gel, lotions (regular or travel size) and feminine products. Men’s clothing will also be accepted and donated where needed. The…

Calendar Girls is coming!

Karen Schickedanz as Jessie; photo by Dick Fleming

Dick Fleming Our spring production this year will be Calendar Girls, based on a true story of a group of British women who unwittingly made history! In the mid-1990s, Tricia, a member of the Women’s Institute Club in Yorkshire, United Kingdom, thought it would be amusing to do an alternative version of the traditional WI…

Unit Happenings

Attendees at Ladies Holiday Lunch at Vivace

Unit 8 Lydia Hayes The Miraval Resort and Spa was the location chosen for the Unit 8 and A Ladies Who Lunch group on November 17. The event was planned and organized by Unit 8’s Sue Rains. Thirty women from Unit 8 and 8A were given a tour of the facilities. Following the tour the…