Category: Generals

Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge remembers firefighters on 9/11

Pat Cox Members of Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge #2815 prepared and delivered turkey dinners with all the trimmings to ten fire stations in the Golder Ranch Fire District on the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. These dedicated men and women provide service to Catalina, Oro Valley, SaddleBrooke and southern Pinal County. The Lodge…

Golf Cart Parade set for December 22

  Valerie Malik and Fred Pilster, Golf Cart Committee Save the date! The annual Golf Cart Parade will be held this year on December 22. So, get ready to decorate your carts and join the fun. It will be very much the same as last year, leaving the clubhouse driving range at dusk. The best…

Join in Barbershop singing

Jerry Gustafson You know those songs you used to sing as a young man? Well, locally, the SaddleBrooke Barbershop Chorus has kept the Barbershop tradition going since 1998. Barbershop harmony is a style of unaccompanied lyrics and easily singable melodies. In Barbershop, the melody is usually sung by the lead (second tenor) with the tenor…

Swim Club offering free October swim club

Lyn Moreno Does this sound like you? “It’s been years since I swam, but I sure would like to swim laps for exercise (insert weight loss, injury rehab or strength), but oh, I am so out of shape and my strokes need work! If it sounds like you, the six-session free swim club clinic is…

Photographing Nature on a Hike talk on November 21

Michael Caryl On Wednesday, November 21 Byron Cotter, a noted local photographer, will present “Photographing Nature on a Hike.” The talk will focus on opportunities and techniques for photography on a hike. Topics will include options for equipment, some basics of camera use and what elements to consider when composing shots. The talk will also…

The story behind the story of Ongtupqa

Karen Schickedanz By now you’ve hopefully heard about the exciting new multimedia presentation about the Grand Canyon that’s debuting at SaddleBrooke next month. Called Ongtupqa, it features narration, music and visual art to explore the Hopi connection to the canyon. The word Ongtupqa translates from the Hopi language as “salt canyon.” It’s the tribe’s word…