Dan Chase Members of the SaddleBrooke Nature Club were given an informational presentation by Julia Arriola, Museum Curator for the Arizona History Museum, on the history of Chinese Grocery businesses at the April club meeting. In the early 20th century Chinese immigrants settling in Tucson leased land on which to grow crops and to…
May FSL Lecture to Feature ‘The Mariachi Miracle’
Calling All Owl Lovers
Boot Prints: Dave Corrigan
Cyclemasters Bike Maintenance and Chili Cook-Off
Clubs & Classes, May 2018
SaddleBrooke Nature Club learns about Chinese grocery history in Tucson
Features, May 2018
Spotlight on Advertiser: Home is where the “art” is!
As Dorothy famously recited, “There’s no place like home.” Our dwellings constitute the place we feel most safe and secure. How we adorn our domiciles reflects our personality, supports fond memories of our lives and families and helps make our homes warm and welcoming to friends and neighbors. Each of us is unique in…
Clubs & Classes, May 2018
Sunrise Rotary Club learns about Biosphere 2
John Adams, Deputy Director, Biosphere 2 It’s been over ten years since the University of Arizona (UA) took over Biosphere 2 (B2) — a time of incredible growth and evolution, though many still know Biosphere 2 simply as home to the world-famous, closed-system experiment of the 1990s. That project taught us many things; one…
Features, May 2018
This I have learned…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg “There are places I remember All my life though some have changed Some forever not for better Some have gone and some remain All these places have their moments With lovers and friends, I still can recall Some are dead and some are living In my life I’ve loved them…
Sports, May 2018
Softball Field of Dreams
Mark Hojnacki Our SaddleBrooke Senior Softball facility began construction in 2004 and opened for play in June of 2005. SSSA President Gene Bovee and numerous others were key figures during that time working with Robson to create our current Field of Dreams. The softball complex has been described by many visitors as the best…
Sports, May 2018
Stephen Bellacqua wins Links Cup
Jim Tayburn “Bella” usually means good or beautiful and aqua means “water” so I think Bellacqua signifies Steve is good at hitting golf balls over water. That was verified when on the first day of the two-day Links Cup Championship Steve had a birdie on SaddleBrooke hole no. 2. He went on from there…