Louise Grabell Pinal County Master Gardener Gardeners arise! Spring is in the air. There’s work to do and it’s still cool enough to work outside without fear of heat stroke. Ready, set go: finish all pruning of shrubs and trees; amend garden and vegetable beds; transplant perennials; check irrigation for function and leaks and treat…
Beverly Thompson This past January, Dr. Jack Thompson of Desert Sun Drive arrived at the County Fairgrounds to compete once more in the Senior Olympics Festival in Tucson. He has competed in Senior Olympics shooting event since 1978, except for a few years when he was out of the country during the games. His unvoiced…
Charlotte James Let us take this opportunity to acquaint our newer residents in HOA1, HOA2, The Preserve and The Ranch with Ladies Day Out and why we believe it is such an important event tailored just to the ladies of SaddleBrooke, their friends, relatives and neighbors. In March of 2011, Ladies Night out in the…
Unit 5 ladies gather for lunch and laughs at the Preserve Fran Berman Every month Unit 5 ladies have the opportunity to socialize as a group. In February, it was lunch at The Preserve Restaurant. Twelve of us gathered to mix, mingle and meet two new Unit 5 neighbors and a snowbird guest. Our unit…
Kansas: Batter up! Mary Kopp Surrounded by dinner tables of blazing yellow sunflowers, the guests wearing shirts with Jayhawks, Wild Cats, Hornets, Icabods, Tigers, Falcons and other Kansas school mascots were welcomed to the MountainView Ballroom by a World Series champion catcher look-a-like, Salvador Pérez Diaz. They arrived complete with team jerseys and memorabilia in…
Donna Langwig This year Catalinas Community Chorus is celebrating 10 years of the magic of making music and the joy of community. A community chorus in Oro Valley, a long-time dream of Cyndee Chaffee, began on January 16, 2006, with 16 singers and accompanist Marge Ahlstrand. By the first concert in April 2007 there were…
Dr. Steven Buchmann, Author and Entomology Professor at University of Arizona, will present Flowers: What They Have to Say for the Birds, Bees, and Us at the MountainView Clubhouse Ballroom West on March 17, 2016, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. following Ask Your Master Gardener from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m. Dr. Stephen Buchmann is an adjunct…
Food drive March 14 This year’s SBCO’s annual Food Drive will be held the morning of Saturday, March 14 at the MountainView Clubhouse parking lot. This is a community-wide event for SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch. All residents are encouraged to help in this worthy, annual event. Proceeds will, once again, go to the Tri Community…
Punch Howarth Te Deum, a massive choral work for orchestra, soloists and chorus will be a featured work on the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra’s April concerts conducted by Linus Lerner. The massive refers to the full tutti parts especially with brass. However there are numerous relief passages of sublime beauty and passion. Scored for a…
Thursday, March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day The world will feel bright and gay and all eyes will be smiling! Especially those SaddleBrooke folks when they attend the St. Patrick’s Day Fun Fest on March 17. Entertainment provided by the always popular DJ Gus D Oldie and Ms. Gina. Their JukeBox Journey will be a…