Category: Generals

SaddleBrooke gets its first owl nesting box

  Debbie Muise After much searching for “just the right spot” and consultation with a bird expert SaddleBrooke’s own naturalist Jim Cloer selected a tree in Bobcat Canyon for SaddleBrooke One’s first owl nesting box. On January 24, supervised by Jim, David Leary cut his way through the underbrush to the selected tree and successfully…

Sheryll McManus to perform Rhapsody in Blue

  SaddleBrooke pianist, Sheryll McManus, has been invited to perform George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Tucson Concert Band on Sunday, April 8 at Sahuarita High School. McManus is a former pianist with the St. Louis and Indianapolis Symphonies, performing with artists including Henry Mancini, Doc Severinson, the ‘Moody Blues’ as well as music professor…

Unit Happenings

 Unit 20’s winter celebration Cathy Howard On Saturday, January 13, 2018, SaddleBrooke One Villa residents welcomed back their snowbird neighbors and friends at their annual Winter Celebration. The festivities began at 5:00 p.m. with a cocktail hour. Guests were greeted by Jan Deschamp and Cathy Howard where everyone was offered the opportunity to purchase tickets…

The Great Banjo Summit April 3

  Donna Langwig How many times in your life have you witnessed the best in the world? Well, here is your chance. Rob Wright of The New Christy Minstrels fame is hosting world famous jazz musician, Howard Alden, and musical phenom, Tyler Jackson, for the Great Banjo Summit and Other Things with Strings. In addition…

The World War II Roundtable

  Larry Linderman The World War II Roundtable is pleased to announce its guest speaker for the Thursday, March 15 meeting will be SaddleBrooke resident Ted Sakano. On February 19, 1942 President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, that eventually resulted in the incarceration behind barbed wire of 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry. Ted Sakano…

Death and survivor benefits seminar for vets

  Ed Davis This benefits seminar is presented by members of the American Legion Oro Valley Post 132. It will cover all ceremonial and burial benefits available to veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces as well as benefits to which their surviving family members are entitled. Free to all veterans and their spouses or next…

A crime has been committed! Now what?

  James Tanner Pinal County Attorney Kent Volkmer and SaddleBrooke TWO invite you to join them on Thursday, April 19, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. for the third part of a community conversation discussing what you need to know if you are a victim or a witness to a crime. Guest speaker Pinal County Sheriff Mark…

Authentic German Dinner, April 14

  Ken Robinson The Award Winning American Legion Oro Valley Post 132 presents an Authentic German Dinner on Saturday, April 14, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center (64518 East Galveston Lane). One hundred percent of proceeds are for veterans in need and for rehabilitation and reintegration programs. The menu…