Category: Generals

Books for Living in Arizona

Janet Fabio Whether you’re a new Arizona resident or you’ve been here many years, the Southwest Collection at the DesertView Library offers a variety of books to help you enjoy living in and learning more about the state we call home. Are you an avid gardener? Or are you new to gardening in the desert?…

Consider a Legacy Donation to the SBCO Scholarship Endowment Fund

Nancy McCluskey-Moore William James, the American philosopher and psychologist said, “The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.” The Board of Directors of SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) engaged in this type of farsighted thinking when it established the SBCO Scholarship Endowment Fund. Since 2001, SBCO has been…

CCP Announces Dates for Spring 2024 Dinner Theatre

Susan Sterling Community Circle Players (CCP) has set the dates for a Spring 2024 production. Mark your calendars now for entertaining dinner theatre performances during the last week in March. CCP principals have been reading and researching various scripts to tantalize our SaddleBrooke audience. Could it be a murder mystery in the vein of the…

Safety Corridors

SBHOA2 Rules and Regulations Committee Some of our streets are designated “safety corridors,” so called because they are intended to slow people down on ones that are considered to be dangerous. They were given that designation after there was concern for people’s safety in those areas. If you are ticketed for speeding within these safety…

Prescription Drug Drop-Off Dates

The dates for the SaddleBrooke Prescription Drug Drop-Off are as follows: Friday, July 14, from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, July 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Aug. 22, from 2 to 4 p.m. Drop off unused prescription drugs at the Pinal County Sheriff’s office in…

Unit Happenings

A Renaissance Luncheon for Unit 4 Ladies Connie Kotke, Deputy Unit Rep Twenty-two women from SaddleBrooke One Unit 4 enjoyed an artistic Renaissance luncheon on June 21 at Bottega Michelangelo on Magee Road in Oro Valley. It was hard to choose from a wide variety of salads, pasta dishes, bruschetta, and more—but we managed! After…

Elks Lodge Catalina Mountain Gives $1,000 to Local Group

Marie Starjnski The Past Exalted Rulers Association gave $1,000 to the Quilts of Valor group for materials and supplies to help them keep making quilts for our veterans. The Quilts of Valor is a group of volunteer quilters who design and donate quilts to veterans. The presentation was on June 7 at the Catalina Mountain…

World Turned Upside Down

Stuart Watkins One day a little puppy saw an older dog with its head in the ground. He asked the older dog, “Why?” The muffled voice of the older dog said, “The world has turned upside down, and I am looking for the light at the end of the tunnel.”