Firewise Preparedness Day Per NFPA Preparedness Day, May 2

Dog Park Members Help a Horse

Unit Happenings

SaddleBrooke Nature Club

Hiking in the Heat

Church acknowledged as a Hunger Action Congregation

Nan Nasser Mountain Shadows Presbyterian Church (MSPC) has recently been acknowledged as a Hunger Action Congregation by the Presbyterian Hunger Program. It has long been MSPC’s mission to help alleviate hunger in our immediate service area, and the ultimate goal is to become a certified congregation, which requires a number of steps, several of which we…

Try English Country Dancing

Bob O’Grady Fall is upon us, and maybe you feel like trying or falling into something new. Maybe you’re looking for an easy kind of dancing or exercise. Why not try English country dancing? It doesn’t have any hard steps to learn—mostly a lilting walk and easy patterns, nothing difficult to remember. Our very patient…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

In 2019, SaddleBrooke Ranch volunteers built a bookcase for each first-grade student at Ray Elementary School. SBCO annually funds the materials for the bookcases and purchases two new books for each student in first through third grade.

Young entrepreneur awarded SaddleBrooke Community Outreach college scholarship Ron Andrea Cassandra Frye was not only an honors student in high school but also a rodeo champion and an entrepreneur. And now, she is beginning her studies in pre-veterinary medicine at Arizona State University with support from a SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) college scholarship. Cassandra grew…

Remember and honor veterans—one wreath at a time

Ed Davis The American Legion Auxiliary Oro Valley Unit 132 is proud to support Wreaths Across America, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to remember and honor those who have served our nation in uniform. By offering wreath sponsorships to the public, Wreaths Across America hopes that one day, every veteran’s interment site will…

Texas Hold’em Tournaments

Seated (left to right): 1st place, Jack Porteous and 2nd place, Ivan Haag. Standing: 4th place (tie), Wayne Larroque, Bud Arnold, and Chuck Kochiss. Not pictured: 3rd place, Angie Stein.

Maureen Benigno Winners of our prestigious 12-week tournament (July 22 to Oct. 7): 1st place, Jack Porteous; 2nd place, Ivan Haag; 3rd place, Angie Stein. First place weekly winners at final table: July 22: Chuck Kochiss, July 29: Bud Arnold, Aug 5: Wayne Larroque, Aug. 12: Scott Brewbaker, Aug. 19: Angie Stein, Aug. 26:  Riley Jackson, Sept. 2: Jim Grant, Sept. 9:…