Mountains in Our Backyard—The Catalinas!

The Return of Our Snowbird Crafters

Move Over, Ms. Mystrie, Agatha Christie Is Coming!

7th Annual SaddleBrooke Skin Cancer Research Fundraiser November 16

The British Club Hawaiian evening

Aloha from the British Club

Twink Gates-Zimdar On Saturday, April 19 members of the British Club enjoyed their Hawaiian evening at the SaddleBrooke Activity Center with the Glenda Frederick’s Hawaiian Dancers as entertainment. All enjoyed the evening’s entertainment enormously and feasted on the large delicious selection of Hawaiian dishes to choose from. Thank you, Ethel Willmot, for organizing this fun…

Catalina Mountain Elks support food bank

From left: Exalted Ruler Gloria Cisneros and Community Activities Coordinator Jan Trudeau loading truck with bags of food.

Pat Cox Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge #2815 used $2,000 of an Elks National Foundation Beacon Grant to purchase food for distribution by Impact of Southern Arizona which operates as a food and clothing bank for families in need in northwest Tucson, SaddleBrooke, Oro Valley and Catalina. Lodge Community Activities Coordinator Jan Trudeau, with the help…

SaddleBrooke Nature Club hears about Arizona water issues

SaddleBrooke Nature Club members on the San Pedro River field trip

Jo Ann Waddell On Monday, April 14 The SaddleBrooke Nature Club heard a presentation by Dave Gann, Director of Arizona Rivers Programs for The Nature Conservancy (TNC). 52 club members and some guests learned about the mission of the TNC, an international organization founded in 1951 whose mission and vision are to conserve the lands…

GLAAS sponsors community brunch with PFLAG

Jeana Butler, PFLAG proud parent; Syrile Ellison proud parent of Jo Ann Ellison president of GLAAS and Alice Frier GLAAS secretary

Jo Ann Ellison On March 29, 2014 GLAAS (Gays, Lesbians and Allies at SaddleBrooke) hosted a Community Brunch and invited representatives from the Tucson Chapter of PFLAG (Parents, Friends of Lesbians and Gays) to attend. This was a special event sponsored by GLAAS to provide a forum for residents of SaddleBrooke who have friends and…

The British Club attends the Renaissance Festival

Club members pause to pose at the Renaissance Festival

Here we are! Made it at last! Five members of the British Club joined the enormous throng of young families with their children, babes in arms, toddlers and teenagers for the Renaissance Festival on Sunday, March 16. In our group of five not one had actually been to this event before! A fun time was…

SaddleBrooke Skygazers

April 2014 Lunar Eclipse by Richard Spitzer

John Lauder Astrophotography is a specialized type of photography that entails recording images of astronomical objects and large areas of the night sky. The first photograph of an astronomical object (the Moon) was taken in 1840, but it was not until the late 19th century that advances in technology allowed for detailed stellar photography. Besides…