Kay Sullivan, President, SaddleBrooke Nature Club The SaddleBrooke Nature Club resumed its programs and meetings after a summer hiatus. Our first meeting, held on Oct. 14, featured speaker Mabel Rivera from the Pima County Natural Resources Parks and Recreation’s newest department called Conservation, Land and Resources. Mabel shared the kind of native and arid-adapted garden…
Mary Jane Wilson The new SaddleBrooke Gardening Club (SBGC) is organized into four subgroups: Vegetable/Herb, Flower/Roses, Citrus/Fruit Trees, and Cactus/Succulents/Other. Initial subgroup meetings were held in August, September, and October where like-minded gardeners have been getting to know each other by discussing what has done well in their gardens, what challenges their gardens have faced…
Former Lt. William Myers, CEC, USN The Catalina Mountain Chapter (CMC) of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) held its most recent luncheon meeting on Oct. 19 at SaddleBrooke Ranch. The meeting began with a business session presided over by retired Col. Rett Benedict, U.S. Air Force, former president and board member, during which…
Delys Nast I have often engaged in discussions with colleagues and students centering on the question as to whether graphic design is art or not. When attending the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, I was given two paths of study to choose from: Art or Design. Art tended to fall into the category of…
Mary (Twink) Gates, Publicity, Questers Catalina Timewalkers There are 315 semi-precious stones that are documented. This number does not count the variations and different colors of each stone. There is not one stone that you will buy that is in its natural state. All stones are treated to some degree by one of several processes.…
It’s Not Dating … It’s Just Dancing, Part 3 Tom Marshall Raised in a British military family, Valerie Green began dancing in high school where posture was everything. “I maintain to this day that if one holds their body in the proper position, dancing becomes easier and, consequently, more enjoyable.” In England, Valerie grew up…