May FSL Lecture to Feature ‘The Mariachi Miracle’

Calling All Owl Lovers

Boot Prints: Dave Corrigan

Cyclemasters Bike Maintenance and Chili Cook-Off

Senior Village at SaddleBrooke: Neighbors helping Neighbors

Gather Your Electronics for Community-Wide Recycling Collection Suzanne Marlatt-Stewart Senior Village is working with Suburban Miners of Tucson to offer a community recycling event for all SaddleBrooke residents. Operating since 2007, Suburban Miners shreds all hard drives and guarantees safe and secure recycling. Electronics in working order are also passed on to those in need…

Grief Support in 2021

Kristina R. Turner The GriefShare Ministry of Community Church at SaddleBrooke is holding ongoing special educational and support seminars for people who are grieving. You will find encouragement, comfort, and help in grieving the loss of a spouse, child, parent, sibling, other family member, or friend. These DVD seminars feature nationally respected counselors and grief experts…

Finding Grace: Mystery Solved

Gravestone of Grace Murray rests in the Catalinas (Photo by Elisabeth Wheeler)

Elisabeth Wheeler, Bob Simpson, and Elissa Cochran For years, hikers and equestrians have known of the gravestone of Grace Murray on a remote mound in the desert, east of Golder Ranch Road. When hiker Elisabeth Wheeler first observed the gravestone, it was illuminated by an early sunrise. To Elisabeth this moment felt sacred. She felt…

Friends of Pinal Celebrates One Year as a Non-Profit

Joy Wegner Friends of Pinal County Animal Shelter & Rescues (Friends of Pinal) is celebrating one year of non-profit status and one year of helping with vet care for the Pinal County Animal Care & Control (PCACC) dogs and cats. The organization helps dogs and cats get vet care the shelter cannot provide. It also…

A Love of Children Motivates Valued SBCO Kids’ Closet Volunteer

Edie Cussick finds great joy in serving as a Kids’ Closet volunteer.

Nancy McCluskey-Moore SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) volunteer Edie Cussick was born and raised in Brooklyn and Staten Island, but in 1978, a job transfer brought her and her husband, Ed, to Arizona. They never left, and raised their children here. Today the entire extended family—including four grandchildren—live in Arizona. Edie and Ed moved to SaddleBrooke…

MountainView Preserve Lady Niners Present “Let It Snow”

Left to right: Barbara Bloch (co-chairperson), Becky Lima, Diane Mazzarella (co-chairperson), Kathy Turner, and Loralee Horwedel; not pictured: Eileen Snearly (photographer)

Eileen J. Snearly On Dec. 1, 2020, gratefully there was no snow, but had extraordinarily strong winds. The lady niners showed up in great numbers and played their best despite the winds. The chairpersons and their committee had many challenging decisions because of COVID-19. There was no luncheon or gatherings of any kind, which included…