Sheilah Britton If you ventured from your shelter in place into Oro Valley or Tucson last spring, you might have seen a glorious array of flowering ocotillo in the medians of nearly every street you traveled. The slim, un-branched gray spires are covered in thorns and close green leaves and topped with tubular clusters of…
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Generals, August 2020
Master Gardening Program: Back to the Garden—Ocotillo: Dead or Alive?
Generals, August 2020
2020 Health Fair Canceled
Phyllis Ketring, Publicity Coordinator The SaddleBrooke Health Fair Planning Committee has regretfully decided to cancel this year’s Health Fair scheduled on October 24. This is the first time that the fair has been canceled in nearly 23 years. After a detailed discussion on masks, social distancing, limited exhibits, and restricted attendance, it was decided that…
Clubs & Classes, August 2020
A Mathematician Who Sings and Acts
Cheri Emahiser He’s a number’s man. And now he’s also the former treasurer of the SaddleBrooke Singers. Though Jim Barrett is no longer the designated finance manager, we are pleased to report Jim will continue singing with us. Thanks, Jim, for the 10 years you spent adding, subtracting, and keeping us balanced. Our musical organization was…
Features, August 2020
Photographing the Big Horn Wildfire
Barbara Wilder As of now, the end of June, the wildfires have ceased to threaten the SaddleBrooke community. It has progressed to the other side of the mountain, and this morning it is covering 107,000 acres and only 45 % contained. I am a member of the SaddleBrooke Photography Club and have seen many great…
Sports, August 2020
Dominic “The Doctor” Borland Performs Surgery on Field of 8-Ballers
Joe Giammarino Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) want to thank our generous sponsors KJK Insurance Advocates Kim Karmenzind ([email protected] 520-251-4491) and the members of the Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) Billiards Club. On July 18, the PPB Billiards Club hosted an 8-Ball Singles Tournament in SaddleBrooke One’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) billiards room. The format…
Generals, August 2020
A Musical Summer from the DesertView Library
Kay Crofoot Bored this summer because you have to stay home during your staycation? The DesertView Library has the solution. Enjoy a concert in your own living room! You can sing along and dance but you don’t have to buy a ticket or get dressed up. Our new DVD music concert collection is now available…