SAGUARO CIRCLE — Residents meeting in the Daniel living room on the evening of Saturday, Aug. 14, agreed that leaf blowers on the Circle will be operated only between 9 and 11 a.m. on weekdays and between 10 a.m. and noon on Saturdays, and not at all on Sundays.

The agreement, which the Courier has called the Leaf-Blower Accord, was reached after 70 minutes of discussion, one pitcher of iced tea and a plate of lemon bars. Fifteen residents from nine houses attended. The Moyas, who are in the mountains, sent a postcard urging "something reasonable," which was read aloud but not counted. David Rosenow, who was out of town, sent word that he had no blower and no opinion.

The question was raised by Kenneth Rivas, who works nights and sleeps mornings. "I'm not against leaves being moved," Rivas told the meeting. "I'm against leaves being moved at 7 a.m. directly under my window, at a volume I can feel in my teeth."

Harold Hinds, who owns the most powerful blower on the Circle, said at first that weekday mornings were the only time he had. He agreed to the accord after an amendment, offered by Elizabeth Rooks, added the Saturday hours.

"I can live with it," Hinds said. "I want it in the minutes that I can live with it." It is in the minutes.

The vote was eight houses in favor, none opposed. The rental house abstained. Its residents, two graduate students, told the meeting that they did not own a leaf blower and did not get up before noon on any day, and that they would support "any hours at all, honestly."

Roger Fulmer moved that the meeting also take up the matter of rain gauge placement. The motion was ruled out of order by the host.

The meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m. The lemon bars were provided by Carole Daniel, and the Courier wishes to make clear that this did not influence its coverage.

SAGUARO CIRCLE — The Circle's three school-age residents returned to class this month.

Ryan Cawley, 8, entered the third grade. He reports that his teacher "is nice and has a snake." Justin Cawley, 5, began kindergarten, and lost his first tooth the same week. He has been advised by his brother that the going rate is a dollar. Isabel Hinds, 10, entered the fifth grade, and reports that she is too old to be reported on but that the Courier may say she got the teacher she wanted.

The graduate students at the rental house resume classes at the university later in the month.

Motorists are reminded that the Circle's children wait for the bus at the corner, by the Rooks mailbox, from 7:15 a.m.

SAGUARO CIRCLE — Joanne Michel found a scorpion in the bathtub of the couple's home on the night of Aug. 19, the first since they moved to the Circle in June.

Isaac Michel removed the scorpion with a jar and a piece of cardboard and released it, at his wife's insistence, a considerable distance away.

"Everybody told us to shake out our shoes," Mrs. Michel said. "Nobody said anything about the bathtub."

Longtime residents note that the bark scorpion, the kind most often found indoors in Tucson, can climb walls and likes bathtubs and sinks; that its sting is very painful and can be dangerous to small children and older people, who should see a doctor if stung; and that scorpions glow under an ultraviolet light, which several residents carry on summer nights for that purpose. The Courier has borrowed one.

For the first time this summer, the Goulette gauge recorded more rain in a month than the Fulmer gauge. Mr. Goulette has asked that this be noted. It is noted.

The thermometer on the Daniel patio, which is in the shade but near the grill, read 111 degrees at 4 p.m. on Aug. 3. The Courier makes no claim that this was the official temperature, only that it was the temperature on the Daniel patio, where the editor was.

Aug. 7, 6:50 a.m. — Water main, minor. A sprinkler head broke in the Fulmer front yard. Water ran down the gutter and around the Circle for an estimated 25 minutes before Charles Goulette noticed it and shut the valve. Mr. Fulmer has thanked Mr. Goulette in writing.

Aug. 21, 2:30 a.m. — Car alarm, Cawley minivan. Cause determined to be a cat. Cat not identified.

Aug. 26, 4:00 p.m. — Misdelivery. A package addressed to the Rivas house was left at the Rosenow house. Delivered next door by Duchess's owner. Duchess accompanied him.

FOR SALE: Exercise bicycle, used twice, excellent condition, $50 or best offer. Goulette.

WANTED: Ultraviolet flashlight, to borrow, one night. Michel.

FREE: Lemon bars, two, left over from block meeting. First come. Daniel.

FOUND: One tooth, small. Claimed.