The regular monthly Shabbat service for February will be held on Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. Full services are conducted each month starting in October, except for July and August, on the second Friday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Sun Lakes Chapel. For additional information or to have your questions answered about…
Category: February 2024
February 2024, Clubs & Classes
Marvelous Mah Jongg
Linda Liberti Marvelous Mah Jongg is similar to regular American Mah Jongg and requires a separate card. The rules and some of the categories are the same, even and odd numbers, 369, consecutive runs, and quints. The differences? Words can be spelled, such as JAC A LLL O PPP EEE (jackalope)—J is a joker, A…
February 2024, Sports
2024 Norris Invitational Pickleball Tournament Opens Registration to All
Peggy Martin The Sun Lakes Pickleball Club Cottonwood (SLPCC) has opened Norris Invitational Tournament (NIT) registration to all players in Cottonwood, Palo Verde, Sun Lakes Phase 1, IronOaks, Springfield, and SunBird communities. The registration fee is $25 per person. You can register online at www.slpcc.net/upcoming-events. Scroll down until you come to March 4. Click on…
February 2024, Generals
Best Sellers and More
Jan Bobbett The Bregdan Chronicles In the January Splash you were introduced to our first “series books”—those that share a storyline through each novel in the series. I won’t repeat what I said earlier, but I should add this: By the time you read this, we will have started making the historical Bregdan books available to our…
February 2024, Sports
Annual Jason Morton Is Right Around the Corner
Tournament Director Matt Gleason (USTA Southwest) and IronOaks tennis pro, Coach Kwong, hope to attract top-level players from all over the Southwest and beyond for this prize-money competition. There will be plenty of great volleys and tactics from both singles and doubles play, but in the end, no matter the outcome, the genuine handshake and…
February 2024, Clubs & Classes
Bluegrass Acoustic Jam at Sun Lakes
Jane Gallagher We are a group of intermediate bluegrass acoustic musicians who meet every Saturday at Sun Lakes from 9 to 11 a.m. Traditional bluegrass and some country songs are played each week. If you are interested in joining our jam, please text or call Jane Gallagher at 503-984-9519.
February 2024, Sports
IronOaks Tennis Club Welcomes in the New Year!
Fun, casual tennis, great Italian food, and good friends—what a perfect way to welcome in the new year! IronOaks Tennis Club players and their guests turned out in record numbers, and all had a wonderful time. Thanks to Kristina Traylor and her enthusiastic helpers for planning a perfect event!
February 2024, Features
Jacquie’s Corner: My Class Reunion—Do You Remember Yours?
Jacqueline M. Ruffino-Platt Recently, I received an invitation for the St. Cecilia High School Class Reunion in Englewood, N.J., coming in September. It seems we just celebrated our last reunion 10 years ago. I answered the invite and offered to help. Where do I begin? I pulled out our yearbook and began going through pages…
Generals, February 2024
Sun Lakes Chorale 2024 Season Underway
Yvonne Orlich The Chorale wishes everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year. Let’s hope 2024 is a good year for all. With the holidays behind us, the Chorale gathers again to begin rehearsing new music for the upcoming March 14 Spring Concert. We are hoping everyone is recovered from various winter ailments like COVID-19, RSV,…
February 2024, Religion
Love Letters
Rev. Stephen Foss, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Sun Lakes Carving initials into the bark of a pin oak or aspen tree is not that difficult to do. A walk in the woods might reveal a half dozen or so renderings. In my day, we took a much simpler path: We carved the initials…