March 2020

Help Vets and Have Fun Playing Bingo

David Florence VFW Post 8053 sponsors bingo at the Sun Lakes Country Club Arizona Room every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. Card sales start at 6 p.m. Everyone is invited to join in the fun. A total of 19 games are played each week. That’s 19 chances to win. Our post has been conducting bingo…

Ecumenical Program Open to All

Geri Gould, President, Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation On Tuesday, March 24, you are invited to attend the concluding panel, entitled Life Cycle Rituals. The dynamic and informative first panel dealt with cultural and religious rituals surrounding birth, coming of age, and marriage. This final panel will offer explanations of rituals surrounding death and beliefs about…

Come Watch Some Great Pickleball – March 2-5

Irene D’Aloisio It’s that time of year! It’s the biggest and best pickleball tournament in Sun Lakes! It’s too late to register, but you can come watch some really great pickleball play! It’s the Norris Invitational Tournament (NIT). This annual pickleball event is scheduled for Monday, March 2, through Thursday, March 5, 2020, with March…

Six Teams Go Undefeated in Sisk Park Bocce

Gary Vacin Seven teams ran the table as the Sisk Park Bocce Club concluded its fall season. Glenn and Kathleen Baldwin rolled to a 9-0 record in B-Division play. Duos with 8-0 records follow: Mike and Diane Grady, Division C; Patrick and Chris O’Keefe, Division D; Gary and Dorothy Vacin, Division E; Bob and Barb…

The Dolly Parton You Don’t Know

Past presidents of the Cottonwood Lady Niners

Frank Wiley Your Sun Lakes Rotary Club wants to introduce you to the Dolly Parton you probably don’t know. Yes, the same Grammy-award-winning country singer/movie star who has her own theme park in Tennessee. She has a passion that she is very involved in and that has spread to your Sun Lakes Rotary Club. Our…

Sun Lakes Tennis Club at Springfield

Jerry Vance The Sun Lakes Tennis Club members traveled to Springfield on Saturday, Jan. 25, to play friendly matches against the Springfield Tennis Club. Starting at 8 a.m. and finishing at 3 p.m., a lot of tennis was played, and great food was consumed. Matches were competitive, with Springfield coming out slightly ahead. Tournaments were…

Fix Them!

Marvin Arnpriester, Senior Pastor at Sun Lakes United Methodist Church “The hardest spiritual work in the world is to love the neighbor as the self—to encounter another human being not as someone you can use, change, fix, help, save, enroll, convince, or control, but simply as someone who can spring you from the prison of…