The Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation Sisterhood invites the community to attend our annual Card Party fundraising event on Monday, March 11, at 10 a.m. at the Oakwood Country Club in Sun Lakes. This event benefits many local charities, such as but not limited to Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank, Sun Lakes Fire Department, Neighbors Who Care,…
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March 2024, Features
Celebrating 65 Years of Marriage
March 2024, Features
Word of the Month: Apricity
David Zapatka Friend and fellow pickleball player, Natasha Thompson, writes, “‘Apricity’ means warmth of the sun in winter. Did I expand your vocabulary?” Yes, you have, Tash, and I expect you will be expanding our readers’ vocabulary with this word as well. Maybe you will even bring it back into use as it has fallen…
March 2024, Features
Jacquie’s Corner: Springtime and a New Life
Jacqueline Ruffino-Platt The flower buds are beginning to show their little heads in all colors, opening their eyes, unfolding their little petals, and sending out the exotic aroma of delicate perfumes. The bushes and trees of the gardenia, rose, lilac, magnolia, jasmine, and orange blossoms showed off their glorious, colorful floral arrangement. While I was…
March 2024, Features
Tuesday Nights Together in March
Cathy Smoot Sun Lakes United Methodist Church, located at 9248 E. Riggs Road in Sun Lakes, hosts Tuesday Nights Together (TNT), a series of free programs, every month! Topics vary from light and entertaining to serious and informative. A light meal will be offered for a free-will offering at 5 p.m., and the presentation starts…
March 2024, Features
Easy, Multi-Seasonal Plants
Dannette Hunnel It’s March. It’s springtime, and that means planting to all who enjoy gardening. Unfortunately, many people think, “Why plant now? I’ll soon be leaving for the summer.” Others will think that planting annuals now is labor intensive and expensive, only to lose the plants in the extreme summer heat. Don’t despair. There are…
March 2024, Features
Spotlight on Advertiser: Service Manager Is Different than Service Writer
Rex Kimball A bad experience with an auto repair shop would naturally make one cautious about going to just any shop. Perhaps you or someone you know has had a bad experience. It might have started with clipping a coupon from the paper to get an oil change at a nearby shop for $20, but…
March 2024, Features
Resident Author: Long-Awaited Book from Renowned Arizona Pastor Guy Davidson Now Available
Martha Davidson Penned by the late Guy Davidson and co-authored by Martha Davidson, When the Unexpected Happens: Looking Up with Hope When Life Brings You Down shares the heartache and lessons learned through their journey through life’s worst moments. At the age of 70, Guy Davidson was headed into his golden years with ambitious, awe-inspiring future…
March 2024, Features
The Next Step to Better Health by Organizing Your Medical Records
Kim Kubsch In our younger years, typically, medical records are not in clear focus. As the years add up, medical records expand, just like our waistlines! The best way to truly keep ahead of your health is to record each medical appointment or activity. After your appointments, preparing written or typed notes and follow-up activities,…
March 2024, Features
In Passing – March 2024
Lorraine Marie Brammer Lorraine Marie Brammer, 87, went to be with our Lord on Dec. 6, 2023, due to complications from COVID. She was born, one of eight children, on the family ranch in western South Dakota. Life on the prairie was hard but the family was strong, and the siblings enjoyed nearly every aspect…