Would you like to join us for Spanish conversation? We are a group of Spanish speakers who created an informal Spanish conversation group so we could practice speaking and understanding. If you have studied Spanish in the past, lived in a Spanish-speaking country, spoken Spanish at home while growing up, or have graduated from an…
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Clubs & Classes, April 2015
Spring is blooming at Women’s Connection brunch
Susan Reynhout Spring is in the air. Flowers are blooming. What a great time for a girlfriend get together. How about having brunch with your favorite friends? Invite them to join you on Thursday, April 12 for Women’s Connection Brunch in the Kingston Ballroom of Oakwood Clubhouse. Owners Heather Norton and Haley McCoy of Paris…
Clubs & Classes, April 2015
Keep on Dancin’ with Lesly
Lesly Holness April already? Time is just going too fast! Many of the snowbirds have already gone home, but we are still here dancing, laughing and kicking up our heels. I have had such a great winter here this year and met so many wonderful people. We Zumba girls have a lot in common: we…
Clubs & Classes, April 2015
Two Rotary meetings you will want to attend this month
Norm Noble What’s ahead for our youth? What are the prospects for the future? Will our country be in capable hands? These are things about which we all wonder on occasion. The media gives us the bad news and as the older generation, we cringe just a little. What are we leaving as an inheritance?…
Clubs & Classes, April 2015
Sun Lakes Water Media Club
Diane Hitt The Sun Lakes Watermedia Club’s annual Easter Show and Sale is on Saturday April 4. We will be showing our artwork in the Cottonwood Courtyard from 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Along with our new name Watermedia, we now include acrylic paintings in our shows. There will be many varied and interesting paintings. We always…
Clubs & Classes, April 2015
Aero Club presentation draws another record turnout
Gary Vacin Another record crowd turned out to hear how the U.S. won the Battle of Midway during a presentation at the Sun Lakes Aero Club (SLAC) at the Sun Lakes Country Club February 17. Seventy-seven were in attendance as World War II historian Ted Kraver and Pearl Harbor survivor Jack Holder described the epic…
Clubs & Classes, April 2015
Sun Lakes Breakfast Lions Club news
Fred Giese Hello Breakfast Lions. Well, it’s April already. As you know we just finished the Spring Spaghetti Dinner and hopefully it was a success. Our thanks go out to all of you for your dedication and hard work. It takes a lot of planning and the participation of all the members plus all the…
Clubs & Classes, April 2015
Women’s Exchange Group to participate in “A Clean Start” drive
Sherrian Beagle This year the Women’s Exchange Group will be partnering with The Victim Next Door Organization as our community service to help women for this year. This organization helps women victims of violence, rape and other acts of harm toward women. When a woman is examined for evidence of a violent act by forensic…
Clubs & Classes, April 2015
Requests for my acrylic storage containers
Susan Plouzek Most artists spend a fortune trying to find the right system to keeping their wet paints from withering up. We’ve tried the brand name systems with the sponges. They go moldy and the lids are flimsy. We’ve tried the porcelain pans, glass pans, glass palettes, and the new plastic palettes, all guaranteed to…
Clubs & Classes, April 2015
Another citrus record! Over 50 tons of fruit donated to St. Mary’s Food Bank
Thanks to hundreds of Sun Lakers, the Sun Lakes Citrus Sharers were able to donate approximately 100,000 pounds (50 tons) of fruit to St. Mary’s Food Bank. Most was picked by volunteers in our organization. And we are so grateful that many homeowners picked and delivered their own fruit. Most of it was picked by…