April 2017

Edgar Cayce Study Group

  Our Search for God study group meets every Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in Room A-2 of Cottonwood Country Club. We explore the readings of Edgar Cayce who is recognized as the greatest psychic of the 20th century and the founder of holistic healing. We strive to be healthier, peaceful, and to be one with…

Sun Lakes Country Club

The state of SLCC – annual president’s report Janice Cournoyer, Board President One of the duties of the president, as defined in our current bylaws, is giving a report at the annual meeting that summarizes the activities of the association for the previous 12 months. Even though today’s agenda lists this as the President’s Report,…

Line Dancing with Judee

Line Dancing with Judee

The rewards of learning and teaching line dancing come to surface when we have a “dance,” i.e., December before Christmas break and March before our snowbirds “fly away.” We were lucky to have half the group attending March 5 as “life” gets in the way of “pleasure” sometimes, i.e., illness with dancers or family members,…

Unit Happenings

Unit 11 Dorothy Thurman The Sun Lakes Unit 11 Townhouse Association Board of Directors will hold its monthly meeting on April 19, 2017, at 4:00 p.m. in the Ceramics Room of the Cottonwood Clubhouse. All homeowners are invited and encouraged to attend. Unit 19 Melody Strom Townhouse owners, mark your calendar for the following activities…

Maricopa County Recorder places new kiosk in Ed Robson Library

Kiosk at the Ed Robson Branch Library

  The Maricopa County Recorder’s office placed an interactive recording kiosk at the Ed Robson Branch Library this month. The kiosk offers recording ability as well as other county services from these departments: Air Quality, Environmental Services and Planning and Development. The kiosk eliminates the need for residents to drive to downtown Phoenix to record…

Best in show

Our patch President Vicki McKenna became a Grand Master in February after winning Sponsor’s Choice, Best Living Figure in the Masters Division, Best of Division and Best of Show at the 2017 Arizona Gourd Society competition. Well deserved for a fabulous artist, leader and mentor. Congratulations, Vickie!

Colleen McKnight Spirit of the Desert Gourd patch had a big sale right about the time you received this paper. On Friday, March 31, in the lobby of Sun Lakes Country Club, about half of our 50-member club displayed and sold gourd art. We were open from 3:00-7:00 p.m. Maybe you can still come; if…

Computer Booters hop into April

Kc Coller, Publicity Director If you’re using a computer or interested in computing and attended the March 7 general meeting, then you know what a smash hit it was. The Computer Booters Club has fantastic guest speakers sharing usable information for those with that focus. Richard Clennon, owner/operator of AZ Laptop Pros, was front and…

Sun Lakes Ballroom Dance Club swings into spring

Diane and Mike Grady

Deanna and Stu Frost On February 19, more than 50 couples of the Sunday Night Ballroom Dance Club celebrated Valentine’s Day with our annual formal sit-down Sweethearts Dinner followed by dancing to the music of the ever-popular Rich Howard in the San Tan Ballroom. Do you like to Waltz? Foxtrot? Rhumba? Cha-Cha? Swing? Then the…

Robson Cup remains in Sun Lakes

All table tennis paddles are facing red this year, since the Robson Cup match resulted in an exciting tie.

The Robson Cup is an annual table tennis team challenge pitting Saddlebrooke against Sun Lakes in an alternating home and away format. Last year, Sun Lakes won a thrilling 12-11 match win to bring the Robson Cup back to Sun Lakes after an absence of two years. The Saddlebrooke warriors were intent on sending the…