May 2016

Sun Lakes – Cottonwood Palo Verde at Sun Lakes

Message from the President Dick Norris March 30, 2016 monthly Board meeting: The business of the Cottonwood Palo Verde Board of Directors was conducted as outlined in this issue of the Sun Lakes Splash. All comments by management and the Board of Directors were deferred to the annual Board meeting which immediately followed the March…

Sun Lakes Country Club

Happenings at the SLCC Library Sharon Lavender Did you by any chance make a New Year’s resolution? How’s that going? Perhaps you are looking for new ways to help motivate changes in your life. Our library has a section of books called Self Help. Why not check out this section and see what we have…

Cottonwood’s Easter festivities

 The Easter festivities this year were absolutely awesome thanks to everyone’s help and perfect weather: Sun Lakes Fire Department, Sun Lakes Sheriff’s Department, Sun Lakes Lions Club, Sun Lakes Lions Breakfast Club, Rotary Club, Sun Lakes Community Theatre’s Play Horton Hatches An Egg, Recreation Department and Committee, Andy Hughes and the Pickleball volunteers, Mr. Bunny…

SLUMC hosts game day

Sun Lakes United Methodist Church will be hosting Game Day on Wednesday, May 18 at 9:00 a.m. in Lindsay Hall. The public is invited to attend this popular annual event and enjoy board games such as bingo, cards and Mexican Train. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to Parish Nurse Maureen at 480-895-8766. Sun Lakes…

Art at the Lakes reports a banner year!

Sun Lakes Emergency Relief Fund check is presented to firefighters. Pictured left to right are Pat Merkle, Diane Hitt, Gary Neffenger, Susan Plouzek, Brandon Johnson, Martin Lain, Andrew Craker, Ari Barr and Nate Van Briesen.

Thanks to the many people who helped with Art at the Lakes this year, $5,200 was raised for the Sun Lakes Emergency Relief Fund! Art at the Lakes, held March 5, was alive with artists, food, music and raffle items! Firemen sold better than ever with their grilled hotdogs and hamburgers. Raffle items included about…

Nail Summer Open House

How long has it been since you learned something that amazed you; that got you excited; that made you want to learn more? This is want happens each day at New Adventures in Learning classes for seniors. This summer there are 40 different classes to choose from including Intro to Bridge, Discussing Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Annuities,…

A Woman of Valor

Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. In the Book of Proverbs we are taught the beauty and value of our counterparts in the continuing process of creation – women. “A woman of valor, who can find? She is more precious than fine pearls. Her husband trusts in her, and so he  lacks nothing. She does him good,…

Pickleballers Take Top Spots At Evil Tournamement

The EVIL Women’s team; seated, center, is Karn Rounds, team captain.[/caption]Karn Rounds Congratulations to the women of Sun Lakes Pickleball Club Cottonwood (SLPCC). For the second year in a row, the SLPCC women won the top spot in the East Valley Interclub League (EVIL). The women played ARC (Ahwatukee Recreation Center), Province, Solera and Trilogy…