June 2014

Jewish War Veterans notice – June 2014

Dedicating the new golf cart at the Southeast Clinic of the VA in Gilbert are (right to left) Art Sharff and Eliott Reiss with small bottle of champagne along with other veterans.

Post 619 Jewish War Veterans in Sun Lakes will meet in the Mirror Room of Sun Lakes Country Club at 9:30 a.m. June 15. The speakers will be Gail Cantor, Jack Dante, Elliot Reiss, Joel Goldman and Art Sloane. The post has been very busy. Several members attended the dedication of the new Southeast Clinic…

Low Vision Support Group – June 2014

The next meeting of the Sun Lakes Low Vision Support Group will not take place until August 13 in the Card Room at the Renaissance because of scheduling difficulties. Both Ms. Horton and Rev. Meek will be out of the area. We are sorry for the interruption in the schedule, but look forward to returning…

Korean War Veterans news – June 2014

Billy Walker flies a WWII Boeing model 75 Stearman. He will be the guest speaker at the June 24 meeting of the Korean War Veteran’s Association.

The Korean War Veteran Association is open to all who served in Korea at any time. We are an association of veterans who want to help all veterans that find themselves in need. Whether hospitalized or homeless, we want to be there for them. We meet the fourth Tuesday of each month, except July and…

Savvy Travelers summer news

Vic and Joanna Herman had a “Staycation” Roar and Snore at the San Diego Wildlife Animal Zoo!

Jeanette Rajamaki Meetings are over until October 9. We meet the second Thursday of the month October to May; no meetings June, July, August or September. Our normal meeting space is the Phoenix Room at the Cottonwood Country Club at 6:30pm. There are no dues. We would like to hear from you this summer on…

Agave Quilters installs new leadership

2014 Agave Co-President Kathy Neffenger (with her Board center left), installs Faith Bragg of Maricopa as President (with her new Board center right) for the new 2014-2015 quilting year.

Johnie Scofield, Publicity Chair The Sun Lakes special interest group known as Agave recently installed new officers for the coming 2014-2015 year. On May 8 in the Oakwood Ballroom, the guild bid farewell to their current leadership: Co-Presidents Kathie Neffenger and Martha Powell, who have served for the past two years, Vice-President Bonnie Lewis and…

Sun Lakes Lions elected to district office

Pictured left to right are District Governor Elect Lion Larry Palmer and current District Governor Lion Sally Hanson from Sun Lakes Lions Club, Lions Clubs International Director Lion Judy Hankom from Hampton, Iowa and from South Tucson Lions Club, First Vice District Governor Elect Lion Barbara Daily and Second Vice District Governor Elect Lion James Whelan.

Forrest Cheuvront The Sun Lakes Lions Club was well represented on April 5 after the election of new officers for District 21-B at Arizona Golf Resort for 2014-2015. The individuals shown as “Elect” will officially take office once their training is complete and the International Convention ends on July 8 in Toronto Canada.

Rotarian of the Month for May 2014

Rotarian of the Month Mary Louise Lansbarkis

Colette McNally Our Rotarian of the Month for May was awarded to Mary Louise Lansbarkis. Mary Louise hails from New Providence, Iowa and is a graduate of Penn College [now William Penn University]. She spent her career in real estate sales and as an instructor-broker and speaker. She is the mother of four children, seven…

Sun Lakes Hikers reflect on successful season

Hikers posing in front of ruins in South Mountain Park.

Roberta Arpan The statistics are in summarizing the achievements of the Sun Lakes Hiking Club. In a nutshell, there were 63 scheduled hikes during the 2013-2014 season. Included in that number, 26 were Monday hikes, 25 took place on Wednesday, 10 of the hikes were classified as “Retread” and there were two special hikes: the…