Category: June 2022

Sun Lakes – Cottonwood Palo Verde at Sun Lakes

Message from the President Leonard Horst Hello to each and every one of you! It has been another busy month here at SLHOA2. Our residents, our staff, and our contractors have been working diligently to complete projects before the hot weather arrives! The management team and board hosted an Open House to celebrate the substantial…

Trips and Tours

  For more information or reservations, please contact Free Spirit Vacations and Events at 480-926-5547 or [email protected]. Utah Mighty 5 from Las Vegas Departs first Sunday monthly Price: $1,850 pp/double; $2,099 pp/single Airfare is additional. Bearizona and Lunch June 16, 2022 Price: $129 per person Prescott Bluegrass Festival June 25, 2022 Price: $99 per person…

Resident Author: John Guadioso

John Guadioso is a popular Sun Lakes author of children’s stories, ‘The Smoky Series.’ Its main character is Smoky and friends Buddy, a fellow mutt, and Macaroni, a very independent cat. John returns to his passion, authoring Uptown Not, his fourth in The Smoky Series. In Uptown Not, John veers from previous Smoky stories slightly,…

Sun Lakes Lady Putters Finish Season

Susan Gottschalk We have completed our putting season and are looking forward to our summer break. Many have already returned home and to cooler weather, others will be on vacation enjoying cool weather, and the rest of us will be home enjoying air conditioning and swimming pools. Watch for Putter news in the September Splash for…

It’s Like Music Camp

Linda Ryan Recently, Chordaire Barb Hyder launched a summer education series called BarbED for members and those who are considering joining the show chorus. I am excited, because it will be like a free summer camp for senior women like me. Everything I know about music I learned by the age of 15. That was…

The Creme de la Creme

Ken Duquaine On April 21 the Sun Lakes Camera Club (SLCC) had its annual year-end banquet in the Navajo Room of the Sun Lakes Country Club. Following dinner, the club held its end of the year competition. Entries in this final competition represent the best print and projected image photos that members submitted to monthly…

In Passing

Mary Annette Holmquist Mary Annette Holmquist was born on July 3, 1930, at St. Mary’s Hospital in San Francisco, Calif. Her proud parents were Wells Fargo Kruse and Esther Bridget (Carroll) Kruse. Mary was the eldest of four daughters and was raised in San Francisco where she attended Holy Name Grammar School. She completed two…

SLCT Stirs Up a Tasty Treat for Summer

July will be heating up in more ways than one with the upcoming Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT) production of the comedy The Last Round-Up of the Guacamole Queens. Set in Sweetgum, Texas, three cousins, Peaches, Gaynelle, and Jimmie Wyvette (played by Joyce Recupido, Phyllis Novy, and Ginger Henry), are in the midst of planning…

Redeemed Team Are Sun Division Tourney Champs

Larry Wolfe In the opening game of the Spring Sun Division Tournament, the fourth-seeded Wolfe & Associates team, managed by Ron Carmichael, surprised Manager Larry Kaufmann’s Redeemed Team by a 21-16 score. Dick Bleich led the Wolves’ attack, going four for five with two homers. Dan Melosi and Bobby Reed also homered. Marty Hobby hit…

GSLCF Awards Funds to Sun Lakes Community Theatre

Carolyn Holmes-Leneway The Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation has awarded the Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT) a grant totaling $3,200 to ensure that the “set-up” and “tear-down” that is required for SLCT’s three main performances per year can be done efficiently and safely without injury to their senior members. The intent of the grant funding…