Attention IronOaks New Homeowners – You are eligible for a FREE round of golf for two, FREE week of fitness, FREE week of tennis and BOGO meal at Stone & Barrel or Grill on the Green. All you have to do is call the IronOaks Welcome Group, c/o Howard Lundgren, at 480-369-2015 or email…
July 2018
Sports, July 2018
Hardy souls continue year-round tennis at Cottonwood
Penny Petersen When it’s 82 degrees at 7:00 a.m. and 110 degrees by noon, it takes hardy souls to venture onto the tennis court. Normal play times for the Cottonwood Tennis Club are 8:30, 10:00 and 11:30 a.m. But nobody in their right mind would subject themselves to heat stroke. So, in the summer, CTC…
Features, July 2018
Hi Neighbor
Norm Noble Wednesday, May 14, 1930, was a slow news day at the Cleveland Press. They even missed the birth of Gordon Lynch. Eighty-eight years ago, they also missed other notables born that year – like Neil Armstrong, Sean Connery, Warren Buffett, Steve McQueen, Ray Charles, Clint Eastwood and Sandra Day O’Connor. When Gordon was…
Clubs & Classes, July 2018
Rotary Club has fascinating speakers this month
Norm Noble On Tuesday, July 17, Adrian Christopher, Director of Community Relations for the Park at Copper Creek, will be the Sun Lakes Rotary Club’s speaker. The Park at Copper Creek is a Koelsch retirement community for independent living. He will be sharing about his life and the excitement that surrounds it. As he…
Clubs & Classes, July 2018
Dolly Dressers donate to underprivileged boys and girls
Seven members were at the June 7 meeting. Donations included many dolls, clothes, etc., from Paul’s granddaughter Carolyn, flannel from Mary Louise and a large bin of doll clothes. Seventy-four doll blankets were made. The flannel was used for baby blankets, bibs and burp pads for a special project we are doing. It was a…
Sports, July 2018
“Boys of Summer” softball season underway
Larry Wolfe The Boys of Summer, written by Roger Kahn, is a baseball classic. The title of the book refers to the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s, a talented team that usually won the National League pennant only to lose the World Series to those Damn Yankees. In Sun Lakes, we have our own…
Clubs & Classes, July 2018
Light the Way
Ann Posiviata The Sun Lakes Camera Club is a member of the Photographic Society of America, an international organization catering to the photographic, educational and informational needs of its members. PSA allows participants to learn via virtual online workshops with global participants. The classes are more intimate, allowing for more in-depth and proprietary education. As…
Religion, July 2018
Boll Weevil theology
Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes Years ago, my wife and I drove through the small town of Enterprise, Alabama – not exactly a vacation destination for most people. But there is an attraction there you won’t see anywhere else in the world. In the town square there is a 13-foot-high…
Sports, July 2018
IWLN most improved golfers
Nancy Davis, Publicity Most Improved Golfers: On April 11, President Denise Fleshner hosted our general meeting and brunch and announced the IWLN “Most Improved Golfers” for 2017. Denise awarded the first-place Most Improved Golfer to Denise Lott and the runner-up Most Improved Golfer to Barb Sletto. Both of the ladies were given a certificate to…
Generals, July 2018
Reach Out Sun Lakes sees encouraging results
Ellen Engel Collections of staple food items and cash contributions from our Sun Lakes contributing organizations during June by Reach Out Sun Lakes (ROSL) brought forth 222.5 pounds of grocery items and $957 in cash contributions, a remarkably satisfying outcome for what is normally a very slow season for us because of the absence…