August 2020

News from Renaissance: Save Now—Summer Special Offer

Shot of a group of elderly friends having drinks together

Jessica Dingman, Marketing Manager No Community Fee Plus One Month Rent-Free Discover the lifestyle you have always wanted at Renaissance! Our award-winning independent living, assisted living, and memory care community offer worry-free residences, an engaging environment, and an enriched lifestyle. Renaissance offers beautiful, spacious residences to call home. Each floor plan includes modern details and plenty…

Energy and Functional Yoga

Paullene Caraher August 2020 Schedule Classes are held at the SunBird Golf Resort, Navajo Room, upper level. Morning: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10 to 11:10 a.m. Note: The afternoon classes were changed to 10 a.m. for the summer. This will be the schedule, probably through September. Energy Yoga includes tapping and slapping the body to…

Crystal Cards Introduces Home Delivery

Crystal Cards delivered to your front door

Bobbie Reed Crystal Cards can deliver an assortment of greeting cards to your Sun Lakes home. You can choose the ones you want and return the rest. This new service is in response to those whose message is, “I really miss you” and “I would love to get more cards for my friends and family.”…

Galactic Wonder

Dr. Marc Drake

Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes We live in a very complex universe. In fact, no scientist or other professional can know everything there is to know about even his or her own particular discipline. I once read that a medical doctor would need to read the equivalent of one book…

Line Dancing with Judee

Judee Curtis What a different year for my 81st birthday and our 61st wedding anniversary. I’m hoping and praying it won’t be different in September when we are scheduled to restart our line dancing year. If people would understand it’s time to take responsibility and wear masks everywhere, we just might come out of this…

Sun Lakes Writers’ Group

A Stitch in Time Sue Donovan I love hand sewing. Quilting, embroidery, cross stitch or simply mending are peaceful activities that relax the body and quiet the mind. Call it my time as a creative couch potato. Never at a loss for projects, my grandkids keep a constant stash of holey sweatpants and stuffed animals,…

VFW Post 8053 Auxiliary News

Happier times to remember for VFW Auxiliary Post 8053

Karen Shaffer From the VFW Action Corps Weekly, an article, “Building Your Mental Health Through Resiliency,” Army Col. (Dr.) Wendi Waits notes, “There is significant evidence in the medical literature that the way we think influences the way we feel, which influences the way we behave or react.” One of her suggestions to help put…

We Need Faith in These Trying Times

Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. Look around in any community within our great country. You will find people who may appear different, but in reality, they are not, because each of us is distinctive in our own way. Some may speak with an accent that makes it hard to understand, and some wear clothing that seems…

Cottonwood Tennis Club Offers Free Clinics

Al Wagner and Pierre Moresi are the chief instructors for Cottonwood's free tennis clinics which begin in October. Pierre handles the Monday sessions, and Al does the Tuesday classes.

Penny Petersen As fall approaches, it’s time to think about the joys of playing tennis and the free tennis clinics offered by Cottonwood Tennis Club (CTC). The classes were started in the early 80s by Don Neu, then Cottonwood’s tennis pro. They’ve gained popularity over the years, and they’re due to begin again in October,…