Category: August 2023

About the Sun Lakes Hiking Club

Warren Wasescha, Sun Lakes Hiking Club Like hiking? Come join our club. We are a friendly, inclusive group of hikers who welcome all able-bodied hikers. Membership is open to individuals who reside, rent, or lease in Sun Lakes or SunBird. We also allow former residents to hike with the club, provided they continue to maintain…

It Takes a Village to Put on a Show

We all know what fun it is to attend our Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT) productions, but weeks of preparation go into every show, with tons of behind-the-scenes work happening both before and during the production. Our fall production, Rex’s Exes, has already taken root. Director Sandy Bocynesky has been in talks with the construction…

Quilting Tips from Desert Threads

The hot summer months in the south half of Arizona is when many of our quilters will catch up on unfinished projects, start new ones, prepare holiday gifts, or escape to the high country. Perhaps they go on a tour of quilt shops or quilt shows in out-of-town locations. There are many shops around the…

Commemorating Life

Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. We are all acquainted with grief and the valley of shadows. Death and sorrow are no strangers to us, yet history has taught us that there is strength in faith. No one can truly understand the magnitude of the tragedies that befell our country over the past weeks and months, and even…

Red Hat Society

For the past few months, the Red Hat Society has been playing a game with their mascot Ruby. They have put a picture of Ruby on a card paper that we call Flat Ruby. The idea of the game is to take Flat Ruby to different places and post pictures where he has traveled. So…

Julie’s Fitness Classes

Julie Bauman invites you to come to her classes at the Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center for summer hours: Mondays and Fridays at 8 a.m., and Wednesdays at 8 and 9 a.m. For the past 15 years, Julie has been teaching Group Fitness in the Chandler, Sun Lakes, and South Gilbert area. She currently has…

Water—The Lifeblood of Arizona

Roxy Banta For the Aug. 14 meeting of the Sun Lakes Democratic Club, we will be hearing about water issues from both a local and regional perspective. This is a chance to meet the representatives from Pima Utility, as well as the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD), who work behind the scenes to guarantee…