Jon Lyons and Steve Carr Michelle Capriotti, a special education teacher at Camille Casteel High School, has been named the Sun Lakes Rotary Sandy Lundberg Educator of the Year. The annual award, co-sponsored by Intel, is named in memory of Lundberg who was the school’s inaugural principal. She passed away in 2018. Alicia Cox, who…
Sue Sindelar Hello all DAC members. Here we are in September of 2020. Quite a different time in our lives from last year when we had a fun social gathering at Maynard Iverson’s home in September. There was great conversation, delicious food, and we all had a wonderful experience. This was a happier time, free…
Joyce Spartonos The Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation (SLJC) was hoping against hope that they would be able to conduct in-person services for the High Holidays. Unfortunately, this is not to be the case this year. As you can imagine, this decision was not made lightly. However, taking in all the facts and info available to…
Message from the President Bill Haskell, President of New Adventures’ Governing Council Since last month’s article, the pace of New Adventures’ implementation of the Zoom online, distance learning, video-based platform has accelerated. We are now on schedule to go live with 20 to 30 classes for the fall semester, beginning in early October. While the…
Starla Kramer The Sun Lakes Garden Club welcomes Doug Jones, speaking on Exotic Fruits. Doug is the President of the Arizona Chapter of the California Exotic Fruit Growers. Doug lives in Mesa, Ariz., on acreage and grows an amazing assortment of fruits. He spoke to the club in 2017, and he brought mangos and other…
Brian Curry As first Vice President of the Sun Lakes Breakfast Lions Club (SLBLC), Oakwood resident Bob Glantz knew that part of his duties was to fill in for the president of the club, Rich Iovino, whenever needed. So when the call came that Iovino, 65, had suddenly and unexpectedly passed away in mid-June, Glantz was…
Counting on You Elizabeth Vaughan “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”—Booker T. Washington The benefits of volunteering with a service organization are well documented, from the positive impacts on affected communities to the advantages it brings to participating individuals, which is why some schools and colleges now make volunteering a…
Joseph W. Bibler Joseph W. Bibler, 95, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on July 9, 2020, in Kennesaw, Ga. He was born Dec. 5, 1924, to Robert L. and Marjorie Bibler in Rochester, Ind., and raised in Valparaiso, Ind. He went to college for one year before enlisting…
Steve Carr Sun Lakes Rotary, despite currently meeting through Zoom, had an amazing August and equally memorable July. On Aug. 4, Dr. Craig Gilbert, Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education with the Chandler Unified School District, updated the club on how his district is dealing with the challenges of getting students back to school. Primarily, districts…
Kay Davis Unity Church of Sun Lakes is a New Thought Spiritual Community. Our goal is to live our lives in peace, love, healing, and oneness with our families, friends, and all sentient beings over the globe. Rev. Jeanne records our Sunday services online so we can watch them each week on YouTube. To join…