Rotarian of the Month

  Dee Rasmussen Each month, the Sun Lakes Rotary Club selects a member who has stood out in his or her efforts to maintain our quality standards within the club. Colette McNally was chosen in February for her outstanding work as club secretary, faithfully keeping notes at all our meetings and our monthly board meetings.…

Democratic Club to meet March 12

  Dolly Loftin The Sun Lakes Democratic Club will meet on Monday, March 12, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. in the Navajo Room, Sun Lakes Country Club, located at 25601 E. Sun Lakes Blvd N. The speaker will be Luis Heredia speaking on “The Power Structure of Arizona’s Right Wing Political Machine.” Luis Heredia is a…

Sun Lakes Ponchos win Metcalf Softball Tourney

  Larry Wolfe Our Major 70s softball travel team, sponsored by Poncho’s Mexican Restaurant, won the annual “Doc” Metcalf Memorial Tournament held at Papago Park in Tempe. The Ponchos beat out five other area 70s+ squads to win the title. They played five games, winning them all and outscoring the opposition by a cumulative score…

News From IronOaks at Sun Lakes

President’s message Here are some updates. The sales tax audit continues at a tedious pace, and we are doing what we can to advance it. We, together with our legal counsel, have now imposed some dates into the process so we get a decision instead of questions and we can then decide to accept or…

Love was in the air

  Ed Rockland The IronOaks Tennis Club held its annual Valentine’s Social on Saturday, February 10, at the Oakwood tennis courts. What could be a more appropriate way to prepare for Valentine’s Day than a sport that features Love in its scoring? Over 40 participants took part in doubles play over two 45-minute sessions. St.…

Word of the Month: Meme

  David Zapatka Reader Kim Park offers a word that has only been in use the past 42 years, meme. Meme – noun ˈmēm an idea, behavior, style or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture. Memes (discrete units of knowledge, gossip, jokes and so on) are to culture what genes are to…