Bob and Vickie Bybee It’s summer in Sun Lakes for sure! Hope everyone is keeping cool and staying safe in their summer adventures! The Fun Lakers Dance Party information is now available for the 2022-23 season. Dances will be held in the San Tan Ballroom in Cottonwood. There will be six dances: Thursday, Oct. 27,…
Sports, August 2022
Softball Season Stats for Dummies
Larry Wolfe For the first time in several years, there were no new individual batting records set during the 2021-22 softball season, at least that we know of. We track only “traditional” or “standard” statistics, not the new, advanced metrics. Maybe somebody set a record for one of those metrics, but we’ll never know! Look…
Clubs & Classes, August 2022
Cottonwood Ladies Bridge Officers for 2022-23
Generals, August 2022
SLCT Returns to Elementary Schools
After COVID-19 prevented Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT) from entertaining elementary children, the group is preparing to make their return with the Children’s Theatre’s production of Horton Hatches the Egg. SLCT has long been keeping smiles on the faces of students of Chandler elementary schools with their costumed characters. Actors have missed playing for the…
Sports, August 2022
Time to Register for Bocce!
John Terranova We hope everyone is enjoying their summer, wherever you may be spending it, but most of all, that you have remained safe and healthy! Registration for the 2022-23 season will begin on Sept. 1 on-line at our club’s website, www.sunlakesbocceclub.com. Those interested can complete a registration form and pay the $25 registration fee,…
Features, August 2022
In Passing
Robert (Bob) Harper Robert Edwin Harper was born May 23, 1946, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, the first son of Edwin W. Harper of Piedmont, Calif., and Mabel Whitehead of Dean Bridge, Hepworth, Yorkshire, England. In being named Robert, he continued the Irish Harper family tradition of naming the first son Robert, which had been the…
Sports, August 2022
Cottonwood Tennis Club News
Toni Reider This spring at Cottonwood Tennis Club, the ladies played in the yearly Extended League, which ran two weeks longer (nine weeks), beginning March 21 through May 16. We had a lot of interest and enthusiasm with a roster of 18 ladies, including Adriana Michael, Susan Aparicio, Gwen Lucas, Maryann Sinerius (club president), Ollie…
Front Page, July 2022
Community Foundation Awards $3000 to Firefighters Food Fund
Jeanne Becker, Foundation Treasurer Recently, The Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation made an award of $3,000 to the Sun Lakes Firefighters Food Fund, which is used by the firefighters and EMS personnel at Stations 231 and 232 to help supplement the cost of their food, which they pay for themselves. The award amount is being…
Front Page, July 2022
Summer Heat and Emergency Rescues
Warren Wasescha, Sun Lakes Hiking Club I’ve seen three helicopter rescues in my time hiking in the Valley—two on Camelback Mountain and one on South Mountain. As far as I know, no one in our club has ever had a heat-related rescue on a trail. But with the summer’s heat bearing down on us right…
Front Page, July 2022
Megapixels, Megabytes, and Resolution … Oh My!
Ken Duquaine Megapixels, megabytes, and resolution can be confusing terms for someone new to photography, but even many experienced photographers have difficulty sorting out the differences. All three are measurements that are important in determining how a final image will look, but they are not interchangeable terms. Megapixels (MP) measure how many pixels a given…