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CLGA Service Awards

Judy Onken February’s CLGA Luncheon included recognizing individuals with 20, 25, and 30 years since joining the club with Service Awards. This group includes three past presidents, two club champs, and committee chairs too numerous to list. Interestingly, all are Midwesterners and represent how Sun Lakes came to be. They all bring a love of…

‘Catch Me If You Can’ Promises Twists and Turns

Rehearsals for Sun Lakes Community Theatre’s upcoming production, Catch Me If You Can, are physically demanding as well as content rich. The number of murders alone is staggering. There is a stabbing, a shooting, an attempted strangulation, and a poisoning—and with only four main characters, you can only imagine how taxing the rehearsals must be!…

Sun Lakes Places Second in Robson Trap Trials

Vicki Ray Quail Creek hosted more than 70 residents from Robson communities across Arizona on Feb. 11 for the 11th Annual Robson Trap Trials, which incidentally began in 2011. Shooters enjoyed three rounds of trap singles at Casa Grande Trap & Skeet, followed by lunch and awards at Robson Ranch in nearby Eloy. Quail Creek…

Ocotillo Fine Art & Craft Show

Sandy Ashbaugh Enjoy fine art and craft on Saturday, April 2, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with artists who live in Chandler and the surrounding area, just in time for Easter and Mother’s Day. Sponsored by the Ocotillo Artists Group, artisans include ceramicists, jewelers, painters, digital artists, and more, creating one-of-a-kind art, great for…

NWC Gelato Social Celebrates Volunteers—And You’re Invited!

April is Global Volunteer Month, and we are celebrating our amazing volunteers at Neighbors Who Care! It is because of these volunteers that our organization is able to help homebound seniors in Sun Lakes and South Chandler with much-needed, non-medical services such as transportation to medical appointments, dinner delivery, shopping/errands, respite care, minor repairs, reassurance…

Card Making Class

Join us on the second Saturday of every month to make two greeting cards with an Independent Stampin’ Up Demonstrator. The class fee is $5 and includes everything you need! Doors open at 9:20 a.m. The cards will be completed during one of two class sessions (9:30 or 10:30 a.m.). Each group will be limited…

Relishing Pickleball

David Zapatka The Volley Continuing our study of Pickleball Fundamentals Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, “A volley is a shot hit in the air before the ball bounces. It is used as a return of a ball that travels close to the top of the net and that is usually hit…

Foundation Awards $3,000 Grant to Memory Café

Mary Horst The Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation (The Foundation) has awarded a grant of $3,000 to Creative Engagement Partners for their Memory Café at the Sun Lakes Methodist Church. The Memory Café is designed and operated for Sun Lakes and East Valley families with Parkinson’s and memory loss through engagement activities—“a place to make…

ILGA Club Champion

Sharma Goodwin The ILGA Club Championship is played in three days. On the last day, there was a tie for first place, and after three additional holes were played, E.J. Yoon was the winner. Congratulations, E.J.!

OLGA News

Kathy Burns On Feb. 15 the POD was Evens. In Flight 1, Mary Dyrseth was the winner and Eun Yoon was second, followed by Leslie Smith in third. Flight 2 was won by Julie Hastings, and tied for second were Dang Teater and Mary Donlea. Linda Thrash won Flight 3, Terry Jung was second, and…