Mary Lou Kaye An entry-level Basic Social Dance class is scheduled to begin. Social dancing is designed for those who don’t need to move like Fred and Ginger, but who want to avoid looking like Abbott and Costello. We’ll learn about the basic rhythms of dance and the principles of leading and following (also defined as…
Sporting red, white, and blue, a crowd of 55 IronOaks Tennis Club (IOTC) members celebrated the Fourth of July with fun social tennis followed by a delicious breakfast of pancakes, sausage, fruit, and mimosas. Thanks to the committee members who organized this great event! Interested in joining the fun and becoming an IOTC member? Stop…
David Zapatka Reader Liz Houser writes, “I just moved to SaddleBrooke in April and learned to play pickleball in early May, thanks to my enthusiastic neighbor Shawne. I just read your article about Common Mistakes 11 and 12. I found them to be very helpful. Would you be so kind as to send me the…
Penny Petersen Phyllis Hawkins Schurz grew up on a farm in South Dakota. She had a horse named Snooks. She went to school every day at a one-room schoolhouse, one teacher and 12 to 15 students at every level. She jokes about being Homecoming Queen, because she was the only girl in the senior class.…
David Zapatka We’re doing something different this month. We’re going to explore getting a new word into dictionaries. Reader Debbie M. writes, “Hello, I enjoy your column and want to offer a suggestion. ‘Orbisculate’ is a word not yet in the dictionary. I think we should help the young people who are trying to get…
Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes How often do we think in terms of needing various things to be happy or content? However, God is what we need, and things are simply what we use. Many people think retirement will bring contentment. But far too many become lonely and depressed, and…
Phyllis Swanson, Office Manager We would like to introduce you to the volunteers who are working at the Sun Lakes Posse Medical Equipment Office. We want to say thank you to all the volunteers who worked during the pandemic. For the month of May, the volunteers worked 135 hours. The number of medical equipment checked…
Rina Cupples, Reiki Teaching Master A Reiki Level I class will be offered on four consecutive days: Thursday, July 15; Friday, July 16; Saturday, July 17; and Sunday, July 18, from 9 a.m. to noon each day at the Fitness Activities Center (FAC), 25219 S. EJ Robson Blvd., Building A, in Cottonwood. You’ll be learning…
Robin Murray Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT) members were Dancing in the Street—Mick Jagger and David Bowie style—as flash mobs performed around Sun Lakes to celebrate the return of live theatre and to grow excitement for the SLCT experience. “Flash mobs” appear unexpectedly at a public gathering to perform a choreographed number, then disperse just…
Margie Parrish You are invited to a fun yoga class every Tuesday and Thursday at 10 a.m., called Yin Yang Yoga Flow with Margie Parrish, at Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center (CWPVFC). Margie is a 500-hour Yoga Alliance teacher who has taught vinyasa, yin, restorative, and yoga nidra classes in Central Phoenix for the last…