Edie Gilbertsen Dance classes will be held in the Oakwood Mirror Room on Wednesdays, May 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31. Line Dance classes are from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. Waltz classes are from 2:15 to 3 p.m. Swing classes are from 4 to 4:45 p.m. Group drop-in cost is $10 per class or $30…
Clubs & Classes, May 2023
Julie’s Fitness Classes
Julie Bauman Julie Bauman invites you to come to her classes at the Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center. Summer hours are Mondays and Fridays at 8 a.m. and Wednesdays at 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. For the past 15 years, Julie has been teaching Group Fitness in the Chandler, Sun Lakes, and South Gilbert area.…
Clubs & Classes, May 2023
Find Out if Ranked Choice Voting Is Right for You
Dwight Flatt New York City does it and, for certain elections, so do states like Alaska, Maine, Hawaii, Kansas, and Wyoming, along with countries such as Australia and New Zealand. Voters in those locations and more are now using Ranked Choice Voting to not only submit ballots that rank their first choice of candidates in…
Clubs & Classes, May 2023
Apple Club News
Gary Bross On May 1 The Applications Built into Your Apple Device classes of the past two months will continue to be held in Cottonwood’s Phoenix Room. Sidney S. will hold class on Calculator, Compass, Clock, Freeform, Health, and more. We will also feature club members willing to share their favorite apps. As time permits…
Clubs & Classes, May 2023
¿Habla Español?
Would you like to use and keep up your Spanish? Our group is informal, and our purpose is to have fun talking and listening to each other while improving our language skills. We discuss topics suggested by members and, when needed, we help each other with grammar and vocabulary. We encourage intermediate Spanish speakers to…
Clubs & Classes, May 2023
Friday Morning Warm-Up Practice Bridge
Join us on Fridays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Ladies Card Room (A-2) in Cottonwood, for a very low-key and non-competitive opportunity to brush up on your bridge play or to practice hands. This is not a class. This is a drop-in group. You do not need to sign up in advance—just show…
Clubs & Classes, May 2023
Twinkle Toes and Neuropathy
Kathleen Ismael The body’s nervous system is made up of two parts: the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. Peripheral Neuropathy (PN) occurs when nerves are damaged or destroyed and can’t send messages from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles, skin, and other parts of the body. Peripheral nerves go from…
Features, May 2023
The Remodeling Corner
Janet Cook The month of May is a special tribute to mothers. Mothers are marvels for their multi-tasking ability to attend to the needs of family members, plan and coordinate schedules, manage the care of the house, and execute what needs to be done. What women are also known for is neglecting self-care, for by the…
Features, May 2023, April 2023
So Many Books, So Little Time: ‘Marcelo in the Real World,’ by Francisco X. Stork
Violetta Armour If you were to look for this title in a bookstore or library, it would be shelved under Young Adult, but it is also a story that will touch adult hearts and keep them turning pages to see how a 17-year-old deals with a moral crisis that deeply affects the adults in his…
Features, May 2023
Word of the Month: Paladin
David Zapatka The NCAA basketball tournament is fondly called March Madness, and madness it was this year. There may have been more upsets in the big tournament this year than any other year. One of the biggest was the Furman Paladins, a small South Carolina school of 2,970 students, upsetting the #4 seed, Virginia Cavaliers,…