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Chordaires Hit High Note

Rita Brown Sing! It will lift your spirits, lighten your heart and your step, and fill food bags. What? Well, Chordaires Show Chorus (barbershop at its best) has been rehearsing for the day we can perform for you again. To add to our minimal contact, we decided to help a few other folks. We contacted…

CMGA Club Championship and February Results

Tom Kastelitz, 2021 Club Champion

Buddy Meola February was a busy calendar month for Cottonwood Men’s Golf Association (CMGA) members. The Presidents Cup continues with the 64 qualifying players. They are playing matches each week to whittle that number down to the final two. The results will be announced next month. February started with the Ace of Aces monthly qualifier on…

Sunday Music, Dinner, and Dance Venue Returns

Distant memory

John Yu I am ecstatic to announce the return of Sunday evening music, dinner, and ballroom dances at San Tan Ballroom on Sept. 19, 2021. Below is this season’s eight-dance schedule for 2021-22. We will see the return of your favorite live groups of Rags Allen Band, DK Orchestra, and Cheryl Thurston Jazz Band. Once…

Vice Chief Justice Timmer Speaks to AAUW

Vice Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer

Barbara Stewart Vice Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer of the Arizona Supreme Court will speak to the Southeast Valley Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) on April 19, at 5 p.m. One of five women ever to serve on the Arizona Supreme Court, she has distinguished herself throughout her career as an…

Spring: Season of Growth

D. Williams Most everyone knows that their dogs must walk. It is in their DNA. But most people do not think about engaging their best friend in mental stimulation. What kind of life is it to just hang around the house all the time? Get up, go for a walk, eat, lay around, eat, go…

Desert Navy Update

Richard Volpe As we move into the spring season, we can expect to have the opportunity to take advantage of some wonderful weather and the limited availability of many things that are all part of this typically busy season. Although things appear to be moving in the right direction regarding the long-awaited hope that the…

Cotillion Dance Club Announces 2021-22 Season!

Pictured are Rob and Shirl Spade entering the ballroom in Sun Lakes through the seldom-used underground cellar entrance on March 11, 2017, for the "Prohibition Ball." We are especially looking forward to greeting attendees as they enter our next dance for the champagne reception that begins a lovely evening of dinner and dancing, on Saturday, Nov. 13, at 5:45 p.m.

Rob Spade Cotillion Dance Club plans to present four dinner dances to be held at the Cottonwood San Tan Ballroom in Sun Lakes. Be sure to mark your calendars with next season’s dinner dance dates: Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021; Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022; Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022; and Saturday, March 12, 2022. These dinner dances…

So Many Books, So Little Time

Dear Reader, If you are a fan of C.S. Lewis with fond memories of reading his The Chronicles of Narnia to your children, or perhaps you found comfort in A Grief Observed, then you might relish this account of an unlikely friendship turned into true love. The novel is subtitled The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman…

Sun Lakes Community Theatre Notice: April Zoom Event

Jo Birlin The Sun Lakes Community Theatre has some very interesting events coming up. I sure hope you will join our Zoom get-together April 8. There will be a short sketch about a couple trying to work their GPS and short-story sketch comedy. Phyllis Novy is conducting a storytelling class on March 30 at 1 p.m. She…