Friday, April 17, the VFW Post 8053 will host the 41st Annual Golf Tournament, starting with an 8 a.m. shotgun at Sun Lakes Country Club with four-person teams, 18-hole scramble. Cash prize for the top four teams: Men’s and Women’s Closest to the Line Prize; Men’s and Women’s closest to the Pin Prize; plus, door…
April 2020
Yoga-Vinyasa Style
Sheila Axtman Many of our winter visitors have left for the summer or will be leaving soon. But we will be here, and Vinyasa Yoga classes will be taught all summer. The yoga classes will be much smaller, so if you have thought about trying Vinyasa Yoga, this is a good time to start. Vinyasa…
April 2020
Be a Summer Volunteer — It’s Good for You!
Elizabeth Vaughan It’s hard to avoid the myriad messages we receive every day about managing our stress levels. Take fish oil, get more quality sleep, mindful meditation… it’s enough to make your head swim. More than ever, we are tasked with finding small opportunities throughout the day to practice self-care. These little breaks form habits…
April 2020
Winter Softball Wrap-Up
Larry Wolfe Both the Lakes and Sun Divisions ended with two teams tying for first place with identical won-lost records during the 16-game Winter Season. The Core Photography team, managed by Gary Hillabolt, and the Young Realty Team, managed by Tom Erpelding, tied for first place in the Lakes Division with 9-7 records. In the…
April 2020
Sun Lakes Volunteers Honored at Annual Crystal Awards Banquet
Jeanne Becker On March 8, 2020, six Sun Lakes community volunteers, Douglas Bishop, Joe Downs, David Florence, Steve Howell, Karen Jorgensen, and Wayne Mangold, were honored at the 11th annual Crystal Awards Banquet at Sun Lakes Country Club. Guests enjoyed a social hour with piano music by Freddy Vesely, a regular at the Sunset Grill. Pastor…
April 2020
Book Review – “The Boys in the Boat”
Violetta Armour The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, by Daniel James Brown. This book is a sterling example of what is often described as narrative nonfiction—joining good research with compelling, character-driven storytelling—reads like a novel. It is the story of the University of…
April 2020
Duplicate Bridge Club holds Annual Awards Event
Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Club annual awards for 2019 were presented on Feb. 18 by Club President Jim Utter. The club presents three trophies for most masterpoints won by players who started the year at three different ascending skill levels. For 2019, the skill awards went to Frank Bost, Donna Hofer, and Larry Anfinson, respectively.…
April 2020
SLUMC to Host Document Shred Event April 25
Do you have paperwork that you would like to have securely destroyed but do not have a shredder? Sun Lakes United Methodist Church, in conjunction with Iron Mountain, will host a Shred Event on Saturday, April 25, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the east parking lot of the property. Dispose of paperwork that…
April 2020
Weeders Garden Club Presents Standard Flower Show April 4
Karen Wollscheid Weeders Garden Club will be presenting a standard flower show “Celebrating the Beauty of the Desert” on Saturday, April 4, 2020, at Solera Chandler Ballroom, 6360 S. Mountain Blvd., Chandler, AZ 85249. The flower show is open to the public from noon to 4 p.m. There is no admission charge. For more information,…
April 2020
Sun Lakes Reiki Healing Classes for April
Rina Cupples, Traditional Reiki Teaching Master Several folks recently attended a Reiki Level 1 Training class with me to learn the art of laying-on of hands healing. Class instruction was given over a four-day weekend, of three hours each afternoon—12 hours for instruction and time to practice. During training, students learned how to give healing-balancing…