Michael Cohen Rabbi Michael Beyo will speak on October 14, 2018, at 3:00 p.m. His topic will be “Israeli Life; Clash of Cultures: Ashkenazim vs. Sephardim.” Rabbi Beyo is the CEO of the East Valley Jewish Community Center as well as being an author, university lecturer and historian. He currently teaches at the EVJCC’s Open…
October 2018
Sun Lakes – Cottonwood Palo Verde at Sun Lakes
Message from the President Anne Montgomery The CWPV Board of Directors has approved and adopted a revised and simplified Dress Code for our facilities. While the fundamentals remain in place, redundancies have been removed, reducing the document from five pages to 1-1/2 pages. We urge all our CWPV homeowners and renters and our visitors from…
Generals, October 2018
Annual pottery sale slated for October 27
nt Now is your chance! Our annual pottery sale is slated for October 27th at the Oakwood ceramic room and court yard in Oakwood. This is located directly across from the tennis courts. If you have not visited our annual show, you have missed out! But now is the hour! The sale will open at…
Clubs & Classes, October 2018
SLUMC’s anniversary quilt
Phyllis Schurz Even an untrained eye will appreciate the details that went into the creation of the beautiful 30th year Anniversary quilt hung proudly in Lindsay Hall at Sun Lakes United Methodist Church. Cheryl Wessels was the motivator and quilter behind the project. Cheryl and husband Bill travel the U.S. as relief volunteers and have…
Front Page, September 2018
Seeking Crystal Award nominees
Do you know someone who generously gives of his or her time to volunteer to make our community a better place to live? If so, please take time to nominate that person for a Crystal Award. Anyone may be a nominator, and there are many deserving neighbors who should be nominees. This volunteer recognition was…
Clubs & Classes, September 2018
Desert Bats win Pinetop Tourney
Larry Wolfe The Desert Bats, one of our 60+ travel teams, recently won the Pinetop Tournament. The tourney featured teams from Payson, Tucson and New Mexico in addition to our Sun Lakes squad. Manager Dave Rinaldo’s boys started slowly, splitting four games in the seeding round of the tournament, but came back strong to sweep…
Clubs & Classes, September 2018
Save the Date: 10th Annual Halloween Pet Party
Judy Gahide Reminder: Join us for a Spooktacular, Boootiful, Wooonderful and Fangtastic 10th Annual Halloween Pet Party on Saturday, October 27, at 9:00 a.m. at Diamond Lake, IronOaks. If you choose to be an entrant vying for one of the 10 prize bags, use some hocus pocus and create that winning costume! We boo believe…
Clubs & Classes, September 2018
Sun Lakes Ukulele Group kicks off new season
The Sun Lakes Ukulele Group, led by Cottonwood Palo Verde resident Nancy Harrison, will kick off its fourth season on Sunday, October 21. We meet on the first and third Sundays of the month in the Cottonwood Phoenix Room to learn songs, chords, strums, fun licks and tricks on the ukulele. Many of our members…
Front Page, September 2018
New music director at Unity of Sun Lakes
Rev. Debbie Brown Unity of Sun Lakes is delighted to welcome Francine Alexander as its new music director. Francine comes to the Sun Lakes area from Kona, Hawaii, with her husband Jack and her Yorkie Andy, as in Raggedy Andy. After 20 years “selling spirits,” she started “selling the spirit” to use a quote of…
Clubs & Classes, September 2018
SLHC members hike in Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park
SLHC member Mike Josephson coordinated a great experience for the club in Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park this past season. Many made the trek up to Superior, Arizona, to join Mike and guide Rich Adams, a park volunteer, for a narrated walk along the unique hiking trails the Arboretum has to offer. There are a…