Rev. Ron Burcham, Senior Pastor of Risen Savior Lutheran Church, invited all Chandler-area residents who love the Christmas season and enjoy well-performed Christmas music to attend one of this year’s Community Christmas Concerts on Sunday afternoon, December 17. The cast will present two one-hour performances beginning at 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. The admission fee will…
Generals, December 2017
Sun Lakes – Cottonwood Palo Verde at Sun Lakes
Board of Director meeting minutes – unapproved 10/25/17 Roger Beagle, Secretary Directors Present: Roger Beagle, Bill Greer, Don Hicks, Anne Montgomery Woody Neiman, Mel Rasmussen and Gay Zawatski Directors Not Present: None Also Present: General Manager Steve Nolan Call to Order: President Mel Rasmussen called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. in the San Tan…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
Newsies – Sun Lakes’ Style
Norm Noble Between the months of September and May, the Splash newspaper appears on the driveways of every Sun Lakes resident. And in January, the Source Book is delivered to each doorstep. Sometimes you see the folks who deliver these. Most times, you don’t. The paper boys and girls are no mystery. They are members of the…
Features, December 2017
Conservation Corner
Pauline Lee The first two parts of Our Changing Environment have shown us that life is fragile and can survive only in conditions with limited variability. Five mass extinctions of life when over 90% of living species became extinct occurred between 66 to 500 million years ago due to natural catastrophic events. Afterwards, new species…
Generals, December 2017
Trips and Tours
For more information or reservations, please contact Free Spirit Vacations and Events at 480-926-5547 or reservations@freespiritvacations.com. Algodones Holiday Shopping December 5, 2017 Price: $79 per person Travel south of the border to Algodones for shopping, discount prescriptions, glasses, leather goods, art work and other goods and services. Winterhaven and 4th Avenue Holiday Fair December…
Generals, December 2017
Fire District’s Community Assistance Program looking for volunteers
Brian Curry The Community Assistance Program (CAP) of the Arizona Fire & Medical Authority/Sun Lakes fire district is looking to add some new volunteers to the ranks of their “CR231” (Crisis Response) team. The CAP program runs under the direction of the AFMA/Sun Lakes. Two-member teams are dispatched to medical calls, fires, motor vehicle accidents…
Religion, December 2017
Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation schedule of services
Allan Levy, Publicity Director The Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation (SLJC) is an established reform congregation that meets at the Sun Lakes Chapel on the second Friday of the month from September through June. In July and August, a rabbinic-led Twilight Service is held in the Sun Lakes Chapel at 5:30 p.m. Services are a great…
Generals, December 2017
Cottonwood Palo Verde’s Veterans Day celebration
Linda Caton At our special Veteran’s Day Celebration this year, the East Valley Young Marines presented the colors along with a Flag folding demonstration. After this very touching moment, the flag was then presented to the oldest veteran in the audience, Mr. Louis Verrochi (94 years young!). Thank you to all who attended and those…
Generals, December 2017
Risen Savior Quilt and Bake Sale set for December 10
Barb Fox Come celebrate our 10th annual Quilt and Bake Sale on December 10 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at Risen Savior Lutheran Church, 23914 S. Alma School Road. Our quilts range in price and size from $15.00 for baby quilts to $75.00 for king-size. We will also have a quilt raffle; this year…
December 2017
Yoga for all bodies
Noell Hyman You might think yoga is just for the “bendy people.” Or hippies. But that’s just not so, and especially not in the case of this new team I teach with here at Sun Lakes. We’ve been running yoga classes all summer with the express goal of helping people maintain or get back their…