Jo Schenk Sunday, April 17 found the inhabitants of Oakwood’s East Crystal Drive once again rocking the block with this year’s 14th annual Progressive Dinner. Beginning at 4:30 p.m., neighbors began arriving at Dr. Keith and Joyce Bachman’s tastefully appointed home. Perfect cocktail party weather assured a free-flowing gathering of happy neighbors both indoors and…
When you stage a charity golf tournament and offer chances to win golf carts and cars on select par threes, you normally don’t expect anyone to win. There are tremendous odds against it. An amateur golfer’s chance of shooting an ace is 12,500 to one. Happily, Dick Jakubowski (visiting snowbird from Nebraska) didn’t know that…
IronOaks May activities Monday, May 2 – Furniture sale at the Oakwood Clubhouse from 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Saturday, May 7 – Ironwood Closing for Golf Renovation Party from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Food, specials, music and fun. Desert Music will provide the entertainment. Billboard Series: Wednesday, May 18 – Fleetwood Mac in the Oakwood Ballroom. Call 480-895-7275…
Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. Funny thing about memory, we tend to forget the bad and concentrate on the good. By good, I refer to the common ones, childhood, school, sweethearts; the list goes on and on. These memories we remember because they represent pleasant times. The lost memories contain hate and anger. The frustrations of…
Ann Rounthwaite January’s cold didn’t stop the Oakwood Lady Niners from enjoying golf on Tuesday mornings. But it may have speeded up play – Niners seemed especially eager to enjoy a warm lunch together afterwards. On January 12 a jungle-themed New Year’s luncheon and the annual general meeting followed a scramble won by Bea Cannon,…
Louis Giallonardo The Oakwood 9 Hole Couples League has a rich history at Oakwood with some members playing for more than 15 years in our league. Our driving theme is fun, fellowship, good food and drink, and, by the way, golf. As a result of our philosophy, many spouses experience their first golfing experience with…
GM Report Mary Middleton, Communications Manager Completed projects in the last 30 days: New menus and pricing are complete and a new training manual in place and training has begun for current and new staff. The gate directory system has been completed. It is a visitor directory system that phones the homeowner from the gate…
Bob Greene, Publicity I am sad to report the passing of Neil Siegel on December 28, 2015, one of our senior members of MOGA. Neil was born and raised in Coney Island, New York on January 2, 1940. He married Barbara in 1966 and they moved to AZ in 1996. I always enjoyed riding with…
The public is invited to attend the Southeast Valley Branch American Association of University Women International Dinner to be held at Oakwood Country Club on Monday, February 15 at 5:00 p.m. Celebrating HOLI, the spring Festival of Color in India, the colorful evening will include many of the members wearing beautiful saris, Jodhpuri suits, etc.…
Please join us at our fifth annual convention. We will be celebrating our return to the Oakwood Ballroom with a Mardi Gras theme. If you are a Red Hat Society supporting member, please join your sister Red Hatters for a day of fun and merriment. Mardi Gras costumes are optional, but please respect our royal…