A little tennis or pickleball, then a great pancake breakfast will be a good start for your 4th of July celebrations. IronOaks Tennis Club is hosting the annual July Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, July 1, 2017. All local tennis clubs and pickleball clubs are invited for the doubles mixer at 7:30 a.m. with breakfast to…
Clubs & Classes, June 2017
Cotillion Dance Club’s “Set the Night to Music”
Rob Spade New Cotillion members Roger Murphy and Carol Beatty attended the April 8 “Set the Night to Music Gala” in the Oakwood Ballroom and made their wedding engagement announcement on this very special evening. Congratulations to you both! This announcement made the pre-dance reception seem more than appropriate by giving the membership more reasons…
Sports, June 2017
Lucky Shot Pool Club champs
Gary Vacin Two familiar names will be added to the Lucky Shot Pool Club’s club champions plaque as the club completed its 2016-17 championship year. Jack Hill and Jerry Cisneros repeated as 9-Ball and 8-Ball club champions, respectively. In 9-Ball, Hill, winter and spring tourney champ, defeated Cisneros, fall tourney champ, 7-4. In 8-Ball, Cisneros,…
Sports, June 2017
April Flowers for PVLGA
Liz DeMichael, Publicity Chairman The cool and comfortable April weather allowed the ladies at Palo Verde to play great golf with lots of wins and surprises. Check it out… 4/4. The first tournament in April for the Palo Verde Ladies Golf Association was one of the most entertaining: Beat the Pro! Each golfer played their…
Sports, June 2017
Niners April Golf results
Jim Wegman, Publicity The 2017 Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon is history. Our 20th year as a golf league has begun. The current Board will remain: President Jim Wegman, Vice President Joe Sigillo, Treasurer Lloyd Schaeffer and Secretary Lynn Thompson. Meeting Highlights: The Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon featured a lot of prizes and a…
Clubs & Classes, June 2017
“An Artist’s Choice”
Rose Sumners The May and June gallery showing theme was changed to an “Artist’s Choice”! Many exciting paintings of a variety of subject matters are displayed. Artists presented some of their favorite works from many years of painting or some that have not been previously exhibited. Come and view while flowers, forests, mountains, exotic homes…
Clubs & Classes, June 2017
Sun Lakes Rotary celebrates 31 years
Norm Noble The Sun Lakes Rotary Club was chartered 31 years ago. The club was conceived in 1985 when Chandler Rotarian Andre Felix put an advertisement on the Sun Lakes Clubhouse bulletin board to see if anyone was interested in attending Rotary. Rotarian Wayne Johnson, who had just moved to Sun Lakes, noted the advertisement…
Sports, June 2017
Softball player profile: Jim Entwistle
Larry Wolfe A true “Upstate New Yorker,” Jim Entwistle grew up in Utica and spent most of his work career in Rochester. Jim played high school basketball and baseball for the Utica Free Academy Titans, lettering four times in baseball. Jim and his twin brother John were the star pitcher/catcher combination throughout their youth baseball…
Clubs & Classes, June 2017
Basic Social Dancing Class
Mary Lou Kaye Basic Social Dancing – What is it? Well … it’s dancing designed for those who don’t need to move like Fred and Ginger but who want to avoid looking like Laurel and Hardy. Another goal is getting in on the fun you can have on a dance floor ASAP! Classes meeting the…
Clubs & Classes, June 2017
Summer months at the SLWA
Ellie Clark On a much smaller scale, our membership continues to work throughout the summer months. Preparation for our Annual Flea Market and Bazaar is ongoing and involves receiving, pricing and boxing up the items we hope to sell at the bazaar. If you have items that you wish to donate, we would appreciate a…