Janet Myrick We pickleball players hear this all the time, especially from other racquet sport players. We just look at each other and smile. Then we ask, have you tried playing? Well “no” they say. I get more exercise playing my sport. “Maybe when I get old, I will try it.” Pickleball is great exercise…
Diane Beatty The Sun Lakes Garden Club learned about growing rare fruits here in the East Valley at their July meeting. Doug Jones, President of the Arizona Rare Fruit Growers Association, shared some of the fruits he grows with us, and has invited members to visit his garden when the weather cools a bit. His…
Are you ready to Zumba® again? I am so ready! Join me as I start my fifth season of Zumba® with Mary in Sun Lakes on Tuesday, September 13. What better place to welcome your friends back and make new ones? Zumba® is a Latin inspired fitness program that incorporates all your favorite music and…
As any of you who have previously attended our gathering of costumed pets knows, the Halloween pet party is always a morning of fun, smiles, laughter, and socialization, not just for our fur babies, but for all residents of Sun Lakes. So mark your calendars now for 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 29 because the…
Toni Bolling Lutter This year, seven local Chandler Unified School District senior women will proceed to Arizona schools of higher learning with the help of DAR scholarships. Each year, Gila Butte Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) offers a $1,000 scholarship to a deserving Basha High School senior woman. This year, six additional women won…
After 17 years I still get excited when I start picking dances and music for classes restarting on Monday, September 5. I also realize how much I look forward to teaching line dancing to the dancers returning and all the new dancers who have registered for this next season. The music is the first to…
Andrea Hummel The fall play in the Sun Lakes Community Theatre season will be Dearly Departed, a comedy by David Bottrell and Jessie Jones. Tickets will be sold October 8 at the Cottonwood Open House and online at slctinfo.org and will continue at sites to be announced in the Splash. Tickets are $16 and the…
The Arizona Ataxia Support Group, a non-profit associated with the National Ataxia Foundation (NAF), would like to invite you to our fundraising and awareness event on Saturday, September 24 from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. at St. Xavier University, 92 W. Vaughn, Gilbert, AZ 85233. Through our event, Arizona Ataxia Awareness Extravaganza,” we are going to bring…
Diana Ellis The Sun Lakes Arts and Crafts Association annual fall meeting will be held on Monday, October 10 at 10:00 a.m. in the Friendship Room at Sun Lakes Country Club. Members can sign up for the association’s fall show which will be held on Saturday, November 26 at Sun Lakes Country Club, 25601 N.…
Becky Paschal-Snyder P.E.O. is an international philanthropic and educational organization which promotes increased educational opportunities for women. One of their many projects is PCE, Program for Continuing Education. This program presents need-based grants to women whose education has been interrupted and who find it necessary to return to school to support themselves and/or their families.…