St. Steven’s Catholic Church Respect Life Ministry will start meeting again on Thursday, Oct. 3, immediately following the 8 a.m. Mass in the Great Hall. Guest speaker Genny Jones will be attending. Genny is the Respect Life coordinator at St. Anne Catholic Church in Gilbert, Ariz. She is also a Senior Honorary Member of Arizona…
October 2024, Sports
Oakwood 18-Hole Couples Golf League
Robin Thomas Oakwood 18-Hole Couples Golf League is a group of members who enjoy playing golf and socializing over a meal. We play on the second and fourth Fridays of each month from November through April. The complete schedule of games, dates, and menus will be published on our website at www.oakwoodcouplesgolf.com. We also keep…
October 2024, Generals
Ed Robson Library October Events
Ed Robson Library offers free programs for people of all ages. For a complete list of offerings, visit www.mcldaz.org/edrobson. Ed Robson Library is located at 9330 E. Riggs Road, Sun Lakes, AZ 85248, and is open to the public Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. October Events: Registration is required, and space…
October 2024, Generals
Want to Recycle Electronics?
Come to the recycling event, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Sun Lakes in partnership with AZ StRUT, on Saturday, Nov. 9, from 8 a.m. to noon. Sorry, no early drop-offs. Drop off computers, laptops and accessories, iPads, cell phones, flat-panel TVs and monitors, printers, cables, power supplies, DVD players, VCR players, and calculators in…
September 2024
The ImproVables Return to SLCC on September 28
As everyone knows, laughter is beneficial to a person’s health. So, if you want to feel good, come to Laughter Is the Best Medicine, The ImproVables’ newest show! Sun Lakes Community Theatre’s famous improv comedy troupe, The ImproVables, is returning to Sun Lakes Country Club on Saturday, Sept. 28, with a brand-new, hilarious, and extremely…
September 2024, Front Page
Ukulele Group Kicks Off on November 3
Nancy Harrison The Sun Lakes Ukulele Group, led by Cottonwood Palo Verde resident Nancy Harrison, will kick off its eighth season on Sunday, Nov. 3. We meet on the first and third Sundays of the month in the winter season in the Computer Learning Center, Room 1 (the Phoenix Room). We learn songs, chords, strums,…
September 2024, Front Page
Summer Heat Is No Match for Tennis Enthusiasts
Barb Jorgensen The Cottonwood Tennis Club (CTC) has organized play seven days a week. The CTC stays very busy, even during the summer (though the snowbirds can’t believe anyone plays tennis during the summer!). They start earlier, take more breaks, drink lots of water and Gatorade, and huddle in the shade as much as possible.…
September 2024, Front Page
Why the Senior Games? What Bowling Green State University Discovered
Ray Texeira We’ve had a lot of positive feedback on the upcoming Senior Games and are occasionally asked, “Why the Senior Games in Sun Lakes?” The answer is simple: to create the time and space for everyone to join in and compete, even if they haven’t risen to the top in any particular sport. This…
September 2024, Front Page
Don’t Miss Out!
Nancy Patterson, Team Captain, Citrus Sharers It’s not yet time for Citrus Sharers to rev up buckets and poles for fruit pickin’. This article is dedicated to those 200-plus Sun Lakes volunteers who already donated 5,700 hours picking fruit this year, back in January and February. They know stuff. They know that all the fruit…
September 2024, Religion
Operation Christmas Child at First Baptist Church Sun Lakes
Pam Wortman It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, at First Baptist Church Sun Lakes (FBCSL), that is. Operation Christmas Child (OCC) ministry starts with the planning phase in January and February, but the official launch for OCC begins in March. As the months pass, the inventory of Christmas goodies comes rolling in, like…