Karen Vollis Do you enjoy playing a variety of games? We have separate tables for playing board games, card games, dice games, party games, or word games. We can teach you how to play, or you can teach us your games! We play games in Oakwood, Sun Lakes, but can schedule an event at your…
Sports, April 2025
Sun Lakes Lady Putters
Susan Gottschalk Chairmen have been assigned, and scheduling events has begun for our spring luncheon. The event will be held at the Cottonwood ballroom on April 4. The Holiday and the Spring luncheons are favorites of our Lady Putters members, including lunch, raffle prizes, table games, and special recognition of program participants. Lady Putters are…
April 2025, Generals
Chandler Repair Café
Join us on Saturday, April 19, from 9 a.m. to noon at 301 N. Hartford Road in Chandler for this free event. We are trying to keep things out of the landfill. Repairing things is good for the environment! Do you have a lamp that needs repair? A shirt that needs a button? Furniture repaired?…
April 2025, Clubs & Classes
Desert Threads Quilters Well Represented at Local Quilt Show
Jody Edwards, Desert Threads Quilt Chapter of AQG Desert Threads Quilters had 10 quilters display their quilts at the Arizona Quilters Guild (AQG) Quilt Show in Mesa in January, with seven of them bringing home awards! The AQG Quilt Show is an annual show with quilts entered by AQG members from all over the state.…
Clubs & Classes, April 2025
RV Roadrunners Club Gathers at Fort McDowell
Julie Hedges A perfect opportunity to enjoy some warm spring weather close to home, the Roadrunners held a rally at Fort McDowell in February. In addition to good food and company, we enjoyed the Fountain Hills Arts and Craft Fair. As of this publication, the March rally at Kartchner Caverns will be completed. However, there…
Clubs & Classes, April 2025
¿Habla Español?
Dianne Zimmerman Would you like to use and keep up your Spanish skills? Our group is informal, and our purpose is to have fun talking and listening to each other while improving our language skills. We discuss topics suggested by members and, when needed, we help each other with grammar and vocabulary. We encourage intermediate…
Clubs & Classes, April 2025
Apple Club
Marilyn Conner Reminder: Classes are now on the second Monday of the month. Hello Apple Device Users, On Monday, April 14, John Groves will give a presentation on tips and tricks for all of your Apple devices. There will be a lot of things to learn. Please remember to go to our website at www.sunlakesappleclub.com…
Features, April 2025
In Passing – April 2025
Newman Ovid Benson Newman Ovid Benson passed away peacefully on Feb. 17, 2025, in Chandler, Ariz. Newman was born on Aug. 4, 1928, in Drummond, Wis., the son of Ovid and Lillian (Wilson) Benson. He graduated from Drummond High School in 1946 where he was an exceptional athlete. He played both baseball and basketball. The…
Features, April 2025
Word of the Month: Parsimonious
David Zapatka While at dinner with friends following a sectional bridge tournament in Fountain Hills, a friend, Susan, described herself as a parsimonious person despite the new $2,000 purse she was showing us. Parsimonious—par·si·mo·ni·ous adjective 1. exhibiting or marked by parsimony; frugal to the point of stinginess 2. sparing, restrained Parsimony—par·si·mo·ny noun 1a. the quality…
Clubs & Classes, April 2025
Agave Quilters Guild
Shannon Lanning Our March 5 meeting was a remarkably busy one with a speaker, an anniversary celebration, a business meeting, an abundance of Show and Tell, and plenty of camaraderie. First up was our speaker Madonna Baker, owner of Mad B’s Quilt and Sew in Mesa (an authorized BERNINA dealer). The shop offers longarm quilting,…