Tuesday Night Cribbage Jeff Scott Join us for Cribbage every Tuesday night at 6 p.m. in the Cottonwood clubhouse A-7 Painting Room. Games are organized by Stan Wengrzyn. 2/06. 1st Nancy O’Donnell 13+124, 2nd Pat Donahue 10+69, 3rd Royce Bohning 9+9, Low Ted Jacobs 1-119, 24 Hand Jeff Scott 2/13. 1st Royce Bohning 16+105, 2nd…
April 2024, Generals
Firemen Know How to Cook
Lorin Hicks On Jan. 27 six Sun Lakes residents had the privilege of dinner served by the dedicated men and women of Arizona Fire & Medical Authority District Station 231 located near Mulligans on Sun Lakes Boulevard. In addition to mouth-watering hamburgers, fries, and homemade desserts, we were treated to a tour of the facilities,…
April 2024, Clubs & Classes
Writers’ Page – April 2024
New Year’s Resolutions Michelle McComber It’s gotten so that my New Year’s resolution was not to make any New Year’s resolutions. Does anyone ever keep them longer than six hours? Then I feel guilty for at least a month for not being able to commit to something for even a day. You can almost categorize…
April 2024, Sports
Cottonwood Tennis Club Championships
Jerry Higgins The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat comes and goes. These are two of the 12 teams that participated in Cottonwood Tennis Club (CTC) Championship matches during the week of Jan. 8. In the 3.5 Green Division, Spencer Roberts and Mike Gallant took away the trophy from runners-up team Dave Sobeck…
April 2024, Features
BFFs Forever
Jan Rathke Best Friends Forever has a special meaning to me and my eight “forever friends.” Our story begins in my hometown, Rockford, Ill., in 1944. The story continues to this day. Eighty years! Two of us met in first grade, the other seven in other grade schools, and we all came together in junior…
April 2024, Sports
Sun Lakes Pickleball Club Cottonwood Starts a New Year!
Lorri Morgan, Communications April 1 is the start of our new year, and we have brand-new, shiny officers to welcome the new year and make our club better and better. Bud Johnson takes the helm as president and Lyndi Thom as secretary. Jim Carlson has another year as vice president and Tony Casillas as member-at…
April 2024, Sports
Lucky Shot Pool Group Winter 8-Ball and 9-Ball Winners
Pocket One, 9-Ball: 1st Jerry Cisneros, 2nd Dennis Chenier, 3rd Rich Schager Pocket Two, 9-Ball: 1st Rick Boyd, 2nd Rick Nelson, 3rd Mike Jaltuch Pocket One, 8-Ball: 1st Jerry Cisneros, 2nd Michael Dalsanders, 3rd Jeff Michelin Pocket Two, 8-Ball: 1st Mike Jaltuch, 2nd Buddy Meola, 3rd Loren Boulanger Pocket Three, 8-Ball: 1st Don Dailey, 2nd…
Clubs & Classes, April 2024
Doll Collector Club
Brooks Scofield The former Dolly Dressers, now known as the Doll Collector Club, has opened a fee-for-service Doll Repair Shop with the single goal of helping doll collectors repair dolls in their collections. We repair all kinds of older dolls, including composite dolls from the 1940s and before. We can also repair rag dolls like…
April 2024, Sports
Cottonwood Tennis Club Championships
Jerry Higgins The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat comes and goes. These are two of the 12 teams that experienced these emotions in the Cottonwood Tennis Club (CTC) Championship matches during the week of Jan. 8. In the Ladies 4.0 Red Division, Barb Jorgensen and Cindy Guillaume took away the trophy from…
March 2024, Front Page
Whop! Whop! Whop!
George Abernathy As I stood on the tarmac at Falcon Field in Mesa, just a few feet away from a Vietnam Era Huey Helicopter that was warming up, others and I could feel the blast of the rotor wash and smell the burnt JP4 fuel coming from the exhaust. Along with two pilots, crew chief,…