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Coach Kwong’s Tennis Tips

We all have experienced this, and too often it is on full display—frustration! You may play great during practice, but when it comes to team matches, your play may suffer. If you are an inconsistent player, this will equate to frustration for sure! Players may be upset with themselves, and it shows on the court…

Hole-in-One for John Young!

  Barbara Arakelian On Dec. 16, 2023, local resident John Young made a hole-in-one on the difficult 17th hole at Sun Lakes Country Club using a 7 iron. He was playing with Ed Norris, Carmine Iosue, Jim Bennett, and Marv Selby who witnessed his great achievement. Congratulations, John!

Agave Quilt Guild

Mary La Tourelle The Agave Quilt Guild offers a “share table” during our monthly meetings, loaded with patterns, fabric, notions, and more, and last spring several members uncovered a treasure—a bag with 17 beautifully pieced blocks, the pattern book by Rosemary Makhan, and some of the original fabric. Called the “Bible Quilt,” it had passed…

In Passing – February 2024

Lou Galiano Louis “Lou” V. Galiano, beloved husband and father, passed away peacefully in his home in Sun Lakes, Ariz., on Dec. 20, 2023. He died from leukemia. He was born on Oct. 1, 1938, in St. Louis, Mo., and attended the University of Missouri, where he was also a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.…

SLLGA Results

Nadine Stark We celebrated with our Christmas and Awards Banquet, and new co-presidents were sworn in: Jane Fletcher and Marci Kopplemaa. Kathy Schneider got a hole-in-one on the 15th hole on Nov. 29, 2023. Our annual Valentine’s Party will follow our golf game on Feb. 13. 12/5 Sucker in a Bucket 1st: Kelly Dennis, Kerri…

Softball Player Profile: Charlie Alley

Larry Wolfe Sixty-one years and counting! That’s how many consecutive years Charles “Charlie” Alley has been playing on organized softball teams, some fast pitch early on, but mostly slow pitch teams. From the fields of North Dakota as a teenager to the Field of Dreams in Sun Lakes as a septuagenarian, Charlie’s been playing the game…