Rev. Judy Claycomb-Wismar How can we make sense of life’s chaos? How can we find meaning and peace in these loud and frantic times? How can we reconnect to one another and to what’s sustaining? These questions lie at the heart of Anne LaMott’s book Stitches: A Handbook of Meaning, Hope and Repair. “We begin,”…
December 2025, Sports
SLLGA Results
Nadine Stark Oct. 7 Scramble: 1st: Barb Arakelian, Gloria Fronk, Peggy Huot, Pat Henk; 2nd: Judy Bray, Marci Kopplemaa, Pat Waldher, Janis Drummond; 3rd: Deb McGrail, Jan Cobb, Judy Mical, Jeri Sprague Our course closed on Oct. 11 for overseeding and reopened on Nov. 7 and is in beautiful condition. We look forward to having…
December 2025, Sports
Relishing Pickleball: No Man’s Land
David Zapatka No man’s land, sometimes referred to as the transition area, aka the kitchen, is the area of the pickleball court between the non-volley zone line and the baseline. Think of it as a space 11 feet long and 20 feet wide; two feet behind the non-volley zone line and two feet inside the…
December 2025, Sports
Ironwood Lady Niners
Bonnie Hoewing The fall Ironwood Lady Niners (IWLN) general meeting was held on Nov. 12. New executive board members were elected. The 2026 IWLN executive board members include Gail Hendricks, president; Deb Burns, vice president; Rachel Enloe, treasurer; and Jane Steffes, secretary. We thank these individuals for taking on these roles. Our league could not…
December 2025, Sports
PVLGA News
Susan Lamb Welcome back to all our members near and far, and welcome to our new members. We held our Fall Scramble and lunch on Nov. 4. Our ladies were asked to wear their favorite team shirt or hat as a way of welcoming the fall and winter sports season. We played a best ball…
December 2025, Sports
80 and Still Swinging … You Bet!
Jeff Dunn Racquet sports have emerged as powerful predictors of longevity, offering some of the highest life expectancy gains among physical activities. Nowhere is this more evident than at the Cottonwood Pickleball Club where 40 active members over the age of 80 prove that staying active can be both joyful and life-extending. While the physical…
December 2025, Sports
Hole in One!: Karen Beltz
Sue Olsen Congratulations to Karen Beltz for acing hole number 4 at Ironwood Golf Course during ILGA league play on Oct. 30, 2025! This was her very first hole-in-one!
December 2025
Niners October Results
Jim Wegman, Publicity Autumn is finally here, with shorter days, longer nights, and a hint of the holidays right around the corner. As you know, we recently lost one of the longtime members of the Niners. Bob Deken passed on Sept. 28. There was a service for Bob at Sun Lakes Methodist Church on Nov…
December 2025, Sports
Cottonwood Men’s Golf Association September and October Results
Buddy Meola Sept. 6 was the Ace of Aces Qualifier. The low gross and low net scores from each flight qualified. Blue Flight: Low Gross Rob Carr, Low Net Tony Korman White Flight 1: Low Gross Tony Phillips, Low Net Steve Ramo White Flight 2: Low Gross Don Cerimeli, Low Net Jerry Reno Green Flight:…
December 2025, Sports
Cottonwood Lady Niners
Sun Lakes Ladies: Still looking for a fun and social nine-hole golf league? Our Cottonwood Lady Niners group is accepting members of all skill levels and from any of our Sun Lakes communities! We golf Thursday afternoons at the 1 p.m. shotgun start, playing both fun games and play-your-own rounds of nine holes and alternating…