Karen Shaffer Memorial Day, May 30, was a solemn occasion to honor the men and women who died while serving in the military. The auxiliary serves our veterans and military people in many ways. They are always in our hearts, not only on Memorial Day. The Department of Arizona VFW Auxiliary Pin Points information reminds…
Jerry Vance Like most everyone else, the Sun Lakes Tennis Club is doing nothing but staying our six feet away from everyone else. We did have elections for officers for 2020-21. Results were President Ed Campion, Vice President Dan Thorsen, Secretary Faye Haynes, Treasurer Tony Horn, Tournament Director Rick Kendall. Committees are Sunshine and Scrapbooks Donna…
Christine Lecoutre Pandemic or heat wave could not deter our PVLGA lady golfers. Val Verbeck even had a hole-in-one on number 6. Congratulations, Val! Of course, the bar was closed, so we will have to wait to celebrate properly. The President’s Cup was played as planned on April 21 and 28. The results follow, as…
Bill Haskell In our 21 years of existence, our traditional goal has been to provide quality courses for our members—courses that are thought provoking, entertaining, challenging, and rewarding. As a result of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, New Adventures has been forced to make several difficult decisions about our classes. The first, in March,…
Brian Curry Back in 2014, I wrote a piece called “Letter to Myself at 16” for the Sun Lakes Splash. I began to get a lot of comments about it from my friends and neighbors. It was basically a letter from my current age at the time (59) to my much younger self. The catalyst…
Penny Petersen Last month, Cottonwood Tennis Club (CTC) featured Donna and Keith Nelson. This month, the featured couple is Kim and Jerzon Vargas. They are newbies to the joy of tennis. Neither had played in earlier life and were starting from scratch. They’ve lived in Sun Lakes for seven years. Both are rated at the…
Ila Mackerman Monday Aerobics 9 to 10 a.m. Strength and Balance 10:15 a.m. Tuesday Kick Box 8:30 a.m. Tai Chi 9:30 a.m. Strength and Balance 10:15 a.m. Wednesday Aerobics 9 to 10 a.m. Strength and Balance 10:15 a.m. All classes are $2. For more information, contact Ila Mackerman at 480-540-9269.
Unit 38 Jane Wilcox Greetings. Unit 38 gals spent lots of hard work sewing face masks and distributing free to the Unit 38 residents of Sun Lakes. It is such a difficult time for all of us to experience, but the kindness of neighbors is always a welcome attribute.
Mary Lou Kaye There’s not a lot of dance activity to report as yet, but look out when we get back on the dance floor! Dancing is such fun and an incredibly wonderful form of exercise. And it all takes part while holding a good-looking partner in your arms. It covers a lot of territory:…
Sun Lakes Country Club management will decide at the end of May about the opening of rooms for our use. Therefore, at this time, we can’t know for sure that we can play there on June 3. For those already signed up, you will get a call or email as soon as we have that information. If…