Larry Stadler Well, the 2019 Welcome Back 8-Ball Tournament is in the IronOaks Breakers history book. (The finals were too late to publish in the January Splash.) The pool sticks are in their cases, the pool tables cleaned and covered, and the players have left the building. For those of you who were unable to attend…
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Michele Renahan It is never too late to donate! Be someone’s early Valentine, and plan to make a blood donation at the IronOaks Blood Drive Feb. 7. Appointments are available as early as 7 a.m. Your single donation can help up to three patients in hospitals, surgical centers, and emergency rooms throughout the U.S. It’s…
Arthur Fink The Sun Lakes Chess Club invites you to join us, whether you are a beginner or a grand master chess player. We meet every Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Ceramics Room (A-8) in Cottonwood. Come early or come late; you are always welcome. There are no dues or membership…
Irene D’Aloisio Grab a Valentine’s date and come to the free Walk-In Clinic to learn pickleball! It’s a sport for all ages and all abilities and all levels of skill, and it’s the fastest-growing sport in North America. And if you are a Cottonwood or Palo Verde (CWPV) resident, the Sun Lakes Pickleball Club Cottonwood…
Toni Bolling Lutter Again this winter, scholarships have taken front and center as Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) prepares for annual awards. In keeping with its objective of securing our nation’s future through support for education, Gila Butte Chapter in Sun Lakes works locally, statewide, and nationally to select scholars in search of financial…
Jim Roberts, Publicity December was quite a month of golf. In spite of the many distractions of the holidays, along with cold temperatures and rain, good fun on the golf course was in abundance. Playing golf at the morning shotguns in December is quite different than in March, April, and May. Folks were known to…
Bob and Vickie Bybee The next Sun Lakes Dance Party will be on Feb. 13, 2020, at the Oakwood Ballroom. The doors open at 6:15 p.m. Dance lessons with Eddie Gilbertson will start at 6:30 p.m., and the open dance is at 7 to 9:30 p.m. with music by Thaddeus Rose. Tickets are available at…
Bruce McCorkle IMGA Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast It takes a lot of work to run a successful golf league, and IMGA is fortunate to have some great people who have stepped up to make it a great place to play golf. Some of our volunteers were recognized at Stone & Barrel with a complimentary breakfast. Thanks…
Helen Daley Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) falls on Feb. 25 this year. Think Mardi Gras or Carnival and it brings to mind New Orleans, food, parades, beads, partying, music, dancing, costumes, and masks. It started as a pagan celebration of spring and fertility thousands of years ago. Christian leaders determined it was easier to adopt…