Bob Armstrong, Publicity Temperatures are up, the sun is shining and our joints are aching a little less! There are reasons we choose to live in the desert! Our February report starts with the Sweetheart Tournament held the day before Valentine’s Day. The winning foursome, by a large margin, included Jack Hill, Barb Hill, Roger…
Larry Wolfe No, this is not a profile of that Randy Newman, the singer-songwriter most famous for the song Short People. This story features Randy Neumann, native of Minnesota and current Sun Lakes snowbird and softball player. A graduate of Burnsville High School, Randy played JV hockey for the Braves and also played youth baseball…
Larry Wolfe The State Farm Insurance team, managed by Larry Kaufmann and sponsored by the Ralph Vasquez Agency, captured the winter league pennant with a sparkling 16-4 record, easily besting the second place finishers, Brenden Financial Planning, who completed a 13-9 campaign. Larry Kaufmann led all hitters at the break with a .821 average, followed…
Jim Wegman, Publicity February got off to a cold and windy start but thankfully it warmed up as the month progressed making our 8:30 Shotgun starts a little more comfortable. Winners: 2/04. One Gross One Net Lakes – 1st Larry Johnson, Greg Sutton, Jordy Primack and Tom Thibodeau, 2nd Bob Hiller, Bill Lacey, Mike Stegina…
Susan Gottschalk The spring luncheon will be Friday, April 1 in the San Tan Ballroom at Cottonwood. Monday Flight 2/08. Best Ball: (Tie) Colleen Foley, Linda Meylink and Susan Powell 2/15. Best Ball: Carol Lorenz 2/22. (Tie) Linda Dickerson, Norma Marsh, Mary Lou Murdock and Kathi Bobek, Colleen Foley, Helen Richardson 2/29. (Tie) Sue Core,…
Jerry Vance The final potluck and meeting of the Sun Lakes Tennis Club for this tennis year was held on March 9. Members had a great pizza, salad and desert meal served up by Betty Dunn, Paul Patterson and Jeanne Tooley. Election of officers for the next year was held with Ed Campion to be…
We are seeking new members who live in Oakwood or Ironwood who enjoy playing pool to come and join us for a fun time. Our club meets every Tuesday morning from 9:30-11:00 a.m. Our emphasis is on a social club playing for fun rather than competition. We meet for lunch the first Tuesday of every…
Gary Vacin Jack Hill and Jerry Cisneros are the Lucky Shot Pool Club Winter 2016 Tournament champions. In 8-Ball, Cisneros, Pocket 1 winner, defeated Michael Dalsanders, Pocket 2 winner, 5-3. Hill was 9-Ball Pocket 1 winner. With their wins, Hill and Cisneros qualify for the 2015-16 Club Championship playoffs. Fall tournament winners Cisneros and 9-Ball…
John Concannon The April Personality of the Month is long time resident of Sun Lakes, Jack Holder. Jack was born in Gunter, TX, a small town 35 miles from Dallas. His family moved to Profitt Community, a small farming community 56 miles south of Wichita Falls. Jack attended New Castle High School where he played…
Bob Greene, Publicity There are two champions to congratulate in this MOGA April report: Rick Stephens for winning the President’s Cup in February and Peter Yoon for winning the Club Championship two years in a row on March 10. Rick shot a net score of 185 after three rounds; 58, 63 and 64. He has…