Gary Vacin Sam Gilman and Jerry Cisneros are the Lucky Shot Pool Club 2013-14 Championship tournament winners. In 9-Ball, Gilman, winter tournament winner, defeated Jack Hill, spring tournament winner, 7-4 and Tony Mongiello, fall tournament winner, 7-4. Hill defeated Mongiello, 7-5 for second place. Mongiello finished third. Cisneros became the first club player ever to…
Gary Vacin The Lucky Shot Pool Club’s Grand Old Man is hanging up his pool cue. After playing 4,190 games over a 17-year period, Dick Hensley played his final tournament game in April and reluctantly gave up his club membership. And, in his imitable fashion, he went out in a winning way, defeating Mike Giarlo,…
Gary Vacin The Lucky Shot Pool Club concluded another successful season with its annual spring awards luncheon April 22 at the Cottonwood Country Club. Among the 28 members attending were three of the charter members of the club formed back in 1995, Ed Allen, Joe Pantano and Sergio Tinajero. Club President Mike Giarlo welcomed the…
Charley Akin The Oakwood and Cottonwood men’s golf associations, MOGA and CMGA, competed in their annual Home and Home tournament on April 3 at Oakwood and April 5 at Cottonwood; 32 four-man teams consisted of two MOGA and two CMGA members each and the games were designed to produce team winners in four flights and…
Joyce Spartonos, Publicity Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation Sisterhood has finished another season of exciting meetings and events. For those who will not be heading to cooler climates this summer, Sisterhood has once again arranged for tickets to the Hale Theatre in August. The production is Footloose on Saturday afternoon, August 16, and the ticket price is…
Marty Garrison As we enter this summer season, we will miss those fortunate enough to be able to spend time in cooler climates of the country. Our services will continue each Sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. in the Sun Lakes Chapel, with a fellowship time following in the Chapel Center. It is a great opportunity…
Dorothy Bobek-Vacin The St. Stevens Catholic Church Ladies Guild hosted a baby shower for Maggie’s Place, a home for unwed mothers April 14 at the St. Stevens Catholic Church Great Hall. More than 40 guild members attended and brought a variety of baby gifts or gifts for new mothers. Maggie’s Place resident manager Rebecca Kirch…
Barbara Schwartz Temple Havurat Emet may be taking off June and July from our formal services, but we will be holding our informal services during those two months. In June, we will be holding services at the home of one of our congregants. Be sure to check our website at www.templehavuratemet.org for information about the…
Doug Ross Glad you asked. In our ad in the Splash last month and this we suggested three things to do this summer. Visit Sun Lakes Community Church some Sunday morning Click on www.sunlakescommunitychurch.org Call Pastor Don Hendricks on his cell phone at 480-720-9715 He almost always has it with him. He is very friendly. He…
Unity Church of Sun Lakes will be holding a World Peace/Interfaith Candle Lighting ceremony which is open to all the community to attend on June 22 at our regular 9:30 a.m. Sunday service. We will be reading peace prayers and sacred scriptures from 12 major world religions and traditions and lighting a candle for each.…