San Tan Crown Rotary Club will hold its sixth annual Bingo Bonanza Fundraiser on Tuesday March 24, 2015. This year’s event will be held at the Palo Verde Country Club Dining Room, 10801 E San Tan Blvd here in Sun Lakes. The fun will start at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are just $20 and each ticket…
Sports, March 2015
2015 Match Play Championship
The following are winners of the 2015 Match Play Championship: Flight 1: 1st Mikki Rydell, 2nd Cathy Bass, 3rd Paddy Newton and Lori O’Neil; Flight 2: 1st Nancy Hermanson, 2nd Mary Lou Esget, 3rd Penny Hunter and Sandy Patton; Flight 3: 1st Donna Purcell, 2nd Joni Hiller, 3rd Terry Gaube and Gail Garvey; Flight 4:…
Generals, March 2015
Friends of the Library – March 2015
Program on Arizona’s Orphan Abduction set for March 4 Andrea Hummel In 1904 New York nuns brought 40 Irish children, ages two to six, to a remote Arizona mining community. From the list of adopting families, the nuns had been led to believe the families were Spanish Catholics. The families, however, were Mexican. The Anglo…
Clubs & Classes, February 2015
I love the Reiki Circle
Lois Valleau It’s February, and it is love month. Let me tell you about all the love that abounds at the Reiki Circle. As you enter, someone will invite you to hug. We try to be high on the hug-meter. The scale is four hugs a day to survive, eight hugs for maintenance and 12…
Clubs & Classes, February 2015
The Sun Lakes Rock, Gem and Silver Club – February 2015
John Harrill Tom Hall is a long time and valued member of our club. He does excellent work in many of the crafts that we offer. Last year he had a goal of making a ring a day. Some were copper rings outside and sterling on the inside. He calls these rings with a silver…
Clubs & Classes, February 2015
Sun Lakes P.E.O. Chapter DD awards grant for continuing education program
Maryann Hawkins ASU student Kimberly Jim (left) receives a check from P.E.O. member Becky Pascal-Snyder. The grant will be used to defray the cost of Kimberly’s education this semester. A senior majoring in education, Kimberly will graduate in May. The P.E.O. assists qualified students who have had at least a 5 year break in their…
Generals, February 2015
The passing of a great man Dwight Grotewold
Norm Noble Back in the old days, gathering around the kitchen table had a meaning different than today. In the tiny town of Larchwood, Iowa, population 382, it meant that there was no hospital and no resident doctor and when a baby was due you made do. That’s where Dwight Grotewold of Sun Lakes entered…
Features, February 2015
2 Your Health – February 2015
Editor’s Note: “2 Your Health” is a new column in the Sun Lakes Splash dedicated to health issues. Each month different doctors and or medical associations, from varying specialties, will be writing on issues of importance. Articles are based on experiences and independent research conducted by the doctors or medical associations. We encourage anyone considering…
Clubs & Classes, February 2015
Pathways to peace
Lois Valleau Ask anyone and they will tell you they’d like to see more peace in the world. Usually that means they ought to change and then I will be more peaceful. What if I was to suggest that peace in the world really is an inner journey? The more peace you and I can…
Generals, February 2015
Sun Lakes Community Theatre enters the 21st century
Good news! Beginning with our spring production of Southern Hospitality (March 10-14), SLCT ticketing will enter the 21st century. On February 16 we will begin selling tickets using an online software ticketing system. In order to ease the transition from the current “in person” method, we will continue to sell tickets at our usual locations in…