Denise Lott For the second year, the East Valley Marine Corps League, Detachment 1296 of Sun Lakes, planned a seven-day Alaska fishing trip for Marine Wounded Warriors. Ron Enderle, detachment member, coordinated with his friends, Harley and Farrel Lewis of Ketchikan, Alaska, who own a 71-foot yacht. The detachment paid for air and ground expenses…
Global Warming II Pauline Lee The first installment of Global Warming established carbon dioxide (CO2) as the main contributor to global warming. This CO2 is a by product when fossil fuels are oxidized to produce energy that has driven world economy since the Industrial Revolution began over 200 years ago. About 82 percent of the…
George Abernathy, Sun Lakes resident Not only do my neighbors and I enjoy my weedless yard, my plants absolutely love it. I accomplish this by spending an average of 15 minutes of non-physical labor per month, year round and its real simple! I know a lot of people have huge gardens that need some serious…
Brooks Scofield The Agave Quilters of Sun Lakes are planning an exciting kick-off meeting for the new season. The special guest speaker for the September meeting is Carolyn Woods of Totally Tidy, a well-known and respected leader in the field of home and hobby/craft organization. Mrs. Woods started her own company several years ago and…
The IronOaks Fitness and Racquet Center held our first annual IronOaks Triathlon. Competitors were given two distance choices and completed the swim outdoors. The bicycle and run were held inside in the Fitness Center. Competitors were able to walk the distance in the pool, ride a recumbent bicycle and walk or run on the treadmill.…
We are a group of Spanish speakers who created an informal Spanish conversation group so we could practice speaking and understanding. If you have studied Spanish in the past, lived in a Spanish speaking country, spoke Spanish at home while growing up, or have graduated from an intermediate Spanish class, we welcome you to join…
Game Day is back on Wednesday, July 15. Beat the heat and come to this popular repeat event in our air-conditioned facility. Take your pick of games; we’ll have Scrabble, Mexican Train, Bridge and Bingo. Or, if you like, bring a game of your choice. Game Day will run from 9:00-11:00 a.m. in Lindsay Hall…
July Schedule Morning: 7:45-8:45 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday Afternoon: 4:15-5:15 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday Note: No Monday afternoon classes until October No afternoon classes on July 2, 7 and 9 Peggy will teach the morning classes on those days. Where: SunBird Golf Resort Navajo Room, third floor There is no cost; donations…
Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Alan Behr The Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Club games are now held at Risen Savior Lutheran Church, 23914 S Alma School Road). Open games are held on Monday at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., Thursday at 1:30 p.m. and Saturday at 9:00 a.m. There also is a Novice game Thursday…
Pauline Lee Our sun can warm up the Earth. But if the sun’s rays are reflected back into space, the heat is lost. Thus Mars, with practically no gases in its atmosphere, stays below freezing; Venus, with 300 times the carbon dioxide as Earth, is hot enough to melt nickel; but Earth has maintained life-sustaining…