Janet Baron, Publicity Chairman 2/03. The first play of the President’s Cup took place on a sunny Tuesday afternoon. The participants were geared to play their best and obtain a winning score. The leader board was positioned for all to view and note their flight positions. Immediately following the 1:00 p.m. game the players again…
Greetings from the Sun Lakes Shrine Club. March 9 was our last meeting before going dark for the season. The next club meeting will be held November 9. Our dinner was, as usual, very tasty and well served. Noble President Mike Whitney started the meeting by leading the Pledge of Allegiance and Ill. Sir Jim…
Ellen Engel Here are the results for The March food collection. On Monday, March 2 at the collection sponsored by the Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Club, generous Sun Lakes residents contributed 163 pounds of food and $97 in cash. On March 9 at the collection sponsored by the Sun Lakes Democratic Club, we garnered 278…
Nancy Zier Colleen McKnight attended a class taught by Bonnie Gibson on March 6 and learned the procedure for creating the Pueblo Lady gourd. Great job Colleen! Our Spirit of the Desert Gourd Patch exhibited a large “quilt” at the Wuertz Gourd Festival in early February. The quilt attracted much interest by the public. Indeed,…
Water Aerobics has become a major exercise program in our fitness-conscious society. The buoyant support of the water dramatically decreases compression stress on weight bearing joints, bones and muscles. The most important reason to join our group is it is fun! Great water temperature, great music and great friends. Class is at 10:00 a.m. Monday,…
Greetings from the Sun Lakes Shrine Club. President Noble Mike Whitney called our February meeting to order, leading the club in the Shrine Pledge of Allegiance. Ill. Sir Jim Willettes, PP, presented the opening prayer. The Club welcomed honored guests Chief Rabban George Mathers and his lovely lady Dorothy. It was great to have them…
During the war in Southeast Asia, the author flew combat missions in the CK-135 Tanker, H-3 and H-53 Helicopter. This book recounts rescue missions flown by H-3 and H-53 “Jolly Green” crews in 1969 and 1970 in Laos and Vietnam while he was assigned to the 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery (ARR) Squadron. In a…
Ann Rounthwaite The New Year brought surprises. On January 13 a low putts game on the Lakes course was actually rained out! Because it’s Arizona even those of us accustomed to wet weather elsewhere weren’t equipped with raingear. To most Niners’ astonishment, Kathy Chebuhar and Nancy Heberling played through the deluge and were awarded Pro…
Pat Ovrebo Sun Lakes Lutheran Church had several events in February. The annual congregational meeting honored leaders who have helped guide the four year old church to a viable church. Former Leadership committee members Wally Amundson, Dawn Coryea, Tia Meyers and Ramon Rubio were recognized. The meeting reviewed events and activities for 2014 and set…
On Sunday, January 25 Sun Lakes United Church of Christ voted to become an Open and Affirming Congregation. It began the process in January 2014 by forming a committee that involved learning about the ways they could become more inclusive and welcoming of LGBT people. Within the United Church of Christ denomination there has been…