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…
Clubs & Classes, August 2015
Preparations underway for Agave Quilters kick-off meeting
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…
Sports, August 2015
IronOaks hold triathlon
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.…
Clubs & Classes, July 2015
Join us for Advanced Spanish Conversation
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…
Generals, July 2015
Health and Wellness Day at SLUMC
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…
Clubs & Classes, July 2015
Energy (Dahn) yoga class schedule for July
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…
Clubs & Classes, July 2015
Bridge Results
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…
Features, July 2015
Conservation Corner
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…
Features, July 2015
Veterans’ Voice
Art Sloane The Arizona Veterans StandDown Alliance which is coordinated by the Arizona Coalition to End Homelessness serves homeless and in need veterans. It is a tax credit organization with donations able to be subtracted from your state taxes at the end of year. It is also a tax deduction on your federal taxes, so…
Clubs & Classes, July 2015
Golden Goalies – this month’s challenge
Bea Loozer I had planned to direct this month’s challenge to readers of this column, but I decided instead to make it a personal challenge directed at myself. Feel free to adopt it as your own challenge, but I don’t want to add pressure to those who are seeking their own way to march toward…