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Savvy Travelers to meet April 9

Jim and Peggy Hall in Thailand

The next Savvy Travelers meeting is April 9 in the Saguaro Room at Cottonwood Country Club at 6:30 p.m. Come join us –for a cruise night with Princess Cruises! Our new District Sales Manager, Larissa Hass from Calgary, will update us on all the 50 year celebrations on the Princess Cruise Line. Norman Love, the…

PVLGA news and views

Greg Tokash, Palo Verde Head Pro, presents Jo Ann Hicks with the 2015 President’s Cup Trophy. J. Ann shot a 113.

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 Shrine Club

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…

Reach Out Sun Lakes continues its work

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…

Spirit of the Desert Gourd Patch

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,…

Wet and Wild Water Aerobics – March 2015

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,…

Shrine Club news

Clockwise from top: Noble Bill Martin and Lady Phyllis; Lady Alice and Ill. Sir Noble Jim Willittes, PP.; Ill. Sir Roger Nicholson, PP and Lady Brenda; Lady Nancy and Noble Roger Bartels

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…

Sun Lakes resident publishes “I Flew with Heroes”

Thomas R. Waldron, author of I Flew with Heroes – a True Story of Rescue and Recovery during the Vietnam War Including the Raid on Son Tay resides with his wife in Sun Lakes. The book is available on Amazon.com and on Kindle; it is also in the Sun Lakes Library.

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…

Oakwood Lady Niners’ awards and plans for March

Julie Schneider, Bonnie Tasch, Fran Neumayr, Betty Perry, Susie Cook and Cora Lathom-Levensky receiving birdie pins.

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…

Sun Lakes Lutheran Church

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…