Eric Ehst, Executive Director Thanks to you, all of our volunteers, donors and supporters, Neighbors Who Care has successfully completed another year of helping many of our physically- and/or financially-challenged neighbors to continue living in their own homes with pride, dignity and independence. Every year, we help more than 650 people on more than 19,000…
Category: Features
Features, January 2018
Word of the Month: Mobius strip
David Zapatka I take our grandsons to a special conference every year the day after Thanksgiving. It’s a regional gathering of people from Arizona and neighboring states who attend outstanding lectures on a wide variety of topics, play games, do puzzles, eat meals, enjoy entertainers and generally just have a good time with each other.…
Features, January 2018
In Passing
Ella Patricia Anne Campbell Ella Patricia Anne Campbell, née Peck, 98, died peacefully on November 16, 2017, in San Diego, California. She married Charles W. Campbell in 1947 and is survived by her children Susan, Bill and Kathy and grandson Jason Charles Campbell. Memorial gifts may be made to St. Vincent de Paul, Father…
Features, January 2018
Conservation Corner
South Phoenix Community Farm Pauline Lee Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a movement across the country to connect local farmers with their community. In our metro area, Spaces of Opportunity (Spaces) was created in 2015 by two non-profits, Desert Botanical Garden and Cultivate South Phoenix, to use urban farming in the southwest part of Phoenix…
Features, January 2018
Happy Birthday to you!
Celebrating 100 years December 7, 1917 Candace Gatti Maxine Schepker celebrated her 100th birthday on December 7. She was born on December 7, 1917, and has lived in Sun Lakes for 34 years. Thirty-two of those years were with her husband La Verne who passed away in 2015. They were married for 74 years. Maxine…
Features, January 2018
Marine Corps celebrates 242nd birthday
Denise Lott Each year on November 10, the U.S. Marine Corps celebrates throughout the world their founding birthday 240 years ago. Sun Lakes is no exception. The Marines from the East Valley Marines Detachment 1296 held their annual Birthday Ball in November at the Oakwood Country Club. All veterans and friends are invited to the…
Features, January 2018
Spotlight On Advertiser: DBK Tax Service – your hometown tax center
DBK has had an outstanding reputation in Sun Lakes for over 30 years. The staff has efficiently prepared personal, business and estate taxes, and we thank those clients who have been most loyal. Tax clients come to us for the hometown feeling of friendship as well as expert tax counseling and the latest news of…