Category: January 2020

Harmonica Class for Beginners

Tom Marschel Learn to play in only six sessions with St. Louis Slim, an accomplished player and instructor. It’s the most fun you will have in 2020. We will move from “Pop Goes the Weasel” to real melodies. Each participant will have a great time learning the pucker, the tongue slap, and how to read…

Get Healthy with Sun Lakes Essential Oil Club

Pictured (left forward to right): Linda B.., Diana E., Pam C., Pat M., Debbie G., Julie A., Deena B., Sarah C., Helene H., Bernie H., Vicki M., Patti C.

Vicki Vitality Come learn how to promote a healthy metabolism, manage your hunger cravings, calm your stomach, and lift your mood. And do all of this with essential oil products that are diuretic, stimulant, and calorie-free. During the month of January, Essential Oil Club members will learn which essential oils can have an energizing effect…

Other Card Results

Double Deck Pinochle We play Double Deck Pinochle every Tuesday and Thursday evening starting at 6:30 p.m. On Tuesday we play at Phase 1 back in the Billiards Room area, and on Thursday we play at Oakwood in the Sewing Room. All double deck players are welcome. For more information, please call Gary Tanghe at…

Sun Lakes Hiking Club Highlights

Club hikers giving a "Thumbs Up" at the top of Tom's Thumb. Pictured (left to right) are Brian Hill, Tim Allen, Mei-Mei Ahlskog, Dena Brinkman, Diane Alessi, Jeannette Chenier, DeEtte Faith, and Marilyn Harkins. (Photo by Warren Wasescha)

Warren Wasescha December kicked off with a 4.5-mile hike by the Mellows led by Bob and Karen MacFarlane on five trails at South Mountain, while the Motivateds, led by DeEtte Faith, hiked 11 miles via the Gateway Trail to reach Tom’s Thumb to give a “thumbs up” to this majestic peak in the McDowell Mountains.…

IMGA News and Events

Bruce McCorkle Flying Pigs Are pigs now flying? Did the swallows stop coming back to Capistrano? Did the Cardinals win the Super Bowl? Are Canada geese now flying North for the winter? Did Hell freeze over? Well, something is amiss in the universe, because for the first time in recorded history, the IMGA Ryder cup team…

Citrus Sharers Want You and Your Fruit!

James Harrald Happy New Year and welcome to another season of gleaning fruit for the Sun Lakes community! Our Kickoff Coffee for volunteer fruit pickers will be held on Jan. 25 at 10 a.m., and we have a new location. This year, we will be in the Saguaro Room at Cottonwood, not at SLCC. Please…

Spirit of the Desert Gourd Patch News

Colleen McKnight Spirit of the Desert, an Arizona Gourd Patch based in Sun Lakes, met Dec. 6, 2019, for a potluck Christmas party and gourd ornament exchange. We also elected new officers for the following year. Julie Hemer, president; Thelma Edwards, vice president; Christie Inman, secretary; Pattie Langton, treasurer; Colleen McKnight, past president and communications.…

Annual P.E.O. Coffee Set for February 12

Anne Freyer

Linda Reber “Mercy Ships: Experience on the Africa Mercy in 2018-2019” is the title of Anne Freyer’s program. Anne is a P.E.O. in Chapter DD, Sun Lakes, and is a registered pharmacist. She graduated from the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy and received her MS in Pharmacy Administration at the University of Arizona College…