January 2020

AAUW Meeting News

Lori Ruff

Barbara Stewart Lori Ruff will be the guest speaker at the Southeast Valley Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) on Jan. 20, 2020, in Classroom 1 at Sun Lakes Methodist Church. Gathering time is 4 p.m., and the program begins at 4:30 p.m. Ms. Ruff is the Robotics coach for Chandler Unified…

The Web Is Coming

Ann Kisner “The Web is coming.” The Cheers Singles Club is going high tech. Thanks to Bob Roller, we will soon be making our appearance at cheerssingles.org. Bob has created hundreds of websites around the country and specializes in custom sites for all types of associations and organizations. We are so fortunate to have Bob…

Memorial Wooden Books Need to Be Picked Up

Andrea Hummel Things are changing once again at the Robson Library. As Sun Lakes patrons are well aware, the Lecky Room was remodeled to provide office cubicles for some employees of Maricopa Library System. This happened because the downtown library was paying considerably more than the library supervisors were comfortable with to rent downtown office…

Art at the Lakes 2020

Diane Hitt Artists! This is the last month to apply to show your artwork at the 2020 show. We had the largest crowd ever last year. We are now receiving applications for artists to participate in the show. Applications must be returned by Jan. 31, 2020. Applications are available in the Cottonwood and IronOaks Art…

Singles Dinner Club Update

Come one, come all to the Wednesday evening club for singles. We meet every week at 5 p.m. at the Palo Verde dining room for a sumptuous dinner and wonderful conversation with others in the same place in their lives. If Wednesday isn’t good for you, we also have a table for singles on Friday…

Word of the Month: 10 Words Turning 100 in 2019

David Zapatka Entering the 2020s, which seemed so far into the future, caused me pause and focus on the plethora of words that come into our language every year. Entering the year 1920, some of the world’s great minds were inventing the rotary dial telephone, the pop-up toaster, and forming the League of Nations which preceded…

Zumba® with Mary

Mary Tyree Start the new year with me at the new CWPV Fitness Center. Hi everyone, I hope you all had a fantastic holiday. Now it’s time to get back to a serious workout, and we have a brand-new location to do Zumba. Check it out. Enjoy great music, great people, and burn a ton…