January 2022

January Rotary Club

Roger Edmonds Named December 2021 Rotarian of the Month Dr. Honora Norton, RCSL Public Image Chair The Rotary Club of Sun Lakes (RCSL) is proud to name Roger Edmonds as the club’s December 2021 Rotarian of the Month. Roger Edmonds, a Sun Lakes resident, has been an RCSL member since October 2001. Roger, aka “Santa…

Fun Lakers Club News

Bob and Vickie Bybee Everyone had a great time at the Holiday Dinner/Dance party last month. The next event coming up will be the Woodstock/Lip Sync Contest on Jan. 15, 2022. We are looking for artists who want to perform in the Lip Sync Contest. This will be similar to our Woodstock event of the…

Sweet 16 Fruit Picking Season!

It’s hard to imagine from 2006, two ladies and few bags of fruit, that the Sun Lakes Citrus Sharers is now over 200 volunteers, hundreds of homes, literally tons of fruit, and a very happy St. Mary’s Food Bank. We are so thankful for our volunteers and the Sun Lakes community for this yearly source…

A New Year, a New Hobby?

Virginia Koehler Need a new hobby? Metal detecting is a good hobby for burning extra calories. Bending over and retrieving all those pull tabs and bottle caps off the ground is good for the waistline. You may even find a coin or two, or perhaps even something more valuable like a lost ring or pendant.…

P.E.O. Chapter DW to Raffle Queen Quilt

We want to thank the Agave Quilters for the beautiful job, a labor of love, for finishing the lovely queen quilt pieced by the late Marilyn Steen, a long-standing member. The drawing will be held March 14. Tickets cost $5 each or a package of five for $20. All proceeds will go to benefit local,…

Goodbye Fall, Hello Winter Softball

Larry Wolfe The Fall Seasons for both our Lakes and Sun Divisions ended in December after the deadline for Splash articles. We’ll do a complete recap of the final standings and batting statistics in next month’s edition. In the meantime, you can view up-to-date info on the Stats page of our website, www.sunlakessoftball.com. With a week…

Happy Anniversary: The Mullens Celebrate 60 Years

Joseph and Mary Mullen of Windflower Court in Sun Lakes celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Dec. 30. The couple met in grade school in Terre Haute, Ind., where both were born and educated. Mary graduated from Indiana State, and Joe served four years in the U.S. Air Force. After their wedding in 1961, the…

CLGA News and Scores

Judy Onken Our season opener on Nov. 4 was fittingly a team game of Select-a-Drive, and the winners by a six-stroke margin included Captain Mikki Rydell with stalwart partners Trudy Houghton, Rita Healy, and Alice Barber. This was followed by our first major, the Handicap Tournament. The two-week competition was closely contested, with the overall…