February 2015

Unity: The Twelve Powers

Unity Church of Sun Lakes teaches a positive spiritual lifestyle based upon the teachings of Jesus Christ and other master teachers. Through the study of spiritual principles and using these principles in our lives, we are free to experience our true potential as children of God. This January we looked at Faith, one of the…

Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation – February 2015

The new SLJC Board

The Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation (SLJC) is an established reform congregation that meets at the Sun Lakes Chapel on the second Friday of the month at 7:30 p.m. Services are a great opportunity to meet new people, connect with Judaism and learn. New attendees are invited to be introduced at the service and members of…

Winning medals at the USAPA SW Regional Pickleball

David Zapatka and Dianne Zimmerman

David Zapatka The United States, Canada and Mexico are divided into various regions for the purposes of regional Pickleball competition. The USAPA southwest region encompasses Mexico, New Mexico and Arizona. Although this is the inaugural year for this USAPA regional tournament, attendance was strong and pushed host Pueblo El Mirage’s 16-court capacity to the limit…

PVMGA December results

New officers of PVMGA for 2015 are President Bob Rouleau, Treasurer Adrian Barber, Vice President Butch Reber and Secretary Dick Nelsen

Jim Davis, Publicity Our December schedule, for this article, started on the 13th, which was a four man team, Two Net Best Balls format. The winning morning team with a 96 consisted of Arnie Bannerman, Jay Nelson, Gary Zahnow and Buster Crook. The winning afternoon team with a 101 was Ron Crabtree, Barry Mostovoy, Dave…

IronOaks Tennis Club activities

USTA 7.0 Sectional winners are Hal Davis, Jim Utter, Gary Porter, Ken Stanley (captain), Zev Yardeni, Phil Messer, Jerry Rex and Randy McManus

Denise Lott Our men’s USTA team had exciting news. They captured the 2014 65 Plus USTA 7.0 Sectionals held at the Tucson Racquet and Sports Club. There were teams from El Paso, Las Cruces, Albuquerque, Tucson and Sun Lakes competing in their bracket. They now are advancing to the national championship held in Surprise on…

PVLGA news and views

The 2015 Executive Board pictured left to right are Secretary Susan Lamb, Treasurer Liz DeMichael, Vice President Cindy Bosch and President Carol Ruff.

Janet Baron, Publicity Chairman 12/02. December has rolled around again; how quickly the days fly by when you are having fun-in-the-sun. Ann Hammond’s team, Sharon Claude, Sharon Eisenzimmer and Beth Rodella were the 1st Flight winners in the 2 net BB’s game; In 2nd place the team of Pat Tjosvold, Jan Stewart, Nancy Gehlbach and…

Robson Cup Table Tennis Championship highlights

The victorious Saddlebrooke team displays the red paddles. The Sun Lakes Table Tennis Club members display the black paddles.

On Friday, December 19 the Sun Lakes Table Tennis Club (SLTTC) hosted the Saddlebrooke Table Tennis Club in its fourth annual Robson Cup Championship Match. Both singles and doubles matches between the teams were set up as best of three games, each to 11 points. In the singles matches, the visiting Saddlebrooke team won seven…

Oakwood 18-hole Couples Golf – February 2015

Stephanie Higgins The league played a game called Christmas Presents on December 12 on the Sonoran/Palms courses. This is a 4-person team game. Results for Flight 1: 1st Kay and Jack Lehmkuhl, Sharon and Jim Laird, 2nd (tie) Carol and Darrell Wilcox, Judy Darnell and Barry Hansen, Paulette and Jerry Zuehlke, Liz and Harry Pritchard;…

Lady Sluggers update

The 2015 Lady Sluggers pictured left to right are Billi Jo Maggio, Sue O’Connell, Ellen Williams, Pat Monson, Kim Hatch, Lynn Casey, Terry Finley, Alyson Stephens, Teresa Dorman, Nora Lavlin, Judy Grefsheim and Charlene Ellis.

Larry Wolfe The Lady Sluggers split their first four games and have high hopes for a successful season as their team began to gel. This year’s team, managed by Charlene Ellis, includes several rookies. “You can see improvement each game as we gain more experience playing together as a team,” said Manager Ellis. The February…