The Sun Lakes Wood Carvers artfully created a selection of delicious holiday foods for their annual celebration. To enhance the joyful spirit, Wally Jasien was busily carving St. Nicholas, as Steve Cullen shared his newly carved mice made for peeking over the mantel (or shelf) on the lookout for a prowling cat. The group carves…
Robert W. Sjolin At the January HOA board meeting on January 10, 2017, the Sun Lakes County Club, an SAR (Sons of the American Revolution) flag certificate was presented to Board 2nd Vice President Vince DeVos. This award was given for flying the American flag continually, day and night. This is a national honor, and…
Bea Loozer Golden Goalies are out there moving—in the pool and the gym, on the bike and the golf course and along the path toward our weight-loss goals. Speaking of goals, kudos to Toni Corrigan, who met her weight-loss goal last month. Besides meeting the goal, she persevered to keep that weight off for six…
Travel by Train Yvonne White Train travel seemed to be a thing of the past, until my experience this year. I always thought, “Why travel by train when I can fly and get there quicker?” This year we were in Germany and saw the fast efficient trains with great schedules and good value. We just…
Harry Huckemeyer The next scheduled meeting for the Short Line Model Railroad Club is set for February 14 at 9:30 a.m. in the Lakeview Room located in the SunBird Community Center. Interested parties are always welcome to attend. The major portion of the meeting will be reviewing current plans currently in place for the 2017…
Join us for oil painting classes for beginners. Classes will be held on the first and third Wednesday of the month from 9:00 a.m. – noon, in the Art Room in Oakwood, Sun Lakes. If you have questions or would like more information about the classes, call Bob Kwait at 480-802-6986.
Deanna and Stu Frost Thirty-eight couples of the Sunday Night Ballroom Dance Club celebrated the holidays by dancing to the music of Rich Howard in the festively decorated San Tan Ballroom on December 18. We will celebrate Valentine’s Day with our gala members-only sweetheart dinner dance on February 19. We will be dancing to the…
The next meeting of the Sun Lakes Democratic Club is scheduled for Monday, February 13, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. in the Navajo Room, Sun Lakes Country Club, 25601 E. Sun Lakes Blvd. Anne L. Schneider, Ph.D., retired political science professor and former Dean of the College of Public Programs at Arizona State University, will outline…
Betty Peer In addition to raising funds to support Veterans, the VFW Post 8053 and its Auxiliary promote patriotism among youth through scholarship programs. Patriot’s Pen is an essay competition for students in grades 6-8. Voice of Democracy is a recorded essay for students 9-12. A different theme is identified each year by the national…
George Abernathy I recently made some changes to our meeting location and meeting times. On Tuesday January 3, club members got together at the Stone & Barrel Restaurant in Oakwood. We will be meeting there on the first and third Tuesday of every month for breakfast and/or coffee in the bar area. The feedback I’ve…