Category: February 2017

East Valley Marines help Santa deliver toys

The East Valley Marines donate their time to distribute toys on Christmas Eve as part of the Toys for Tots program.

Denise Lott Continuing their tradition of giving, East Valley Marines of Detachment 1296 headed out on Christmas Eve to some of the lower income housing areas along Chandler Boulevard. What was different this year than in the past was that the afternoon was dominated by heavy rain showers. Pickup trucks were loaded with 24 boxes…

Living better through assistive technology

Regina Milgroom Sun Lakes Hearing Loss Association of America Chapter will be presented with Living Better Through Assistive Technology” by Heidi Lervik, Assistive Technology Specialist, Arizona Technology Access Program (AzTAP). People with disabilities, their family members and service providers often struggle to know what type of assistive technology will help them in their everyday lives.…

Reach out Sun Lakes begins its 10th year

Ellen Engel In a fine finish to its ninth year of collecting food and funds for the Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank in Chandler, and thanks to a late December contribution of 127 pound of staple foods from the Sun Lakes Jewish Community, Reach Out volunteers collected a total of 5,653.5 pounds (well over 2.5 tons!)…

PVLGA news and results

Wanda Wiggins, hole-in-one on January 3, 2017

Kathy Jones, Historian In December, the Palo Verde Ladies collected $2,100 for five needy families. Colleen Mitchell spearheaded this drive and did a wonderful job. Congratulations to both Hole-In-One winners pictured above. The 2017 executive officers were installed: Susan Lamb, president; Linda Reber, vice president; Florence Wright, secretary and Jan Stuckey, treasurer. The most improved…

New Horizon Writers’ Group

Ducking the Problem Bob Hirt Duck Dynasty of TV fame has recently met its match. The Dynasty group, unshaven and often scruffy in appearance but no intellectual dummies, have graced television screens throughout the country with their quirky comments, their retorts and humor. But now in the news is another rather humorous item for us…

Annual No More Chilly Nights event

No More Chilly Nights will be held Saturday, February 25, at PRS Management in the Chandler Airpark. The annual fundraiser for the Clothes Cabin, a Chandler non-profit providing free clothing, shoes, linens, homeless laundry services, socks and underwear to local Title I schools, and a free work boot program, is a sell-out event. It starts…

Bead embellishment on clothing and art quilts

Rose Mary, designer of clothing patterns under her Sewfast Design label, teaches beading classes as embellishment or jewelry making at Monica’s Quilt and Bead Creations in Palm Desert and Road to California in Ontario, CA.

Mary Jameson Rose Mary has always loved working with beads and all things sparkly. Her first beading project was actually her wedding bouquet, a huge assortment of ivory roses and baby’s breath all made in the French Beaded Flower technique. Since then, she has been designing fashion in various mediums for over 30 years, first…

Chandler Rotary Club boosts hope of Valley Veterans

Stan Kaufman San Tan Crown Rotary Club (Chandler, AZ) member Stan Kaufman has announced plans to conduct the second annual “Hooked on Healing Veterans” charity motorcycle ride to benefit the Phoenix chapter of Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, www.phx-phwff.org, the Arizona Stand Down Alliance, www.arizonastanddown.org, and Fans Across America www.fansacrossamerica.org., Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing,…

DAR honors vets in Wreaths across America

Honorary Regent Barbara Hugus (left) and Regent Lesley Baran

Toni Bolling Lutter December 2016 saw Gila Butte Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) participating with DAR chapters around the state, the nation and the world in honoring deceased veterans in the annual wreath-laying known as “Wreaths Across America.” DAR chapter members in the Phoenix area joined with other interested organizations at National Memorial Cemetery…