David Zapatka This was a changing year for pickleball. There are now 15 to 20 tournaments occurring every week, and our sport cleared three million players in the continued player growth explosion. You might think with this many players, the voting and choice for player of the year would be tough, but Pickleball Rocks says,…
Carol Smith Can’t believe that it is 2020. Boy, time flies. We ended the last year with a fun game of If Only. Winners of Flight 1 were E.J. Yoon and Shirley Weaver in a tie. Flight 2: 1st Kathy Schnell, 2nd Nancy Cohn; Flight 3: 1st (tie) Sharon Skoworn, Doris Swanson, and Beth Ebmeir; and…
Yvonne Orlich After the Sun Lakes Chorale hosted their Holiday Concert in December, we took a short holiday break. We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and is off to a healthy, happy, and prosperous new year. The break is over, and… weee’rrreee baaaaacck. We are back with new music and have begun rehearsals for…
Bob and Pam Swanson Oakwood Unit 36C (Diamond Lake) would like to thank Sun Lakes residents, their friends, families, and guests for generously supporting our 15th Annual Food Drive and Luminaria Walk. We were able to collect $1,944 in cash and fill 110 milk crates with food, weighing 4,789 pounds. We donated 100% of the items collected…
Unit 19 Townhome Owners Melody Strom Dear Unit 19 Townhome Owners: Please mark your calendars for the following Unit 19 activities for February: * The Annual Meeting for Unit 19 will be held on Feb. 18, 2020, in the Saguaro Room starting at 6:30 p.m. with registration at 6 p.m. * After the adjournment of…
Larry Stadler Well, the 2019 Welcome Back 8-Ball Tournament is in the IronOaks Breakers history book. (The finals were too late to publish in the January Splash.) The pool sticks are in their cases, the pool tables cleaned and covered, and the players have left the building. For those of you who were unable to attend…
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Michele Renahan It is never too late to donate! Be someone’s early Valentine, and plan to make a blood donation at the IronOaks Blood Drive Feb. 7. Appointments are available as early as 7 a.m. Your single donation can help up to three patients in hospitals, surgical centers, and emergency rooms throughout the U.S. It’s…
Arthur Fink The Sun Lakes Chess Club invites you to join us, whether you are a beginner or a grand master chess player. We meet every Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Ceramics Room (A-8) in Cottonwood. Come early or come late; you are always welcome. There are no dues or membership…
Irene D’Aloisio Grab a Valentine’s date and come to the free Walk-In Clinic to learn pickleball! It’s a sport for all ages and all abilities and all levels of skill, and it’s the fastest-growing sport in North America. And if you are a Cottonwood or Palo Verde (CWPV) resident, the Sun Lakes Pickleball Club Cottonwood…