Category: March 2015

Finishing the course

Dr. Marc Drake, Sr. Pastor, Sun Lakes Baptist Church Perhaps you’ve seen the TV commercial where the young boy hops up on the concert stage and begins playing Chopsticks on the grand piano. His stunned parents are embarrassed and don’t quite know what to do. But then the performer comes out and begins playing alongside of…

San Tan Crown Rotary members serve in Hermosillo, Mexico

Seen here are members of the San Tan Crown (Sun Lakes) and Green Valley Rotary Clubs along with officials from the FinReg Bank standing in front of FinReg’s Hermosillo Office.

District 5510 of Rotary International is helping sponsor a Micro-Credit Program in partnership with the Hermosillo Rotary Club and officials from FinReg Bank. The Micro-Credit Program involved making small loans to entrepreneurs who are unable to secure small business loans on their own or through the Federal government. The Micro-Credit Program allows these entrepreneurs from…

Men’s Club news

The Men’s Club toured the Hall of Flame Fire Museum and National Firefighting Hall of Heroes on January 21.

The Men’s Club started 2015 with three planned monthly meetings with doctors. In January we had Dr Paul Petelin, Jr., an ophthalmologist in Sun Lakes Center for Sight. As an eye doctor, he diagnoses and treats diseases, injuries, or trauma of the eye such as glaucoma or cataracts. In February we had Dr. Mathew Karlovsky…

Word of the Month – March 2015

David Zapatka Reader and fellow Pickleball player Connie Wilkinson brought up an interesting topic. There are so many words with the prefix “dis” that are not words when dis is removed or are they words? How about disgruntled, dismayed, disturbed distilled, discombobulated, disrupted and distinguished? Connie asks, “Did you ever hear of anyone being gruntled,…

Helpful tips

R. Buchanan A neighbor recently came down with shingles and we are not talking about those things a builder puts on your roof. We are talking about a medical condition that the Mayo Clinic calls, “a viral infection that causes a painful rash.” The people I know who have had shingles use several adjectives in…

Low Vision Support Group – March 2015

The Sun Lakes Low vision Support Group will meet next on Wednesday, March 11 at 9:00 a.m. in the Card Room at the Renaissance Bldg. Program Director Linda Horton will preside. All are invited to participate at no cost. Visitors are welcome. Additional information can be garnered by calling Rev. Alexander Meek at 480- 895-8540.

Cottonwood Palo Verde at Sun Lakes – March 2015

CWPV Healthy Lifestyles and you Is a multi-purpose facility for fitness, group exercise classrooms, wellness opportunities and a healthy lifestyle in Cottonwood Palo Verde’s future? Join a live question and answer session with 2015 Board Candidates on Friday, March 6 in the Saguaro Room from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Discover their vision for health and wellness, group…

Softball player profile:  Stan Weiss

Stan Weiss

Larry Wolfe Stan Weiss est originaire de Malartic, une petite ville miniere d’or dans l’ouest de Quebec. How’s my French? Definitely not as good as Stan’s. Stan is a native of Malartic, a small gold-mining town in western Quebec, where French is the first language of 90 percent of the population. He graduated from St.…