Eric Ehst, Executive Director At the Chandler Volunteer Recognition Breakfast on February 8, Neighbors Who Care volunteer Faith Dragoon was honored with the 2017 Multitasking Award. Faith has been one of our most active, reliable and impactful volunteers. She has provided more than 300 hours of volunteer service in 2017. She volunteers at least one…
Phyllis Schurz About six years ago, several women who live on the north side of Watford Way (backing up to Cottonwood’s west lake) decided that knowing one’s neighbors was an important aspect of Sun Lakes life. It started out with a casual dinner party, but the guys weren’t much interested in dinner parties. So,…
Pauline Lee Our bodies operate optimally when we maintain regularity in our sleeping and waking hours. This regularity correlates to the 24-hour dark and light cycles in nature, also known as the circadian rhythm. With modern improvements in providing inexpensive artificial light, man has increasingly disturbed the dark cycle not only for himself but…
Family Tax Advantage is a year-round tax preparation and tax consulting firm based in Sun Lakes, with a second office in Connecticut. Dan Morson, CPA, is a Sun Lakes resident, and has been in tax practice since 1966 (with Ernst & Young), and is a retired tax partner of the world-wide firm Deloitte. Dan…
While heart health and how to prevent heart disease are important topics, many people in the United States, including Hispanics and Latinos, remain at risk. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 23 percent of Hispanics and Latinos in the United States have high blood pressure, which can lead to stroke if…
Marian Catherine (Niemann) Carlisle Marian Catherine (Niemann) Carlisle of Sun Lakes, Arizona, passed away at her home on October 19, 2017, surrounded by her children and husband of 62 years. Marian was born September 4, 1932, in Portage, Wisconsin, to Rodney and Catherine (Welsh) Niemann. She attended Portage High School and graduated with the…
Brian Curry The Arizona Fire & Medical Authority/Sun Lakes fire district Community Assistance Program celebrated a large numbers of multi-year anniversaries. CAP volunteers respond with fire and medical units of AFMA/Sun Lakes on emergency calls and while firefighters and paramedics tend to the ill or injured, the CAP team works with family members, friends…
David Zapatka Reader Kim Park offers a word that has only been in use the past 42 years, meme. Meme – noun ˈmēm an idea, behavior, style or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture. Memes (discrete units of knowledge, gossip, jokes and so on) are to culture what genes are to…