Brian Curry Back in 2014, I wrote a piece called “Letter to Myself at 16” for the Sun Lakes Splash. I began to get a lot of comments about it from my friends and neighbors. It was basically a letter from my current age at the time (59) to my much younger self. The catalyst…
Category: March 2020
Features, March 2020
So Many Books, So Little Time
Violetta Armour News of the World, by Paulette Jiles. Genre: Historical Fiction. In this era of receiving news the instant it happens, often as it is happening, it’s hard to imagine how world news was received in small, isolated towns in the post-Civil War days. Author Paulette Jiles takes us to a time and place in our…
Sports, March 2020
PVLGA Ending 2019 and Starting 2020 with Joy and Excitement
Christine Lecoutre Getting out there and working off all those holiday parties made our December golf worthwhile. On Dec. 3, the game was T & F, meaning only holes starting with these letters count, hence the remarkably low scores. On Dec. 10, all members—lots of them in festive garb—were treated to a salad and lasagna…
Features, March 2020
Word of the Month: Existential Is Dictionary.com “Word of the Year”
David Zapatka From existential threats to existential choices, the word, existential was used in the news and in conversations around the country frequently this past year. “I’m trash!” was the insistent cry of Forky, the googly-eyed spork whose struggle to be a toy was at the heart of the summer blockbuster Toy Story 4.…
Sports, March 2020
Relishing Pickleball: 2019 Pickleball Rocks Players-of-the-Year
David Zapatka Last month, we announced the 2019 female Player-of-the-Year mother/daughter duo of Anna Leigh and Leigh Waters. This month, we are announcing the 2019 male Player-of-the-Year. You will recall last year’s male Player-of-the-Year was none other than the Valley’s very own Dick Johnson, known to so many of us around pickleball in the Phoenix…
Generals, March 2020
Arts and Crafts Association’s Spring Show and Sale March 21
Diana Ellis Those crafty Sun Lakers are at it again. The Sun Lakes Arts and Crafts Association annual Spring Show will be held on Saturday, March 21, with over 60 vendors showcasing their unique handmade crafts and artwork. The show will take place at the Oakwood Country Club (24218 S. Oakwood Blvd.) from 9 a.m. until…
Clubs & Classes, March 2020
Danielle King of MANA House to speak at Jewish War Veterans Meeting – March 15
George Stahl The March meeting of the Jewish War Veterans will double as a platform for the organization’s installation of new officers. The meeting will be on Sunday, March 15, at 11 a.m. in the Saguaro Room at the Cottonwood Country Club where the 2020 officers will be sworn in. The post will also honor…
Clubs & Classes, March 2020
New Horizons Writers’ Group
Feet on New Soil Bob Hirt His wife had died less than a year earlier and the war in Europe was about to start. Shockingly, she and her baby both passed during childbirth of the fourth child. The man, my grandfather, still very much in grief, and with three little ones already under a housekeeper’s…
Sports, March 2020
ILGA New Board Members
Sharma Goodwin ILGA new board members for the 2020 season: Judy Darnell, president; Connie Hughes, vice president; M.J. Bascombe, treasurer; Elaine Osborne, secretary (not shown)
Sports, March 2020
IMGA News and Events
Bruce McCorkle At the time of this printing, the Ironwood Cup results were not yet in. Stay tuned. President Joe D’Amore and Bruce McCorkle have appealed to BlueStar to provide the four Ironwood Golf Leagues with an appropriate trophy case in the clubhouse after the upcoming renovations. Treasurer Dan Jonker reports that the league’s financial…