Cheri Buettner, IronOaks Committee Chair Advocates for IronOaks Park committee wishes to thank everyone who took the time to come to the meeting. There were over 300 people in attendance to hear the informational presentation about the new IronOaks Park Plan held on March 4 in the Oakwood Ballroom. The new IronOaks Park plan includes…
Irene D’Aloisio, Publicity Director First things first! As promised, here are the winners of the February bocce tournaments. The first tournament was hosted by the Sun Lakes Country Club Bocce Club at their Oasis courts. Our Sisk Park Bocce Club team took second place. Congratulations to Gary Boss, Doc Heckler, Tony Racano and Terry Sporleder…
Rod “Babe” Thompson and Tom “Pooch” Ferris are the Lucky Shot Pool Club winter 2015 tournament champions. In 9-Ball, Thompson, Pocket 1 winner, defeated Ed Allen, Pocket 2 winner, 7-1. Ferris, Pocket 1 8-Ball winner, edged Roy Partridge, Pocket 2 winner, 5-4. With their wins, Thompson and Ferris qualify for the 2014-15 Club Championship playoffs.…
Diane Eddy During the past six months our tea tasting classes have explored both exotic and well-known teas from China, Japan, Taiwan and India. On April 21, in the final class of this season, we will venture high into the Himalayas to a relatively new tea producing region — Nepal. The story of tea growing…
Willie “the Wizard” Foster, Consigliore to the Godfather Willie and David were playing pool in 2009 as part of a group which played 8 and 9 Ball for money. Later that year, they joined the Lucky Shot Pool Club. After one season, they both came back to the IronOaks Pool Room and decided to have…
Sun Lakes Bridge Club annual awards At the regular meeting on Tuesday, February 17 club President Jim Utter presented awards to several Sun Lakes Bridge Club members for performance during 2014. There are four annual awards, each with different criteria. After an individual winner’s name is engraved on his award, he or she may display…
Viv Sloane Eight members and three visitors attended the February meeting. Annette Kitto reported many distributions including three schools (150 books and beanies and 15 babies), 50 Beanies and books to Tucson schools, two new Title One schools, five Barbies to Clothes Cabin and the amazing organization called Jose’s Closet serving 700 kids. We have…
Pat Wenning Graduation day has arrived for the owners and their pets. All the dogs passed their Puppy or Obedience class. All the dogs received their CGC (Canine Good Citizen) certification (dog must be six months or older) or Star Puppy certification (puppy is five months or younger). A lot of hard work, dedication and…
Jenny Browne The Jason Morton Tournament was held at the IronOaks Fitness and Racquet Club from March 5-8. This is the 13th year that IronOaks has hosted this event and with 97 participants, it did not disappoint. Many of the IronOaks Tennis members held the top two positions in their respective age groups this year.…
Larry Wolfe A true dyed-in-the-wool Iowa Hawkeye fan (or is it dyed-in-the-nest?), Jeff Jay is a Cedar Falls native who graduated from Cedar Falls High where he was a member of both the Tigers’ baseball and hockey teams. He continued his hockey career at Bemidji State University in Minnesota where he earned a degree in…