Category: April 2015

Join the Crafters

Ann Richards Have time on your hands? Wish to talk and chat with people while working on your own craft? Come join us at our Crafters group. We meet the second and fourth Wednesday of the month in the Cottonwood Phoenix Room from 9:00 a.m.-noon. If you have any questions call Jean at 480-895-3297 or…

Dollars and Sense – April 2015

Francisco P. Sirvent

Editor’s Note: “Dollars and Sense” is a new column in the Sun Lakes Splash dedicated to financial issues. This column is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information on the subject of personal finances. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damages, including but not limited to…

Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday

Sun Lakes United Church of Christ will be celebrating special Maundy Thursday services on Thursday, April 2. This service commemorates the last meal Jesus celebrated with his disciples before his Passion and Death. The service on April 2 will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Sun Lake Chapel, 9240 Sun Lakes Blvd., with communion. All…

The Remodeling Corner – April 2015

2015 Best Kitchen and Bath Industry Show The annual Kitchen and Bath Industry Show, known as KBIS, is the largest home remodeling professional event that showcases the latest and greatest products. KBIS sponsors a competition to judge the year’s best products based on quality, durability, flexibility, design, and innovation. You may want to look into…

Ask Your Agents – April 2015

In this month’s column, we would like to share some exciting news and the positive transformations happening at El Sol Travel in Sun Lakes, Arizona! It gives us great pleasure to announce the upcoming opening of our new location in the state of Oregon. Tamela Sikorski will be relocating to Bend, Oregon in support of…

Word of the Month – April 2015

David Zapatka Reader and fellow Wisdom Seeker book-reading club member, Margaret Simkins, suggested a very long yet interesting word many of us may not recognize but are likely familiar with when listening to comedians or satirists; paraprosdokian. Paraprosdokian (/pærəprɒsˈdoʊkiən/) is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is…

Why seek the living among the dead?

Empty Tomb; photo was taken by Norm Noble

Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Sun Lakes Death Valley in California is a baked out gorge – the lowest place in the United States, dropping 276 feet below sea level. It’s also the hottest place in the country with an official recording of 134 degrees. Streams flow into Death Valley only to disappear,…

PVMGA February results

Jerry Davis (left) wins the Club Championship; Davis joins runner-up Jack Hill (right) and Head Club Professional Greg Tokash.

Jim Davis, Publicity In this edition, we start with our Fun Day Charity Event and annual auction on February 14. As all monies went to charity there were no winners or losers. The afternoon group played a team Scramble format and the winning team was Arnie Bannerman, Jim Wedeward, Dan Savard and Budd Livingstone. The…

Sun Lakes Tennis Club news

The 2015/2016 officers of the Sun Lakes Tennis Club

Faye Haynes, Publicity The election of officers for the Sun Lakes Tennis Club was held March 11 at the monthly business meeting. The new officers for 2015/2016 are Treasurer Paul Patterson, Vice President Dan Thorsen, President Mary Jane Robinson, Secretary Betty Dunn, Interclub Scheduler Denis White; Wayne Taylor will continue as tournament director. The hosts…