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…
Liv and Svein Jenshus It is hard to believe how time passes when you have fun. We have just celebrated 60 years of wedded bliss and friendship. At sea, we invented the Love Boat coming from Norway in 1953 and have never gotten the credit for it! We celebrated our anniversary onboard ship, cruising the Caribbean…
Susan Reynhout Spring is in the air. Flowers are blooming. What a great time for a girlfriend get together. How about having brunch with your favorite friends? Invite them to join you on Thursday, April 12 for Women’s Connection Brunch in the Kingston Ballroom of Oakwood Clubhouse. Owners Heather Norton and Haley McCoy of Paris…
Our annual Easter Golf Cart Parade and Festival will take place on Saturday, April 4. Plan on decorating your golf cart this year and win some prize money. There will be two categories: Best Easter Theme and Best Decorated. We’ll have our famous egg hunt for the children thanks to the Rotary, Lions and Lions…
Lesly Holness April already? Time is just going too fast! Many of the snowbirds have already gone home, but we are still here dancing, laughing and kicking up our heels. I have had such a great winter here this year and met so many wonderful people. We Zumba girls have a lot in common: we…
Denise Lott IronOaks Tennis Club welcomes Jenny Browne. Jenny will hold the position of Racquet Activities Coordinator. She is excited to build great relationships with the members by planning and promoting events, clinics and assisting with tournament organization. Please check the Fitness Center for her office hours. Tennis has been a large part of her…
Art Sloane I recently wrote about the Senator McFarland Memorial in Wesley Boland Plaza in front of the Arizona State House thinking it was the only one to honor of the founder of the GI Bill. There is also a beautiful memorial to Senator McFarland in the Veterans Garden at Mesa Community College. It is…
Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. None of us will ever comprehend the horrific chapter in humanity’s history referred to as the Holocaust. Even those who lived through this nightmare cannot understand how human beings can be brought to such a level of monstrous proportions. Each year we stand and remember those who have no candles lit…
Tony Contrabasso I would like to present an exciting program being offered at the Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Sun Lakes Center at the corner of Alma School and Riggs Roads. My name is Tony Contrabasso. I live here with my wife and we have been full-time residents for the past 20 years. Unfortunately, we were not…
Vicki Deken The Arizona Wind Symphony closes its indoor concert season with a presentation entitled “Lights, Camera, Action” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 9 at the Tempe Center for the Arts. The audience will enjoy a range of music appearing on the big screen and on the stage. What: Lights, Camera, Action! When: 7:30…