Barbara Stewart Ann Howard, who serves as the Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer for the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), a subdivision of Arizona State Parks, in Phoenix, AZ, will speak to the Southeast Valley Branch of AAUW on Monday, April 18 at Oakwood Country Club beginning at 7:00 p.m. Ms. Howard is a…
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Clubs & Classes, April 2016
Soccer challenge at St. Peter’s Indian Mission
M. J. Iverson Fourteen members of the St. Steven’s Knight of Columbus Council 9678 conducted a soccer competition for elementary students at St. Peter’s Indian Mission on January 27. Sir Knight Bill Triquart coordinated the event. Awards for high achievement were presented in the chapel at the end of the event. The Knights also donated…
Clubs & Classes, April 2016
Apple Users to learn about Evernote
John Miguel The Apple Users Group of Sun Lakes (AUGSL) will meet on Monday, April 11 in the Bradford Room of Oakwood Country Club at 6:30 p.m. If you have a Mac, iPod, iPad, iPhone or Apple TV, are new to Apple products or a seasoned Mac user, this is the club for you. Check…
Clubs & Classes, April 2016
Golden Goalies – sharing info
Bea Loozer Each Saturday Golden Goalies come together to catch up on the week’s events, to weigh in, and to share ideas about weight loss. Sometimes we have a roundtable discussion on topics such as ways to get more movement into our daily routine. Other times we have “therapy time,” usually presented by a member…
Clubs & Classes, April 2016
13th annual Wuertz Gourd Festival highlights
Colleen McKnight In February our patch (or club) participated in the 13th annual Wuertz Gourd Festival in Casa Grande. This event is held at the Pinal Country Fair Grounds and nearly 10,000 people attend over the three days. The festival actually has two parts. The vendors; there were beautifully finished gourds for sale, supplies needed…
Clubs & Classes, April 2016
Harmonica certificates awarded
Tom Marschel The Sun Lakes beginner harmonica class received their notable achievement certificates recently. The last of six classes was held in the A-7 Cottonwood Activity Center.
Clubs & Classes, April 2016
Behind the scenes of the Sun Lakes Hiking Club
Roberta Arpan The Sun Lakes Hiking Club is supported entirely by its members. Hike leaders are the backbone of this organization and the hike coordinators are the heart. In 2010 when Marilyn and Dennis Harkins took over the responsibilities of Hike Coordinator, the club offered two hikes each week and the job description was quite…
Clubs & Classes, April 2016
Fly Fishing Arizona
George Abernathy In less than two years, the Sun Lakes Fly Fishing Club’s membership has grown from an idea to 64 members. Knowing the backgrounds of some of the members, I’m always impressed by how they willingly leave their egos at the door which is a real rarity within any club. Fly fishermen are absolutely…
Clubs & Classes, April 2016
Meet two artists from Desert Artists’ Club
Kathleen Haswell is originally from London, England, but immigrated to Ontario, Canada in 1966. To escape the cold winters in Canada, she and her husband John looked at retirement homes and eventually purchased a house in 2003 in beautiful Sun Lakes. After retiring from work in 2000, Kathleen took painting lessons with her friends at…
Clubs & Classes, April 2016
Dolly Dresser news
Viv Sloane We had eight members present at out March 3 meeting. Donations of fabric, buttons and dolls were sorted. Vicky reported that a donation of 70 books and beanies and 16 nice sets of dolls were given to Sun Lakes Charities. Annette delivered a total of 170 books and beanies to five schools and…