On February 20, Eva got two Gold Medals in the 1500 Meter Race Walking and the 5000 Meter Race Walking event in the Arizona Senior Olympics. There were no other competitors in her age group. The 5000 meters was tough on her since 85 degrees heat in the dessert sun and being watched by four…
Jerry Vance Members of the Sun Lakes Tennis Club took on SunBird at their tennis courts on February 20. The baked potato lunch provided by SunBird was excellent. Competition was fierce but unfortunately SunBird came out on top. Four of the winners are pictured.
Nancy Field Congratulations to the Women Derby Winners: 1st Nicole Wadley, 2nd Cheryl Reed, and 3rd Karen Brown. 2/23. Wet Holes-Low Net – Flight 1: 1st Moe Schoenwalder, 2nd Lynda Smith, 3rd Cheryl Reed; Flight 2: 1st (tie) Debbie Loch and Joyce Switzky, 2nd (tie) Mary Billideau and Shirley Brenner, 3rd Anne Carlson; Flight 3:…
Janet Baron, Publicity Chairman To keep up with the rotation of the sun we enjoyed an extra Monday this month; happens every 823 years, five Mondays and not the usual four. Leap year also contributed to this unusual happening. 2/09. The President’s Cup participants were geared to play their best and obtain a winning score.…
Bob Armstrong, Publicity Temperatures are up, the sun is shining and our joints are aching a little less! There are reasons we choose to live in the desert! Our February report starts with the Sweetheart Tournament held the day before Valentine’s Day. The winning foursome, by a large margin, included Jack Hill, Barb Hill, Roger…
Larry Wolfe No, this is not a profile of that Randy Newman, the singer-songwriter most famous for the song Short People. This story features Randy Neumann, native of Minnesota and current Sun Lakes snowbird and softball player. A graduate of Burnsville High School, Randy played JV hockey for the Braves and also played youth baseball…
Larry Wolfe The State Farm Insurance team, managed by Larry Kaufmann and sponsored by the Ralph Vasquez Agency, captured the winter league pennant with a sparkling 16-4 record, easily besting the second place finishers, Brenden Financial Planning, who completed a 13-9 campaign. Larry Kaufmann led all hitters at the break with a .821 average, followed…
Jim Wegman, Publicity February got off to a cold and windy start but thankfully it warmed up as the month progressed making our 8:30 Shotgun starts a little more comfortable. Winners: 2/04. One Gross One Net Lakes – 1st Larry Johnson, Greg Sutton, Jordy Primack and Tom Thibodeau, 2nd Bob Hiller, Bill Lacey, Mike Stegina…
Susan Gottschalk The spring luncheon will be Friday, April 1 in the San Tan Ballroom at Cottonwood. Monday Flight 2/08. Best Ball: (Tie) Colleen Foley, Linda Meylink and Susan Powell 2/15. Best Ball: Carol Lorenz 2/22. (Tie) Linda Dickerson, Norma Marsh, Mary Lou Murdock and Kathi Bobek, Colleen Foley, Helen Richardson 2/29. (Tie) Sue Core,…
Jerry Vance The final potluck and meeting of the Sun Lakes Tennis Club for this tennis year was held on March 9. Members had a great pizza, salad and desert meal served up by Betty Dunn, Paul Patterson and Jeanne Tooley. Election of officers for the next year was held with Ed Campion to be…