Ellen Engel As of the Splash deadline in March, food donations to Reach Out Sun Lakes (ROSL) from generous Sun Lakes residents have substantially exceeded a half-ton, and the March collections are still coming in as ROSL volunteers collected 327 pounds of food and $479 in cash for the benefit of over 600 needy Chandler-area families.…
Category: April 2017
Clubs & Classes, April 2017
Zumba with Mary
Here it is April again, a beautiful time in to be in Sun Lakes. I know many of you are getting ready to leave for the summer, so I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support of my Zumba® Fitness program for the past five years. Once again, we’ve had…
Clubs & Classes, April 2017
Savvy Travelers to meet April 13
The April 13 meeting will be held in the Saguaro Room at Cottonwood Country Club at 6:30 p.m. Celebrity Cruises will be presenting everything you ever wanted to know about Celebrity. Celebrity Edge, the first of four new ships for Celebrity will launch in 2018. Our new Celebrity, sales manager for Arizona, Scott Horn, will…
Clubs & Classes, April 2017
MOGA news and scores
Bob Greene The 2017 President’s Cup Winner is Sid Schwartz! Sid has been playing for 68 years, which includes high school and college. Sid carried a 2 handicap until age and a shoulder injury modified his game 10 years ago. He’s had eight holes-in-one, the last one being six years ago on the Palms #4.…
Clubs & Classes, April 2017
New Horizons Writers’ Group
Our Winter Years Jeri Holcombe Ragan (To Honeyboy and Charlie) Years have come and gone; Our steps no longer lithe as we cross the yard. Your whiskers and mine, whiten our faces into two grizzled old men. Still, you follow me in slow arthritic walk, a rhythm we both know. You nudge my hand to…
Clubs & Classes, April 2017
Fit and Fun Group news
Susan Reynhout Are you really taking care of yourself? Would you like to be living a healthier lifestyle? Fit and Fun is a positive health and wellness group learning to embrace a healthy lifestyle! We share what works and what doesn’t. Gain knowledge regarding what really matters in living a healthy life. We are taking…
Generals, April 2017
A successful spaghetti dinner
Features, April 2017
Conservation Corner
Earth Day 2017 Pauline Lee Our earth is estimated to be over 4.5 billion years old, and traces of chemicals left in rocks in Greenland indicate that these were the remains of early one-celled living beings, possibly 3.5 billion years old. On Earth Day, April 22, 2017, let’s reflect how scientists have developed enough understanding…
Clubs & Classes, April 2017
Roadrunners RV Club enjoys rally in Benson, Arizona
Patricia Prekel The Sun Lakes Roadrunners rally to Benson, Arizona, was very successful. There is so much to do in that area. Members took advantage of that by visiting nearby towns, such as Bisbee, Charleston, Gleeson, Saint David, Sierra Vista, Tombstone and a few others. People toured mines, Pima Air Museum, Fort Huachuca, Gammons Gulch,…
Front Page, April 2017
Risen Savior Spring Food Drive April 23 – May 7
Rev. Ron Burcham, Senior Pastor of Risen Savior Lutheran Church, announced that the congregation of Risen Savior invites all Sun Lakes residents to join in this year’s Spring Food Drive which benefits the Chandler Food Bank. He said, “We especially look forward to helping the food bank in the late spring, because it enables them…