Unit 11 Dorothy Thurman, Secretary/Treasurer The Unit 11 Board of Directors will hold its regular monthly meetings on April 18, 2018, at 4:00 p.m. in the Ceramics Room of the Cottonwood clubhouse. All Unit 11 homeowners are encouraged and invited to attend. The Unit 11 Ladies Coffee will be held on Wednesday, April 18, at…
Category: April 2018
April 2018
News From Your Neighbors – Neighbors Who Care, Inc.
Defining your retirement identity Jennifer Gustafson, Community Outreach Manager, Neighbors Who Care Retirement is a much sought-after milestone. After an entire lifetime of working, it’s good to finally take things a bit easier. But retirement can also put us in a position of wondering who we are now and what our new purpose in life…
April 2018
First year docent experience at the Heard Museum
Jack Rubino Las Guias (“the guides” in Spanish) is the name of the docent program at the Heard Museum in Phoenix which focuses on American Indian and indigenous peoples art and traditions. I recently completed my first year as a member of this guiding group. The best part has been meeting all the different people…
April 2018
A journey that leads to pain
Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. Can anyone explain the pain of losing a child? Can anyone understand the torment that comes from the guilt associated with such a loss? Can anyone really explain the feeling of despair after realizing that a future has been destroyed? These questions come to the surface after the tragedy that we…
April 2018
Sun Lakes clergy gather for Holocaust Commemoration
Doris Codkind, Publicity On April 13 at 7:00 p.m., our Shabbat service takes on a more somber note as the Sun Lakes Community joins together for this historic event of solidarity and worship. It commemorates the lives and heroism of Jewish people who died in the Holocaust between 1933 and 1945. Clergy from five Sun…
April 2018
Word of The Month: Excarnation
David Zapatka Marilyn Courtot, a frequent guest on my bridge cruises, offers this month’s word of the month, excarnation. Excarnation – noun ex·car·na·tion ˌekˌskärˈnāshən Removal of flesh (as by putrefaction) especially from a corpse The act of a soul leaving the body after death Origin and etymology – Late Latin excarnatus, past participle of excarnare from…
April 2018
Conservation Corner
Earth Day 2018 Pauline Lee Man’s wellbeing depends on a healthy environment. Thus, 20 million Americans from all walks of life launched the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, to call attention to environmental issues. While some progress has been made, plastics continue to damage our environment due to the growing world population and…
April 2018
ROSL food donations for Matthew’s Crossing continue to grow
Ellen Engel As of the Splash deadline in March, food donations to Reach Out Sun Lakes (ROSL) from generous Sun Lakes residents have reached nearly a half-ton, and the March collections are still coming in as ROSL volunteers collected 282 pounds of food and $298 in cash for the benefit of over 600 needy Chandler-area families.…
April 2018
April programs at Ed Robson Library
Monday, April 2, at 1:00 p.m.: On the Trail of Americana: A Musical Adventure* The Sand Pigeons will take you on a colorful exploration of the musical diversity of Americana including cowboy tunes, Caribbean, rockabilly and the Beatles! A variety of instruments are demonstrated along the way. Wednesday, April 4, at 10:30 a.m.: Mysteries of…
April 2018
Notice to Palo Verde homeowners: 2018 Road Maintenance Project
Phil Montgomery Palo Verde Road Management Inc., as a part of its long-term maintenance program, has contracted with Swaine Asphalt Corporation to perform road crack repair and sealing of certain streets and cul-de-sacs in our community. The sealer is asphalt based and is sprayed onto the existing surface in two coats. Depending on the temperature,…