April 2020

The Foundation Grants $3,000 to Creative Engagement Partners

Linda Caton The Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation, d/b/a “The Foundation,” was pleased to present a check in the amount of $3,000 to Creative Engagement Partners. The check was presented to Wayne Mangold, Chairman of Creative Engagement Partners. The grant will be used to fund new programs for the memory café and scholarship families needing…

Oakwood Lady Niners News

Susan Meer Oakwood Lady Niners celebrated St. Paddy’s Day “A Wee Bit Early” on March 3 by holding a special golf day of wearing the Green and donating proceeds of raffle ticket sales to Neighbors Who Care. Members played a scramble game followed by a traditional Irish luncheon of corned beef and cabbage at the…

7th Annual Norris Invitational Tournament

Irene D’Aloisio The 7th Annual Norris Invitation Tournament (NIT) was held on March 2 to March 5 this year at the Cottonwood pickleball courts. It was hosted by the Sun Lakes Pickleball Club Cottonwood, and it was another super week of pickleball fun. Nearly 100 teams participated in four days of competition with all levels…

Meet the Renaissance Team—Chef Marvin

At Renaissance, we strive to be world-class in every way. Not only in the lifestyle, but in the services we provide to our residents and the staff we select for our team. Leading our incredible culinary team is Head Chef Marvin, who ensures that residents enjoy delicious and conscious meals each day. Chef Marvin has been…

MOGA Schedule and Results

Jared Paul Happy April, MOGA Members and friends! 2020 is one-fourth of the way done, and we hope to see each and every one of you out on the course soon! MOGA has some amazing stories to tell and even more memories to make, so come join us! 2020 is here, and so is the…

Sci Fi Club Notice

Allan Levy The Sci Fi Club held its meeting on March 12, and we watched the movie, Godzilla. Godzilla is a 1954 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishiro Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, it is the first film in the Godzilla franchise and the Showa period. In the film, scientists…

Sun Lakes Lady Niners News

Sheila Barton The month of March is National History month and a great time to take a brief look back at the history of women’s golf. In 1910, Harper’s Bazaar magazine featured a woman golfer on its cover with the title, “Learn Simple Ways to Swing a Golf Club and Lower Your Score.” In 1950, the…

February Results for SLLGA

Judy Wegener February brings to mind red hearts and lacey Valentines. The ladies Valentine’s event kicked off with a fun game “Queen of Hearts” and continued with a tasty lunch and raffle. Great job! 2/4 Low Net Flight 1: 1st Brenda Heyink, 2nd Brigette Charles, 3rd Marci Koppelmaa; Flight 2: 1st (tie) Dori Winchester and…

Relishing Pickleball

David Zapatka The Serve Have you ever had service yips? A steady and reliable serve is extremely important. You can’t score when the serve is not in the court! Developing a serve we can rely on should be at or near the top of our skill list. Once we have a reliable serve, we can…