Category: April 2020

Laughter Is the Best Medicine

Bill Becker, SLCT Publicity Are you up for trying something new and different? Sun Lakes Community Theatre is planning a new and different kind of comedy and theatre experience, called Laughter Is the Best Medicine. There will be three different one-act plays filled with lots of laughs and situations that we seniors can relate to.…

The Library Corner at SLCC

Bette Hargrave We so often talk about the latest novel we’ve read, but what have you read of non-fiction recently? I wish everyone I know would read The Greatest Generation, by Tom Brokaw! I was born when the events of World War II were happening. It’s our history; remembering those times of upheaval, death of…

Fun Line Dance Classes at Cottonwood

Laina Lee Have fun and get great exercise also! Join us for line dance classes at Cottonwood, Sun Lakes. Beginner classes are Thursdays at 11 a.m., and Intermediate classes are at noon for $5 per class in Room A-6. This class will be a fun, energizing class that will help get your body moving, fill…

Lucky Shot Pool Players Defeat SunBird Team

A team of Lucky Shot Pool Club members defeated a squad from SunBird 26-10 in a match in the SunBird Pool Room on March 6, according to Michael Dalsanders, Lucky Shot player who organized the event. Players were divided into two-person teams and played four games against three opposing teams: two games of straight 8-Ball…

Moving the Memory Care Conversation Forward

Your loved one has been diagnosed with some form of dementia. You’ve been managing to care for them at home. Deep down inside, you know there’s the real possibility/inevitability that the best decision is to move your loved one to a memory care community. Along with that decision might come “real” feelings of denial, guilt,…

Niners Results, February 2020

Jim Wegman, Publicity Winners: 2/06/20 Best Balls 1G 1N Palms: 1st Mark Nilsen, Ed Werner, Len Dolins; 2nd Bill Pender, Tom Bleier, Gary Nessel, Bruce Henderson; 3rd Bob Pender, Jack Cook, Norm Noble; 4th (tie 3) Lloyd Schaeffer, Ernie Papacek, Peter Gerdik, John Gaudioso; Jerry Vickery, Jim Johnson, Bill McConnell, Mike Stegina; Bruce McCorkle, Bill Lacey,…

OLGA News

Carol Smith We completed our Club Championship, and our new champion is EJ Yoon. Congratulations to EJ. Great job. The flight winners were Flight 1: 1st Sharon Bowditch, 2nd Mary Dyrseth; Flight 2: 1st Mary Perry, 2nd Dang Teater; Flight 3: 1st Karen Jensen, 2nd Barb Anderson; Silver Flight: 1st Kathy Schnell, 2nd Pat Schepp.…

IronOaks Breakers Pool League

The IronOaks Breakers Pool League’s Breakers Best Double Elimination 8-Ball Tournament began with three pockets of players vying to make it to the finals. After some very tough matches, a winner and runner up were determined in each pocket. The winner and runner up will now move on to the finals. The winner and runner…

February PVLGA Results

Christine Lecoutre Feb. 4 – AM; Flight 1: 1st Joann Johnson, 2nd Tracy Rice and Carol Ruff, 4th Cindy Ryan and Mary Horn; Flight 2: 1st Sandy Chavez, 2nd Jan Nelson, 3rd Liz Kirkpatrick, 4th Diane Kruse and Diane French; Flight 3: 1st Carol Moser, 2nd Gail Assenmacher, 3rd Dee Czaja, Kathy Koon, Wanda Wiggins,…

PVMGA Golf Results for February

Jim Roberts, Publicity February was filled with a lot of FUN Activities. Starting off was the Fun Day for Charity on Feb. 1. Four-person teams played a challenging round of golf with many obstacles set up on the course by some diabolical person(s). A good time was had by all, and proceeds from the day…