Suzy Steinmann Stay Off The Ladder is a free Sun Lakes community service project offered by the Redeemed Team at Realty ONE Group! Suzy Steinmann and Michelle Hudak, local realtors from the Redeemed Team, started this program last year, because they saw a huge need for this type of service in their community. According to the…
Edward Lyle Acton Edward Lyle Acton, age 91, of Sun Lakes, Ariz. (formerly from Rochester Hills, Mich., and Manistee, Mich.), passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2021, at Dobson Home-Hospice of the Valley, Chandler, Ariz., with his family by his side. Edward was born on April 9, 1929, in Hamtramck, Mich., to Pearl (Osborne) and…
Janet Cook April 22 is Earth Day, a time to consider ways to be a better steward of our planet’s resources. Choosing to do home remodeling instead of new construction is a great way to be “green.” Green Remodeling has the goals to make the home more energy efficient, with healthier indoor air. Green Remodeling…
David Zapatka While reading Starseed Transmissions by Ken Carey, I ran across the word negentropy. I’ve always been fascinated by the word “entropy” and its meaning, so I was immediately intrigued by this related word, driving me to research it for this month’s issue. Entropy – noun /ˈentrəpē/ 1. thermodynamics: a measure of the unavailable energy in…
Dear Reader, If you are a fan of C.S. Lewis with fond memories of reading his The Chronicles of Narnia to your children, or perhaps you found comfort in A Grief Observed, then you might relish this account of an unlikely friendship turned into true love. The novel is subtitled The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman…
George Abernathy, Founder A good percentage of our club members had no idea that a variety of fly fishing adventures existed in Arizona until they were introduced to the Sun Lakes Fly Fishing Club. Most of them are retired, and came here and purchased second homes with the intentions of playing golf in summer attire while…
Ross Dunfee Armed Forces Day is celebrated May 15 this year, but with Memorial Day also in May, this Armed Forces Day article is printed in April to avoid printing two articles in May. Clip and save. Each of the branches of military service (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard) has a day…
Larry Wolfe It was certainly a different type of season for our Lady Sluggers: The season started and ended earlier than scheduled due to COVID issues, the number of teams in the Valley of the Sun League was cut in half due to the fact the many of the teams had many snowbird and Canadian…
Ron Wasko The club’s first competitive event in 2021 was held on March 6 and 7 at our flying field. The event was the Eighth Annual Desert Pattern Challenge, and pilots from Argentina and Venezuela participated, along with pilots from the States of Georgia and Washington, plus several other states. A total of 30 competitors…
Bob Sweeney, Sun Lakes Resident During the 2020 COVID lockdown, Bob was persuaded by his daughter to write a book about his flying experiences as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force and with the Boeing Company. It was intended as a piece of memorabilia for his kids and grandkids, but it soon grew into…