Category: April 2021

Singles Dinner Club Update

Come one, come all, to the Wednesday evening club for singles. We meet every week at 5 p.m., at the Palo Verde dining room for a sumptuous dinner and wonderful conversation with others in the same place in their lives. If Wednesday isn’t good for you, we also have a table for singles on Friday…

MOGA Presidents Cup Results

Congratulations to Sid Schwartz for winning the MOGA Presidents Cup.

Steve Engler During the first three months of 2021, MOGA has held many exciting and well-attended tournaments, including the Presidents Cup (Low Net Championship), the Member/Member, and the Club Championship. In April, we will have events such as Individual and Team Stablefords, Individual Low Net, and Beat the Pro, among others. Upcoming schedule for April…

Sun Lakes Writers’ Group

Sun Lakes Writers Group Barbara Schwartz Do you enjoy writing? Do you enjoy reading? Do you want to preserve your family history so that you can relate it to the grandchildren? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, I urge you to become acquainted with the Sun Lakes Writers Group. We meet…

Quilters Build Community During the Pandemic

Officers elected March 2020 before lock-down orders: Blanca Sanchez, Diana Jones, Laurie Orendorff, Diane Mitchell, and Nancy Bonngard

Sue Bart Thanks to the undying efforts of the Desert Threads officers, the new quilt chapter (part of the Arizona Quilters Guild) has continued to function and add new members during our safer at home restrictions for in-person gatherings. Despite being less than three years old, we are building a community of friends. We have been…

Strike Zone: Hits & Misses Bowling League Results

Ruth Andersen February High Scratch Series and High Scratch Games: High Scratch Series: 2/01. Men: Hal Newton 688, Rick Bell 539; Women: Sharon Zubchevich 532, Ruth Andersen 449 2/08. Men: Rick Bell 567, Tim Billman 524; Women: Sharon Zubchevich 589, Tammy Visser 457 2/15. Men: Bob Welch 607, Eldon Drenthe 553; Women: Ruth Andersen 542,…

Standards & Poor: Arizona Classic Jazz Society

Sheryl Ann McKinley

Helen Daley Don’t confuse this group with Standard & Poor’s, the financial services company that is older than jazz. Standards & Poor is led by a San Francisco native, multi-instrumentalist Evan Dain who started at age six on the guitar, then picked up the bass, banjo, and mandolin in high school. Evan studied music at…

Spring Is in the Air

Harry Huckemeyer Spring is in the air, and the sun appears to be shining just a little bit brighter as each day passes by. Although we still are living under the guidelines set forth in the necessary efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus, there appears to continue to be several positive signs seen…

Softball Winter League Wrap-up

A photo from the Sun Division championship game: Dave Martin is on base as first basemen. Dave Waibel awaits the next pitch. (Photo courtesy of Captured Moments Pictures)

Larry Wolfe Both of our Winter League Divisions ended up with two teams tied for the league lead. In the Lakes Division, Manager Vern Rodgers’ Brenden Financial Planners and Manager Tom Erpelding’s Core Photographers both finished with 11-7 records, one game ahead of Manager Gary Hillabolt’s Young Team Realtors. The Photographers started the season by…

Julie’s Fitness Classes

Julie Bauman

Julie Bauman Julie Bauman invites you to come to her classes at the new Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center, Mondays and Fridays at 8 and 9 a.m., and now also Wednesdays at 8:30 and 9:30  a.m. For the past 15 years, Julie has been teaching Group Fitness in the Chandler, Sun Lakes, and South Gilbert area. She…

Artists Who Aspire to Inspire: Jan Meyers

Cathy Porter Delicious free time! What does an artistic and creative person find to fill their time with? Jan Meyers retired from a career in finance and travel in 2010 and was looking for something to grab her interest. She found an outlet for her creativity in glass of all kinds. And she discovered the…