April 2022

Lucky Shot Pool Club Results

Gary Vacin The Lucky Shot Pool Club has announced winners of its recently completed 2021-22 winter tournament. Forty-six players competed in three pockets of 9-Ball and four pockets of 8-Ball. Two players repeated their victories in the club’s fall tournament—Pocket 1: Jerry Cisneros in 9-Ball and Michael Dalsanders in 8-Ball. Top three finishers in each…

2022 NIT Pickleball Tournament

With beautiful weather, standing-room-only crowds, wonderful vendors, great players, hard-fought matches, and selfless volunteers, the 2022 Norris Invitational Tournament (NIT), sponsored by the Sun Lakes Pickleball Club Cottonwood, exceeded all expectations. This year’s Norris Invitational Tournament included 88 teams, 140 participants, and over 50 volunteers. Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in America! Ask any of…

Spring Has Arrived

Pastor Mitch McDonald It is hard to believe that it is already April. I recently came across the origin of the name of this wonderful spring month. It comes from the Latin word, Aprilis, which is the verb meaning “to bud or open.” What a great description of this time of year. Two common hobbies…

A-1 Golf Goes from Last to Champs

Larry Wolfe After finishing the regular Winter Season with an 8-10 record, good for last place in the Lakes Division, hopes were not high entering the Winter Tournament for Manager Joe Commisto’s A-1 Golf Cart-sponsored team. However, they surprised the number one-seeded Skyview Digital Media crew in the opening game with an 18-12 victory. Wayne…

Unity: Lent, a Time to Let Go

Unity Church of Sun Lakes is a New Thought spiritual community dedicated to living the Truths taught by Jesus the Christ as well as other spiritual masters. We see the good (God) in our fellow humans and celebrate our Oneness with all the people of the world. We meet on Sunday mornings in the Arts…

IronOaks Tennis Tip

Kwong Young Do you have or are you aware of Spatial Awareness? This is when a player knows where they are on the court in relation to where the ball is, as well as where their opponent is on the court. They track the ball better and, therefore, hit a better-quality shot targeted for zones…

Italian-American Club Update

Steve Ambroso, President, Sun Lakes Italian-American Club Ciao a tutti! It’s time for all Sun Lakes Italian-American Club (SLIAC) members and guests to get together on Monday, April 4, at San Tan Ballroom at Cottonwood for our next dinner/meeting. All tables will be spaced appropriately, and there will be six people per table. There will…