Category: April 2024

Devorah Hadassah Events

We’re looking forward to a busy 2024! General meetings, Literary Ladies, Chick Flicks, Out to Lunch, Dinner Fundraisers, and Game Day! Come join the fun and meet new friends! For information on Hadassah and attending our events, please contact Eliana Bar-Shalom at 860-377-7126 or [email protected]. The second Wednesday of each month is our book group,…

Volunteers Honored at Crystal Awards Banquet

Congratulations to the community volunteers who were honored at the annual awards banquet for their hundreds of hours of dedicated service to Sun Lakes. Over 150 people joined to celebrate their commitment to make Sun Lakes a better place to live. These recipients serve in various capacities in homeowners associations as well as various clubs,…

Men’s Niners 2024 Fundraiser and Awards Luncheon

Jim Wegman, Publicity The Men’s IronOaks Niners held its 2024 Fundraiser and Awards Luncheon at the Oakwood clubhouse on March 6. Here we honor the winners of our annual tournaments and award prizes to members, but the most important purpose is to raise funds for youth golf programs, and this meeting ensures that the great…

A-1 Golf Carts Team Surprises All to Take Lakes Tourney Title

Larry Wolfe Manager Dennis Kennedy’s A-1 Golf Carts-sponsored team surprised everyone by winning the Lakes Division Winter Tournament. After finishing the regular season with a 7-11 record, not much was expected of the Golfers, especially since the powerhouse Young Home Team, managed by Gary Hillabolt, had run away with the regular season pennant with a…

The Remodeling Corner

Janet Cook In April, Earth Day is commemorated—a time to consider how we can take better care of the environment for our benefit and for generations to come. How can we make an impact in our corner of the world? There is the concept of Green Remodeling: to design and build in ways that will…

Celebrate National Day of Prayer

The Sun Lakes and SunBird communities will meet for the National Day of Prayer at the SunBird Golf Resort ballroom, at 6250 S. SunBird Blvd., in Chandler, on Thursday, May 2. The program begins at 10 a.m., with musicians playing patriotic music from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Sam Rotman, a concert pianist and inspirational speaker,…

¿Habla Español?

Dianne Zimmerman Would you like to use and keep up your Spanish skills? Our group is informal, and our purpose is to have fun talking and listening to each other while improving our language skills. We discuss topics suggested by members and, when needed, we help each other with grammar and vocabulary. We encourage intermediate…

SLLGA Results

We started enjoying warmer golfing weather in February. We held the Ladies Derby event on Feb. 18. Twelve ladies had to qualify based on gross score, and then people bet on those ladies who they thought would win. Spectators were allowed to drive their golf carts all over the course and follow the players. They…

The Gift of Music

Diana Perez loves performing around the East Valley doing what she does best, singing and playing the piano. She will be performing again at the Sun Lakes Country Club (Phase 1) on April 19 from 5 to 8 p.m. on the patio, doing a variety of music that should please everyone who comes to hear…

IronOaks Breakers Pool League 9-Ball Champion

After a total of 289 elimination games, the IronOaks Breakers Pool League has a new 9-Ball Champion. The games were played over a total of four weeks, and on Feb. 23 Terry Proctor and Sonny Williams played for the championship. The championship match was a race to seven games (the first person to win seven…