Julie Bauman invites you to come to her classes at the Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 8 and 9 a.m. For the past 15 years, Julie has been teaching Group Fitness in the Chandler, Sun Lakes, and South Gilbert area. She currently has punch cards available 10 for $40…
Category: April 2025
April 2025, Clubs & Classes
Republican Club April 9 Meeting
Carolyn McCorkle The Sun Lakes Republican Club will feature “The Future of Arizona Energy and Water,” with speaker Tyler Bowyer, at its monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the Navajo Room of Sun Lakes Country Club, 25601 S. Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun Lakes, AZ 85248. The public is invited. Please bring…
April 2025, Generals
Are You Familiar with the Living Well with Hearing Loss Community Program at ASU?
Join the HLAA East Valley Chapter on Thursday, April 10, from 12:45 to 2:30 p.m. at Sun Lakes United Methodist Church, 9248 E. Riggs Road, Sun Lakes, Ariz., when we welcome Dr. Aparna Rao and Dr. Kate Tillery, both of the College of Health Solutions at ASU. Living Well with Hearing Loss means staying connected…
April 2025, Generals
Sun Lakes Community Theatre – April 2025

Chandler High Entertains On Feb. 12 the Theatre Arts Departments of Chandler Unified School District joined Sun Lakes Community Theatre membership and many of their neighbors at the San Tan Ballroom to show off their amazing talent. From monologs to full-on song and dance numbers, the students had the crowd cheering and applauding for more.…
April 2025, Clubs & Classes
Odds ‘n’ Ends

Ken Duquaine At its March 6 general membership meeting, the members of the Sun Lakes Camera Club (SLCC) voted to accept the recommendation of the executive board to change the name of the club to the East Valley Photo Club. Several reasons prompted the board’s recommendation. Among them was a desire to dispel the idea…
April 2025, Sports
Links Golfers at Oakwood CC Volunteer at FMSC

Bruce McCorkle Over the past year, Links Golfers have assisted in packing 288,144 meals for Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), which were sent to the Philippines, Guatemala, Honduras, Cambodia, Thailand, Nicaragua, and El Salvador and will feed 789 children for an entire year! To learn more about volunteering, contact Bruce McCorkle at [email protected] or stop…
April 2025, Sports
OLGA News

Mary Dyrseth Greetings, fellow golfers, from Cartagena, Columbia. Unfortunately, I didn’t get any emeralds. I’m off to see the sloths in Costa Rica today. Meanwhile, my son sent me a picture of a lynx he came across while cross-country skiing in the boundary waters of Northern Minnesota. For those of you who don’t know what…
April 2025, Clubs & Classes
Card Making Class
Linda Smart and Sarah Lythgoe Join us on the second Saturday of every month to make two greeting cards with an Independent Stampin’ Up demonstrator. The class fee is $10 and includes everything you need except adhesive. Bring yours or purchase during class. Doors open at 9:20 a.m. The cards will be completed during one…
April 2025, Generals
Greater Sun Lakes Foundation Elects New Board Officers

Jeanne Becker The Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation has elected its new board of directors and selected its officers’ positions for 2025: Charlene Petragallo (president), Frank Gould and Kathy Skrei (vice presidents), Jeanne Becker (treasurer), Cheryl Ravenscroft (secretary), plus Karen Jorgensen, Brian Haynie, Chris Schneck (directors), and Richard Hawkes (president emeritus). The new board is…
April 2025, Front Page
Club Volunteers Make the Difference

Warren Wasescha, Sun Lakes Hiking Club Our annual spring Special Hike this year took place in Lake Havasu, Ariz., and it was a great time for all who participated. Had Ron Deraas and Joan Carlisle not volunteered to plan and make the arrangements for this hike, we would not have had the memorable experience we…