Larry Wolfe Nearly 10 years ago, I began this series of profiling members of the Sun Lakes Senior Softball Association. The purpose of the articles was to allow our members the opportunity to learn something about their fellow players’ off-the-field life and accomplishments. This is article number 100, so I thought it would be interesting…
Sharon Gale (left) and Margaret Johns present check to Hamilton High Girls’ Golf Coach Jeff Kain. Ann Rounthwaite The Oakwood Lady Niners is a friendly, supportive group of women who enjoy playing nine holes of golf on Tuesday mornings and socializing together afterwards at lunch in the Poolside Grill or at league luncheons held about…
Wealth Management winners (left to right) R. Gielen, H. Neumann, B. Hewitt, B. Love and C. Rogers of Wealth Management. Bob Greene, Publicity The Oakwood/Palo Verde Home and Home was played on March 24 and 26. There were 23 four man teams with two players from each Association making up a team. The winning team…
Lucky Shot Pool Club players Jerry Vickery (left) and Roy Partridge square off at the table. Gary Vacin Roy Partridge Roy is one of the elder statesmen in the Lucky Shot Pool Club. He joined the club in 2004, shortly after moving to Sun Lakes. He has served as club treasurer for most of those years,…
Sun Lakes Fire Department Captain Cory Evans and Cottonwood Lady Niner Sandy Jackson selling raffle tickets at the March 10 Member-Guest. A song and dance routine set to the music of You’re So Fine serenaded Sun Lakes firemen attending Member-Guest festivities March 10. Led by President Bette Lu Buchanan at the mic, the Lady Niner…
The IOTC held their annual Spring Clay Court Gender Doubles Tournament at the end of March. Don Neu, Bill Eastman and Jack Sanders served as Tournament Directors and held a terrific event. There were great match-ups, lots of tie-breakers and fun had by all! Michelle Mather and her volunteers put out great food throughout the…
John Concannon, Publicity The tournaments have been completed and the champions crowned. Congratulations to the 2016 Ironwood champions: Peter Yoon, Club Champion, Don Noble, Super Senior Club Champion and Richard Scranton, Ironwood Cup Champion. Last year the Ironwood course yielded only one ace. This year, we have our first hole-in-one already in the first quarter.…
Rod Hayward NADINE SUTTER: (VICE PRESIDENT) In Wyoming, Nadine and her husband, Bob, were active in skiing, golfing, cycling and competitive shooting. “My interest in tennis only began when our youngest child aspired to be a pro tennis player,” says Nadine. “Fortunately, I had the opportunity to take lessons from some of the best pro…
Palo Verde 2016 member/guest champions, Gary Zahnow (left) and Gerry Kuczek Bob Armstrong, Publicity Just as the days were becoming comfortably warm, our snowbird friends either started (or began thinking about) packing for the trek north where we know there is always a chance of snow. We full-timers just don’t understand it. The March report…
Participants in the Men’s Generational Social The Basha High School Tennis Team joined the IronOaks Men for an afternoon of tennis in March. Similar to the Ladies Social held in February, the guys enjoyed great doubles play. The boys served hard, but the men put their 30 plus years of experience to use in all…