Category: May 2017

Roadrunners RV Club season coming to an end

Sun Lakes Roadrunners RV Club members who served as Wagon Masters at the Lake Havasu rally: Back row (left to right) Ron Doggett and Don Wall; Front row (left to right) Clint Anderson, Julie Anderson, Mikal Doggett and Lisa Wall

Pat Prekel, Secretary The Sun Lakes Roadrunners RV Club has enjoyed a very busy season. There were rallies to Fort McDowell; Quartzsite; Benson; Lake Havasu and Lake Powell. The special social activities for the year included the November welcome-back meeting, the Christmas Dinner/Dance and, most recently, the Spring Fling picnic at Sisk Park. In addition…

SL author Gordon Kesler releases new novel

Speaker Jeanne Saxon

Virginia Sigillo Gordon Kesler and his wife Joyce have lived in the Sun Lakes community for the past 20 years. Along with his wife, he has started several businesses. Recently, Gordon self-published a fiction novel. The novel is fiction, but is based on Gordon’s 20 years in commercial espionage. The names of the scouts and…

Water Media Club

Undersea, by Joy Horowitz

Rose Sumners The Water Media Club is saddened by the recent loss of two of our most talented and inspiring members, Joy Horowitz and Fran Osborn. Both helped form the club in its earliest years. Joy’s involvement in numerous art shows brought her constant recognition. She was a longtime member of the Arizona Watercolor Association,…

Aero Club visits helicopter plant

Sun Lakes Aero Club members and guests attending the field trip to MD Helicopters on March 23: Steve Perkins, Dick Simmons, Gary Vacin, Dorothy Vacin, JR Scheidereiter, Vincent Sciberras, Walt Gromada, Steve Horowitz, Wayne Zander, Jim Haytas, Gerald Hoak, Len Knecht, Bill Pennings, Ken Carpenter, John Philp, Gene Evans, Paul Beeks, Jack Leininger, Wallace Amundson and George Bliss

Twenty Sun Lakes Aero Club members and guests participated in a field trip to the MD Helicopers facility at Falcon Field on March 23. Ten members of the group then convened for an enjoyable lunch at nearby Monestery Restaurant. MD Helicopters is often called “The House that Hughes built,” referring to legendary aviator Howard Hughes,…

Line Dancing with Judee

When dealing with the fact that half of the dancers who come to classes each week are “gone ‘til fall and next January,” it’s easier when you know they are “coming back.” Some dancers have been “coming back” for the past three years and more. This fact validates that I’m teaching in a way that…

Arizona Red and Pink Hatters do it again!

Queen Mom Judy Wolin and Queen Mum Ann Crabtree For the sixth straight year, the Red Hat Society’s Arizona Chapters have just completed their annual State Convention. This year’s theme was “At the Circus,” co-chaired by Queen Mom and Ambassador Judy Wolin of Chapeaux Rouge Chapter and Queen Mum and Ambassador Ann Crabtree of Desert…

AAUW 2017 scholarship awarded

Barbara Stewart The Southeast Valley Branch of the American Association of University Women is proud to award the 2017 Joyce M. Pocras Memorial Scholarship to Lynette Taleno, a graduating senior from Basha High School in Chandler Unified School District. Lynette plans to attend Chandler-Gilbert Community College in the fall and study Psychology/Computers. Lynette participates in…