Category: Clubs & Classes

Update on Sun Lakes Italian-American Club

Steve Ambroso Viva Italia! It’s time for all Sun Lakes Italian-American Club (SLIAC) members and guests to get together using social distancing and COVID-19 safety measures! The Sun Lakes Italian-American Club will be having a cheese ravioli dinner/meeting on Monday, May 3, at Cottonwood San Tan Ballroom. This will be our last meeting until October, as…

Hooked on Fly Fishing

Lorin Hicks, Sun Lakes Fly Fishing Club “In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing.” Those memorable words were written by Norman Maclean and made famous in the movie A River Runs Through It, about a Montana family that learned the lessons of life through dry flies and tight lines at…

Other Card Results

Tuesday Night Cribbage Jeff Scott Join us for cribbage every Tuesday night at 6:15 p.m., in the Cottonwood clubhouse, A-7 Painting Room, organized by Stan Wengrzyn. 3/16. 1st Cheryl Kern 11+64, 2nd Donna Smid 10+27, 3rd Bill Bade 9+34; Low Greg Kern 4-55 3/23. 1st Frank Even 14+102, 2nd Richard Lewin 11+60, 3rd Jeff Scott…

Sun Lakes Democratic Club Meeting

Dolly Loftin The next meeting of the Sun Lakes Democratic Club will be on Monday, May 10, 2021, at 6:30 p.m., for social time, and the meeting begins at 7 p.m. This will be a virtual meeting via Zoom. If you read this in a local publication and would like to attend, please calendar the…

The Planting Ceremony

Steve Carr Sun Lakes Rotary Club (SLRC) members will be joined by community leaders and kindergarten students from the Strong Foundations Academy at a special tree planting ceremony celebrating Arizona Rotarians at Work Week, from 3 to 3:45 p.m., on Earth Day, Thursday, April 22, at Snedigar Park East near the children’s playground. The Strong…

Happy Birthday, Sun Lakes Rotary Club!

Kristine Schultz and Gary Whiting Back in 1985, Chandler Rotarian Andre Felix posted an ad on the Sun Lakes clubhouse bulletin board. Wayne Johnson, who had just moved to Sun Lakes from Moline, Ill., spotted the ad. A week later, he and seven now-retired Sun Lakes Rotary members met with Andre. They agreed the fast-growing…

Artists Who Aspire to Inspire: Linda Murray

Cathy Porter Linda has a true, creative drive. She started creating art at a very early age. Her family spent summers in a family cabin in Northern Minnesota on an island without any power, water, or, of course, TV. She spent her time drawing, painting, and even dug clay from the lake to model and…

Lions Club International Recognizes Two SLBLC Members

Sun Lakes Breakfast Lions Club President Bob Glantz presents to member Brian Curry.

Brian Curry Sun Lakes Breakfast Lions Club (SLBLC) President Bob Glantz and First Vice President Mary Ann Miller recognized members Brian Curry and Robert Scully; their pins from Lions Club International signifying recognition of their efforts bringing new members into Lionism. If you would like to help the Sun Lakes community and would like more information…

Cotillion Dance Club Announces 2021-22 Season!

Pictured are Michael and Bety Dar entering the ballroom on March 14, 2020, for the Top Hats and Cocktails Soiree. That was the last dance since the COVID-19 interruption. We are especially looking forward to greeting attendees as they enter our next dance for the champagne reception that begins a lovely evening of dinner and dancing on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, at 5:45 p.m.

Rob Spade Cotillion Dance Club plans to present four dinner dances to be held at the Cottonwood San Tan Ballroom in Sun Lakes. Be sure to mark your calendars with next season’s dinner dance dates: Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021; Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022; Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022; and Saturday, March 12, 2022. These dinner dances…