Category: May 2021

Garden Club: Meet Tara Emery

(Photo by Stevie Graves)

Starla Kramer The May 18 monthly meeting will be live, and members will meet Tara Emery, owner of Crème da la Baa Farm near Gilbert Road and Chandler Heights Road. Tara grows everything organically and sells her creamy fudge made with goats’ milk at local farmers’ markets, along with her homemade sourdough breads, cinnamon rolls,…

Dave Withers Joins IOTC Board

Dave Withers

Carole Rockland IronOaks Tennis Club (IOTC) is happy to welcome Dave Withers as the new club treasurer. He joins fellow board members President Dick Eslick, Vice President Molly Bergesen, and Secretary Edith Tanniru. As COVID numbers are improving, IOTC looks forward to hosting the traditional July 4 Pancake Breakfast Social for members. Watch for details…

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…

SLLGA Results

Judy Wegener Spring may have arrived, but March was cold and blustery, which challenged the skills and patience of our lady golfers. Looking forward to a warmer April! Congratulations to Brenda Heyink, our 2020-21 Club Champion. March 2 Low Gross Flight 1: 1st Brenda Heyink, 2nd Debra Emerick, 3rd Judy Wegener; Flight 2: 1st Judy…

Cottonwood Men’s Golf Association March Results

Buddy Meola March was a very busy month for the Cottonwood Men’s Golf Association (CMGA) with a two-day event on March 7 and 8. It was a Ryder Cup Competition. There were 40 Blue Team members and 40 White Team members. The two-man teams played a team best ball on Saturday. The team won a…

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…

Message from the President

Message from the President Roger Beagle It was five years ago that the homeowners elected me as a board member. I would like to say thank you for an experience that has been everything I thought it would be and more. The improvements continually being made to our amenities is accomplished by the board members…

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…

May Flowers for All Occasions – Crystal Cards

Say it with flowers from Crystal Cards.

Bobbie Reed Crystal Cards with bouquets of May flowers celebrate the season. Think of sending a lovely greeting card to a friend or relative to wish them a happy birthday, or to thank them or just acknowledge them. No special occasion is needed to say, “I’m thinking of you.” Crystal Cards are “recycled,” since they…

Sun Lakes Rangers Luncheon

Pictured are Scott Murdock, Jim Curcio (seated), Ron Burchett, Shirley Pierini, and Tim Kelly.

Michael Berry The Sun Lakes Rangers hosted a luncheon for outgoing IronOaks Patrol Director Jim Curcio last month at the Cottonwood Bar & Grill. Jim built an outstanding Patrol team during his tenure, checking visitors at the gates and providing a visible crime deterrent by patrolling the community in marked vehicles. Patrol visibility is important…