Judy Wegener Congrats to Brenda Heyink for defending her title in the Club Championship! Also, congrats are in order for the ladies of Sun Lakes for their generosity and enthusiasm during the annual Spring Fling tournament to raise money for cancer research. Over $3,300 was raised and donated to the University of Arizona Cancer Center.…
May 2022
Sports, May 2022
5-Card American Standard Social Bridge
Stephanie Hemberg If you are interested in playing 5-Card American Standard Social Bridge, please email me at [email protected] and leave a phone number so I can call and talk with you. If you would like a very good review of Notrump and the Stayman and Jacoby Transfer Conventions and a fun, safe place to play,…
Clubs & Classes, May 2022
Sun Lakes Community Theater Awards Scholarship
Roger Edmonds On April 7, Sun Lakes Community Theater presented their annual Theater Arts scholarship to Emma Wang from Hamilton High School. Each year, SLCT awards a scholarship to a graduating senior from the Chandler School District. Emma, who will major in performing arts at the University of Nebraska, began performing when she was three…
Front Page, May 2022
Awards! Gourds! Explored!
Awards: Seven members of the Sun Lakes Rock, Gem & Silver Club entered their gourd art in the Arizona Gourd Society’s Gourd Art Competition and Show and brought home eight ribbons. Gourds can be crafted for any number of things. This year’s entries included a votive candle holder, vase, music box, decorative bowl, wall hangings, fine…
Features, May 2022
‘A Star for Mrs. Blake,’ by April Smith
Violetta Armour A Star for Mrs. Blake is the fictional account of five mothers who lost their sons in World War I, based on historical events and two actual people in history. In World War I, there were more than 30,000 Americans buried in the U.S. cemeteries in Europe. In 1929 Congress passed legislation to fund…
Clubs & Classes, May 2022
Fun Lakers Club News
Bob and Vickie Bybee It’s so refreshing and energizing to see the new and building excitement of getting together again to create memories as we did pre-COVID. While we still live with it, we now have more protection from its negative medical impact! A good time was had by all at the three March events…
Clubs & Classes, May 2022
Sun Lakes Chorale: Let Music Live
Yvonne Orlich Our 2022 Spring Concert was only our second since 2019, and we were all anxious to give it our best, as we had missed so much during the pandemic. Every one of us was ready to sing our hearts out—to release all the anxiety and frustration we all experienced in the months we…
Religion, May 2022
We All Can Learn
Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. As the summer begins and our visitors leave, we remember the funny things that occurred, especially if much younger children are part of the entourage—our grandchildren. Staring us in the face, before too long, is the end of the year fast approaching, which will find, once more, an onslaught of visitors.…
Sports, May 2022
Oakwood 18-Hole Couples 2022 Champs
Jim Utter Mark and Theresa Cockrell are the new Club Champions of Oakwood Couple’s 18-Hole Golf League. Half of our league won prize money on March 25, with golfers in four flights awarded prizes for gross and net scores. Golf was followed by camaraderie, drinks, and a wonderful dinner in the Oakwood ballroom.
Generals, May 2022
Sun Lakes – Cottonwood and Palo Verde Country Club
President’s Message Leonard Horst It is my pleasure to say hello for the first time as your board president of SLHOA2. My wife Maidy and I have been visiting Sun Lakes for over 30 years and have owned our home in Palo Verde since mid-2008. We thoroughly enjoy the lifestyle and the opportunity to serve…