Clubs & Classes

The Importance of Urban Honeybees

Starla Kramer and Barbara Kiley Cricket Aldridge is a beekeeper and founder of the Arizona Backyard Beekeepers and the Honeybee Festival. Ms. Aldridge will be the featured speaker on May 16, at the Sun Lakes Garden Club. Do you know what to do if an Africanized hive appears in your garden? We’ll discuss the biology…

Sun Lakes Writers’ Group

Little Sam F David Rolf Little Sam was fleet of foot but stood just four feet tall He heard a team was being formed— he really loved baseball He found the man, who was in charge and tried to join the team The response he got was not so nice In fact, it was downright…

May Rotary Club

RCSL in High Season of Community Service, Friendship Exchange, and Golf Dr. Honora Norton, RCSL Public Image Chair Rotary Club of Sun Lakes (RCSL) Rotarian Co-Chairs Bob Phillips and Dave Ouradnik extend a warmhearted thank you to the hundreds of sponsors, donors, golfers, and attendees of the club’s 29th RCSL Charity Golf Tournament held at Sun…

Essential Oils Club

Have you been curious where essential oils come from? Or how they are made? If so, be our guest for the next few Monday mornings at the Essential Oils for Healthy Living Club. We have fun learning about essential oils for sun protection, skin repair, bug repelling (for people and pets!), and also supporting our…

GSLCF Awards Grant to the Apple Club

Jeanne Becker, Treasurer The Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation (GSLCF) has made a grant of $1,000 to Gary Bross of the Sun Lakes Apple Club to help with their needs for new equipment. Founded in March of 2017, the Sun Lakes Apple Club has grown to over 300 members. In January of 2023 the club…

Road Runners RV Club Spring Fling

Cathy Donaldson We’ve had a busy year and just held our yearly Spring Fling. We held our Spring Fling at the Sun Lakes Park, and the facilities were great. We had a chicken and potato salad lunch with lots of appetizers and desserts. We played cornhole, bocce ball, and rope toss and even gave away…

Agave Quilters Guild News

Debi Loofburrow At our April 5 meeting 50 quilts were shared by our members for an Antique Quilt old-fashioned bed turning. So many wonderful stories of quilts being handed down from generation to generation were shared. Many of these gems were “well-loved,” some had very little binding, and several had holes in them, but they…

JWV Holds Clothing Drive for U.S.VETS-Phoenix

Jewish War Veterans (JWV) Post 619 accepts donations of clothing for male and female veterans experiencing homelessness, to be housed at U.S.VETS-Phoenix. Their new site, which will hold 182 veterans, is anticipated to open in April of this year. It features four floors with elevators, a private wing to allow more safety for women, an…

Bridge Results

Cottonwood Ladies Bridge Joan Phelan 3/09. Partnership Bridge: 1st Nancy Smith/Sally Culbertson, 2nd Ilena Lea/Janelle Gibson, 3rd Kay Bierley/Patti Potter 3/16. 1st Janelle Gibson, 2nd Joan Hokanson, 3rd Liz Schubert 3/23. 1st Karen Hess, 2nd Lori Scharbach, 3rd Joan Hokanson 3/30. 1st Ilena Lea, 2nd Karen Harnish, 3rd Diane Wine 4/06. 1st Patti Potter, 2nd…