May 2023

IronOaks Ladies Pool Club—It’s Time to Have Some Fun!

Judy Wolthausen, President As May arrives, our weather becomes warmer, and it’s the perfect time to enjoy our newly remodeled Oakwood Billiards Room and relish sitting in the restaurant patios overlooking the golf courses and other picturesque settings. It’s so pleasant, and it gives us time to relax and really get to know each other…

SLCT’S Murder Mystery Show Slays Audiences

Kate King-Turner Audience members were treated to a riotous romp in the recent Sam Club, Private Eye, in the Case of the Malted Falcon, directed by Sandy Pallett. Sam, the clueless but fervent PI, was portrayed by Jim Janowski, and he nailed the part. Mary Vandergriff was fabulous and flirty as Velma Vavoomski, Sam’s addiction-ridden…

Sun Lakes Sheriff’s Posse

Craig Lloyd P05474, Commander, SLSP For more than 30 years, your Sheriff’s Posse has provided a safe escort of the annual events in our community with our fully marked patrol vehicles operated by fully vetted, law enforcement-trained MCSO Posse members. In addition, your Posse members continue to operate community patrols seven days a week throughout…

Mixed Doubles at CTC Leads the Pack for 2022-23

According to Tournament Director Jay Ketter, “The Mixed Doubles Tournament played at Cottonwood had lots of close matches and a sell-out crowd for the finals on Saturday, Feb. 11.” The outcomes were as follows: Red Division: First place: Cindy Guillaume and Ron Ryer Second place: Barb Jorgensen and William Jenack Third place: Martine Blue and…

Palo Verde May 2023 Road Work

Mark Brauer, President Palo Verde Road Management is now into its third phase of 2023 projects, having completed the second phase of removal and replacement of a portion of Ribbonwood. Almost 60% of Palo Verde road surfaces will be seal coated in the first three weeks of May. Everyone will be impacted, as both gates…

Men’s IronOaks Niners Hosted Fundraiser

David Mork On March 23, 14 members of the IronOaks Niners played golf with 9 of the 12 members of the 3Peat Arizona State Champion Hamilton High Boys Golf Team (HHGT) and their coach Steve Kanner. HHGT has won the Arizona State Championship nine times. Coach Kanner is in his 22nd year at Hamilton, and…

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…

Fun Games to Play!

Board Games Do you like to play a variety of board games? We can teach you how to play, or you can teach us your games. We play board games such as Alhambra, Carcassonne, Cartagena, Sequence, Splendor, and Ticket to Ride. We play board games in Oakwood, Sun Lakes, but can schedule a game event…

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…

Fauré ‘Requiem’ Concert

Yvonne Orlich On a sunny Palm Sunday in Sun Lakes, the Sun Lakes Community Choir gave us an extraordinary performance of Faure’s Requiem at Sun Lakes United Methodist Church. Once again, the idea for this performance was the brainchild of the choir director, Cris Evans, and was made possible to the Sun Lakes community’s residents by…