Category: May 2024

SLCT’s Makeup Workshop Was a Hit

Nine members of Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT) enjoyed learning a lot about color correction, contouring, highlighting, aging, and other wonderful hacks, tricks, and tips for theatrical makeup application. Each participant received a professional pallet of grease paint (true stage makeup), a 22-piece brush set, and a two-sided mirror (20x magnification). But more importantly, they…

Sun Lakes Community Choir Third Annual Concert

Yvonne Orlich If you were at the Sun Lakes Community Choir concert on April 7, you were treated to a musical journey through the ages. This was the choir’s third such free concert, and as with the two previous concerts, was made possible by a generous grant from a source who wishes to remain anonymous.…

Derrick Elliott Earns Doctor of Ministry Degree

Audrey Hendry Congratulations, Rev. Dr. Derrick Elliott, Pastor of Sun Lakes United Church of Christ, on earning your Doctor of Ministry degree from Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C. Rev. Dr. Elliott decided to take on this challenge so he could increase his knowledge and skill level to help his congregation and community in religious and…

Pickleball Team Wins State!

Lorri Morgan, Communications Stevie’s Wonders 65+ 4.0 pickleball team was crowned Arizona Pickleball Players League (APPL) State Champions at the Pueblo El Mirage pickleball complex on April 7. League play began in February, and the team finished the season by winning the East Valley Region where they earned the right to face off against the…

Card Scores

Tuesday Night Cribbage Jeff Scott Join us for Cribbage every Tuesday night at 6 p.m. in the Cottonwood clubhouse A-7 Painting Room. Games are organized by Stan Wengrzyn. 3/05. 1st Royce Bohning 15+164, 2nd Patty Donahue 14+71, 3rd Dan Flicker 11+48, Low Liz Schubert 0-203 3/12. 1st Ginger Johnson 12+88, 2nd Barb Bade 12+30, 3rd…

Bocce Completes Season with Banquet and Winners

John Terranova, President The bocce season concluded with the final games being played on March 17. However, March was full of bocce ball activity with our second tournament on the 14th and our final Awards Banquet on the 24th. The tournament was highly competitive, with 32 members (eight random teams) signing up to play, and…

Doll Collector Club

The Sun Lakes Doll Collector Club has opened a doll repair center. Antique dolls make a wonderful collection, but often, as time goes by, old dolls lose some of the beauty to time and wear. We offer restoration and cleaning of rag dolls like Raggedy Ann and Andy, the original Cabbage Patch doll, older teddy…

¿Habla Español?

Would you like to use and keep up your Spanish skills? Our group is informal, and our purpose is to have fun talking and listening to each other while improving our language skills. We discuss topics suggested by members and, when needed, we help each other with grammar and vocabulary. We encourage intermediate Spanish speakers…

Learning to Fly

Kathy Sinnott This month, I’m introducing the newest member of the Arizona Heroes Memorial (AHM) community—our drone! AHM Executive Board Member, Pat Johnston, is learning to fly our DJI Pro Series 4 Drone. Our drone can often be seen high above the construction site. It reaches heights of 5,500 feet and is able to capture…

FBCSL Celebrated Baptism Sunday

First Baptist Church Sun Lakes (FBCSL) joined thousands of churches nationwide in celebrating Baptism Sunday on April 7. And what a celebration it was! A total of six people followed Christ’s example of baptism to fulfill the public announcement of their faith. Baptism: initiation or interconnection? In the fraternal world, there is usually a required…