June 2014

IWLN Beat the Pro

Pictured (left to right) are Lana Jonker, Eddy Renio, Marcia Gaudioso and Holly DeVinck

Nancy Davis, Publicity Game of the Day: The game of the day on March 19 was Beat the Pro. Eddy Renio, Director of Golf, joined our ladies at the 7:30 a.m. shotgun off the back nine. Eddy challenged our ladies by shooting a 33 and was absolutely awesome. The following ladies beat the Pro: Paula…

Tiffany Challenge golf event

A number of Sun Lakes residents and others participated in The Tiffany Foundation Golf Challenge held at the Oakwood Country Club May 11. The event raised $17,000 in the fight against cancer.

[ad#Leader] Gary Vacin The Tiffany Challenge 72-hole golf event at the Oakwood Golf Course May 11 raised $17,000 for The Tiffany Foundation. The event was a huge success due mostly to the folks here in Sun Lakes who really stepped up, said Rowin Floth, co-chair of the event. The Tiffany Challenge is part of a…

Hits and Misses Bowling

Arlene Burkhardt We had our Sweeper on April 7 with the following top winners: Scratch – Men: 1st Tom West 636; Handicap: 1st Loren Mead 710 Scratch – Women: 1st Sharon Lochbaum 484; Handicap: 1st Trudi Klabundi 686 Our winning team for the year was Team 22 (semi-four) consisting of Vida Mae Lori, Sharon Lochbaum,…

Mutual of Omaha wins spring softball title

The spring season and tournament champion Mutual of Omaha team. (Photo courtesy of Core Photography, LLC).

Larry Wolfe The Mutual of Omaha sponsored team won the spring softball title with a record of 15 wins and only five losses. Their top hitters were Manager Larry Kaufmann (.726), Frank Tanner (.681) and Tom Lorgan (.671). The team sparkled defensively and pitcher Owen Bae kept opposing hitters “at Bae” with his high arcing…

Lucky Shot Pool Club champions

Dick Hensley (left) received a certificate from Lucky shot Pool Club President Mike Giarlo certifying 4,190 tournament games played at the club’s spring awards luncheon April 22. Hensley has announced his retirement from tournament play in the club.

Gary Vacin Sam Gilman and Jerry Cisneros are the Lucky Shot Pool Club 2013-14 Championship tournament winners. In 9-Ball, Gilman, winter tournament winner, defeated Jack Hill, spring tournament winner, 7-4 and Tony Mongiello, fall tournament winner, 7-4. Hill defeated Mongiello, 7-5 for second place. Mongiello finished third. Cisneros became the first club player ever to…

Dick Hensley retires from Lucky Shot Pool Club

Gary Vacin The Lucky Shot Pool Club’s Grand Old Man is hanging up his pool cue. After playing 4,190 games over a 17-year period, Dick Hensley played his final tournament game in April and reluctantly gave up his club membership. And, in his imitable fashion, he went out in a winning way, defeating Mike Giarlo,…

Lucky Shot Pool Club members attend year end luncheon

Sam Gilman (left) and Jerry Cisneros are Lucky Shot Pool Club 2013-14 Championship tournament winners in 9-Ball and 8-Ball, respectively. Photo by Gary Vacin.

Gary Vacin The Lucky Shot Pool Club concluded another successful season with its annual spring awards luncheon April 22 at the Cottonwood Country Club. Among the 28 members attending were three of the charter members of the club formed back in 1995, Ed Allen, Joe Pantano and Sergio Tinajero. Club President Mike Giarlo welcomed the…

MOGA wins Home & Home

CMGA President, Rick Nelson, left, passes Home and Home trophy to Howard Weiss, MOGA President.

Charley Akin The Oakwood and Cottonwood men’s golf associations, MOGA and CMGA, competed in their annual Home and Home tournament on April 3 at Oakwood and April 5 at Cottonwood; 32 four-man teams consisted of two MOGA and two CMGA members each and the games were designed to produce team winners in four flights and…

Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation Sisterhood

Joyce Spartonos, Publicity Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation Sisterhood has finished another season of exciting meetings and events. For those who will not be heading to cooler climates this summer, Sisterhood has once again arranged for tickets to the Hale Theatre in August. The production is Footloose on Saturday afternoon, August 16, and the ticket price is…