Kim Kubsch June is National Smile Month and I encourage you to support more frequent smiling for stress reduction! The energy required to smile is two-thirds less than to frown. Plus stress-busting smiles often generate more positive connections with others. Try our easy and gentle Tai Chi-QiGong, and you too will smile inside and out,…
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Clubs & Classes, June 2015
Aero Club members have year-end potluck
Gary Vacin Every spring, Sun Lakes Aero Club (SLAC) members gather for their year-end pot-luck at Sisk Park. This year’s event on April 12 was attended by 27 members and guests. Attendees enjoyed brats cooked by Bob Walch, along with the usual goodies provided by attendees. On hand for the festivities were Gary and Dorothy…
Clubs & Classes, June 2015
Thompson, Ferris win pool club championship
Gary Vacin Rod “Babe” Thompson and Tom “Pooch” Ferris are the Lucky Shot Pool Club 2014-15 season champions in 9-Ball and 8-Ball, respectively. Champions are determined by a playoff of winners of the club’s fall, winter and spring tournaments. Thompson, fall and winter tournament winner, defeated Fred Falconetti, spring tournament winner, 7-2. Ferris, fall and…
Clubs & Classes, June 2015
Sun Lakes Rock, Gem and Silver Club news
Joe Schwab Cottonwood Rock, Gem and Silver shop buzzed with activity on Monday, May 5. Stones were being cut, shaped and polished for a project spearheaded by Dianna Ahart, a member of Sun Lakes Rock Gem and Silver club on behalf of another member, Nancy Hibbard who volunteers at Camp Sunshine, a retreat center for…
Clubs & Classes, June 2015
Oakwood Artists’ League create abstract paintings
Susan Plouzek Can you believe it’s June already? It is officially summer and we are feeling the heat. In the Oakwood Artists’ League, we paint every Friday in the Arts and Crafts Room. There are artists who paint in oil, acrylic, watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, gouache, charcoal, pastel and ink. We paint on handmade papers,…
Clubs & Classes, June 2015
Quilt challenge winner
Anne Munoz, a gifted Agave quilter, recently won the Moda Piece and Comfort quilt challenge at the local (store) level. Here, in the greater Phoenix area, the challenge was sponsored by Mesa quilt shop, A Quilters Oasis. After winning at the local level, Anne’s quilt was entered, along with many other shop winning quilts, in…
Clubs & Classes, June 2015
Sun Lakes Democratic Club June meeting notice
The Sun Lakes Democratic Club will meet on Monday, June 8, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Navajo Room of the Sun Lakes Country Club (25601 Sun Lakes Blvd). We are pleased to have Dr. Camille Casteel and Mr. Joel Wirth of the Chandler Unified School District No 80 as our speakers. Dr. Casteel has…
Clubs & Classes, June 2015
Bill McCoach – Service above self
Norm Noble Rotary’s motto is “Service Above Self,” so when a member is declared winner of the annual Service Above Self award, he or she has accomplished something great. Such is the case this year. The Sun Lakes Rotary Club recently announced that Bill McCoach had received this award. Chief among the credentials specified by…
Clubs & Classes, June 2015
Savvy Travelers Club summer news
Van Newille was our last speaker for the summer. He spoke about little getaways in and around Arizona. He knows this state intimately – lots of suggestions for getting away. We had updated information for summer and fall getaways with Free Spirit Vacations as well. Remember, you must book these little trips with Donna Andrews…
Clubs & Classes, June 2015
John McCoy named Rotarian for the month of May
Norm Noble The Rotary Club of Sun Lakes chose John McCoy as its Rotarian for the month of May with good reason. Among other things, he is Chairman of the Sun Lakes Rotary Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational and…