Category: June 2015

Advanced Spanish conversation

Dianne Zimmerman Join us for Spanish conversation! We are a group of Spanish speakers who created an informal Spanish conversation group so we could practice speaking and understanding. If you have studied Spanish in the past, lived in a Spanish speaking country, spoke Spanish at home while growing up, or have graduated from an intermediate…

Tai Chi-QiGong for all ages

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,…

Aero Club members have year-end potluck

Good food and good friends were enjoyed at the Aero Club’s potluck! Photo by Dorothy Vacin.

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…

Thompson, Ferris win pool club championship

Rod “Babe” Thompson (left) and Tom “Pooch” Ferris shot their way to the 2014-15 Lucky Shot Pool Club season championships in 9-Ball and 8-Ball, respectively. Photo by Gary Vacin.

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…

Sun Lakes Rock, Gem and Silver Club news

Stones like these are provided by the Rock, Gen and Silver Club to benefit Camp Sunshine.

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…

Oakwood Artists’ League create abstract paintings

Pictured (left to right) JoAnne Horner, Judy Yaryan, Sheila Petriello, Sally Kiste, Joyce Weary, Penny Benjamin Peterson (Instructor), Jill Townsend and Jill Curcio. Photo taken by Diane Hitt.

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,…

Quilt challenge winner

Our Greatest Generation quilt by Anne Munoz

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…

Bill McCoach – Service above self

Bill McCoach

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…

Savvy Travelers Club summer news

Pam and Ray Johnson in Cartegena in April

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…