June 2016

Auditioning – it’s scary for everyone!

Director Howard Hummel and Assistant Director Carol Horowitz take notes as they watch auditions. Watching other people read can sometimes help an actor adjust his own reading.

Auditioning for a part is scary! Whether it’s a part in a play, a choir or an orchestra, there’s a huge fear of failure. Interestingly enough though, it’s just as scary for the director. Can he get a strong cast? Is there anybody out there who plays the oboe? Is there anyone who doesn’t sing…

A good man gone

Bob Hirt Going out for a “cup of joe” and a little exercise that morning, he hopped onto his bike and headed leisurely west on the heavily trafficked road. He knew it was going to be busy day with friends and neighbors in monitoring another tennis match. He loved that game with a passion that…

OLNGA Championship awarded

Low Net Champion Linda Trisch (left) and Jo Williams

Ann Rounthwaite The Oakwood Lady Niners had a busy and rewarding spring. April 12 brought a game where only the part three and five holes were counted. Winners Flight 2: 1st Linda Liberti, 2nd Georgeanne Bell and Judy Hedding; Flight 3: 1st Barbara Stewart and Julia Collier, 2nd Annette Carrington. On April 19th the OLNGA…

Communication Today

Q. – What does it mean when you say you have a genre-based HD line-up? Where do I find it? A. – Recently Orbitel arranged all of our 100 plus HD channels into groupings according to their genre. For example, all sports channels are grouped together, all kids’ channels are grouped together, all news channels…

Savvy Travelers Club – summer news

Savvy traveler Len Herring in Brunei

Travel meetings are finished until October 13. Van Newville was our last speaker for the summer. He spoke about little getaways in and around Arizona. He knows this state intimately – between Vic Hermann and him, there were lots of suggestions for getting away during the hot summer months. We had updated information for summer…

Talking with Dad

Jean Newell, Associate Pastor, Sun Lakes United Methodist Church I was raised in a military family — Air Force, to be precise. Dad was an officer, so he was used to telling people what to do and that included my brother, sister and me. Dad expected us to do our best no matter what we…

Rotarian of the Year

Charles Loew

Norm Noble The Sun Lakes Rotary Club selected Charles Loew of Sun Lakes as its Rotarian of the Year. This is the second year in a row that Charles has received this honor. So when his name was announced as Rotarian of the Year, this time for 2015-2016, there were no surprises among the members.…

ILGA Awards Luncheon

Joni Hiller, 2016 Swing for Hope Chair, presents ILGA’s check for $10,753 to the University of Arizona Foundation representative, Jeanette Gemoll.

With our May awards luncheon behind us and the snowbirds flown, it is time to report our event winners for 2015-2016 season. Low Net Championship Overall Winner: Carol Jones First Flight: Kay Kaiser Second Flight: Betty Dupuis Third Flight: Jane Huber Fourth Flight: Carol Jones Fifth Flight: Betty Wolfmeyer Club Championship Overall Winner: Glo Malmberg…