Bob Armstrong, Publicity So, once again, at high noon on May 9, the members of the Palo Verde CC and the Cottonwood CC were treated to a demonstration of golf played well when our assistant pros competed in a “Skins Game,” this time held at the CWCC course. The winner of the event was our…
June 2017
Religion, June 2017
Youth Choir to perform at United Methodist Church
The Youth Choir from Shalimar United Methodist Church in Shalimar, Florida, will perform at Sun Lakes United Methodist Church on Tuesday, June 13, at 5:15 p.m. The performance, to be held in the sanctuary, will include a combination of contemporary songs, several a cappella numbers and a few short drama vignettes. Sun Lakes UMC is…
Clubs & Classes, June 2017
Fly Fishing at its finest
George Abernathy In the first week of May, members of the b went on an overnight trip to Carnero Lake which is located in the White Mountains. Brad Smith, Jim Richardson and I camped at the lake’s edge which turned out to be one of the most scenic locations imaginable. John Potts drove out for…
Clubs & Classes, June 2017
Tai Chi as therapy all summer
Kim Kubsch With movement, there is improvement! Did you know that the gentle martial art of tai chi can build strength and ease symptoms? Tai chi can be a great indoor movement to enjoy any time of year, but especially during our hot summers and, at the same time, meet like-minded friends in Sun Lakes…
Clubs & Classes, June 2017
How do you become a SLRGS Club “Lifer?”
The Board of the Sun Lakes Rock, Gem & Silver (SLRGS) Club honored four members of the club with life membership. Life membership is awarded to long-standing members who have consistently gone above and beyond in supporting club members and activities: teaching classes, monitoring activities in the shops and dropping what they are doing to…
Clubs & Classes, June 2017
Pastor of St. Steven’s Catholic Community retiring
Mary Vitolo Father Leo Pierre Hissey is retiring in June, 2017, after 12 years as pastor of St. Steven’s Roman Catholic Church. On Sunday, April 30, 2017, approximately 400 members of the St. Steven’s Community attended Father Pierre’s Retirement Celebration. Mr. Dennis McMullen, the main speaker, shared the story from the first time Father arrived…
Religion, June 2017
Optimism
Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. All too often, we are faced with issues that can, at times, boggle the mind and cause anguish and despair. It is especially true in these trying times. We are witnesses to unimaginable horrors. People are murdered. People are exiled. People are displaced from their homes. Anyone who can muster any…
Sports, June 2017
OLGNA June news
Molly Bergesen On April 11, our Oakwood Niners group welcomed 24 from the Cottonwood Lady Niners; this was organized by Julie Schneider, who is a member of both Cottonwood/Oakwood groups. A total of 57 ladies played. It was a beautiful morning for our “mixer.” We started with breakfast snacks, then we all headed out to…
Clubs & Classes, June 2017
Reiki Circle news
Rina Cupples When I lived in Connecticut, we hibernated indoors in the winter. Now in Arizona, I stay in a good deal during hot summer days. These periods of hibernation offer me opportunities to slow down, calm my harried brain, rest my overtaxed body. And I have time for Reiki treatments … soothing, restorative, regenerating…
Sports, June 2017
IMGA Personality of the Month
Bruce McCorkle “It’s been a life accented by wonderful memories and good fortune, but also great tragedy,” recounts Danny Smith, our IMGA Golfer of the Month. Born in 1948, he grew up in a modest neighborhood only a few blocks from Grosse Pointe, the mansion-filled suburb of Detroit on Lake Sinclair where the automotive elite…