Category: June 2017

Guys and Dolls celebrate end of season

Trophy presentation to On Strike team. Pictured, left to right, are Ralph Harper, Claudia Rapaelian, Tenna Toppola, Bob Reeves, John Greenwood and Andy Boutcher.

Bob Reeves Guys and Dolls Bowling League celebrated the end of its season at Palo Verde Country Club on April 3. The Viejos team of Dave Nelson, Dave Cichoracki, Dennis Grendahl, Doc Heckler and Jim Growe won the first half of the season. The Easy Pickups team of MJ Williams, Patsy Redmond, Phyliss Heslin and…

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…

June Jubilee Stamp Camp

Pat Crocker and friends Join four Stampin’ Up! demonstrators as we unveil the NEW 2017-2018 Stampin’ Up! Catalog. Each attendee will create 13 beautiful all-occasion cards and receive a bag of NEW Stampin’ UP! products valued at about $40 to take home. Stampers, we are providing the card kits, stamp sets, envelopes, inks and embellishments.…

Sun Lakes Lady Putters

Sun Lakes Lady Putters

Susan Gottschalk Our 20th anniversary season has ended. It’s time to enjoy summer and look forward to next season starting the last week in October. Watch for the new season news in the October Splash. Monday Flight: 4/10. Teri Danaher, Sharon Darnell, Norma Marsh, Betty Perry 4/17. Betty Perry 4/24. Jean Cohen, Sharon Darnell, Bea…

Desert Rivers Audubon Society

The Desert Rivers Audubon Society (DRAS) is a local chapter of the National Audubon Society. DRAS meets the second Tuesday of the month between October and April at the Gilbert Library, 775 N. Greenfield Road, Gilbert, AZ 85234, at 7:00 p.m. A lovely place to visit here in Maricopa County is the Desert Botanical Garden…

Computer Booters goes into summer hibernation

Ed Robson Library’s new branch manager, Jenny Young, and Al Hill

Kc Coller, Publicity Director Our May general meeting was most likely comprised of residents who are year-rounders of the Sun Lakes-SunBird areas. How nice to see all the smiling faces there to listen and ask questions of our guest speaker Jenny Young. It was great to have Alan Levy with us again after his medical…

The Hallelujah Girls take the stage this July

The very talented cast for The Hallelujah Girls has been selected to bring this amazingly funny play to life on the San Tan Ballroom stage. The show will start with a 2:00 p.m. matinee on Sunday, July 23. The play will be dark on Monday and Tuesday and will start again on Wednesday through Saturday, July…

CMGA April results

April 1 Morning Aces of Aces qualifier Flight 1 Gross: 1st Kim Barnes, 2nd Rusty Williams, 3rd Ed Frees Net: 1st Kim Barnes, 2nd Jack Goyer, 3rd Rusty Williams Flight 2 Gross: 1st Paul Graebke, 2nd Jerry Cisneros and Rafael Take Net: 1st Paul Graebke and Jerry Cisneros, 3rd Rafael Take and Bill Hartnett Flight…

Bridge Results

Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Alan Behr The Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Club games are held at Risen Savior Lutheran Church, 23914 S Alma School Road. Open games are held on Monday at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., Thursday at 1:30 p.m. and Saturday at 9:00 a.m. There also is a Novice game Thursday at…

Lucky Shot Pool Club annual meeting recap

Gary Vacin The Lucky Shot Pool Club elected new officers and passed several new rules at its annual spring meeting April 19: In future tournaments, two points will be awarded to the winners of each match, instead of the previous one. The procedure providing for winners of Pockets 1 and 2 in 9-Ball and 8-Ball…