Category: June 2018

Golden Goalies – now she’s a keeper

  Bea Loozer Our member Judi Brown reached her goal weight in May and is now a keeper. (Applaud) It takes work to become a keeper, as all Goalies would agree. And most would agree it takes some work to maintain that status. After all, it’s easy to put pounds back on whether you’re in…

And the award goes to…

  Judith Kuse It’s a Sun Lakes Hiking Club annual tradition to bestow awards on deserving members at its year-end picnic. This year was no exception. While members were gathered at Oasis Park for a potluck lunch in late March, the SLHC leadership made its official and unofficial presentations. In the “official” category, the Sunshine…

Lady Jokers Wild Hand and Foot Card Group

  Susan Gottschalk The Lady Jokers Wild Hand and Foot card group, who regularly meet on Thursday afternoons, recently gathered for their seventh annual hors d’oeuvre party at the home of Ellen Hellman. She was ably assisted by her committee of Karen Ryan, Shirley Hutchings and Patty LeVoir.

SLCT selects new board of directors for 2018-2019

Marcia Stevic Sun Lakes Community Theatre has selected its Board of Directors for the 2018-2019 season. They are: President – Phyllis Novy, Vice-President – Jim Janowski, Secretary – Carol Horowitz, Technical Chairman – Rick Whitney, Mary Vandergriff – Program Chairman, Publicity Chairman – Bill Becker, and Budget – Cindi Decker. In addition, Kathy Jones serves…

Attention IronOaks new homeowners!

  Attention IronOaks New Homeowners – You are eligible for a FREE round of golf for two, FREE week of fitness, FREE week of tennis and BOGO meal at Stone & Barrel or Grill on the Green. All you have to do is call the IronOaks Welcome Group, c/o Howard Lundgren, at 480-369-2015 or email…

What motivated you to seek Reiki?

  Lois Valleau Reiki is a gentle yet powerful energy that relaxes the body and promotes healing. Since 1995, the Reiki Circle has been in existence in Sun Lakes. Each Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m., we meet in Room A-2 in the Cottonwood courtyard to share this healing energy. We offer this service as a…

Movement for low back pain

Noell Hyman Take a moment to notice the way you’re sitting right now. Is your back rounding backward? Think about how much you sit during the day and how often your spine might be rounding back, which is the opposite position the lower back is designed for. If you’re in pain, consider trying a cbd…

A Musical Journey to Australia at the Ed Robson Library

  Patty Dennehy Join us on Saturday, June 23, at 1:00 p.m. for Music & More from the Land Down Under! Travel on a musical journey to Australia and beyond as the performer plays an assortment of didgeridoos and percussion instruments mixed with colorful stories and humor. The performers play a modern style, mixing fast-paced…

Faith on vacation

  Jean Newell, Associate Pastor at Sun Lakes United Methodist Church Have Keurig will travel! It all began when my sister and brother-in-law were going to spend time at their timeshare for vacation. She asked me if I would be willing to Bea-sit while they were gone; it could be like a stay-cation for me…

Why are we here?

  Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. Certain times in our lives we gather in the church or synagogue, not because we have all of a sudden received an epiphany, but rather because we have been groomed to understand the awesomeness of the connection that is offered by the experience. The prayers we say are designed to…