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Medicare, Medicaid, and Related Benefit Information

Personalized objective assistance to seniors, the disabled, and caregivers is available, provided by volunteer counselors trained by the Arizona Agency on Aging Benefits Assistance Program. Services include: Basic information about Original Medicare (Parts “A” and “B”), Supplemental (Medigap) policies, Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (Part “D”), Medicare (“C”) Advantage Plans (HMOs, etc.), AHCCCS (Medicaid), and ALTCS…

Calling All Sun Lakes Resident Handcrafters

The Sun Lakes Women’s Association needs you! Are you a local Sun Lakes resident who makes distinctive, one-of-a-kind handcrafted items? The Sun Lakes Women’s Association is sponsoring a Holiday Bazaar on Friday, Nov. 3, and Saturday, Nov. 4, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The location is the Sun Lakes Country Club Navajo Room. The…

Ranger Lozano Accepts Award

Michael Berry Arizona Rangers-Sun Lakes Company Lt. Carlos Lozano was presented with the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Award by the Pinal County Attorney’s Office of Kent Volkmer last month for his work with victims and other agencies. According to Attorney Volkmer, “This is a great way to thank law enforcement officers and volunteers for the…

Red Cross Blood Drive August 5

The Sun Lakes Posse will be hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive on Saturday, Aug. 5, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The address is 9531 E. Riggs Road, Sun Lakes. The event will be in the meeting room, with plenty of space to comply with social distancing requirements. Here are the basic requirements to…

Tuesday Nights Together in June

Cathy Smoot Sun Lakes United Methodist Church (SLUMC) at 9248 E. Riggs Road hosts Tuesday Nights Together (TNT), a series of free programs, every month! Topics vary from lively and entertaining to serious and informative. A light meal will be offered for a free-will offering at 5 p.m. The presentation starts at 5:30 p.m. Join…

New Pastor at First Baptist Church

  Norm Noble   In August 2022 the pastor of Sun Lakes Baptist Church retired, and thus began the search for his replacement. During an eight-month interim, Pastor Bob Dodridge filled the pulpit. The five-person Pastor Search Committee looked nationwide for God’s man. Then a tiny advertisement they placed on the Southern Baptist Convention website…

How to Plant Your Backyard for Birds!

Kathleen McCoy and Gwen Grace Desert Rivers Audubon is often asked for recommendations for plants to attract birds. Throwing out bird seed usually ends in a yard full of pigeons and upset neighbors. We asked Kathleen McCoy, a member of Desert Rivers Audubon, for her recommendations. She is a Master Gardener and Master Naturalist, a…