The Oakwood 9-Hole Couples group celebrated our end of the year social with the theme of “Beach Blanket Bingo,” with 88 golfers playing a scramble on the Lakes course on April 12, plus another eight social members attending the dinner. Jen Pender headed up the planning with a very enthusiastic group of volunteers (Yvonne DeMoss,…
Neil Donohoe Wanted: Club members and community players to join the games team and help carve the way to make the Sun Lakes Senior Games a success. We need your input to establish game selections, rules, and locations. The focus is to create a friendly competition among peer age groups within the Sun Lakes and…
Jeanne Becker, Foundation Treasurer The Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation has donated $6,000 to Sun Lakes Community Theatre (SLCT) to replace a 15-year-old lighting console, which at the last theatrical production at Oakwood, simply quit working. They were able to finish the show by borrowing the console owned by CWPV and stored at the Cottonwood…
First Baptist Church Sun Lakes’ (FBCSL) annual Freedom Fest will kick off our nation’s 248th birthday in grand style. You don’t want to miss this! The festivities will take place at the church on June 29 at 11:30 a.m., so don’t forget to mark your calendars. Wear your red, white, and blue and join us…
Bill Shedd The Sun Lakes Sheriff’s Posse and the American Red Cross held yet another hugely successful blood drive at the Sun Lakes Sheriff’s Posse office on April 13. As a vital part of our community, the Sun Lakes Sheriff’s Posse continues to hold these blood drives to supplement the dangerously low levels of blood…
The annual Ryder Cup competition was a two-day event played March 30 and April 6. Thirty-seven matches were played between evenly handicapped competitors, with points earned for winning the front, back, and total. The Blue team started out strong with a commanding lead on Saturday. The matches on Sunday were hotly contested, but the Blue…
It’s that time of year when many head “home” for the summer. Just so you know, The Crystal Cards Project continues year-round. We will still be having sales and workshops and will be accepting donations of cards and supplies. And don’t forget, we still offer in-home sales where an assortment of cards will be delivered…
Linda Smart and Sarah Lythgoe Join us on the second Saturday of every month to make two greeting cards with an Independent Stampin’ Up demonstrator. The class fee is $10 and includes everything you need except adhesive. Bring yours or purchase during class. Doors open at 9:20 a.m. The cards will be completed during one…
Tom Larsen As spring has rolled around the line, “I am heading north” has been heard frequently around Sun Lakes. This often means we are saying goodbye to friends who are part-time residents as they head back to summer homes. However, to the members of the Sun Lakes Fly Fishing Club (SLFFC), this statement has…
Rev. Steve Foss, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes Famed writer from the early 20th century, Jack London, once remarked he’d rather be ashes than dust; he’d rather his spark go out in a burning flame than be stifled by dry rot; he’d rather be a splendid meteor blazing across the sky than a frozen, dark…