We are a group of Spanish speakers who created an informal Spanish conversation group so we could practice speaking and understanding. If you have studied Spanish in the past, lived in a Spanish speaking country, spoke Spanish at home while growing up, or have graduated from an intermediate Spanish class, we welcome you to join…
July 2015
Generals, July 2015
Health and Wellness Day at SLUMC
Game Day is back on Wednesday, July 15. Beat the heat and come to this popular repeat event in our air-conditioned facility. Take your pick of games; we’ll have Scrabble, Mexican Train, Bridge and Bingo. Or, if you like, bring a game of your choice. Game Day will run from 9:00-11:00 a.m. in Lindsay Hall…
Clubs & Classes, July 2015
Bridge Results
Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Alan Behr The Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Club games are now 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…
Features, July 2015
Conservation Corner
Pauline Lee Our sun can warm up the Earth. But if the sun’s rays are reflected back into space, the heat is lost. Thus Mars, with practically no gases in its atmosphere, stays below freezing; Venus, with 300 times the carbon dioxide as Earth, is hot enough to melt nickel; but Earth has maintained life-sustaining…
Clubs & Classes, July 2015
Energy (Dahn) yoga class schedule for July
July Schedule Morning: 7:45-8:45 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday Afternoon: 4:15-5:15 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday Note: No Monday afternoon classes until October No afternoon classes on July 2, 7 and 9 Peggy will teach the morning classes on those days. Where: SunBird Golf Resort Navajo Room, third floor There is no cost; donations…
Features, July 2015
Veterans’ Voice
Art Sloane The Arizona Veterans StandDown Alliance which is coordinated by the Arizona Coalition to End Homelessness serves homeless and in need veterans. It is a tax credit organization with donations able to be subtracted from your state taxes at the end of year. It is also a tax deduction on your federal taxes, so…
Clubs & Classes, July 2015
Golden Goalies – this month’s challenge
Bea Loozer I had planned to direct this month’s challenge to readers of this column, but I decided instead to make it a personal challenge directed at myself. Feel free to adopt it as your own challenge, but I don’t want to add pressure to those who are seeking their own way to march toward…
Generals, July 2015
Summer = dog danger
Most of us realize that we should never leave a dog in a car. At 85 degrees it takes only 10 minutes for the temperature inside the car to reach 102 degrees. In a half hour, it can hit 120 degrees. Leaving the car windows cracked does not drop the temperature inside the vehicle. Leaving…
Sports, July 2015
IMGA Personality of the Month
John Concannon- Publicity Bill Ranney, my IMGA personality of the month, was born in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, a small town about 130 miles southwest of Chicago and home to State Farm Insurance Co. Bill’s early education culminated in his graduation from Bloomington High School. After high school Bill took a job with State Farm Insurance, a…
Generals, July 2015
Old Time Radio Show – dinner/show option
SLCT is encouraging its patrons to make a night of it with dinner and show. Not dinner and show our way, but your way. In the past, SLCT has offered a dinner/show option whereby we pre-chose the meal. However, now we are encouraging you and your friends to have dinner and a show by making…