Clubs & Classes

Desert Navy Update

Richard Volpe The month of July always brings about a new sense of excitement no matter where you are, as the summer is in full swing and the 4th of July weekend is filled with places to go and family and friends to see. Like many clubs in the area, the Desert Navy puts many…

Sun Lakes Singles Group Supper Club

Sylvia Lee Come one, come all to the Wednesday evening dinner club for singles. The group meets every Wednesday at 5 p.m., at the Palo Verde dining room for dinner and wonderful conversation with others in the same place in their lives. Palo Verde usually provides music on Wednesdays. If Wednesday does not work for…

Sun Lakes Writers’ Group

Freedom Ruby Regina Witcraft There is no one more appreciative of her freedom than this daughter of freedom loving, and immigrant-Italian parents. Their love of the freedom they were presented with upon receiving their citizenship papers was never forgotten and most often memorialized in daily conversation. They rarely mentioned their lives in the old country.…

Garden Club Meeting Notice

Cathy Rymer is scheduled to speak at the Tuesday, July 19, monthly meeting. Cathy is the former Water Conservation Coordinator for the City of Chandler, a Master Gardener with the University of Arizona, a Certified Arborist, and Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor. Cathy says, “Speaking to groups is something I love to do, and water conservation…

Desert Threads’ Summer Plans

Sue Bart Happy summer, everyone. This is the time when many members leave the Valley of the Sun for cooler climates to visit family and friends, travel, or just relax. The Desert Threads quilters will not hold formal meetings during the summer. We resume meeting on Sept. 14 in the Cottonwood Phoenix Room at 9:30…