Category: July 2022

The Peace Corps Is 60 Years Old

Sharon Gale This year is the 60th anniversary of the Peace Corps. In 1962 at age 22, I was one of the first volunteers to be trained at San Jose State in California. As volunteers, we had choices of where we would like to serve. I chose the Philippines, because I wanted to be halfway…

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…

Relishing Pickleball: The Dink

David Zapatka Continuing our study of Pickleball Fundamentals: Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, “to properly execute a dink, stand just behind the non-volley zone line in a good ready position—well balanced, with your body weight over your feet and the knees slightly bent. Hold the paddle in front of your…

Resident Authors July 2022

Local Author Releases Her Latest Book Sandra Givens, Sun Lakes resident and author, has just released her latest book, Night Flight to Paris, available on Amazon. This story follows Sophie Jones, a young woman ready to travel to Paris with her friend Ellie. At the last minute, Ellie is unable to make the trip, and…

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.…

Megapixels, Megabytes, and Resolution … Oh My!

Ken Duquaine Megapixels, megabytes, and resolution can be confusing terms for someone new to photography, but even many experienced photographers have difficulty sorting out the differences. All three are measurements that are important in determining how a final image will look, but they are not interchangeable terms. Megapixels (MP) measure how many pixels a given…

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…