The IronOaks Tennis Club 65+ Ladies 7.0 USTA tennis team recently won their playoffs and earned the honor of moving on to Sectionals in December. This win was especially important to the team, since they lost their longtime captain Sue Davidson who passed away suddenly in December. The team all agreed, “This one’s for Sue!”…
Pastor Mitch McDonald, Sun Lakes Community Church As you receive this July edition of the Splash, we all know that there are many activities going on celebrating our nation’s independence. I would like to invite you to one of these celebrations at our church on Sunday, July 3. We will be having a Community Barbeque…
Penny Petersen For the first time, Cottonwood Tennis Club offered a series of Summer Tennis Clinics on Monday evenings (June 6, 13, and 20) from 7 to 8 p.m. The clinics were for intermediate players and focused on intermediate play to help improve players in the following areas: improve ground strokes, improve net skills and…
David Zapatka Is it just me or are you hearing this too? It seems more people are using words or phrases that sound like but are mistakenly used in a semi-logical or seemingly plausible way for the correct word or phrase either on its own or as part of an expression. While at Rudy’s BBQ,…
While it’s heating up outside, the “Spirit” members are busy working on their gourds in a cool environment. We enjoy getting together on Mondays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Oakwood Arts & Crafts Room. In 2008, a group of like-minded gourd enthusiasts met to begin our quest to explore what could become…
Debi Loofburrow Our guild will not meet in July or August, but that doesn’t mean we’re not busy! Several of the guild’s Friendship/Sewcialites groups are continuing to meet over the summer months, and many members are participating in the UFO challenge. We are to work on unfinished projects that we shared at the May meeting…
Message from the President Leonard Horst Warm greetings to each of you as we are now in the middle of our “hot” season. It’s that time of year we rise early (often before sunrise) to do our outside chores, walk the dog, and enjoy a few cool moments on the deck. The events of the…
Jennifer Jimenez, Independent Newsmedia A new chief is in place at Arizona Fire & Medical Authority (AFMA). AFMA is the agency that is responsible for fire suppression and emergency medical care here in Sun Lakes. AFMA also protects the areas of Sun City West, Wittmann, Coldwater Ranch, Corte Bella, Cross River, Dos Rios, Pinnacle Peak…
Jeanne Becker, Foundation Treasurer Recently, The Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation made an award of $3,000 to the Sun Lakes Firefighters Food Fund, which is used by the firefighters and EMS personnel at Stations 231 and 232 to help supplement the cost of their food, which they pay for themselves. The award amount is being…
Come to the Chess Club. We meet every Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the Cottonwood Ceramics Room (A-8). All are welcome. If you have any questions, call Jim Brown at 602-421-6870 or email [email protected].