Kim Kubsch Imagine that your mother becomes incapacitated at age 78 due to complications from a stroke. You aren’t able to access contact information from her phone or email account to reach her friends to update them on her condition. You know Mom always kept notes and lists on her phone, but without her permission,…
Category: July 2024
July 2024, Clubs & Classes
Summer Ballroom Dance Classes for Singles and Couples
John Yu What better way to get rid of the summer doldrums than to learn ballroom dancing? Many residents want to do ballroom dancing but do not know how to get started. Well, thanks to David Guthrie, our Cottonwood Active Lifestyles Director, the Sunday Dance Club will be conducting Ballroom Basics classes throughout the summer.…
July 2024, Sports
Tennis Club Splashes into Happy Hour Fridays
Barb Jorgensen and Julia Romanin It was a “twofer”! The Cottonwood Tennis Club moved their May Fun Friday Happy Hour event to the Michigan pool on May 31, celebrating both National Tennis Month and National Hamburger Month. Teresa Hermsen and her crew organized the event with barbecued hamburgers and hot dogs and chips for more…
July 2024, Features
Word of the Month: Brook
David Zapatka While reading Esoteric Astrology by Alice A Bailey, I read, “He is instantly aware, once he is spiritually awakened, of his motivating impulses, and this leads him to an imposed self-discipline-the thing the Leo subject sorely needs and which must always be self-imposed and self-applied for he brooks no disciplinary measures which others…
July 2024, Sports
IronOaks Lady Breakers: Prize Challenges
Our ladies league meets every week year round except holidays. This is the time of the year when some of our members take off for less warm climates and the best time to come check us out and get some weekly practice without even joining! You’re in charge, and you decide whether our group of…
July 2024, Clubs & Classes
Desert Threads Quilters Busy with Charity Projects
Joan Carver With the election of 2024-25 board officers and appointment of committee chairs, Desert Threads Quilt Guild, a chapter of Arizona Quilters Guild (AQG), is ready for the hot summer. The Community Services Committee put together kits for members to be able to quickly create quilt tops for the variety of charities supported. Desert…
July 2024, Sports
IOTC Members Going to 2024 USTA Sectionals!
Carole Rockland Ellen Maurer and Kay Wengert, two members of the IronOaks Tennis Club, will be competing in the USTA Southwest Sectionals in Surprise, Ariz., Sept. 13-15. They play for Pam Kinney’s 55 and over women’s doubles 7.0 team, winning their league and allowing them to advance. Kay and Ellen were undefeated playing together during…
Religion, July 2024
Ladies Guild of St. Steven’s Catholic Church
The mission of the Ladies Guild includes providing its members the opportunity to grow in Prayer, Education, Charity, and Social Activity. General monthly meetings are held on the second Monday of each month (September through April), ending with the installation of newly elected officers in May.
July 2024, Clubs & Classes
New Adventures Summer Sessions: Sharpen Your Mind and Embrace Life!
This summer, on the New Adventures in Learning campus at Riggs Road and S. Alma School Road, we offer courses to keep your mind active, explore new interests, and connect with your community. Dive into brain health science with “Protecting Your Brain from Alzheimer’s and Cognitive Decline” and “Second Brain: Does What We Eat Set…
July 2024, Features
Return of the Golden Goalies?
Mark July 6 on your calendar. A meeting to explore reviving the Golden Goalies weight support group is scheduled for that day. We are excited to discuss a relaxed format going forward post COVID-19. If interested in meeting others and managing your weight, please join other interested people, including some former Goalies, in the Navajo…