Category: July 2025

AAUW SE Valley Presents $12,000 Scholarship Check to CGCC

Mary Humecke The annual scholarship fundraiser held by AAUW SE Valley this past February exceeded expectations! The beautiful raffle baskets and impressive silent auction items, along with proceeds from a 25/75 cash raffle, brought in $12,000 to award as scholarships this year to deserving women attending Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC). 2025 is the fourth year…

50+Fit with Julie

Julie Bauman invites you to come to her classes at the Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 8 and 9 a.m. For the past 15 years, Julie has been teaching Group Fitness in the Chandler, Sun Lakes, and South Gilbert area. She currently has punch cards available 10 for $40…

Carnegie Premier of Erica Glenn’s Worldwide Requiem

Marge Harris From September of 2018 through May of 2020, Sun Lakes United Church of Christ had as its choral director Erica Glenn. Erica led the Chancel Choir as well as the Hand Bell Choir, and during the COVID period, she continued to rehearse the choir on Zoom and created our Internet choir electronically on…

Card Making Class

Linda Smart and Sarah Lythgoe Join us on the second Saturday of every month to make two greeting cards with an Independent Stampin’ Up demonstrator. Class fee is $10 and includes everything you need except adhesive. Bring yours or purchase during class. Doors open at 9:20 a.m. The cards will be completed during one class…

Card Group Cookie Donations

Susan Gottschalk Several members of the Thursday Lady Joker’s Wild Hand and Foot card group baked, packaged, and delivered 35 dozen cookies to the employees at three local fire stations and the Sheriff’s Posse. They were greeted with smiles of appreciation, which always encourages the card group volunteers to donate cookies yet another year.

Want to Meet Friendly People and Stay Cool?

Dianne Zimmerman Sun Lakes Bridge Club hosts duplicate bridge games on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. and Saturday mornings at 9 a.m., at Risen Savior Lutheran Church, south building, at 23914 S. Alma School Road, in Chandler. There are games for multiple levels of play. Please arrive at least 20 minutes prior to…

God Sent Us!

Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. On the desk in the White House Oval Office, during the presidency of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was a bronze plaque affixed to a wooden surface that read: “O God thy sea is so great and my boat so small.” It reminded him of the awesome responsibilities of being President of the…

Spooner Therapists Are Sun Division Tourney Champs

Larry Wolfe The Spooner Physical Therapy-sponsored team, managed by Mike Gloyd, averaged an incredible 21 runs per game in securing the Sun Division Tournament title. Here’s a rundown of all the games: In the opener, the third-seeded Therapists outlasted Mgr. Jon Hendrikse’s Wolfe & Associates squad 22-17. Mickey Gregg and Dan Melosi led the way…

Veterans Coffee Hour

Veterans Coffee Hour is held every second Thursday of the month from 9 to 10 a.m. at Valley of the Sun Memorial Cemetery located at 10940 E. Chandler Heights Road, in Chandler. Join us for coffee and donuts, share stories with fellow veterans, and learn about veteran services. Come join us for the camaraderie! Meeting…