Ellen Engel Collection of food items and cash contributions from our Sun Lakes friends during the July pickups of Reach Out Sun Lakes (ROSL) were incomplete as of this month’s Splash deadline; they will be reported next month along with the August pickup results. However, it is worth noting, as we did in last month’s edition,…
Category: August 2016
Features, August 2016
Dollars and Sense
Newly single? Keystone Law Firm offers 5 financial protection strategies to help When you find yourself newly-single again, there are so many emotions and concerns to consider. Your financial health could be flung into your face or if it hasn’t been, you could be thinking of many other things instead. Unfortunately, during these times, regardless…
Generals, August 2016
Introducing the cast of SLCT’s fall play, Dearly Departed
Andrea Hummel “Now we’re a family and we’re all gonna hang together,” commands Lucille. So difficulties and petty jealousies are put aside and family dynamics are revealed and sometimes resolved as the Turpin family gathers to bid one last good-bye to Bud, the family patriarch. Dearly Departed, a hilarious comedy by David Bottrell and Jessie…
Generals, August 2016
Trips & Tours
For more information or reservations contact Free Spirit Vacations and Events at 480-926-5547 or [email protected]. Williams and Bearizona August 9; price is $99 per person Travel to the historic Route 66 town of Williams. Enjoy the wide variety of wildlife at Bearizona, from majestic bison and nimble big horn sheep to stealthy wolves and adorable…
Features, August 2016
Happy Birthday to you!
Bernice Kantrowitz It was four days before my birthday and as I walked to the Tuesday meeting of the Writer’s Group, I was feeling depressed. I kept telling myself that it was too hot for an almost 93 year old lady to be out. In addition, the sadness of my daughter Susan’s recent death doesn’t…
Clubs & Classes, August 2016
Arizona Ataxia Awareness extravaganza
The Arizona Ataxia Support Group, a non-profit associated with the National Ataxia Foundation (NAF), would like to invite you to our fundraising and awareness event on Saturday, September 24 from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. at St. Xavier University, 92 W. Vaughn, Gilbert, AZ 85233. Through our event, “Arizona Ataxia Awareness Extravaganza,” we are going to bring…
Clubs & Classes, August 2016
The Sun Lakes Women’s Association has a new website
The Sun Lakes Women’s Association has a new website! SLWomens.org. The site has just been unveiled, and still has many features to be added, but it’s definitely a start! We are thrilled to now be able to communicate with you, our very generous neighbors. Now there is an easy place for all Sun Lakes residents…
Features, August 2016
Ask Your Agents
Dear Tami and Cheri, We’re looking to plan a romantic getaway and would love to know your advice on keeping and sharing the love while traveling. We’ve had a few ups and downs in the past and feel it would be in our best interests to hear what others do. Signed, Seeking Harmony Hello Seeking…
Features, August 2016
Word of the Month – Doyen
David Zapatka Friend and fellow table tennis-playing enthusiast, Bill Lewis, exposed me to our word for this month, doyen, in a recent correspondence about long-term expertise in the sport of table tennis. When reading his email and coming across his use of the word “doyen” I had to look this one up. Doyen noun doy·en doi-ĕn′,…
Features, August 2016
Spotlight on Advertiser: The Charles Co and Associates
Auto-Owners Insurance is pleased to announce that The Charles Co. & Associates Inc. of Sun Lakes has been named one of the Top 10 growth agencies for the company in the state of Arizona for 2015. The agency was recognized at a luncheon meeting in Mesa, and at a reception with all regional associates, where…