Clubs & Classes

RSVP is needed for seating

  Rose Pachura The Ladies Community Chit and Chat Breakfast Group will be meeting on the second, and not the first Wednesday. The second Wednesday is for August 8, 2018, at Cottonwood Country Club in the Saguaro Room. Come early to network at 8:30 a.m. to meet new and former friends or stay after the…

Low Vision Support Group

  Linda M Horton The Low Vision Support Group will begin its meetings again on Wednesday morning, August 8, from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. in the first floor Card Room of the Renaissance Retirement Community. Meet friends who are legally blind. Learn about low vision equipment, diagnoses and daily living “tricks.” Share experiences with others…

Golden Goalies – advice

  Bea Loozer I recently happened upon two articles that I hadn’t seen before. One was written by a famous duo: Doctors Oz and Roizen. The other was written by my favorite “Dear Abby”-type advice giver, Carolyn Hax. They were both excellent! They took different approaches, and the topics weren’t exactly the same, but read…

Connecting the dots

Sue Schwartz Summer school is over, and the Sun Lakes Apple Computer Club is looking forward to resuming an exciting educational calendar starting Monday, September 10, 2018. We are returning to our Cottonwood Campus in the Phoenix Room at 1:30 p.m. We learned from Steve Jobs that smart and successful Apple Computer Clubs are curious.…

Dolly Dressers donate to underprivileged

Five members attended the July meeting. It was a workshop meeting. We all made American Girl (18” doll) sandals. It was a fun meeting. Arlene and Darby supplied kits and many supplies for the sandals. Although some of us are not too “crafty,” we all had fun and produced some cute sandals. Seven shopping bags…

Chair yoga class offered

  Paullene Caraher The Chair Yoga classes are for those who are not able to easily get down on the floor and get up again. Some can get down but cannot get up. And some have balance problems while standing. So, if you have this situation, this is the class for you. Towards the end…

3rd hole in one for Laura

Sun Lakes resident Laura Sawyer got her third hole-in-one on Saturday at Sun Lakes Country Club. Her first one came August 20, 2016, on hole 8 at SLCC; second one was on hole 17 at Palo Verde Country Club on January 27, 2018. This past Saturday’s came hole 2 at SLCC. Each time, she was…

SLLC president presents Melvin Jones Fellow Awards

SLLC President Larry Palmer is shown presenting a Melvin Jones Fellow to Lion Ray Born. The Melvin Jones Fellow is one of the highest awards bestowed to a Lion. The plaque states, “Melvin Jones Fellow presented to Ray Born for Dedicated Humanitarian Services and signed by the current Lions Clubs International Foundation Chairperson.” Lion Ray…

Singles Dinner Club notice

  Come one, come all to the Wednesday evening club for singles. We meet every week at 5:00 p.m. at the Palo Verde dining room for a sumptuous dinner and wonderful conversation with others in the same place in their lives. If Wednesday isn’t good for you, we also have a table for singles on…