August is the second and last month of Unity’s summer hiatus. We look forward to coming back to our church services on September 8. Unity Church of Sun Lakes is a community of souls who seek a peaceful, loving and healthful way to live through affirmative prayer, meditation, healthy lifestyle and activities that promote…
Category: Sports
Sports, August 2019
Strike Zone
Prime Timers The Prime Timers Bowling League will hold its first meeting of the season on Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. at McRay Lanes, located at Ray and McClintock Roads. There will be FREE bowling available after the meeting. The official season will begin on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at 1:00 p.m.,…
Sports, August 2019
PVLGA sizzled in June
Liz DeMichael The Palo Verde Ladies Golf Association (PVLGA) took on the heat in June and really sizzled. Let me tell you how. 6/4. O-N-E-S Tournament. The ladies used only their scores on the holes starting with O-N-E-S toward their final scores, even though they played a full round. Someone, like this ol’ gal,…
Sports, August 2019
Cottonwood Thursday Men’s League players thrive on competition
Penny Petersen Some people say they’re crazy. Others say they’re stuck here for whatever reason and have no alternative. Actually, they are both. They are nutty about tennis and will play under any circumstances, no matter what. Who are we talking about? The Men’s Thursday Summer League players, a daunting group that gathers at…
Sports, August 2019
Pickleball Winners’ Corner
Sports, August 2019
SLLGA stats
Judy Wegener The heat is on! The ladies who brave the summer heat are able to pick their tee times for Tuesday morning play. The earlier the better, I say! June 4 Fewest Putts Flight 1: 1st Kelly Dennis, 2nd (tie) Nancy O’Donnell and Jan Fletcher, 4th Debra Emerick; Flight 2: 1st Roxanne Belshaw,…
Sports, August 2019
PVMGA activities and results
Jim Roberts, Publicity Well, June came to us very gently this year. Temperatures were in the 90s the first two weeks of the month. We didn’t hit 100 until the 15th. But by the end of the month, the “heat was on.” On June 1, the men played in an Individual Stableford Tournament. This…
Sports, August 2019
MOGA news and announcements
Wayne Karp, Men’s Oakwood Golf Association Coming in 2020, the golf world will have one international handicap system. The World Handicap System will go into effect in 2020. It will make all handicaps around the world on the same level. Golf Genius, the software we use for events, has created a white paper to…
Sports, August 2019
Relishing Pickleball
Hall of Fame inductees David Zapatka If you’ve played pickleball around the Valley, you will likely know something about Bob Lanius and Earl Hill, two of this year’s three USAPA Pickleball Hall of Fame members. Robert Lanius is being recognized for his contribution to the sport of pickleball by creating and developing the PickleballTournaments.com software…
Sports, August 2019
The many benefits of Pickleball
We seem to be hearing a lot about this great new sport with the funny name. It’s being played everywhere, and rumor has it that it will become an Olympic sport soon. But what’s it mean to you? For starters, the game is just plain fun. But here’s a great article from a Texas…