Category: Clubs & Classes

Other Card Results

Cribbage 7/04. 1st Carol Douglas 9-29, 2nd Stan Wengrzyn 9-5, Low Onalee Flicker 5-26, 22 Hand Carol Douglas 7/11. 1st Milt Knutson 14-126, 2nd Eldon Drenthe 10-60, 3rd Lydia Kolsch 8- -6, Low Rudy Gerstner 2- -55, Perfect Score Milt Knutson 7/18. 1st Pat Donahue 15-122, 2nd Mike Roberts 10-26, 3rd Eldon Drenthe 8-30, Low…

Restless Minds resumes discussions

Bill Gates The Restless Minds discussion group begins its 2017-18 season at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 12, in the sewing room of Oakwood’s Arts and Crafts Center. The group meets on the second Tuesday of each month, September through May, to discuss topics of general interest. Each session focuses on one topic. All people with…

Agave Quilters welcome Felicia Brenoe

Agave Quilters Guild, based in Sun Lakes, will have its first meeting of the 2017-2018 season on September 6, at 1:00 p.m. in the Oakwood Country Club ballroom. The program will feature Felicia Brenoe, a designer of quilt and applique patterns. Felicia was featured in a segment on the Fons and Porter Love of Quilting television…

Women’s Association news

Ellie Clark We’re off and running, preparing for what we expect to be our biggest bazaar ever, which means we’ll need all the help we can get. We begin setting up on Wednesday, November 1, but sales will start on Thursday, November 2, and run through Saturday, the 4th. If you would like to volunteer…

Yoga is great for steadiness and clarity

Noell Hyman How is your sense of balance and steadiness these days? I just read a statistic on the AARP blog that 80% of people who practice yoga report having good balance. Of people who don’t practice yoga, only 64% feel their balance is good. People who practice yoga also report a greater sense of…

Bridge Results

Cottonwood Ladies Bridge officers 2017-2018 (left to right): Treasurer Jeanette Newman, Vice President Dee Guthrie, President Gloria Danker and Secretary Karen Sanchez

Cottonwood Ladies Bridge 2017-2018 officers Cottonwood Ladies Bridge 7/12. 1st Jan Schroeder, 2nd June Heinz, 3rd Jean Womack; Hostesses: Kay Morrison and Karen Harnish 7/20. 1st Karen Harnish, 2nd Betty D. Smith, 3rd Jan Schroeder; Hostesses: Joan Koch and Betty D. Smith 7/27. 1st Naomi Parkes, 2nd Lily Poole, 3rd Barb Moul; Hostesses: Mary Tomlin…

Post 8053 Auxiliary announced 2017-2018 National Scholarship programs

Sandra Whittenberg Let’s get our students grades 6-12 excited about our country!! And competing for scholarship money, too! VFW Auxiliary offers three annual scholarship programs for students grades 6-12. Scholarship awards are available at the local, district, state and national VFW Auxiliary levels. The information given here is for students, teachers, parents, grandparents and anyone…

Sun Lakes Ukulele Group kicks off 4th season

Nancy Harrison If you’ve visited the Cottonwood Clubhouse on a Sunday afternoon and heard some happy music and laughter coming from the Phoenix Room, you’ve heard our Sun Lakes Ukulele Group. The group, led by Cottonwood Palo Verde resident Nancy Harrison, will kick off its fourth season on Sunday, October 29. We meet on the…

New Horizons Writers’ Group

Fear in the water Bob Hirt Our old black Buick careened down the steep gravel wash toward the water’s edge of my family’s favorite swimming place. Burden Lake is a small lake in the back reaches of Rensselaer County in the Hudson Valley of New York State. It seems like very few people know or…