Category: Clubs & Classes

Meet “The Faceting Fanatic”

Tony's recent faceted pieces showing raw material to faceted stone

Linda Shanahan Think you can facet? Of course, you can. Be you a woman or be you a man Tony can teach you, yes, he is the king The “facet fanatic” it has a nice ring Five seven facets go on the gemstone He’ll help you out. You won’t be alone Cut and then polish…

Yoga: Vinyasa Style

Sheila Axtman Hopefully, by the time you are reading this article, the Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center will be open. Guidelines for the number of people and distancing will be in place. We will be in the large room. We will be able to have 21 people, and I don’t think we will go over…

Yoga Every Day

London Brewster, Fitness Director Did you know that there are different styles of yoga classes offered Monday through Saturday at the Fitness Activity Center? No matter if you haven’t done yoga before or you have years of experience, our yoga experts are here to guide you through it all! Our yoga masterminds Sheila and John…

Sun Lakes Writers’ Group

What If???? Jacqueline M. Ruffino-Platt What If I wasn’t so busy this past week that I would have had time to write an article? Would you imagine what an incredible story it would be? Maybe… Well, I believe I had time and an incredible story. Allow me to begin back to my teen years. During…

Cottonwood Yoga by John Blair

London Brewster, Fitness Director When the Fitness Center reopens, be ready for some exciting changes! John is teaching Introduction to Yoga on Saturdays and Mondays at 9 a.m. He is keeping those two slots, because they were so well attended before the shutdown. He is adding Sports Yoga on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. This class is for…

God Bless the Healers and Soothers

Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. Day after day, we learn about heroic episodes being accomplished by the few for so many. The doctors, nurses, hospital workers, custodians, delivery people, people who collect our refuse, the mail delivery people, all join together to complete our living experiences. There are the police, fire department, the clerks who serve…

Savvy Travelers Summer News

Jeanette Rajamaki Meetings are supposed to resume on Oct. 15, the second Thursday of the month, in the Saguaro Room of the Cottonwood Country Club at 6:30 p.m. We will continue to send monthly updates of information to our enrolled folks for our news information. The speaker is Uniworld River Cruises and Insight Vacation Land…

A Time to Celebrate

Barbara Hugus and Toni Lutter with members of the SAR (Sons of Revolution)

Deborah Goodacre Yes, September is a month to celebrate; no, not the return of cooler weather—I think we have a ways to go before we see that—but a time to celebrate the United States Constitution. It was created on Sept. 17, 1787, and ratified June 21, 1788. It is the framework for the creation of…

Sun Lakes Softball Is 35!

Ronnie Pennington pitching in a recent physically-distanced pick-up game at the Field of Dreams (Photo courtesy of Pitcher Perfect Photoshop)

Larry Wolfe Thirty-five years ago, in September 1985, Jack Lander of Cottonwood put a notice in the Sun Lakes Splash newspaper requesting that anyone interested in participating in a senior softball program should meet up in a Cottonwood meeting room at a time and date lost in the annals of history. About a dozen guys showed up,…

Sun Lakes Lions Club

Sun Lakes Lions President Floyd Mullen with Lions of the Year Clark and Nancy Meiner

Sun Lakes Lions of the Year, 2019-20 Lion John Peterson Sun Lakes Lions President Floyd Mullen with Lions of the Year Clark and Nancy Meiner Sun Lakes Lions Club Food Drive Lion Ruth Sun Lakes Lions Club will have another food drive on Nov. 19 with Thanksgiving just a week later. We welcome all dinner…