Bill Gates American life has changed radically over the past six months thanks to the lingering COVID-19 pandemic. The Restless Minds discussion group will explore those changes at its Sept. 8 meeting. And in line with those changes, it will be a virtual meeting via Zoom. Anyone already receiving the club’s monthly email will automatically…
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Clubs & Classes, September 2020
How Can Essential Oils Help Us with the Changes of Fall?
JoAnne Gaudioso Wow! Can you believe that it is fall again? It means slightly cooler temps for us here in Arizona. It is the time for children to return to school. It also means that we begin dealing with some seasonal environmental threats as the weather changes. And this year, we continue to deal with…
Clubs & Classes, September 2020
Other Card Results
Pinochle Join us for Pinochle every Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the Cottonwood Clubhouse, A-7 Painting Room. 7/03. Women: 1st Jackie Baker 559, 2nd Lillian Look 705; Men: 1st Dave Smits 901, 2nd Konrad Spicker 702, 3rd Roger Bergerson 603 7/10. Women: 1st Marlene Hinkle 798, 2nd Sharon Zubchevich 781, 3rd Betty Echgelmeier 725; Men:…
Clubs & Classes, September 2020
Zumba® with Mary
Mary Tyree It’s time to kick the COVID-19 and get back to that healthy lifestyle we all enjoyed in the past. We have all been away from Zumba for a while, so this is a good opportunity to slip back into the routine again. Join me as we ease back into shape and have fun…
Clubs & Classes, September 2020
Line Dancing with Judee
Judee Curtis In my opinion, things are not better than they were in March. We’ve had our ups and downs here in Arizona. Data changes daily, weekly, and monthly, so it’s very hard to plan ahead. On March 14, the day after we stopped dancing, I started planning what dances were going to be taught in…
Clubs & Classes, September 2020
Wish We Were Here
Harry Huckemeyer Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. Less than a year ago, our club was participating at one of the annual events a little up north that lasted for a three-day period, and on the first day it was estimated that approximately 7,000 interested parties passed through the area, viewing several of…
Clubs & Classes, September 2020
Golden Goalies—Those Were the Days
Jan Bobbett Probably everyone can remember the first two lines of the popular old song, “Those were the days, my friend. We thought they’d never end.” A recent AZ Republic article had a different take on the sentiment. “Those were the days” in the song meant something along the lines of wonderful times spent with family…
Clubs & Classes, September 2020
Sun Lakes Hiking Club: Summer Hiking Rituals
Warren Wasescha I’ve always wanted to take a helicopter ride, but not because of a need to be rescued from a mountainside for making a poor choice. This happened again last month when a 27-year-old hiker became ill after experiencing intense heat while hiking on Camelback Mountain. Of course, the rescue happened at 2 p.m.…