John Yu This season our Sunday venue at Cottonwood will salute everything nostalgic. On Sept. 19, our season begins with the salute to the “Sultan of Swoon” or “Old Blue Eyes,” the leader of the Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, and his sidekick Dean. For 33 years, our bands have always been easy to listen to,…
Starla Kramer On Tuesday, Sept. 21, Kim Rosenlof will give a presentation on growing, harvesting, and eating artichokes and their wild cousins cardoons. While most people are only familiar with the closed artichoke buds purchased in a supermarket, when left to flower, artichokes and cardoons will bloom with gorgeous purple florets that bring amazing color…
John Blair Yoga Strength will be offered at the Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center on Mondays at 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays at 9 a.m. Yoga Strength is designed for yoga practice with straps, hand weights, and medicine balls. Using breath, movement, and weights, allows the body to receive…
Kathy Burns Our numbers are few this summer because of the heat, but the quality of play is top notch. Our tournament chairman Mary Perry is keeping the enthusiasm in high gear for us to continue to participate. Thank you! On July 13 POD was a criers tournament. In Flight 1, Eun Yoon was 1st,…
Carol Biales Attention bowlers: The Prime Timers Bowling League is gearing up for another fun season. We will begin the season with a meeting at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 8, where teams will be formed and bowling will start at 1 p.m. This non-sanctioned league lasts for 26 weeks, ending with a banquet in…
Rose Saunders The Perfect Place, a senior adult center that provides social and recreational activities for individuals with cognitive impairment, received a surprise visit from several members of the Sun Lakes Women’s Association in June. The Perfect Place was hosting an open house for local Sun Lakes families to hear about the programs available to…
Denny Steele Sun Lakes United Methodist Church (SLUMC) will offer a special fall version of its popular Tuesday Nights Together (TNT) beginning Oct. 5 at 5 p.m. in Lindsay Hall at 9248 E. Riggs Road (just west of the Robson Library). Topics vary from light and entertaining to more serious and informing. Everyone is welcome,…
Vy Armour Several Cottonwood Lady Niners took a little road trip in July to Munds Park (just south of Flagstaff on I-17) to play in the Pinewood Niners Invitational. They had so much fun in the cool pines, they plan to make it an annual trek. Play for the 2021-22 season for the Cottonwood Lady Niners…
Volunteering: A Little Goes a Long Way Paul Feeney, Neighbors Who Care Volunteer I expect most people reading this article know that Neighbors Who Care is an organization that enables elderly people needing some help to lead a better life. It is easy to imagine an example of a widow or widower who is no…
Come one, come all to the Wednesday evening club for singles. We meet every week at 5 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 Friday…