Judy Wegener July was one for the record books this year, shattering the number of 110-degree days in a row at 31 days plus! The 18-holers started the month off with our traditional Plant Your Flag. 7/4/23 Plant Your Flag 1st Nadine Stark, 2nd Cat Lajune, 3rd Judy Wegener 7/11/23 Best 9 Net Flight 1:…
September 2023
Generals, September 2023
New Adventures in Learning: Starting Our 25th Year With a Bang!
In 1998 a small group of Sun Lakes residents began working with Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC) to establish a learning-in-retirement program for adults who shared a curiosity and desire for learning. At first, they met in homes in SunBird and Sun Lakes until the CGCC campus building was ready on the corner of Alma School…
September 2023, Clubs & Classes
AI and the Future of Photography
Ken Duquaine The recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), while tremendously exciting in many respects, have caused considerable concern among scientists and the general public as to the implications of that technology in many important areas. And like many other photographers, I have been forced to question the future of a hobby that has consumed…
September 2023, Features
Dollars and Sense: Secure Your Financial Future: Lessons from Warren Buffett
Dr. Harold Wong According to a recent Forbes magazine ranking of the world’s billionaires, Warren Buffet is ranked number 6 with $117.4 billion net worth. He has many famous rules about money, and this article will share his #1 Rule and how it has guided his investment philosophy for over 50 years. Rule #1: Never…
September 2023, Clubs & Classes
Desert Artists Club’s Farewell to Summer
Sue Sindelar As we welcome fall, technically, here in the desert, we look back at summer with mixed feelings, remembering the record heat and glad that cooler weather will finally begin to greet us. We also hold sweet memories that have been captured perhaps by a photo and recreated in a watercolor painting of a…
Generals, September 2023
Non-fiction Books in SLCC Library
Jan Bobbett Probably the most popular genres in our library are mysteries and thrillers. You will find hardcover and paperback books in those and other genres. But what you won’t find on our regular shelves is non-fiction. Or, more precisely, non-fiction books are kept on the non-fiction shelves behind the librarian’s desk. Limited space is…
Generals, September 2023
Local Author Panel and Meet and Greet November 8
Friends of the Library has an exciting lineup of six (yes, six!) authors for our Nov. 8 Author Panel program. How does a novelist choose and develop their stories? How do they develop their protagonists? How much research (historical, geographical, societal) is needed? Join us to get the answers, and more, with a Meet and Greet…
September 2023, Clubs & Classes
DAR News
The Gila Butte Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) will begin its 2023-24 year with a meeting at Cottonwood in September. Meetings are open to the public, and if you would like to attend, contact Pennie at [email protected] for further information. The speaker at the meeting will be a representative from Operation…
Generals, September 2023
Sun Lakes Chorale
Yvonne Orlich Getting ready … As August begins and summer winds down (hopefully, it can’t stay this hot forever, can it?), we at the Sun Lakes Chorale are gearing up for another season of weekly preparation leading up to the Dec. 7 Holiday Concert. We will be starting rehearsals again in September, with high hopes…
September 2023, Sports
OLGA Results
Okay, let’s face it! It has been a brutally hot summer by setting all kinds of records, but a few faithful have continued to play each week. On July 11 we got to choose the best front or back nine. Terry Jung was the winner in Flight 1, followed by Lynda Jones, Susan La Salvia,…