Retirement and promotions at Sun Lakes Fire Department Brian Curry One of the very first chapters in the history of the Sun Lakes Fire Department will come to a close early this month when Battalion Chief Cheryl Van Horn, a 27-year veteran of the Department retires after a long and distinguished firematic and emergency medical…
Janet Cook October is National Kitchen and Bath month, a focus on the two most important rooms where design details affect one’s daily living experience! Investing in updating those rooms can add value to your life, and value when it is time to sell the home. Here are some money saving tips to get the…
Janet Mills Secret Rooms – A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess and a Family Secret by Catherine Bailey. Five rooms in the castle basement housed records of the family from the time that the first Manners was appointed a duke in the 11th century. The castle, his home, was Belvoir Castle in…
Doris Lavonne (Abrahamson) Anderson On July 11, 2014, Doris Lavonne Anderson, 91, passed unexpectedly in her sleep. Born February 20, 1923 in Oberon, North Dakota, she was the oldest daughter of John and Alma (Lider) Abrahamson and grew up in Harvey, North Dakota. As a young woman she moved to the west coast and met…
Record rainfall still leaves Arizona in drought condition Pauline Lee On September 8 Chandler and Sun Lakes received a record breaking rainfall of over five and one-half inches. Our streets, yards and golf courses were flooded. Our rainfall has given our plants a wonderful soaking to allow them to grow without any irrigation for at…
Richard Yocom Sun Lakes author R. H. Yocom will be signing copies of the novel Darkest Hour at the Coffee in the Community event to be held in the Arizona Room in the Sun Lakes Country Club on Tuesday, October 28 from 8:30-10:00 a.m. If you like action/thriller genre fiction, you’ll love this book. It’s a…
I am so humbled and honored at the outpouring of sympathy shared and caring shown during the recent ordeal of my husband, Ron Don’s, sudden passing in July. I knew I fell in love with the beauty of the community when we were selecting a home here in Sun Lakes, but it didn’t take long…
Sun Lakes’ resident Hans Naumann announced that scholarship awards from the Arizona Lutheran Scholarship Organization (ALSO) have reached $1,681,000. Awards for the 2013/2014 period reached a record $206,000 which was 14 percent above the previous year. Naumann stated, “We are grateful to the many contributors who have helped us distribute almost $1.7 million in scholarships…
Aero Club member celebrates 100th birthday Gary L. Vacin Sun Lakes Aero Club member Vern Nelson first discovered aviation as a youth while watching rubber-band launched gliders flying over the California sand dunes. During the next 90-some years, flying became a part of his every-day professional and personal life. The long-time Sun Lakes resident celebrated…