Category: October 2014

Savvy Travelers to meet  October 9

John and Ellie Concannon and Julie and Ken Collier at the Great Wall

Meetings will resume on October 9 in the Cottonwood Country Club, Phoenix Room at 6:30 p.m. Come join us as we kick off the fall season. There will be lots of brochures and flyers on short getaways. There are no dues. Join us for some refreshments and to say hello. The October 9 meeting will…

Upcoming trips and tours sponsored by Sun Lakes and SunBird activity directors

For reservations or more information contact Free Spirit Vacations and Events at 480-926-5547 or [email protected] Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta October 7-10; price is $795 pp/double, $995 pp/single For nine days in October, the New Mexico skies are painted as hundreds of balloons lift off from Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta Park. Nothing rivals the power of mass ascension…

Sun Lakes Lady Putters

Completing Lady Putters golf last season (left to right) are Bea Hadsell, Norma Marsh, Pat Martin, unidentified and Susan Powell.

Susan Gottschalk Summer is over; it’s time to get back outside and enjoy the beautiful weather. The Sun Lakes Lady Putters are looking forward to the start of the 2014-15 season, our 18th year. This is a fun weekly event and you don’t have to be a golfer to play nor commit to playing each…

Conservation Corner – October 2014

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…

Book signing at SLCC

Sun Lakes resident author, R.H. Yocom will be signing copies of his latest book “Darkest Hour” in the Arizona Room of the Sun Lakes Country Club on October 28 from 8:00-10:30 a.m.

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…

Finally a forum for fitness at CWPV

If you value your health and fitness levels, read on. Better yet, attend a meeting of CWPV Connections to find out what we’re all about. Normally, meetings are held on the first Friday of each month. On occasion, time and locations may be varied and will be posted on our new website at www.cwpv.connections.com. The…

Neighbors Who Care educational workshop

Come and enjoy light refreshments and learn what is new for Medicare in 2015 at a workshop at Sun Lakes United Methodist Church. The “Medicare 2015 Update” educational workshop will be held on Tuesday, October 14 from 9:00-to 11:00 a.m. in Room 4 of the Educational Building. The workshop will be presented by Shelly Winson…

Democratic Club meeting

Tom Amrhein The Sun Lakes Democratic Club’s next meeting is Monday, October 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the Navajo Room of the Sun Lakes Country Club, 25601 N. Sun Lakes Blvd. This meeting will feature a special Candidates Night. All the Democratic candidates have been invited to stop in that night (and at our annual…

Low Vision Support Group

Scotty Meek The regular monthly meeting of the Sun Lakes Low Vision Support Group will meet at the Renaissance Building on Riggs Road on October 8 at 9:00 a.m. Program Director Linda Horton will provide the lesson for the day. All area residents are eligible to attend without charge. The group meets in the first…