Ellen Engel In the early September collections of food and cash for the Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank in Chandler, our loyal volunteers collected from only two local organizations because of summer suspensions by some of our other regular contributors. The Sun Lakes Bridge Club (SLBC) contributed 76 pounds of staple foods and $359 in cash,…
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Clubs & Classes, October 2016
Breakfast Lions Club donates dictionaries to San Marcos school
Breakfast Lions Club members (left to right) Mac Davey, Donna Quinn and President Donna O’Neill stand with third graders at Chandler’s San Marcos elementary school after they donated dictionaries to third and fourth graders as part of the Lions Club International’s focus on literacy. The dictionaries were well received and the children were grateful for…
Clubs & Classes, October 2016
Creative Writing workshops slated for fall
Creative writers of all kinds — fiction, nonfiction, memoir — will be able to participate in a college-level writing workshop running during October, November and December. The workshop will meet from 1:00-3:00 p.m. on Thursdays, October 13, 20 and 27, November 10 and 17 and December 1 in the Sun Lakes Country Club Friendship Room.…
Clubs & Classes, October 2016
Poker players honor founder
Gary Vacin Seven Sun Lakes poker players met at the Renaissance retirement community to honor the person who started their game 30 years ago. Ann Joseph, former long-time Sun Lakes resident, moved to the Renaissance three years ago. The group also celebrated Ann’s 93rd birthday. The original group played in members’ homes, then moved to…
Clubs & Classes, October 2016
Speaking of Art
Susan Plouzek Aren’t the beauties of life glorious? The brilliant yellow glow of a Sonoran Desert sunrise, for instance, makes us happy to get up each morning and take pause for a new day. And it is a new day. We get to start fresh each morning. Have you noticed the brilliant fuschia of the…
Clubs & Classes, October 2016
New session of Basic Social Dance classes
Admit it. You’ve always wanted to float across the dance floor and impress the heck out of your friends, and your partner, of course. Well, now’s the time to make that happen. Basic Social Dance classes will be starting in November and they’re so easy that within one hour you will be able to move…
Clubs & Classes, October 2016
Monday or Tuesday Mah Jongg
Stephanie Hemberg If you are interested in playing Mah Jongg on Mondays or Tuesdays from 1:00-4:00 p.m., please email me at [email protected] and leave a phone number so I am able to call and talk with you. Please, non–smokers only!
Clubs & Classes, October 2016
Wet and Wild Water Aerobics
Marti Scott We have had a great summer and are looking forward to seeing our winter friends. We all know that there are many health benefits to exercising in the water. Many of our friends have helped new hips, knees and shoulders work better. We can do much more in the water than on land.…
Clubs & Classes, October 2016
Restless Minds discuss election
The 2016 presidential election will be less than one month away when the Restless Minds discussion group holds its October meeting. So it seems appropriate to devote the evening to a free-wheeling discussion of the election, one of the creepiest, most contentious and unsavory in the nation’s history. Or is it just the beginning of…
Clubs & Classes, October 2016
Grupo Español Avanzada
Dianne Zimmerman Do you want to practice Spanish? We are a group of advanced conversational Spanish speakers from various backgrounds who practice our language skills in an informal setting. We meet every Wednesday from 4:15-5:30 p.m. in the Ocotillo Room of the Arts and Crafts Building at Oakwood Country Club. Topics are lively, entertaining and…