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…
Barbara Reiss The Sun Lakes Chapel Board is having its 12th annual Treasure Sale plus a restaurant raffle. Top prize for the restaurant raffle is $100 at Starbucks plus four dinners at different restaurants. There will be at least 12 winners of multiple dinners for two. The Treasure Sale will be held on Friday, November…
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…
The Sun Lakes United Church of Christ has been focused this year on living our motto. Two of the tenets of the motto are protect the environment and care for the poor. With this in mind, we started off the year partnering with Phoenix Ktizo UCC church, donating money for clean burning stoves for the…
Jim Wegman, Publicity Once again I must report the loss of former league members. Our friend Jim Liddiard passed away on August 11 at his home in Utah. Jim loved skiing and golf and excelled at both sports. He was a soft spoken gentleman of the old school. To Jim’s wife Mary Lynn and the…
David “The Godfather” Mork We have reached a milestone in our league, as we now are part of the internet of things. We have launched our own website at www.iobreakers.com. This new website provides great content, photos of past championships, information on the league, and a contact tab to request information, and we will be…
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…
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!
Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. As the summer ends and our visitors leave, we remember the funny things that occurred, especially if much younger children are part of the entourage – grandchildren, if you will. Staring us in the face are holidays fast approaching which will find, once more, an onslaught of visitors. The time has…
Friends celebrate Maretta Wood’s 91st birthday Fifteen Sun Lakes residents turned out to celebrate Maretta Wood’s 91st birthday at a gathering at Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino in September. Maretta is seated far left in the photo above. Those attending were standing: (left to right) Linda, Larz, Wendy, Tom, Dan, Dorothy, Ted and Marie; seated (left to…