October 2017

Pickleball is really fun

Just a few of us who like to have FUN while playing pickleball; left to right: Todd Williams, Ellen Forbes, Kelly Blickenstaff, Patricia Koepp, Tom Blickenstaff, Rick Paradee, Mike Kovalchik, Doug Williams

Doug Williams In short, it’s an exciting, wildly-popular and fast-growing exercise game for active adult communities. A combination of tennis, badminton and table tennis, it’s played on a smaller court (with a slower, “whiffle- like” ball), so you don’t have to run so much! (Perfect for the, ahem, “senior” set.) In fact, nearly 70% of…

Golden Goalies – who knew?

Bea Loozer We’ve had many good “therapy” sessions this quarter. Let me mention the last two. Adam, from MedMetrics (near Amalfi’s), visited us and gave us “the rest of the story” about some health headlines that we’ve seen recently. It is so helpful to be able to rely on a pharmacist who knows his stuff…

Garden Club news

Pauline Lee Beverly Tall will present a very informative program about orchids at the Sun Lakes Garden Club meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 17. She is an American Orchid Society judge who travels all over the world to judge international orchid shows, as well as those in the U.S. Ms Tall will speak…

AFMA Fire Marshals meet with CAP volunteers

Arizona Fire and Medical Authority Fire Marshals Eric Kriwer (left) and Tom O’Donohue (right) came down to the Sun Lakes Community Assistance Program’s monthly meeting to introduce themselves and explain their vision for the CAP program going forward. The AFMA was formed as a result of the “merger” of the North County and Sun Lakes…

Yoga – Vinyasa style

Sheila Axtman What is Vinyasa Yoga? Vinyasa Yoga is moving through a series of poses (asana), synchronizing your movement with your breath. Poses are linked together with a set series of poses called Sun Salutations. This series of poses moves your body from standing, to the floor, to forward folding and a slight backbend. Moving…

Calling all movie lover couples

Do you and your spouse love going to the movies? Do you both enjoy discussing movies with other couples? Do you both enjoy going to restaurants to socialize? Perhaps you are both newly retired or new to the community. Then this club may be ideal for you! Contact Pat at 480-532-4523 to learn about this…

Welcome to the Sun Lakes Camera Club

Georgia O’Keeffe Slept Here

Ann Posiviata Welcome to the Sun Lakes Camera Club (SLCC)! An adventurous group of members who love taking pictures and having a boatload of fun in the process. Our new club year, 2017-2018, begins on Thursday, October 5, 2017, and will run through April of 2018. Club meetings are held the first Thursday of each…

Praying is scary

Pastor Jean Newell, Sun Lakes United Methodist Church What is it about prayer that makes praying so scary? For some, it may be the desire to find the right words, while for others, it may be more about being in the mood. Then again, sometimes it may be the needs are so many, with fires…