Category: Clubs & Classes

Sun Lakes Roadrunners RV Club Update

Fool Hollow Freedom Rally

Cathie Smith, Secretary The Roadrunners RV Club is all about fun, travel, new adventures, good food, and great friends! The group enjoys many opportunities to see new sights, go on organized tours, or explore on their own. Members like to dine out or cook at the campsite, learn from others, and share their own ideas…

Turquoise, the Sacred Stone of the Southwest

Doug Williams' turquoise is in different phases, starting with raw stone slab and ending in a cabochon.

Linda Shanahan Turquoise was thought to have been sacred pieces of the sky by Persians, Tibetans, and Mayans. This stone is a combination of aluminum, copper, phosphorus, water, and other local ingredients responsible for changing the color or adding matrix. The most rare and valuable stones are found right here in the Southwest. There are…

Desert Threads Quilters Continue Virtual Meetings

Sue Bart Virtual meetings via Zoom are keeping quilters in touch with each other visually and verbally every month. We get to see demonstrations and instructions from teachers. We share our latest projects with show & tell, and see everyone’s smiles and hear laughter. We are learning new quilting skills, and also learning our computers…

What Is a Database?

Ralph Larsson will be the Nov. 4 speaker.

Helen Seaton, Public Relations Director The next meeting of Computer Booters will be on Wednesday, Nov, 4, 2020, beginning at 1 p.m. This will be a virtual meeting on Zoom. Our speaker will be Ralph Larsson. You’ve probably heard things like, “all of your data is in a database,” or “all of your data is…

Zumba with Mary

Mary Tyree My classes are back, exclusively at Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center. It’s time to be creative and meet the ever-changing needs of a COVID environment. With that in mind, I am meeting that challenge, so that we all can continue to keep a healthy Sun Lakes lifestyle. All classes are still $5. No…

Desert Artists Inspired by Nature

Mixed media painting by DAC member Barbara Brown

Sue Sindelar Fall is in the air, bringing opportunities to be outside enjoying cooler weather, lots of sunshine, and renewed energy to enjoy natures’ bounties, for which we are so grateful. For Desert Artist Club members, it is time to find new subjects to draw, paint, or create in new or special mediums. We find…