Brian Curry In front of Sun Lakes Fire Station 231, Maricopa County Supervisor Jack Sellers presented a check symbolizing the reimbursement to the Arizona Fire & Medical Authority (AFMA) from the First Responder CARES Act. The CARES Act is part of a $2.2 trillion federal aid package to reimburse first responders who have been on…
Jerry Vance As you can expect, the Sun Lakes Tennis Club has had to stop having tournaments, both internal and with other tennis clubs. We hope to be able to have our Christmas Dinner, but time will tell. We are playing tennis every Monday and Thursday at the tennis courts. If you are not a…
Maynard Iverson, Chair, Public Relations Committee, Council 9678 Kenneth E. Ford is immediate past Grand Knight and the current chairman of the Council’s Fall Charity Raffle, the sole fundraiser allowed by the pandemic. Although physically challenged from a serious auto accident, Ken has organized an impressive campaign to secure funds for the Council’s charitable and…
Susan Gottschalk The Sun Lakes Lady Putters are excited to begin the 2020-21 season, our 24th year. Our 23rd year was cut short because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and even our new year will be somewhat restrictive. Masks and social distancing will be required as we gather at the Palo Verde Ramada or at the…
Linda Shanahan Doug the curmudgeon what can I say He shows up at shop and brightens our day The man’s into turquoise, it’s his favorite rock If he gets the fake stuff you’ll hear Dougie squawk He’ll go to a website and buy it online It better be high grade, it better be fine He…
Michael Berry Ron Burchett is the captain of the rapidly-growing Sun Lakes Ranger Company. The Arizona Rangers is comprised of 22 companies with over 400 members throughout the state. The Rangers’ mission is to support law enforcement and youth programs on a statewide basis. Ron was instrumental in creating the Sun Lakes Company two years…
Lorri Morgan, Publicity Well, that was a summer for the history books! But looking forward, Lady Niners is ready to kick off a new season of golf, fun, and friendship. Nov. 5 will be our first day of play. As of this writing (and we know things change), it will be tee times like we…
Penny Petersen Cottonwood Tennis Club (CTC) has canceled most of its tournaments and socials with other clubs, but all is not lost. The men’s and women’s leagues and the sign-ups for daily play are still going on. League Director Dave Cain of the Men’s Red and Green League, which meets on Thursday mornings, has made…
Helen Daley The Arizona Classic Jazz Festival is taking place Nov. 5 through 8. It will be the first live jazz festival event since March. All the festivities take place at the Crowne Plaza Phoenix-Chandler Golf Resort, a co-sponsor of the event. The festival opens at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, with “Big” B.A.D.…
Ginger Dolberg Many is the time we’ve heard people say I would rather give a “dollar” than bake today. And so we are asking you to help more or less To make our Bakeless Cookie Walk a big success. We’ve thought of a plan that’s really grand, And feel quite sure you’ll understand. In an…