Denise Lott An application was submitted by the East Valley Marines of Detachment 1296 to have member Ernie Karkula, World War II Marine, selected for the Honor Flight to Washington D.C. The Honor Flight provides our World War II veterans with an opportunity to visit the WWII Memorial, which was only finished in 2005. Since…
Lady Joker’s Wild fall potluck The Lady Joker’s Wild Hand and Foot card group, which meets on Thursday afternoon in the Bradford Room of the Oakwood Clubhouse, gathered recently for their fourth annual fall potluck at Sisk Park in Palo Verde. Following many delicious dishes, Hand and Food was played by the group. Tuesday Cribbage…
Brooks Scofield The December celebrations are finally here and it is time for the Agave Quilt Guild to host their annual Holiday Luncheon. This wonderful catered event will be held in the spacious Iron Oaks Ballroom on December 2 starting at 11:00 a.m. with a no host cash bar meet and greet. Lunch will be…
Mary Lou Kaye Time to celebrate many things; Christmas, friends and holiday parties. Dancing with your special partner and good times go hand in hand. Are you ready? Basic Social Dance classes are offered to residents of all of the Sun Lakes communities at the dance studio in Cottonwood Palo Verde. And the method of…
Friday, December 4 marks the date for our annual Christmas Golf Cart Parade and Show. We’ll meet at Palo Verde at 5:00 p.m. for free hot turkey soup, judging of the golf carts, Christmas carols with Ron and Maddy and especially Santa and all his helpers. Make sure you bring your cameras. Then our wonderful…
The end of year brings with it plenty of holiday chaos with Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas all within weeks of each other. This festive time keeps a photographer busy with opportunities to capture treasured moments and funny antics. Before delving into the whirlwind of activities and busy schedules, the Sun Lakes Camera Club took some…
The Sun Lakes Democratic Club meeting will be on Monday, December 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the Navajo Room of the Sun Lakes Country Club, 25601 Sun Lakes Boulevard. There will not be a speaker at this meeting; instead the meeting will be short on business so all can enjoy holiday refreshments and take time…
Susan Reynhout Tempe Brown will delight the audience with favorite oldies in “A Very Jazzy Christmas” mini concert. This former nightclub singer performed jazz and blues in some of the most exclusive supper clubs in Oklahoma City. She later formed a show band and traveled extensively throughout the United States. This Oklahoma native was the…
Ellen Engel Monthly food and cash donations for the Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank in Chandler have continued to increase now that the holiday season is upon us, and the results for November were encouraging, indeed. Generous Sun Lakes residents contributed a total of 1,525 pounds of staple foods and $435 in cash prior to this…
Allan Levy, Technology Director, Computer Booters of Sun Lakes Windows 10 is Microsoft’s new operating system. Microsoft is pushing hard to move people from Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 to Windows 10. Starting in January, Microsoft is making the Windows 10 upgrade a recommended upgrade; this will cause most computers to install it. For some…