Did you hear all the whooping and hollering at Ironwood the other day? Terry Clark got her second hole-in-one on Monday, October 26. She was on hole no. 10 at Ironwood – a 76 yard distance – and used her pitching wedge to hit the perfect shot. Her first ace was it the same golf…
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…
Susan Plouzek For the past few years I have talked about many different aspects of art, particularly about genre or materials. I have written about paper being acid free so that the work of art will be archival quality. But then I started thinking about lightfastness. Lightfastness is the way a pigment or color reacts…
Hi Tammy, Cheri and Bety: We are thinking about taking a trip to Europe to do some river cruising exploration. Do you have any suggestions for us? Sincerely, The Cruisers, Sun Lakes, AZ Dear the Cruisers: The rivers and canals of Europe are open for travel. As many as 20,000 total miles of inland waterways…
The Sun Lakes Breakfast Lions Club recently participated in a Lions Children First project to assist children in the community by presenting 200 pocket dictionaries to third and fourth graders of the Galveston Elementary School. This project demonstrates how Lions are committed to putting children first and to providing those in need with essential services.…
Pastor Ron Burcham, Risen Savior Lutheran Church What do you want for Christmas? That question is being asked by millions of people around the globe. Parents are asking their children, sweethearts are asking the love of their life, and hundreds of men dressed in red are asking it a thousand times a day to the…
Diane Eddy The rituals of tea are a celebratory journey with friends and family, or as Okakura Kakuzo so eloquently states in The Book of Tea, “Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea….let us dream of evanescence and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.” More than just an ancient beverage, tea enchants us…
The annual Sun Lakes Overseeding Golf Outing (SLOGO) took place October 6-9 in the beautiful red rocks of Sedona, AZ; 16 IronOaks couples participated in a fun, two-day team competition. There was one catch; couples were not allowed to play on the same team. Day one took place at the scenic and challenging Oak Creek…
Jim Wegman, Publicity The 2015-2016 season is underway and the pairings lists are growing longer each week. As more members return to play, the pace of play becomes more important. Let’s all help to keep the game moving along. As Lee Trevino said “let’s hit and git!” Membership: Our league is growing again. We are…
Tech Talk – HD Q – If Orbitel offers 100 percent digital television, does that mean all the channels are high definition? A – Digital television refers to the method by which the TV signal is encoded. Digital television offers higher resolution and less interference than the old analog TV system. Both standard definition (SD)…