Category: December 2015

The Hot Spot

Sun Lakes Fire District’s fire board members pin the Chief’s badge on the new SLFD fire Chief Troy Maloney at a board meeting where he was introduced to the community. Pictured left to right are fire board members Bernadette Halpin, John Crawford and Chairman Michael Sellers, Chief Maloney and fire board members Forrest Kohler and Diane Price.

Sun Lakes Fire Board names new fire department chief Brian Curry The Sun Lakes Fire District, after an exhaustive nationwide search, has named a new fire chief to succeed Chief Paul Wilson who left for a new position in California last spring. Chief Troy Maloney comes from the Timber Mesa fire district in the White…

News From IronOaks at Sun Lakes

IronOaks staff received an award for making the Chandler 100 list!

General Manager’s Report Completed Projects: Installation of the new gas lines for Voax and Halley pools has been completed. The Lakes golf course renovation project is complete. The Board of Directors approved the conversion of the Halley clay tennis courts to post tension, replacement of all light fixtures and fencing and is complete. 0We have…

Sisk Park Bocce Ball Club keep growing

Gary Vacin A record number of Sun Lake residents turned out to register for the Sisk Park Bocce Ball Club’s 2015-16 season at the club’s annual fall Wine and Cheese Party on October 25. That turnout produced a record 192 players slotted into 12 divisions for the fall session which runs from November 1 to…

Unity! Joyous greetings

Kay Davis It is Christmas time again and wherever you are in your life today there will always be one thing you can count on and be sure of, the birth of the Christ child so many years ago and the impression it made upon so many people. This is a simple story of a…

PVMGA October results and upcoming events

Jim Davis, Publicity October was a short month for golf. Both courses were closed for overseeding for three weeks. The first course to reopen was Palo Verde Country Club on October 31. On that day we had a joint Scramble Tournament with Cottonwood for Beat the Pros/Superintendents. There were only four teams comprised of both…

Spotlight On Advertiser: Connie’s Jewelry Gallery

Stop in at Connie’s and check out her new jewelry lines!

Connie’s celebrates life’s special moments with her new jewelry lines, Gregorio, Galatea, Persona and Melody in Motion Clocks. Connie’s strives to offer her customers that special item that helps celebrate life’s moments that will live on for years to come in hearts and minds. Connie’s continues to work hard to offer that item that sets…

Pickleball Halloween social

Monica Dickens, Claudia Farrar, Leslie Mackadam and Stan Chaput

The Sun Lakes Pickleball Club at IronOaks Halloween Social had 42 enthusiastic SLPCIO Pickleball players participating in the SLPCIO Halloween Social. The weather was perfect and the laughs were great. Division 1: 1st JoAnn Zapatka/Tom Dawson, 2nd Pat Monson/Chuck Myrick Division 2: 1st Monica Dickens/Claudia Farrar, 2nd Leslie Mackadam/Stan Chaput Many thanks to all the…

Dance classes with Edie

Monday, December 7 dance classes from 2:30-3:15 p.m. – learn the Cha cha and at 1:45-2:30 learn the Hustle (Swing to Disco); runs two weeks. Wednesday, December 9 from 3:15-4:00 p.m. – learn the Waltz; runs two weeks. Each class costs $10 for two weeks per person ($5 per 45 min session); only 6 couples…

Upcoming events in Chandler

Courtesy of visitchandler.com Nutcracker—Ballet Etudes 29th Anniversary December 4-6, 2015; show times vary Chandler Center for the Arts 250 N. Arizona Ave. 480-782-2680 Admission is $25 and $29 Let Clara’s magical journey surround you as she encounters life-size mice, swirling snowflakes, dancing confections and the Sugar Plum Fairy. A feast for the eyes and ears with…

What if?

Sue Schwartz What if you could ask Santa for something that would change the way you feel, change the way you look, make the day to day mundane things enjoyable or push the accelerator on getting you to a whole new state of feeling good? What if? Well, I’m all about asking for what I…