Clubs & Classes

Admiral to speak at Aero Club

Gary Vacin A retired U. S. Navy Rear Admiral who commanded the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier will be guest speaker at the Sun Lakes Aero Club (SLAC) gathering Monday, December 19 at the Sun Lakes Country Club Mirror Room. The session begins with coffee and camaraderie at 6:30 p.m., followed by the presentation at…

Tap dance into the New Year

Start the New Year off learning new tap steps and fitting them into a dance routine! We will learn combinations of tap steps, work on balance and coordination and add names of steps to our memory bank. Participants need to be familiar with steps such as Flap, Shuffle, Ball-change and have some kind of dance…

Advanced Spanish Conversation Group update

Dianne Zimmerman Join us to practice Spanish! We are a group of advanced conversational Spanish speakers from various backgrounds who practice our language skills in an informal setting. We meet every Wednesday from 4:15-5:30 p.m. at Oakwood Country Club in the Ocotillo Room of the Arts and Crafts Building. We discuss a wide variety of…

Line Dancing with Judee

Judee Curtis What a wonderful fall season of line dancing. New dancers, continuing current dancers, dancers returning for the winter have been learning new dances and reviewing favorite dances. We are using our minds, exercising our bodies and enjoying each other. It’s like an extended family with life events, i.e. successful surgeries, birthdays, new activities,…

Annual Cookie Walk December 3

Marlene Snow On Saturday, December 3, the Sun Lakes United Methodist Church women will be hosting their popular annual Cookie Walk and Candy Sale. The doors will open promptly at 9:00 a.m. Scratch holiday baking off your to-do list, and treat yourself to a fun-filled morning spent selecting your favorite confections from tables laden with…

Sun Lakes Writers’ Group

Stop the World and Review the Situation Jacqueline M. Ruffino-Platt Someone recently said they felt everything in life had been accomplished. Roads traveled, people to see, books read, movies watched, foods sampled, flavors to taste, children grown and nothing more to do. There is so much more to accomplish at any age. More than anyone…

Greater stability

Rina Cupples “Healing is anything we do that helps us remember who we truly are: perfectly whole and divine beings, at peace with the universe. Reiki is one way to do that.” This is a statement made by Reiki Master and my friend, Jan Smith. Both of us have been Reiki practitioners for over 30…

Two outstanding Rotary speakers this month

Norm Noble On Tuesday, December 6, Daniel Robertson will present a fascinating talk, “Understanding the Power of Hypnosis.” Dan began his business career investing in and developing mountain recreational real estate. That evolved into building commercial office and industrial buildings in the Bay area. In 1980, he moved to Scottsdale and continued with real estate…