Arizona Fire & Medical Authority Assistant Fire Marshall Kim Campbell (left) and senior AFMA/Sun Lakes Fire Corps member Nancy Roberts (right) congratulate Fire Corps Lead LouAnn Sedgwick on her fourth anniversary as a Community Assistance Program volunteer. (Photo by Brian Curry)
Category: December 2019
December 2019
Risen Savior 2019 Community Christmas Concert – Sunday, Dec. 15
Jill Vermeire If you were one of the more than 1,100 guests who attended one of the two performances last year, you know that this was not your average Christmas concert! It’s a fun-filled, hour-long celebration of Christmas highlighted by solo performances from a gifted cast of musicians, who also accompanied the audiences singing popular Christmas…
December 2019
Yoga – Vinyasa Style
Sheila Axtman December brings lots of activities and food and parties with friends and family. Vinyasa yoga will give you an hour twice a week to breath, move, re-center yourself, and forget for a few minutes everything on the “to do” list. Every year on the last yoga day before Christmas, I teach a class I…
December 2019
Villas #37
Nancy Engelhardt The following are reminders of upcoming events for Villas #37: Election – The Villas #37 will have two board terms ending Dec. 31, 2019. There is a third seat open with term Dec. 31, 2020. Ballots will be sent to homeowners, and new board members will be announced at the Dec. 11 board…
December 2019
Trick or Treat and golf for Ironwood Lady Niners
Beth Zdeblick and Vicki Mendenhall For most Lady Niners on Oct. 30, only golf was on their minds. For Margaret Johns, there was golf and Halloween. Unfortunately, she did not get any tricks or treats, but she did golf eerily well. She not only had a birdie on hole No. 10, but chipped her shot right…
December 2019
Lucky Shot Pool Club adds new members
Gary Vacin The Lucky Shot Pool Club welcomed six new and returning members and conducted several items of business at its fall membership meeting Oct. 24. Club President Joe Igelmund opened the meeting by asking for a moment of silence in remembrance of two members who had passed away earlier in the year: Roy Partridge,…
December 2019
Fall Softball Season short hops
Larry Wolfe The Fall Softball Season is underway. At press time, we were one-third of the way through our 18-games-per-team schedule. We have two divisions with four teams in each of the Sun and Lakes Divisions. In the Sun Division, the Brenden Financial Planning team and Jim Leckner’s Real Estate Agency squad were tied for…
December 2019
The journey from mourning to joy
Linda K. Gercken I thought I was losing my mind! I wandered through the empty house aimlessly. Couldn’t focus. Couldn’t bring myself to make the bed or wash the dishes. I would ask myself, “Why, what’s the point.” Cooking? Forget about it. My heart hurt, my body ached, and all that aimless wandering made me…
December 2019
Fate of Religion is Restless Minds’ discussion topic
Bill Gates The respected Pew Research Institute headlined its October 2019 research: “In U.S., decline of Christianity continues at rapid pace.” The Restless Minds discussion group will explore this development at its Tuesday, Dec. 10, meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Sewing Room of Oakwood’s Arts and Crafts Center. During this holiday season,…
December 2019
OLNGA’s new season fast approaching
Molly Bergesen The courses in Oakwood are looking fantastic and ready to again welcome the Oakwood Lady Niners group for a great season. If you haven’t yet filled out your application for the 2020 season, the deadline to avoid any late fee is Dec. 15. The application form can be found at the Oakwood Pro…