John Yu You are invited to our 35-year anniversary celebration on Sunday, Jan. 7, at Cottonwood’s San Tan Ballroom. Our dinner, dance, and live music venue continues because of the fantastic support from Sun Lakes residents. As residents change, our venue has also changed accordingly. We are open to the public—no reservations or membership required.…
Category: December 2023
Generals, January 2024
Wheelchair Tennis Exhibition
Jerry Higgins Cottonwood Tennis Club extended its annual Bradshaw/Neu Tournament to include an outstanding tennis exhibition match by wheelchair athletes from Ability360 Sports & Fitness Center. Prior to the actual match play, the events for the afternoon included contests by the members in an accuracy serve challenge to hit specific points on the court as…
January 2024, Generals
Unity Church Supports Arizona Rangers in Shop With A Cop Program
Kate Turner At a recent event promoting the Arizona Rangers’ fundraising for underprivileged children, officers were pleased to receive a check from Unity Church of Sun Lakes in support of their Shop With A Cop program. “Our church supports local nonprofits each month with a tithe (10%) of our gross income received from our members,”…
Generals, January 2024
Sun Lakes Sheriff’s Posse to Hold Open House
The annual First Responders Open House will be held at the Sun Lakes Sheriff’s Posse office located at 9531 E. Riggs Road in Sun Lakes on Saturday, Jan. 27, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) specialty units, along with AZ Fire and Medical, will be there for a great…
Features, January 2024
Word of the Month: Pulse
David Zapatka David Wittenberg, fellow member of the Grammar Police Special Interest Group, wrote this in a recent post. “For most Indians, meat is not a staple. The majority of the Indian diet consists of grains, pulses, and vegetables. As a result, Indians don’t talk about meat the way Americans do. The terms ‘veg’ and…
Features, January 2024
Thank You, Friends
Sun Lakes Residents! Unit 36C (Diamond Lake) Your amazing support of AZCEND was once again over-the-top generous! Your overwhelming donations continue to help so many families. We hope you enjoyed attending the luminaries as our way of saying thank you for your support to our local food bank AZCEND. We will be announcing the grand…
Features, January 2024
The Remodeling Corner
Janet Cook The new year is a great time to do a personal inventory and compare the current reality with the desires in the heart. From that, resolutions are generated to improve, and often the greatest needs are about health. People want to take better care of themselves and have better relationships and be of…
Clubs & Classes, January 2024
Sun Lakes Writers Group – January 2024
The Christmas Spirit Ernest D’Godor I think the Grinch was right. For that matter, so was Scrooge. I mean, what is all this Christmas Spirit about? Spending a lot of money on gifts that no one appreciates? I did break down one year and bought my son the Super-Duper-Special-Ray-Gun that was advertised for months before…
Clubs & Classes, January 2024
We’re on a ‘Role’!
Sun Lakes Community Theatre likes to keep things rolling along by bringing three mainstage productions a year to Sun Lakes residents. Right now, we are calling for actors and potential actors to audition for a role in our spring play Fox on the Fairway, by Ken Ludwig. Never acted? Haven’t acted since high school or…
Clubs & Classes, January 2024
Tapped for ‘Lifetime Membership’ in the Rock Club
Doug Williams The Sun Lakes Rock, Gem & Silver Club Board of Directors surprised three members with “Lifetime Membership” in the Sun Lakes Rock, Gem & Silver Club. President Kathy Norman presented a motion to the November general meeting, which was seconded, and all those present unanimously voted “yea” to honor three members with Lifetime…