Janet Baron Get Ready! Ladies from Palo Verde and Cottonwood are again meeting to organize our annual cancer fundraiser to be held at Palo Verde Golf Club on November 17. In the past we have been extremely successful in raising an excessive amount of monies donated to the University Of Arizona Cancer Center. The men’s…
The Sun Lakes Chapel Board is having its eleventh annual Treasure Sale plus a Restaurant Raffle. Top prize for the Restaurant Raffle is $100 at Starbucks plus four dinners. Second prize is dinner for two at six different restaurants. There will be at least 12 winners of multiple dinners for two. The Treasure Sale will…
Dee Rasmussen Before we know it we will be gliding into the year 2016! This summer the Crystal Awards Committee has been hard at work to prepare the new Nomination Forms and Guidelines for the upcoming 2016 presentations! Since its inception in 2009, Sun Lakes residents have celebrated many of our communities’ outstanding volunteers. These…
The Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation (SLJC) will begin the celebration of Rosh Hashanah on September 13 and Yom Kippur on September 22 with a very special Kol Nidre service. All services will take place at the Sun Lakes Chapel. Please join us as we celebrate the High Holy Days. Rosh Hashanah Eve: September 13 at…
Sheila Parkinson, Dianne and Bob Zimmerman, JoAnn and David Zapatka represented Sun Lakes in the 2015 Rocky Mountain State Pickleball Championships July 25 and 26. Coloradans now know Sun Lakes! The seasoned partnership of Sheila Parkinson and Dianne Zimmerman dominated the Women’s 50-54 Doubles competition losing only one game en route to their gold medal…
Join us for a howling good time at the IronOaks seventh Halloween Pet Parade on October 31 at 9:00 a.m. Diamond Lake in Oakwood. Mark your calendars!
Tom Adamson Tell your service story! We are seeking participants of all campaigns to relate their story of service; this includes any veterans from Sun Lakes or SunBird. This non-profit project is being co-sponsored by Orbitel Communications and San Tan Crown Rotary Club of Sun Lakes. A DVD video will be produced for Veteran’s Day…
Ellen Engel Collection of food items and cash contributions from our Sun Lakes friends during the July pickups of Reach Out Sun Lakes (ROSL) were incomplete as of this month’s Splash deadline; they will be reported next month along with the August pickup results. However, it is worth noting, as we did in last month’s edition,…
Roberta Arpan Being in good physical condition is essential to one’s enjoyment of hiking up and down the trail. Recently I had the opportunity to talk with Mei-Mei Ahlskog, a Certified Personal Trainer. Mei-Mei is especially qualified to discuss conditioning for hiking because she has been an avid hiker for more than 20 years. According…
Sun Lakes Lions Club Foundation, a (501-c3 foundation) presented local charities their checks from 2014-2015 Lions year on June 4. Income raised for this purpose comes from private donations and the club’s Flag Program where over $60,000 was raised this Lions year. A Lions Year runs from July 1 through June 30, not January 1…