Barb Jorgensen The Cottonwood Tennis Club (CTC) has organized play seven days a week. The CTC stays very busy, even during the summer (though the snowbirds can’t believe anyone plays tennis during the summer!). They start earlier, take more breaks, drink lots of water and Gatorade, and huddle in the shade as much as possible.…
Nancy Harrison The Sun Lakes Ukulele Group, led by Cottonwood Palo Verde resident Nancy Harrison, will kick off its eighth season on Sunday, Nov. 3. We meet on the first and third Sundays of the month in the winter season in the Computer Learning Center, Room 1 (the Phoenix Room). We learn songs, chords, strums,…
Nancy Patterson, Team Captain, Citrus Sharers It’s not yet time for Citrus Sharers to rev up buckets and poles for fruit pickin’. This article is dedicated to those 200-plus Sun Lakes volunteers who already donated 5,700 hours picking fruit this year, back in January and February. They know stuff. They know that all the fruit…
Everyone loves a birthday, whether it’s their own or someone else’s. Birthdays are a celebration and a confirmation that the world goes on. And this year, Sun Lakers will be invited when the Ed Robson Library celebrates its 20th birthday. It’s hard to believe that the vision of Sun Lakes’ own library was a dream…
Jan Bobbett Each month your librarians in Sun Lakes Country Club add several books to our Best Sellers cabinet. In July we added these four books: The Perfect Shot, by Steve Urszenvi; Crosshairs, by James Patterson; The Wager, by David Grann; and Dead Man’s Hand, by Brad Taylor. For August we are adding four more…
Sue Sindelar Welcome August! Because we spend more summertime indoors here in the desert, it provides an opportunity for activities we love and enjoy, like painting and all things artistic. Engaging our minds, hearts, and hands in the creation of art is not only good for our spirits, but has been scientifically shown to increase…
Warren Wasescha The incredible beauty of hiking trails in this part of the world is incomparable to many other places. Over the years, it has been a joy to have experienced so much beauty hiking with the Sun Lakes Hiking Club. An electronic picture frame on my desk reminds me every day of some of…
Sun Lakes Community Theatre is looking for a cast of five to perform Paul Elliot’s comically poignant production of Exit Laughing, which will be directed by Kate King-Turner. Auditions will occur on Wednesday, Sept. 4, in the Mirror Room at Sun Lakes Country Club from 1 to 4 p.m. The cast consists of three “mature”…
Bill Becker, Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation Treasurer The mission of the Agave Quilters Guild is to promote the appreciation of quilting, to encourage quilt making and collecting, to contribute to the knowledge of quilting through education, and to promote friendships and philanthropic endeavors. The Agave Quilters Club has seven Friendship Groups, which have been…
Katy Hansen In 2009 Bob and Maureen Pivec moved from their home state of Minnesota to Sun Lakes. They were relocating to be close to two of their three daughters’ families and their 12 grandchildren. Bob and Maureen quickly became part of the Sun Lakes community and the Cottonwood Tennis Club. Bob, a retired teacher…