Category: July 2021

Sun Lakes Groups Are Ready to Help Food Bank

Ellen Engel Is it possible that we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel? The year and a half has been a long and dark time in our history. We now see people emerging and opening up their doors. We can help Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank again. We now have two drop-off…

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Tuesday Cribbage Jeff Scott Join us for cribbage every Tuesday night at 6:15 p.m. in the Cottonwood Clubhouse, A-7 Painting Room, organized by Stan Wengrzyn. 4/13. 1st Matt O’Donnell 12+67, 2nd Jeff Scott 10-8, 3rd Donna Smid 9+57; Low Larry Elliott 0- 158 4/20. 1st Jeff Scott 11+62, 2nd Jack Besch 8+37, 3rd Bill Bade…

Low Vision Support Group

Linda M. Horton The Low Vision Support Group will resume its gatherings on Wednesday, July 14, at the Renaissance from 9 to 10 a.m. in the third floor Game Room. We look forward to seeing all our old friends and meeting some new ones. If you are blind or learning to live with legal blindness,…

Meet Your Sun Lakes Rangers!

Michael Berry Jeff Wasilenski is one of the newer recruits of the fast-growing Arizona Rangers-Sun Lakes Company. The Sun Lakes Company now has close to 30 members after an initial group of five formed the local company in 2019. A metro Detroit native, Jeff has lived in Arizona the past 10 years. Like many Rangers,…

What Are Those Things?

Brian Curry A question a lot of Arizona Fire & Medical Authority (AFMA) firefighters, medics, and Fire Corps volunteers get asked a lot about are those rectangular black boxes that can be found outside of many Sun Lakes homes. The admittedly rather plain and unattractive metal box is actually a life saver and property saver. And…

Awesome Apps for Photographers

Ken Duquaine One of the things that distinguishes photos that have that WOW factor from run-of-the-mill snapshots is pre-visualizing—having a concept in your mind of what the final photo will look like before it’s taken. Once that picture has been imagined, it needs to be translated into reality. Fortunately, technology has provided us with some…

Featured Knight: James R. (Rob) Calhoun

Maynard Iverson The Council welcomes a recent transfer from the great State of Colorado, Rob Calhoun. Rob is an active member of the Core Committee which reviews all Council activities and recommends improvements. A major task of the Committee is finding a fundraising activity to support the Council’s guiding principles of Unity, Charity, Fraternity, and…

Julie’s Fitness Classes

Julie Bauman Julie Bauman invites you to come to her classes at the new Cottonwood Palo Verde Fitness Center, Mondays and Fridays at 8 and 9 a.m., and now also Wednesdays at 8 and 9 a.m.! For the past 15 years, Julie has been teaching Group Fitness in the Chandler, Sun Lakes, and South Gilbert area. She…