IronOaks Tennis Tip

During play, one may or may not know that they are doing the following: 1) touching the ball ever so slightly and not letting your opponents know, 2) during close net play, you accidentally make contact with the net or reached over the net during ball contact, and 3) the most common unconscious performance is…

OLGA Recap

Kathy Burns Poker was the POD on March 15. The winner in Flight 1 was Leslie Smith, and second was Mary Figgis. Tied for third were Eun Yoon and Sharon Bowditch. In Flight 2 Roselyn Hobby was the winner, Dang Teater was second, and Eleanor McCann was third. Flight 3 was won by Terry Jung,…

Sun Lakes Community Theater Awards Scholarship

Roger Edmonds On April 7, Sun Lakes Community Theater presented their annual Theater Arts scholarship to Emma Wang from Hamilton High School. Each year, SLCT awards a scholarship to a graduating senior from the Chandler School District. Emma, who will major in performing arts at the University of Nebraska, began performing when she was three…

‘A Star for Mrs. Blake,’ by April Smith

Violetta Armour A Star for Mrs. Blake is the fictional account of five mothers who lost their sons in World War I, based on historical events and two actual people in history. In World War I, there were more than 30,000 Americans buried in the U.S. cemeteries in Europe. In 1929 Congress passed legislation to fund…

Fun Lakers Club News

Bob and Vickie Bybee It’s so refreshing and energizing to see the new and building excitement of getting together again to create memories as we did pre-COVID. While we still live with it, we now have more protection from its negative medical impact! A good time was had by all at the three March events…

We All Can Learn

Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. As the summer begins and our visitors leave, we remember the funny things that occurred, especially if much younger children are part of the entourage—our grandchildren. Staring us in the face, before too long, is the end of the year fast approaching, which will find, once more, an onslaught of visitors.…