A Very Personal War: Women’s Rights

Deborah Goodacre In the last two Splash articles, I wrote about topics I was anxious to share with you. Thank you for reading. This month, I selected a topic prominent to 2020: the saga of women obtaining the right to vote. It took the 100th year anniversary of the passing of the 19th amendment for the…

An Overwhelming Positive Community Event

Craig Lloyd, Commander, Sun Lakes Sheriff’s Posse The Sun Lakes Posse, along with local businesses, sponsored a drug take-back and document shred event on Saturday, Nov. 14. The event was planned for two hours, from 10 a.m. to noon that day, and we started lining up cars at 9 a.m., and were backed up 50-plus…

Lady Sluggers Ready to Take the Field

Larry Wolfe Our Lady Sluggers senior softball team is scheduled to open its season the first week of January. As of press time, the Sluggers were slated to play every Monday in January and February at the Field of Dreams. Games start at noon. The Sluggers play in the Valley of the Sun League. Given…

IronOaks Bocce, Golfers, and Socializers

Cheri Buettner and Joe McGraw IronOaks neighbors: This article is for all who would welcome new social amenities to our community. Proposed new amenities are shown in the accompanying multi-use park rendering that the IronOaks Board funded in 2016. The legend on the right side of the park rendering identifies amenities one through nine. The…

Host a Crystal Card Party

Diana Berry (left) attends a socially-distanced Crystal Card Party hosted by Charlene Petragallo (right).

Bobbie Reed Welcome the new year with a Crystal Card party. Not a traditional party—like pre COVID—but a socially distanced, extended party. We thank Judy Thompson for the idea. Last year, she hosted a Crystal Card Party for friends and neighbors. She arranged for delivery of several hundred Crystal Cards and displayed them on her kitchen…