Jeanne Becker On March 8, 2020, six Sun Lakes community volunteers, Douglas Bishop, Joe Downs, David Florence, Steve Howell, Karen Jorgensen, and Wayne Mangold, were honored at the 11th annual Crystal Awards Banquet at Sun Lakes Country Club. Guests enjoyed a social hour with piano music by Freddy Vesely, a regular at the Sunset Grill. Pastor…
Violetta Armour The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, by Daniel James Brown. This book is a sterling example of what is often described as narrative nonfiction—joining good research with compelling, character-driven storytelling—reads like a novel. It is the story of the University of…
Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Club annual awards for 2019 were presented on Feb. 18 by Club President Jim Utter. The club presents three trophies for most masterpoints won by players who started the year at three different ascending skill levels. For 2019, the skill awards went to Frank Bost, Donna Hofer, and Larry Anfinson, respectively.…
Do you have paperwork that you would like to have securely destroyed but do not have a shredder? Sun Lakes United Methodist Church, in conjunction with Iron Mountain, will host a Shred Event on Saturday, April 25, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the east parking lot of the property. Dispose of paperwork that…
Karen Wollscheid Weeders Garden Club will be presenting a standard flower show “Celebrating the Beauty of the Desert” on Saturday, April 4, 2020, at Solera Chandler Ballroom, 6360 S. Mountain Blvd., Chandler, AZ 85249. The flower show is open to the public from noon to 4 p.m. There is no admission charge. For more information,…
Rina Cupples, Traditional Reiki Teaching Master Several folks recently attended a Reiki Level 1 Training class with me to learn the art of laying-on of hands healing. Class instruction was given over a four-day weekend, of three hours each afternoon—12 hours for instruction and time to practice. During training, students learned how to give healing-balancing…