The Planting Ceremony

Steve Carr Sun Lakes Rotary Club (SLRC) members will be joined by community leaders and kindergarten students from the Strong Foundations Academy at a special tree planting ceremony celebrating Arizona Rotarians at Work Week, from 3 to 3:45 p.m., on Earth Day, Thursday, April 22, at Snedigar Park East near the children’s playground. The Strong…

A Bakeless Thank You!

Ginger Dolberg The United Methodist Women of Sun Lakes United Methodist Church would once again like to thank you for your recent contributions to our “Bakeless Cookie Walk.” Because of your generosity, we were able to make donations to Sunshine Acres Children’s Home, StreetLight USA, Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank, Neighbors Who Care, My Sister’s Place,…

A Message from Your New IronOaks Board President

Joe D’Amore, President, IronOaks Board of Directors Fellow residents, My name is Joe D’Amore, and on April 1 I was elected your HOA Board President. It was not an April Fool’s joke; it really happened. I thought I should introduce myself and tell you a little—very little—of my personal history and spend more time on…

Softball Player Profile: Joe Commisto

Larry Wolfe From playing stickball in the streets and school parking lots in Queens, N.Y., as a youngster, to playing slow-pitch softball in our Sun Lakes Senior Softball League, Joe Commisto has usually had some type of bat in his hands. He played on many softball teams well into his 50s before taking a brief…

IronOaks Tennis

Coach Kwong Coach Kwong will be offering the following tennis clinics this summer from May to the end of October, for the early birds wanting to beat the heat: Monday through Friday 6:30 to 7:30 a.m., Cardio Tennis (fee: $15 members/$25 non-members) 7:30 to 9 a.m., Ball Machine Clinic (fee: $20 members/$30 non-members) RSVP to…

The Meaning of Faith

Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D., Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation There have been many natural disasters in the world. In our lifetime we have witnessed earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, fires—on and on, the list is endless. And we have heard of priests and ministers, and even rabbis, explain these catastrophes as some punishment from God for all the…