Lucky Shot Pool Club Has Four New Members

Gary Vacin Four new pool players have joined the Lucky Shot Pool Club for play in the club’s winter tournament, which runs from Jan. 1 to Feb. 10: Jerry Topilka, Joe Wingert, Weldon Knape, and Paul Sanchez. New members are paired with regular members for matches to determine new players’ skill levels so they may…

Volunteers Needed for Fly the Flag Program

Volunteers are needed for the Sun Lakes Lions Club “Fly the Flag” program. We are in need of assistance in order to continue this program which provides 1600 American flags at our subscribers’ residences. The flags are installed and removed four times a year, covering seven major holidays, on routes throughout Sun Lakes. We have…

Meet Your Sun Lakes Rangers!

Michael Berry Gene Coffman is a Sun Lakes Company Ranger who graduated from Arizona State University in 1971. He has 52 years of experience working in Arizona banking and still works part-time. “Volunteering and giving back to the community has been important to me, and now that I have more time, being a Ranger is…

Sun Lakes Writers Group

Do you enjoy writing? Stories? Memories? Family histories? Please plan on attending our Sun Lakes Writing Group. We meet at the Cottonwood Ceramics Room (A-8) on each Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m. Please arrive at 12:30 p.m. for easy conversation before we start our group at 1 p.m. Each week, we choose two words…

A Life Worth Living

Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes Deep within our hearts is a longing for significance, an intense desire for purpose. It’s been said that as surely as a child breathes, he will someday wonder, “What is the purpose of my life?” Unfortunately, many people search for that purpose in a career.…

Sun Lakes Resident Trades Airplanes for Railroading

Gary Vacin For years, he flew huge jet aircraft carrying hundreds of passengers or thousands of pounds of cargo to airports around the world with the largest load of 825,000 pounds. Today, he drives 1/8 scale locomotives carrying up to 30 passengers around a two-mile course at the Maricopa Live Steamers Railroad Club in Deer…