Yoga – Vinyasa style

  Sheila Axtman It’s February, a great month to celebrate the things that make you feel good: the people you love, chocolate and yoga. Practicing yoga releases endorphins in your brain. You feel relaxed and happy. Vinyasa yoga also improves proprioception, strengthens and stretches your muscles, and you become more flexible. It helps you feel…

A recycling message from the Sheriff’s Posse

Ron Burchett, Commander, Sun Lakes Sheriff’s Posse As many of you know, last year the recycling company United Fibers canceled the recycling program we operate at the Posse building. United Fibers ultimately sold or transferred this operation to a new company that we have been trying to work with since last September. We currently have…

Niners December golf results

  Jim Wegman, Publicity The league is growing again as Lloyd Schaeffer sponsored new member Virgil Einck. Thanks, Lloyd, and welcome, Virgil. Let’s welcome Tom Marschel, a former Niner, sponsored by Bruce McCorkle. Welcome, Tom, and thanks, Bruce. Winners: 12/6/18 Cha Cha Cha Lakes. 1st Jim Mendenhall, Jack Cook, Larry Johnson, Bob Deken; 2nd Tom…

Relevance

  Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. Sitting with a group of people of advanced age, the subject inevitably reverts to what was, with little thought to what is. Traveling the length and breadth of this wonderful Valley, I have taught and learned many things. Among them is the most important of all – “Relevance.” Some of…

How to improve your balance

Death rates from unintentional falls among adults ages 65 and older increased 110% between 1999 and 2016, from 29.4 to 61.6 per 100,000, according to a recent report by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Moving from a rooted or grounded posture can improve dynamic balance. It is rare that falls happen when someone…

Steer sighting in Sun Lakes

Cheryl Reed CPR Cattle of Levelland, TX, came to town again for the Arizona Livestock Show and to visit Sun Lakes Grams Cheryl Reed and Kim Myers. With the steer “Texas Red,” Copper Popelka was the Reserve Grand Champion winner at the show. These shows teach many valuable lessons for our youth: taking care of…