Susan Karesky In 1896, a group of Jewish Civil War veterans organized the Hebrew Union Veterans, later renamed Jewish War Veterans of America. Almost a century later, in 1994, 13 Sun Lakes Jewish veterans and patrons reactivated the JWV Copper State Post 619. Twelve of the 13 men are veterans, serving in World War II,…
Volunteers make and sell Crystal Cards to raise money for My Sister’s Place, a shelter for those escaping domestic violence. At the January 23 work session, Joyce Chadwell, a director at My Sister’s Place, visited to thank the group for their generosity and shared many stories about the positive impact the donations have had. The…
Arlene Fletcher January 17 found some lucky Sun Lakes ladies enjoying a game of Pitch and Putt behind the Sun Lakes Country Club. As usual, we played a scramble. The team of Lynn Turnquist, Joni Wetzel, Judi Smith and Leslie Hagemeister won first place with a score of 22. Second place went to the…
Lois Valleau Reiki students are taught five principles which they are encouraged to weave into their lives. They simply revolve around peace, joy, integrity, kindness and gratitude. Recently, I’ve been contemplating integrity in my life and asked those at our Reiki Circle to share their beliefs about integrity. Here are some of their responses: “Integrity…
Dick Nelsen Last month, the Sun Lakes Rotary Club selected a hard-working member, Chuck Deuth, the overseer of two of our biggest programs – the Dictionary project and the Choices project, as the Rotarian of the Month for February. The Dictionary project provides a dictionary to every third grader in the Chandler Unified District. This…
Harry Huckemeyer As the start of the new year moves right along, it’s pretty easy to appreciate the wonderful things that are available to all of us in this part of the country. Within reach, one can experience the pleasant breezes of the ocean not too many hours away, or maybe experience a little bit…