Penny Petersen What’s good for your heart, muscles and making friends? Tennis! In the Cottonwood Tennis Club, there are 28 couples who make tennis an enjoyable part of their lives together. We picked three and asked them about themselves. Horst and Dorothea Flachsmann came to Sun Lakes as snowbirds in 1997. They originally lived…
Doug Williams Well, we certainly hope not because this month’s Splash article features the exciting world of Gourd Art! Last month, we hinted, “How’s Your Gourd?” as a reminder that gourds were a part of our Creative Crafts department at the Sun Lakes Rock Gem & Silver Club. We actually have three very popular classes…
Jeanette Cline Chaplain Colonel Michael D. Sproul will be the guest speaker for the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in the ballroom of SunBird Golf Resort, 6250 S. SunBird Blvd., Chandler. Chaplain Colonel Sproul is the Air National Guard Assistant to Command Chaplain United States Air Forces…
Penny Petersen Cottonwood Tennis Club’s end-of-the-season picnic didn’t include tennis. It featured competition in bocce ball, bean bag toss and putting. Winners collected tickets, and a drawing was held for prizes. A long line formed for food while The Rokuseks entertained with a variety of familiar tunes. But best of all was the camaraderie…
David Zapatka Sun Lakes fielded 12 table tennis players for the annual Ahwatukee – Sun Lakes Shoot Out. Three hours of exciting play from both clubs at all levels resulted in a Sun Lakes victory. Format for this year’s event was 24 doubles matches, best two games out of three to 11. The final result…
Penny Petersen Officers of the Cottonwood Tennis Club manage all activities, tournaments, dinners, socials and weekly sign-ups. They manage the money, rate the players, order trophies/gifts and find people to manage the food court which is open for each tournament. And they do all this for free. Serving for the 2018-19 season are the following:…