Lions Club “Melvin Jones Fellow” award

  PDG Lion Forrest B. Cheuvront Jr. Past President Lion Lorna Snedigar presents a “Melvin Jones Fellow” award to Lion James Hodge for his service in Lionism. A Melvin Jones Fellow is one of the highest forms of recognition bestowed upon a Lion. Melvin Jones was born on a cavalry outpost at Camp Thomas, AZ,…

Democratic Club meeting notice

  Dolly Loftin The Sun Lakes Democratic Club will meet on Monday, January 8, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. in the Navajo Room, Sun Lakes Country Club, located at 25601 E. Sun Lakes Blvd N. The speakers will be Sandra Kennedy and Bill Mundell, Democratic Candidates for the Arizona Corporation Commission. Both well-qualified candidates are running…

Intermediate and Advanced Bridge lessons

  David Zapatka Diamond Life Master David Zapatka will once again be teaching eight new Bridge topics over eight weeks this season at the Risen Savior Lutheran Church, 23914 S. Alma School Road. There will be four intermediate and four advanced lessons. Lesson dates are Friday mornings, will start promptly at 9:00 a.m. and end…

Conservation Corner

 South Phoenix Community Farm Pauline Lee Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a movement across the country to connect local farmers with their community. In our metro area, Spaces of Opportunity (Spaces) was created in 2015 by two non-profits, Desert Botanical Garden and Cultivate South Phoenix, to use urban farming in the southwest part of Phoenix…

What is in a name?

Elaine Kraemer, CWPV Foundation President In the case of the Cottonwood Palo Verde Foundation, it is simply an homage to the forward-thinking directors who instigated the charitable organization to enhance the lives of all Sun Lakes residents! As the Sun Lakes communities (Sun Lakes Country Club, Cottonwood, Palo Verde, Oakwood and Ironwood) matured and their…