Andrea Hummel Eighty-four members made the Sun Lakes Community Theatre Christmas party the best ever! Held at Palo Verde, with festive decorations made of local pinecones by Jo Birlin, the food and service were top notch. Something new this year was entertainment by T. A. Burrows, a professional singer, D.J. and celebrity impersonator. This festive…
Denise Lott Continuing their tradition of giving, East Valley Marines of Detachment 1296 headed out on Christmas Eve to some of the lower income housing areas along Chandler Boulevard. What was different this year than in the past was that the afternoon was dominated by heavy rain showers. Pickup trucks were loaded with 24 boxes…
Regina Milgroom Sun Lakes Hearing Loss Association of America Chapter will be presented with Living Better Through Assistive Technology” by Heidi Lervik, Assistive Technology Specialist, Arizona Technology Access Program (AzTAP). People with disabilities, their family members and service providers often struggle to know what type of assistive technology will help them in their everyday lives.…
Ellen Engel In a fine finish to its ninth year of collecting food and funds for the Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank in Chandler, and thanks to a late December contribution of 127 pound of staple foods from the Sun Lakes Jewish Community, Reach Out volunteers collected a total of 5,653.5 pounds (well over 2.5 tons!)…
Kathy Jones, Historian In December, the Palo Verde Ladies collected $2,100 for five needy families. Colleen Mitchell spearheaded this drive and did a wonderful job. Congratulations to both Hole-In-One winners pictured above. The 2017 executive officers were installed: Susan Lamb, president; Linda Reber, vice president; Florence Wright, secretary and Jan Stuckey, treasurer. The most improved…
Ducking the Problem Bob Hirt Duck Dynasty of TV fame has recently met its match. The Dynasty group, unshaven and often scruffy in appearance but no intellectual dummies, have graced television screens throughout the country with their quirky comments, their retorts and humor. But now in the news is another rather humorous item for us…