Johnie Scofield, Publicity Chair The Sun Lakes special interest group known as Agave recently installed new officers for the coming 2014-2015 year. On May 8 in the Oakwood Ballroom, the guild bid farewell to their current leadership: Co-Presidents Kathie Neffenger and Martha Powell, who have served for the past two years, Vice-President Bonnie Lewis and…
Forrest Cheuvront The Sun Lakes Lions Club was well represented on April 5 after the election of new officers for District 21-B at Arizona Golf Resort for 2014-2015. The individuals shown as “Elect” will officially take office once their training is complete and the International Convention ends on July 8 in Toronto Canada.
Colette McNally Our Rotarian of the Month for May was awarded to Mary Louise Lansbarkis. Mary Louise hails from New Providence, Iowa and is a graduate of Penn College [now William Penn University]. She spent her career in real estate sales and as an instructor-broker and speaker. She is the mother of four children, seven…
Roberta Arpan The statistics are in summarizing the achievements of the Sun Lakes Hiking Club. In a nutshell, there were 63 scheduled hikes during the 2013-2014 season. Included in that number, 26 were Monday hikes, 25 took place on Wednesday, 10 of the hikes were classified as “Retread” and there were two special hikes: the…
Kathy Kopjak Some people might ask, “What is a gourd patch and what do you do at a Patch meeting”? The answer to that is as follows, Spirit of the Desert shall be directed to the education and instruction of those persons who are interested in the growing, culture, uses, history, crafting and fine art…
Crazy Man Kennedy Bob Hirt “Damn near killed myself” was the first thing George Kennedy said to my father as he rolled the old Buick into the garage for an oil change at Kennedy’s garage two days after the Fourth of July holiday. My father knew exactly what he was referring to. Kennedy had a…