Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. As time goes by, we seem to wonder, more deeply, about life, our fallibility and our mortality. When we were younger, we would laugh at older people talking about their ills, and now we are the ones who have taken their place. Some of us do go through questions about our…
David Zapatka These are truly exciting times for pickleball. Not only is the sport growing by leaps and bounds across the USA, the United States of America Pickleball Association, USAPA, hosts its annual national tournament, a 10-day extravaganza of the best pickleball in the world, the first full week of November every year. This year,…
Gwen Grace The Annual Bird Migrations are starting, and Desert Rivers Audubon Society wants you to join the fun. Desert Rivers Audubon Society (DRAS) events are as follows: Monthly Meetings: October 10, 7:00-9:00 p.m., monthly meeting. And then each second Tuesday of the month until April. Place: Southeast Regional Library in Gilbert at 775 N.…
Gordon “Bud” Arneson Gordon “Bud” Arneson, 80, a 23-year resident of Sun Lakes, a Phoenix retirement community, passed away August 16, 2017, after a long bout with Parkinson’s disease. He was born and raised on a farm in south central Nebraska. His mother Effie called their second son her little Buddy. He spent his youth…
Eleanor Patton celebrates 100th Birthday – October 25 Tom Patton Eleanor Patton, a Sun Lakes resident from 1976 to 2016, will turn 100 years old on October 25, 2017. Born and raised in Utica, New York, she attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and married Dale W. Patton in August of 1940. Eleanor and Dale…
Sandy Bocynesky Marc Gaston will be directing the Chordaires Show Chorus, and we are so excited to welcome him! He has over 30 years of musical experience in the multi-faceted arenas of performance and production. Mr. Gaston brings extensive knowledge to the chorus, having directed in both church and community choral and arts programs which…