Sizzlin’ Summer Softball

Sizzlin’ Seven: Top hitters (left to right) are Larry Kaufmann, Steve Hilby, Tom Kasunic, Randy Nuemann, Bill Corso, John Whitman and Dave Martin. Top 10 hitters absent from photo: Tim Baldwin, Reyes Gonzales and Chuck Myrick (photo courtesy of Core Photography).

Larry Wolfe The temperatures may be sizzlin’ hot, but Sun Lakes Senior Softball carries on. Our summer recreational program includes batting practice and pick-up games every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. Check our website (www.sunlakessoftball.com) for current start times. Speaking of sizzlin’ hot, here are our league leaders in various batting categories during our 2015-2016…

Sun Lakes Therapy Dogs

Pictured (left to right) are Alice Baldwin with Allie and Luci Lui, Karen O’Reilly with Piper and Phyllis Johnson with Zoey. Julie Mooney who is taking the picture, is the owner of Allie.

They passed their final exams; had their graduation party and are now ready to go to work. Five of our canine residents, along with their owners, have met the criteria for the Positive Therapy Dog program which is a division of American Service Animal Association. The training prepares the dogs and their owners to go…

Desert Artists continue to create this summer

Check out the Desert Artists Club!

The numbers are smaller, but the fellowship remains. Summertime is quieter time here in Sun Lakes. Those of us that brave the brutal summers often are found on Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. until ___? (sometime in the afternoon), at Sun Lakes Country Club in the Arts and Crafts Room painting, drawing, doodling, whatever, along with…

DAR raises $25K in scholarships

Mary Wolf (left) and Gillian Morse

Toni Bolling Lutter Under the leadership of Project Chair Mary Wolf, the Arizona Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) raised $25,000 during Gillian Morse’s two-year term as State Regent. Both are members of Gila Butte DAR; Wolf is the Organizing Regent and Morse is an Honorary Regent of the chapter. At the beginning of…

What is pilates?

Pilates is an exercise system using your own body weight, either on a floor mat or on equipment built by Joseph Pilates in the early 1920s. The Pilates philosophy is about quality, not quantity. Joseph Pilates believed that one exercise, done once, with precision and control was more beneficial than 10 repetitions done in a…