Ask Your Agents

Dear Tammy, Cheri and Bety: I heard that starting January 1, 2016 that you can no longer add pages to your passport? Is this true? Sincerely, Michael, Sun Lakes AZ Dear Michael: Yes, that is true. Starting in 2016, if you run out of space, you’ll have to buy an entirely new passport with either…

2 Your Health: Balance and Stability

Editor’s Note: “2 Your Health” is a new column in the Sun Lakes Splash dedicated to health issues. Each month different doctors and or medical associations, from varying specialties, will be writing on issues of importance. Articles are based on experiences and independent research conducted by the doctors or medical associations. We encourage anyone considering…

Sun Lakes Writers’ Group

Have you always had a desire to write? Would you like to try your hand at writing? Would you like to leave personal stories to your children and grandchildren? Examples: How you met your husband/wife? What you remember about your first date? Thoughts about your high school graduation? Now that you are retired, how do…

FUNdaMENTAL Bridge classes

Gordon Markham Over 400 people have taken FUNdaMENTAL Bridge Classes in Sun Lakes. Beginning Bridge is on Tuesdays, January 19-March 22, nine weeks, $90 plus $14 for the two texts. It starts with the basics and proceeds to Stayman and Jacoby Transfer Conventions. Boot Camp Bridge, not for Beginners but for people who have played…

Sun Lakes Garden Club

Members who went to Singh Farm on December 5.

Pauline Lee On the morning of December 5 our club members visited the Singh Farm in Phoenix to appreciate how an organic farm makes use of landscape discards to make compost and nitrogen fixating roots of many Mesquite and Palo Verde trees to nourish the vegetable gardens without adding any chemical fertilizers. The great variety…

The fire department does what?

What little boy or girl didn’t want to be a firefighter? At Sun Lakes, we are fortunate to have two Fire Departments! Everybody knows that they fight fires and help with medical injuries. A few years ago, a young fireman at Sun Lakes was asked if he was disappointed because he didn’t get to fight…