Sun Lakes resident completes Alcatraz Sharkfest Swim

Sun Lakes resident Gary Sanford steps out of the water after completing the 1.5 mile swim from Alcatraz Island to the San Francisco Bay shore August 8.

Gary Vacin Sun Lakes resident Gary Sanford successfully completed the 1.5 mile Alcatraz Sharkfest swim from the former federal prison in San Francisco Bay to the shore at the Aquatic Club in San Francisco on August 8. Sanford completed the swim in 47:30.08 minutes. That placed the 62-year-old in the top half of 598 swimmers…

Bridge Results

Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Alan Behr The Sun Lakes Duplicate Bridge Club games are now held at Risen Savior Lutheran Church, 23914 S. Alma School Road. Open games are held on Monday at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., Thursday at 1:30 p.m. and Saturday at 9:00 a.m. There also is a Novice game Thursday…

Sun Lakes Niners welcome back brunch

Lady Niners, please mark your calendars as a reminder to attend the Welcome Back Brunch on Saturday, October 24 in the Navajo Room at 10:00 a.m. This event is to welcome those lady golfers returning from being gone during the summer, those who remained and survived the heat, dust and wind storms and those who…

What is Halloween

Pastor Ron Burcham In late August and early September I kept hearing references to pitch forks and I thought, wow – they are advertising for Halloween early this year! Eventually I figured out they were talking about Arizona State Football, not Halloween. However, from what I heard, their first game was a bit of a…

Eye glass cleaning

Many volunteers are needed to clean and sort donated glasses.

The Sun Lakes Breakfast Lions Club will hold its monthly eye glass cleaning in the Arts and Crafts Room at the Sun Lakes Country Club from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. on October 8. It is not necessary to be a Lion to help us out in this rewarding project. All finished glasses are distributed to…

Resident writes a book

John W. Milionis, DO The book, Happiness, The Joy From Living, is about happiness with contentment from our daily actions and living prefaced by the need for personal change so we can become aware and accommodate the changes we must make within us, by us, so we can expand our consciousness and increase our sensitivity…