Are you ready to Zumba again?

Take a class with Mary!

Mary Tyree Are you ready to Zumba® again? I am getting ready to kick off my fourth season of Zumba® in Sun Lakes starting Tuesday, September 15. Along with my regular classes this season, you can look forward to special holiday events and my annual Breast Cancer awareness “Think Pink” programs. Zumba® Fitness is a…

Softball player profile: Dick Bleich

Larry Wolfe Wesley, Iowa, is the hometown of two really good ballplayers. One, George “Showboat” Fisher, played in the major leagues in the ‘20s and ‘30s while the second, Dick Bleich, currently plays in the Sun Lakes Senior Softball League. Wesley’s a small farming community thirteen miles east of Algona in northern Iowa. Dick was…

Glass on Mars

Small brown lizards with Pop up eyes rotating as Bright little green orbs Squirted out of the bricks Surrounding my fire pit Set around the burning logs In this fossa formation were Two empty rocking chairs Gently rocking in the dusk From a steady breeze that Sweeps across this drought Stricken valley basin floor These…

Portrait workshop

You can create beautiful portraits – learn how – take a class with Susan!

Susan Plouzek is offering a colored pencil portrait workshop. Those who regularly paint in other media are welcome to explore the versatility of colored pencils. An emphasis on children will be taught, however, all age groups will be studied. (This is an excellent way of making portraits for Christmas!) Bring colored pencils and drawing pads…