Genealogy Club update

Karen Sowney The Sun Lakes Genealogy Club will hold its first meeting of the season on October 21 in the Mirror Room of the Sun Lakes Country Club at 6:30 p.m. Our goal for this season is to look at various methods for finding our ancestors and learning how to record this information so that…

Beginning Spanish and French classes

Beginning Spanish class is from 10:00–11:30 a.m. on Thursdays from October 30, 2014 to January 22, 2015 in Room A-7 in Cottonwood. Beginning French class is from 11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m. on Thursdays from October 30, 2014 to January 22, 2015 in Room A-7 in Cottonwood. Classes will not be held Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s…

Art classes

Rose Kelton offers ongoing classes at Oakwood Country Club Arts Center on Mondays. Watercolors – 9:30 a.m.-noon With the use of transparent watercolor paint, we will strive to have each student develop his or her own artistic nature and style. We will cover different techniques of applying the paint to the paper. Rose, a Phoenix…

New Horizons Writers Group – October 2014

Laundry Day Bob Hirt Laundry day came at least once a week for my poor hassled mother. But she tackled that chore with a vengeance, never stopping the sorting, pre-scrubbing and finally teasing the heavy clothes through the wringer. We wore overalls back then, now referred to as jeans. But no matter what they were…

The Hot Spot – October 2014

Retiring Battalion Chief Cheryl Van Horn

Retirement and promotions at Sun Lakes Fire Department Brian Curry One of the very first chapters in the history of the Sun Lakes Fire Department will come to a close early this month when Battalion Chief Cheryl Van Horn, a 27-year veteran of the Department retires after a long and distinguished firematic and emergency medical…

Sun Lakes judges select national essay winner

Pictured left to right are judges Bill Forrest, Dick Nelsen and Georgia Strisik.

Toni Bolling Arizona has produced a national winner in DAR’s Christopher Columbus Essay Contest. Three Sun Lakes judges selected the winning essay for Arizona; the essay went on to capture first place at the Southwest Division level and finally took the national first place award among fierce competition. The contest showcases some of the best…