A New Year, a New Hobby?

Virginia Koehler Need a new hobby? Metal detecting is a good hobby for burning extra calories. Bending over and retrieving all those pull tabs and bottle caps off the ground is good for the waistline. You may even find a coin or two, or perhaps even something more valuable like a lost ring or pendant.…

Happy Anniversary: The Mullens Celebrate 60 Years

Joseph and Mary Mullen of Windflower Court in Sun Lakes celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Dec. 30. The couple met in grade school in Terre Haute, Ind., where both were born and educated. Mary graduated from Indiana State, and Joe served four years in the U.S. Air Force. After their wedding in 1961, the…

Sweet 16 Fruit Picking Season!

It’s hard to imagine from 2006, two ladies and few bags of fruit, that the Sun Lakes Citrus Sharers is now over 200 volunteers, hundreds of homes, literally tons of fruit, and a very happy St. Mary’s Food Bank. We are so thankful for our volunteers and the Sun Lakes community for this yearly source…

P.E.O. Chapter DW to Raffle Queen Quilt

We want to thank the Agave Quilters for the beautiful job, a labor of love, for finishing the lovely queen quilt pieced by the late Marilyn Steen, a long-standing member. The drawing will be held March 14. Tickets cost $5 each or a package of five for $20. All proceeds will go to benefit local,…

New Adventures in Learning Leaps into Spring

Jan Bobbett and Mary Kenny It’s January already, and it won’t be long before we hear the birds chirping again. In the meantime, we can start the new year together as students of the world and members of New Adventures in Learning (NA). For those who are new to the idea of lifelong learning, let’s…

CLGA News and Scores

Judy Onken Our season opener on Nov. 4 was fittingly a team game of Select-a-Drive, and the winners by a six-stroke margin included Captain Mikki Rydell with stalwart partners Trudy Houghton, Rita Healy, and Alice Barber. This was followed by our first major, the Handicap Tournament. The two-week competition was closely contested, with the overall…