Joyce Spartonos The Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation (SLJC) was hoping against hope that they would be able to conduct in-person services for the High Holidays. Unfortunately, this is not to be the case this year. As you can imagine, this decision was not made lightly. However, taking in all the facts and info available to…
Starla Kramer The Sun Lakes Garden Club welcomes Doug Jones, speaking on Exotic Fruits. Doug is the President of the Arizona Chapter of the California Exotic Fruit Growers. Doug lives in Mesa, Ariz., on acreage and grows an amazing assortment of fruits. He spoke to the club in 2017, and he brought mangos and other…
Counting on You Elizabeth Vaughan “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.”—Booker T. Washington The benefits of volunteering with a service organization are well documented, from the positive impacts on affected communities to the advantages it brings to participating individuals, which is why some schools and colleges now make volunteering a…
Brian Curry As first Vice President of the Sun Lakes Breakfast Lions Club (SLBLC), Oakwood resident Bob Glantz knew that part of his duties was to fill in for the president of the club, Rich Iovino, whenever needed. So when the call came that Iovino, 65, had suddenly and unexpectedly passed away in mid-June, Glantz was…
Joseph W. Bibler Joseph W. Bibler, 95, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on July 9, 2020, in Kennesaw, Ga. He was born Dec. 5, 1924, to Robert L. and Marjorie Bibler in Rochester, Ind., and raised in Valparaiso, Ind. He went to college for one year before enlisting…
Steve Carr Sun Lakes Rotary, despite currently meeting through Zoom, had an amazing August and equally memorable July. On Aug. 4, Dr. Craig Gilbert, Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education with the Chandler Unified School District, updated the club on how his district is dealing with the challenges of getting students back to school. Primarily, districts…