Garden Club to Meet on October 19

Carol Stuttard is a horticultural professor at Mesa Community College, horticulture instructor at Desert Botanical Garden, certified desert landscape designer, Maricopa County Master Gardener, and private gardening consultant. Carol is an organic gardener who has been featured in Phoenix Home & Garden magazine and on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Members and guests will gather for socializing,…

New Adventures Members Return to the Classroom!

Jan Bobbett and Mary Kenny The New Adventures in Learning (NA) fall semester is offering more than 50 classes (lectures, roundtable discussions, and computer-related classes) as registration continues throughout the semester, ending mid-December. After more than a year of online classes, NA members will be welcomed back “on campus” at the Chandler-Gilbert Community College’s Sun…

Line Dancing with Judee

Judee Curtis “To everything there is a season and a time to dance.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8) There also comes a time when one is unable to dance and teach. Thank you to Linda Robson and all the girls at the Robson newspapers for publishing my articles for almost 28 years, especially the last 20-plus years regarding…

Online Registration Available for Sun Lakes Bocce

Gary Vacin Now it’s easier than ever to register for the Sun Lakes Bocce Ball Club’s 2021-22 season. Just turn on your computer, iPad, or smartphone, and call up the club’s new website sunlakesbocceclub.com. Members and others interested in joining are encouraged to use the new online system. If you have questions or need help…

SLUMC Hosts Alpha

Denny Steele Sun Lakes United Methodist Church will host the Alpha series, beginning Tuesday, Oct. 5, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., at 9248 E. Riggs Road (west of the Ed Robson Library) in Room 1 of the Education Building. Sometimes referred to as a kinder-gentler intro to Christianity, Alpha is a six-week course sprinkled with…

Marine Corps History

Ross Dunfee What is a Marine? A sailor, a soldier, or an infantry or amphibious assault member? They are all soldiers serving on ships ready for land action. Their history, etched in antiquity, has records in ancient Greece and Rome. In the 17th century, the English, in its wars with the Dutch, referred to Marine…