Category: Clubs & Classes

Korean War / Korea Service Vets

Stacy Sweet The R Countryman Chapter of the Korean War/Korea Service Veterans will meet on Tuesday, January 26 in the Friendship Room of the Sun Lakes Country Club at 10:00 a.m. KWVA is proud to welcome Brigadier General Gregg Maxon, who retired from the Arizona Army National Guard on July 9, 2007. He served as…

SunBird Irish Club meeting notice

Mary Pilon, Secretary December’s meeting was held on Tuesday, December 1 in the Horizon Room. After the greeting, minutes from November’s meeting and Treasurer’s report, we welcomed three new members, Floyd Filman and Liz and Doug English. Vice President Deanna spoke about the upcoming annual fun-filled trip to Laughlin which is scheduled for February 16-18.…

Rotarians of the month – December

Bob Phillips and Greg Jewell

Norm Noble There was no way the Sun Lakes Rotary Club could just pick one Rotarian of the Month for December; not after the spectacular job Bob Phillips and Greg Jewell did heading up the recently successful Rotary Pancake Breakfast in November 2015. Bob Phillips joined the club in August 2014. Two months later, Greg…

Line dancing with Judee

The people who found a way to call me to register for the Monday classes restarting January 4 in the SunBird Ballroom are to be commended and applauded. I apologize for leaving out my phone number. It was not on purpose and made things very interesting. The dancers who did call were very persistent and…

Scandinavian exchange students

Lyle Replogle The Scandinavian Club presented the story of St. Lucia in December as we continued to focus on our heritage. St. Lucia is celebrated by Scandinavians each year on December 13. We also celebrated the season with a sing along of some Christmas favorites and closed by listening to a rendition of Auld Lang…

SunBird American / Italian Club news

Frank Nechvatal In December our club celebrated Christmas with a dinner in the Horizon Room on Tuesday, December 8. Club members brought canned goods or toys to the dinner for the food bank. The meals were great; two dishes were available, lasagna or chicken parmigiana. For January we are planning a movie night. Right now…

Health education seminar

Join us for a Health Education Seminar Topic: Healing with Young Living Therapeutic Essential Oils When: February 3 from 1:00-2:30 p.m. Where: Navajo Room, third floor of SunBird Golf Resort The Sunbird Golf Resort is at 6250 S. Sunbird. Blvd., Chandler, AZ 85249, located off Riggs Road between Cooper and McQueen; turn in on Championship…

Free classes begin in January

Learning to make Ming trees is just one of the many art forms available to students through the SunBird Lapidary Club. These examples, by teacher Muriel Davis, are on display along with other club member projects in the case by the Lapidary Shop on the upper level of the Clubhouse.

The SunBird Lapidary Club invites all residents interested in developing skills in jewelry making, rock cutting/polishing, silversmithing, rock art; stained glass; fused glass; Ming trees or beading to sign up for classes that will begin in January. Interested residents should attend the Lapidary Club meeting to be held Friday, January 8 in the east end…