Category: January 2017

Resolutions, resolutions, resolutions

Liz Morque It’s that time of year. The holiday cheer is over and you may be thinking about a change of pace; a New Year’s Resolution. Perhaps you are thinking of an exercise routine or a healthy eating program. Well, don’t forget exercising your brain as well. The best place for brain exercising is New…

Art Club welcomes all

Sharon Eade Happy New Year to all. As many of us look to the New Year to better the quality of our lives, learning a new skill can bring so much enjoyment for years to come. Art can certainly fulfill that desire. If you have ever thought you would like to try your hand at…

Going Green Committee – Did you know?

Treva Christenson Did you know? About the green container located on the Clubhouse patio; when at the Clubhouse, place your empty water bottles for recycling. About the blue bin located in the main parking lot (east side of the Clubhouse); all textiles (clothing, towels, sheets) in bin are donated to third world countries. About the…

St. Steven’s Women’s retreat invitation

Mary Vitolo St. Steven’s Ladies Guild is offering an invitation to all women in the parish and community to attend a Retreat/Recollection with Father Steven J. Peterson who will be speaking on “The Power of Prayer.” This retreat will be held at St. Steven’s Church in Sun Lakes, Arizona on January 21 from 9:00-11:30 a.m.…

SunBird American/Italian Club news

Frank Nechvatal The December meeting was postponed in favor of the Christmas party held on Thursday, December 15 in the Horizon Room. In January we will meet at 6:00 p.m. on the 12th in the Horizon Room. Refreshments will be available. After the business meeting we will continue the video series about Italians in America.…

Website update

SunBird’s website has some of the latest news and information of what’s going on in SunBird. SunBird’s activities, meetings, calendars, clubs, groups and organizations have contact information that can be accessed at sunbirdhoa.com. Come  visit us.

You are here for a purpose

Dr. Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church Sun Lakes A teacher, assigned to work with a hospitalized school child on nouns and adverbs, arrived one day and was taken to the burn unit. After she had scrubbed and put on sterile clothing, she entered the boy’s room and found him in pain. Though this…

SunBird’s Inaugural Holiday Light Competition

SunBird’s first annual Holiday Light Competition had 13 houses entered. The competition was fierce and ranged from an abundance of decorations to subtle but elegant decorations. This made our job difficult but we were able to come up with three overall winners – check out these houses! While doing the judging we came across several…

American/German Club news

Frank Nechvatal The German Club Christmas party was held on Thursday, December 22 in the Horizon Room. The theme was Christmas trees, “Tannenbaum.” It was a great time thanks to our Co-President Delores Kline. Delores and Larry are planning for our January meeting as I write this article. We hope that you had a joyous…

Model Railroad Club welcomes in the New year

Come join the Short Line Model Railroad Club!

Harry Huckemeyer As we all enter the New Year, we all have choices, and the opportunity to make a fresh start as we establish new goals for this upcoming year. The Short Line Model Railroad Club always welcomes new members, and we’re looking forward to some changes on how we operate. We’re looking forward to…