Commander Craig Lloyd, SLSP Please join me in welcoming another new member to the Sun Lakes Sheriff’s Posse. Dr. Max Almodovar has been volunteering in the Sun Lakes Posse for the past year and assisting in various community events serving the needs of the Sun Lakes residents, while undergoing a very thorough law enforcement vetting…
Dana Marrs, Publicity The Lady 18ers are well into their 2020-21 season. We have been able to continue to golf together on Tuesdays, playing either shotgun or tee times. Our group works with our new Pro Shop Manager, Laurie Kelech, to accommodate our golfing groups while making the course available for outside play. Our weekly…
Layne Varney, General Manager 2021 is finally here! Many stayed up late New Year’s Eve just to make sure that the clock passed by midnight, leaving 2020 behind and in the past. The year 2020 will go down in the history books forever for posterity to read about some day in the future and wonder…
Janet Cook January is a time of committing to health, and a healthy home environment can boost well-being. An emerging field of study is neuroarchitecture, the study of how the brain and body responds to being indoors. There is a science that is learning how the indoor quality of air, light, intensity of sound, and the…
Nancy Smith Those of us who have lived in the snowy, colder states often feel as if January is just 31 days of freezing darkness. In fact, the month of January is supposed to be the “gateway into a new year.” It’s nice to think of it as a fresh beginning—a new start. Our SunBird…
Wendy Weber, Lifestyle Director TAD Management Presents Not Fade Away Saturday, Jan. 9, Ballroom, 7:00 p.m. TAD Management presents Not Fade Away. Get your saddle shoes and pompadours ready, because you are in for an incredible night of Rock ‘n’ Roll! This is not your typical Buddy Holly tribute! Not only will you be twirling…
Richard Volpe The Desert Navy thanks you for your patience and welcomes all into the new year, looking forward to a new beginning filled with positive progress in our constant battle with the coronavirus. Based on the size of our organization, we still have not reached a comfort level where we can resume our normal…
Helen Seaton, Public Relations Director The next virtual meeting of Computer Booters will be on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, beginning at 10 a.m. Please note the change in time for this meeting only. Our speaker will be Katie Gertz. Windows has continually improved over the years, and Windows 10 is the best, by far, of all…
David Zapatka While playing at the IronOaks courts in Sun Lakes for my first time last month, I ran into a group of very excited, highly motivated, new pickleball players. We played a couple games together, and when we departed, this question was posed to me, “What should we do to improve and become 3.5…
Ann Ware Ann Ware, a longtime resident of SunBird and Colorado Springs, passed away on Nov. 19, 2020. Ann was born in Hagerstown, Md. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in home economics. She taught high school for several years at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School in Maryland. She married the…