Art Sloane With many veteran organizations in Chandler and Sun Lakes there are many deserving veterans that should be recommended for the Veterans Hall of Fame. How do you nominate someone for this honor which is given to only about 20 veterans a year out of 650,000 for their service after they leave the service?…
Category: February 2016
Community News, February 2016
Springfield Community Garage Sale
Springfield Adult Community is holding its fifth community-wide Garage Sale on Saturday, February 20 from 8:00 a.m.-noon; 6495 S. St. Andrews Blvd., between Riggs and McQueen Roads, Chandler. The front and back gates will be open to the public during the sale. Highlighted maps with addresses of the participants will be handed out at both…
Association News, February 2016
Notes from the Board Meeting
The Board of Directors met Monday, January 4 at 1:00 p.m. in the Ballroom for their annual organizational and election of officers meeting. The following were elected as officers for 2016: Gordon Lee – President, Delores Brown-Knoeppel – Vice President, Don Calvert – Treasurer and Nancy Eckstein – Secretary. Committee liaison appointments were made as…
Clubs & Classes, February 2016
Garden Club home tour
Sue McCutcheon Hurry! Hurry! Get your 2016 Garden Club tickets for the Tour of Homes on March 6. Tickets are limited and will not be available at the homes. This is an alteration to the previous years’ formats. Tickets are on sale for $10 each at the SunBird Office. See what renovations others have done…
Clubs & Classes, February 2016
Film series begins
To all SunBird residents, We are residents (sunbirds, actually) of the SunBird community for the past 11 years. We would like to show a series of six films over February, March and April. We have collected these films over several years and want to share them with any interested residents. The first in the series…
Community News, February 2016
Line Dancing with Judee
What a way to start off the New Year. After 16 years of teaching line dancing, January 4 was the largest class ever. Even after I left off my phone number in the December papers. With good helpers we were able to start on time which is Noon for the Ultra Basics Class in the…
Clubs & Classes, February 2016
Free dance class: soft shoe
This class is offered free of charge. We will wear soft-soled shoes and learn simple dance routines to familiar music such as Yankee Doodle Dandy, Getting to Know You and Winter Wonderland. You will have a lot of fun in this low-impact class while improving your balance, memory and coordination! No experience is required, only a…
Clubs & Classes, February 2016
Free watercolor class
In my other life I developed highly technical training programs in a very complicated field for a large national company. I’ve used that experience to produce a fun, quick way of mastering watercolor. Please come to our fun beginner’s watercolor class on Friday mornings in the Pima Room. Join others who are new to this…
Clubs & Classes, February 2016
Silver Foxes to perform Feb. 14
The Silver Foxes of Sun Lakes, AZ were formed in 1987 by resident Lorraine Twitchell. In addition to performing with her Foxes, Lorraine also choreographs and teaches the intricate dance routines she creates. This energetic group of senior ladies proudly boast an array of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. These Foxes have performed for the Red Hat…
Clubs & Classes, February 2016
SunBird American/German Club news
Frank L. Nechvatal Our Christmas dinner in the Horizon Room was ausgezeichnet (outstanding). A job well done by our Co-Presidents Delores Kline and Larry Schoenborn! Our January meeting focused on the celebration of Fasching, or Fastnacht, or Karneval. This, of course, is a first cousin of Mardi Gras. What is all of this about? Well,…