Arlene Block On Saturday, Feb. 5, the SunBird Lions Club sponsored a golf tournament to benefit St. Jude’s, the Lions Club International, and children around the world who are struggling with cancer. Gary Hall made a hole-in-one on hole 13 during the tournament and won a new driver. Not only was it a hole-in-one, but…
Leon “Skip” Johnson, Chapter Commander The local Korean War Veterans Chapter continues to stay on track, meeting monthly, with the added continuation of their weekly luncheon schedules attended by many of the club membership. For those who are in need of support, our doors are never closed. The organization has the capability to assist those…
Frank Nechvatal The February issue of the SunBird News had an article about our meeting. However, the reality was that the meeting was canceled due to cases of COVID-19 popping up in our community. The writer of an article must submit it by the 5th of the month before the next edition. For example, for this…
Arlene Block The winners for the Friday, Feb. 4, SunBird Lions Club Bingo were Loren Carrel, Rose Brown (who won two games and doubled her prize money on one game) Bob Walberson (who won two games) Charlene Loomis, James Jerome, Barb Stopler, Patsy Strunk, Jim Smith, Mary Beth Kosibo, Joanne Astor, Mary Rogge, Joyce Dougal,…
Ignoring the advice of our federal government, the Canadians have journeyed to their winter homes in Arizona. Once again, we have appreciated all SunBird has to offer and treated it as our “summer camp.” COVID-19 has put a damper on our Canadian social gatherings. The annual Pork Loin BBQ was postponed for this year. A…
Scott Moore We had a big turnout for our Feb. 1 Men’s Club meeting, a good indication that most, if not all, of our seasonal members are back at SunBird. Treasurer Patrick Leach kicked the meeting off with the monthly financial report. With the help of membership dues coming in, Patrick has been able to…
Sun Lakes Sheriff’s Posse was named as a winner in the American Red Cross Pump It Up Challenge, which recognizes high-achieving blood drive sponsors who have grown the number of blood donations collected in their community to help hospital patients in need. Committed to helping save lives, Sun Lakes Sheriff’s Posse has helped collect 287…
Jan Davidson Come one, come all! Don’t miss the SunBird Garden Club’s Donna Bergmann Memorial Home Tour on Sunday, March 13, from noon to 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance, and they will be available at the clubhouse. This year our Home Tour is dedicated to Donna Bergmann, who was a very active member…
Nancy Stutman On Sunday, March 20, Jewish War Veterans (JWV) Copper State Post 619 welcomes Navy combat veteran Dee Person who served during Operation Enduring and Iraqi Freedom. Tune in to learn about the Arizona Coalition for Military Families and Person’s role as manager of their Be Connected community engagement program. The meeting begins at…
Gary Vacin “Our plan is to build the impossible airplane.” That’s how Jessica Cox described her plans to partner with Van’s Aircraft Company to build an airplane that can be controlled by only the feet. She spoke to an enthusiastic crowd during the Sun Lakes Aero Club’s Jan. 17 gathering at the Sun Lakes Country…