Category: August 2020

Pickleball News

Julie Anderson

Christina Riley Yay! The courts are open, and the temps are sizzling! Hours: Look for pickleball summer hours via email and in the glass case. Please utilize Signup Genius to ensure there are enough to play. Sanitizing: Bring your own hand sanitizer to sanitize between matches. We have sanitizer for the balls, and balls and…

SunBird’s Email News Group

Layne Varney, General Manager SunBird has an email newsletter and special-notices program to improve communications with homeowners. If you are not registered for the SunBird email list or you are not sure if you are, please go to the SunBird website at sunbirdhoa.com and click on the icon picture of the email chimp (monkey) at…

Relishing Pickleball

The Third Shot Drop. Why Is It So Important? David Zapatka The third shot drop is a shot performed near the baseline that lands softly in the opponents’ kitchen. The shot is designed with one thing in mind—get your team to the net. The mechanics of the third shot drop are simple. The ball sails…

July 4th Flag Ceremony

Wendy Weber, Lifestyle Director We would like to thank everyone who attended SunBird’s Third Annual Fourth of July Flag Ceremony that was held at the clubhouse on Saturday, July 4. Thank you to Jodi Perkins, Hank Miller, Bob Hamilton, and the Arizona Rangers who made the ceremony possible. We would also like to thank Shar,…

Other Card Results

500 Darlene Thompson We are allowed 20 people and must leave the chairs and tables where they are located at this time. Also, face masks are required. Anyone not complying with this will be asked to leave. At this time, we are not allowed outside visitors. We meet in the Apache Room, which is located…

Card Scores

Euchre Scores Harry Smelser and Darlene Thompson We are playing euchre in the Lakeview Room starting at 4 p.m. and ending at 6 p.m. We will be doing that time until the clubhouse reopens the full extended hours, and at that time, we will meet on Sunday evenings in the Lakeview Room, which is located…

The Desert Navy Club News

Richard Volpe With the coronavirus still being a major part of our lives these days, the situation still remains pretty much the same. The best advice we can offer at present is to always be aware of your surroundings and follow all the guidelines given to us pertaining to masks, social distancing, and the 20-second…

SunBird Vehicle Control Gates

Layne Varney, General Manager SunBird, as a gated community, has control gates and barrier arm devices to assist in minimizing unauthorized vehicles from entering SunBird. Authorized entry to open the vehicle control gates can be operated by remote controls for homeowners purchased at the SunBird office or by using a personalized four-digit code assigned to…

Line Dancing with Judee

Judee Curtis What a different year for my 81st birthday and our 61st wedding anniversary. I’m hoping and praying it won’t be different in September when we are scheduled to restart our line dancing year. If people would understand it’s time to take responsibility and wear masks everywhere, we just might come out of this…