Category: September 2025

Do You Know?

Bonnie Marcus, Community Administrator It has been reported that some residents are putting out food or birdseed for birds. Feeding wildlife is prohibited by Arizona state law and is not permitted in our community. The SunBird Declaration of Restrictions, Article 2.11, Animals and Pets, states: “No animals, birds, fowl, poultry, or livestock, other than a…

Living Retired: Cash Me If You Can

Gary Chalk My Monday morning routine is to publish my latest Living Retired column. My wife Jan’s routine is to ask, “Gary, how on earth do you come up with such gobbledygook?” I explain that frequently the stories fall in my lap, or more recently, in my wallet; but actually, it didn’t fall in my…

Bridge Results

Monday Afternoon Bridge Karlene Garn July Winners: 7/07. 1st Chris Nechvatal, 2nd Dosha 7/14. 1st Karlene Garn, 2nd Beth Miller, 3rd Frank Nechvatal 7/21. 1st Chris Nechvatal, 2nd Beth Miller, 3rd June Preder 7/28. 1st June Preder, 2nd Tom Gillis, 3rd Barb Ott Wednesday Bridge July Winners: 7/02. 1st Carol Dawley, 2nd Frank Nechvatal 7/09.…

Card Scores

500 We meet in the Apache Room, which is located on the top floor of the clubhouse, on Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m. Buy-in is 50 cents. If you have any questions, please call Darlene Thompson at 602-460-1501 and leave a message and she will get back to you. 7/03. 1st Maurice Stein 2620, 2nd…

Relishing Pickleball: The ESPY Awards Recognize Pickleball!

David Zapatka The ESPY Awards, or Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards, are an annual American awards show produced by ESPN that recognizes individual and team athletic achievements and other sports-related performances. The awards are presented for achievements during the calendar year preceding the ceremony. Has pickleball ever been recognized in the ESPY Awards ceremony?…

Golf Course Report

Dave White, General Manager For those of you who are away for the summer in the cooler climates, I will fill you in on what has been going on at the SunBird Golf Course. Our new driving range mats are working out well. I see we are saving some manpower on maintaining the grass portion…