Category: October 2017

Time for rock, glass and jewelry sign ups

This clock was cut from globe onyx collected by club members with accents created using the fused glass technique.

Dennis Hayward SunBird residents interested in pursuing the art forms in fused or stained glass, rock cutting, silversmithing or lost waxed casting, Ming trees, beading or wire-wrapped jewelry should plan now to attend the first fall meeting of the Lapidary Club on Friday, November 3, in the Hopi Room at 9:30 a.m. At the meeting,…

Patrol Report

Thomas Catri – Chief of Patrol Pictures do reveal hurricanes’ catastrophic destruction. People all over the country are donating to Harvey and Irma disaster relief efforts, but law enforcement and consumer watchdogs urge caution: Beware of phony charities. Scam artists use a host of tactics, bogus websites, emails, text messages and social media, just to…

Lifelong Learning – become a presenter

Bill Gates is a frequent presenter for New Adventures in Learning.

Catherine Hammond New Adventures in Learning, a lifelong learning program, is always looking for new presenters. Classes are presented by volunteers who are members of the group or are from the community at large. Presenters may be retired experts in the field or others who have an interest in their topic. Some presenters have a…

SunBird HOA will be hosting a food service restrictions and regulations informational meeting

Maricopa County Environmental Health Division Services Specialist Thao Doan, RS, will be visiting SunBird on Thursday, October 12, at noon in the ballroom. The purpose of this presentation is to provide information and education on Arizona State and Maricopa County food service restrictions and regulations. This would be a great meeting to attend if you…

Donations needed for Food Bank

My name is Julie, I am a SunBird resident and I volunteer at a Chandler food bank. If you have any extra food (unopened please) that you can’t use, I would be glad to take it to the food bank. The food bank also accepts baby food, pet food, toiletries, laundry and cleaning products, diapers,…

Northwest party highlights

Steve Cockrell August 15 and 16 were almost perfect days in the Northwest for our annual SunBird Northwest Bar-B-Q and Golf Outing. The temperatures were in the low 80s. We had 40 golfers gather again this summer at the Lewis River Golf Course in Woodland, Washington. The food was delicious, the weather nearly perfect and…

Spanish classes are back

Hola! Que pasa? Want to have more fun when you go shopping in Nogales? Be able to chat with your server the next time you go out for Mexican food? Then join one of the conversational Spanish classes being offered at SunBird this fall. As one of instructor Jeanne Capeloto’s students exclaimed, “It’s painless.” The…