David Zapatka The Overhead Smash When your opponent hits the ball high in the air, above your shoulders, think overhead smash! The smash is one of the most fun shots in all of pickleball. It ends rallies with an exclamation point. Execute this fun, rally-ending shot using these seven steps: 1. Use many small steps…
Category: October 2020
November 2020, October 2020
October Free Spirit Vacations and Events
Sue Arko For more information or reservations, please contact Free Spirit Vacations and Events at 480-926-5547 or [email protected]. Exclusive New Year’s Eve Getaways As most of you know, the Tournament of Roses Parade has been canceled for this year. Typically, we send up to eight buses over to Pasadena, but this year, we have had…
November 2020, October 2020
Word of the Month: Petrichor
David Zapatka Following a good rain after a long, dry spell one evening on the pickleball court with friend Natasha Thompson, that luscious smell we are all familiar with danced in our noses. Imagine that fresh, earthy smell we all know so well as you read this column. Tash said, “There’s a word for that…
Community News, October 2020
The Hot Spot: Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!
John Teixeira Arizona Fire & Medical Authority (AFMA) is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the official sponsor of Fire Prevention Week for more than 90 years, to promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!” The campaign works to educate everyone about simple but important…
Clubs & Classes, October 2020
Women’s Connection Presents “Surviving in the Overwhelming Now!” a Virtual Zoom Event for All
Susan Reynhout, Publicity Chairman Women’s Connection presents “Surviving in the Overwhelming Now,” a virtual Zoom event for all, on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 9 a.m. Arizona time. Join us via Zoom or on your phone! You are invited to join Women’s Connection’s Oct. 15 Zoom event as we learn techniques from cancer survivor Lynne Hartke…
Clubs & Classes, October 2020
Sun Lakes Republican Club to Meet October 13
Carolyn McCorkle, First Vice Chair, SLRC The Sun Lakes Republican Club will feature “Election Year Insights” with Congressman Andy Biggs and Mike Broomhead, KTAR 92.3 FM morning radio host, at its monthly meeting Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 6:30 p.m. in the Arizona Room of the Sun Lakes Country Club, 25601 S. Sun Lakes Blvd., Sun…
Community News, October 2020
Easy-to-Access Online Classes
Mary Kenny New Adventures in Learning is our very own lifelong learning program for residents of Sun Lakes, Chandler, Gilbert, and beyond, and it’s back in the business of providing classes to satisfy our curiosity, our need for information, and our desire to get together with others. Of course, “getting together” takes on a new…
Community News, October 2020
Footnotes from the Library
Nancy Smith We’d like to tell you a story. It’s a true story. It’s about 135 books that traveled. They were all sizes and all subjects. Most had fun, creative artwork to help the story along. However, these 135 books were special books, selected books. Because our library had an abundance of these “special” books,…
Community News, October 2020
Microburst Storm Cleanup
Dean Athmer On Aug. 29 at approximately 7:30 p.m., Sun Lakes Sheriff Posse member Kevin Steffee was out patrolling the Sun Lakes community when a microburst storm occurred. Around 8 p.m., Posse member Steffee was flagged down by a vehicle informing us that there were several trees in the roadway on Riggs Road just east of EJ Robson…
Community News, October 2020
The Remodeling Corner
Janet Cook October is designated National Kitchen and Bath month, for they are considered the most important rooms for homeowners. We are going to look into the bathroom remodeling design trends for 2020. Remodeling activity is high, and people want a luxurious spa-like feel for their bathroom where they launch into their day and wind…