Marty Eckstein Our annual tournament held on Feb. 20 and 21 resulted in Jan Sieth and Marty Eckstein taking first place, Harvey Simmons and Emile Richot in second, and Neal Schoenborn and Leon Thomas in third. Thanks to Paul Klancher, the tournament director, and his helpers (Jerry Logosz, Bill Hackett, Marty Eckstein, and Jill Reesman).…
The annual Garden Club Home Tour is Sunday, March 8, from noon to 2:00 p.m. This year, six residents have graciously opened their homes to us. Each home is unique and reflects the residents’ personality and interests. Thank you to each and every person who makes our Home Tour a success! Tickets are on sale…
On March 21, 2020, the SunBird Lions will proudly present the Bernie & Red show during their Farewell Tour. The SunBird residents laughed until their sides hurt in the past. One lady said, “I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time.” We have all enjoyed the music and comedy talents of this great couple…
Jim McCutcheon The theme for this spring’s concerts is “Home.” We will be singing and ringing about living and playing in SunBird, making new homes, returning home, friendships old and new, and will offer some homespun humor and advice. How do those topics translate into choral and bell music? Attend one of the two concerts…
Jenifer Walden We have kicked off the new year with some fabulous tennis tournaments with other clubs and our in-house league play. On Jan. 4, we played our friends at Sun Lakes and enjoyed some social tennis and a scrumptious lunch. Thank you, Sun Lakes, for a great day! Score? SunBird 20, Sun Lakes 8.…
Jim McCutcheon The SunBird Singers began rehearsing in January for the spring concerts to be presented March 4 and 5. The concert will be held at the SunBird Community Center Ballroom, and will begin at 7 p.m. Our theme for this spring is “Home.” You will recognize some of the numbers, either from musicals, TV shows,…
Norman Ott The Tower Point Concert Band is again returning to SunBird to present another fine performance of concert band music. This will be their third in a series of concerts at SunBird. The date for this concert is Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, at 2 p.m. in the clubhouse ballroom. The band, whose home base…
Robyn Blosh We love the SunBird sports courts and our new pickleball nets on rollers. SunBird’s freshly-painted blue courts with white lines for tennis and light blue lines for pickleball play are awesome. If you haven’t seen the sports courts, go out and take a look! Better yet, come out to play. They look good…
Barb Dunbar The SunBird Kare Bears are hosting an event called the Second Hand Rose Fashion Show. It will be held on Jan. 31, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Our objective is to raise funds for an organization called Boots in the House and allow our service clubs to have a table to help…
Norman Ott The 2019 Community Auction and the Team Championship Tournament were held on Nov. 15 and 16, respectively. The main purpose of these events is as fundraisers in support of the SunBird Golf Course. Historically, the tournament, now known as the CRAB (Canadians, Roadrunners, Americans, and Bandits) Tournament, was started in 2008 as a fundraiser…