David Zapatka While cruising around Australia on the way to Thursday Island, I read this description about the port city. “The mixed population of Malays, Chinese, Japanese, and Melanesians are engaged mainly in pearling and trochus and sea cucumber fishing.” Trochus—tro·chus noun: 1.a. Capitalized. a genus of chiefly Old World tropical marine gastropods (family Trochidae)…
During group Sew Days, members make quilts and other items for the needs of a variety of nonprofits supported by Desert Threads Quilters. Members make simple utility bags for carrying various items handed out at the refugee center in Phoenix. Immigrants waiting for their sponsors to pick them up attend the center and obtain necessities…
Sharlene Jerome Earlier this year, the Sunbird Tennis Club and resident and member Rowland Tegio began implementing club-sponsored (aka free for members) drop-in drills from 4 to 5 p.m. on Thursday afternoons. Each week, Rowland introduces new strokes and new strategies and improves our mobility on the court. If you haven’t done so yet, you…
Margaret Munsch A huge congratulations to the SunBird Ladies Traveling Team for winning the East Valley Travel Team League trophy on Feb. 22! The league includes teams from Sun Lakes, Ironwood, Palo Verde, and, of course, SunBird. The SunBird team is comprised of the top low handicap ladies in the Lady 18ers League. They played…
Rod Emmerton Your SunBird Singers and Ringers enjoyed another spring concert in our ballroom this past March. We had a wonderful response from our community, and we are hopeful that our musical presentations were an exposé of goodwill, musical camaraderie, and pure enjoyment. Your talented neighbors worked extremely hard from early January to the March…
The SunBird Hikers crushed the Canyon Lake Trail, depending on your definition of “crushed.” We completed the trail, enjoying the lush vistas of Canyon Lake in the distance. To celebrate another successful year, all past, present, and future SunBird Hikers are invited to our year-end party on April 3 at 4 p.m. at the Andersons’.…