Arlene Block On Saturday, Feb. 5, the SunBird Lions Club sponsored a golf tournament to benefit St. Jude’s, the Lions Club International, and children around the world who are struggling with cancer. Gary Hall made a hole-in-one on hole 13 during the tournament and won a new driver. Not only was it a hole-in-one, but…
Frank Nechvatal The February issue of the SunBird News had an article about our meeting. However, the reality was that the meeting was canceled due to cases of COVID-19 popping up in our community. The writer of an article must submit it by the 5th of the month before the next edition. For example, for this…
Arlene Block The winners for the Friday, Feb. 4, SunBird Lions Club Bingo were Loren Carrel, Rose Brown (who won two games and doubled her prize money on one game) Bob Walberson (who won two games) Charlene Loomis, James Jerome, Barb Stopler, Patsy Strunk, Jim Smith, Mary Beth Kosibo, Joanne Astor, Mary Rogge, Joyce Dougal,…
Ignoring the advice of our federal government, the Canadians have journeyed to their winter homes in Arizona. Once again, we have appreciated all SunBird has to offer and treated it as our “summer camp.” COVID-19 has put a damper on our Canadian social gatherings. The annual Pork Loin BBQ was postponed for this year. A…
Scott Moore We had a big turnout for our Feb. 1 Men’s Club meeting, a good indication that most, if not all, of our seasonal members are back at SunBird. Treasurer Patrick Leach kicked the meeting off with the monthly financial report. With the help of membership dues coming in, Patrick has been able to…
David Zapatka Last month we discussed the word “chicane” used in describing an obstacle on the Tour de France racecourse. Our word this month is “domestique,” used to describe a rider in the Tour de France. Domestique noun do·mes·tique dō′mĕs-tēk′ (Cycle Racing) (in competitive road cycling) a cyclist whose job is to support the higher-ranking members of…