Barbara Stewart The Southeast Valley Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) kicks off its local scholarship fundraising drive in April, part of the group’s mission to advance equity for women and girls. This month, raffle ticket sales and proceeds from a portion of the sales at JudyWear Boutique in Chandler on April…
Brian Curry It’s been a few weird weeks. Here I am having reached the golden years and I’m now dealing with a not so pleasant “ghost” of my way back past. Back in ‘68-‘69 I was a mostly crew-cut eighth grader still going to school in New York City. Amongst my rather large class at…
Arlene Block Chandler SunBird Lions Club would like to thank the 120 Golfers, 21 Hole Sponsors, and volunteers, for the successful golf tournament. We paid two places for gross and net for three flights: men only, mixed couples, and women only (six places total). There were longest putt prizes for men and women, along with…
David Zapatka This 12-common-mistakes column began after playing with some very excited, highly motivated, new pickleball players at our community courts recently. After playing a couple games, this question was posed to me, “What should we do to improve and become 3.5 players?” We reviewed the first six mistakes the past three months. This month,…
Ross Dunfee Armed Forces Day is celebrated May 15 this year, but with Memorial Day also in May, this Armed Forces Day article is printed in April to avoid printing two articles in May. Clip and save. Each of the branches of military service (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard) has a day…
Brendan Waddell, Superintendent As temperatures begin to rise at springtime, you may notice that the golf course is changing color again. The change is due to the ryegrass slowly dying from the increased temperatures, and soon we will transition back to Bermuda grass. Oftentimes during this process, people think that it is because of a…