Sun City West News

Joyce McGill of Sun City West was on a mission Saturday morning. She visited the Rip 'N Sew Club booth at the 31st annual fall arts and crafts festival in Sun City West in search of her favorite purse she says aficionados call the "Sun City West Gucci." "I have a half dozen of them," McGill said.

Preventing falls is a major part of ensuring healthy aging. Falls are responsible for injuries that can threaten independent living and even result in death.

Residents of Sun City West may soon have a flag to call their own. If an idea backed by the Recreation Centers governing board and Property Owners and Residents Association is approved at the regular board meeting later this month, at least six flags bearing a bright sun and the words "Sun City West, Arizona" may soon wave around the community.

The Fire District of Sun City West is gearing up to brighten the holiday season for local families by participating in the Adopt-A-Family program.

Holli Sandeen of the Sun City West Fire District wants the community she serves to be prepared if a flood rushes through, an earthquake rips the area or a chemical spill happens along Grand Avenue, causing the evacuation of residents.

Improvements to the Stardust Pro Shop in Sun City West didn't surprise resident Dan O'Connell one bit.

An experimental plane made a rough landing near the Glendale Airport Friday morning.

Recreation Centers of Sun City West Member Services staff members, dressed up for Halloween as mice and cats.

For the sixth year in a row, Bob's Variety Store in the Sundome Shopping Center will have luminarias for sale.

Following the replacement of some billiards equipment at R.H. Johnson Lanes a couple months ago, Sun City West resident Bruce De Lis started looking for a good place to donate the used items.

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc has executed a Purchase and Sale Agreement to acquire a 17-building portfolio located in Northwest Phoenix, Arizona for approximately $107,000,000. The portfolio is located within the Sun City and Sun City West communities and on or near the campus of two significant Banner Health hospitals .

Lakes West Golf Course in Sun City will reopen Saturday - two days earlier than expected - after nearly four months of bunker renovations.

RACINE -- Eleanor E. Crane, July 26, 1913 -- Oct. 16, 2009. Eleanor Crane died peacefully in her sleep early Friday morning at her daughter's home in Sun City West, Ariz.

Two Sun City West men face charges of resisting arrest and trespassing after they refused to leave a recreation club tennis court yesterday.

Doctors advised a Sun City West audience Thursday to learn more about the flu and its symptoms and not to panic when the H1N1 virus hits full force in the coming months.

Two months can mean the difference between perfect health and a perfect nightmare.

An occupied double-wide mobile home caught fire in Surprise on Tuesday evening when a blaze spread from a nearby travel trailer, officials said Wednesday.

Dr. Carl Goldberg will give the second half of a mini-course on Islam from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at PORA Lifelong Learning Center, 13815 W. Camino del Sol in Sun City West.

Theatre West's monthly program is "Our View From the Porch: The History of Women in Country Music." At 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, after a short business meeting, this program, written by Wagner and directed by Jenny Kaupu, is free and open to all Sun City West residents in Stardust Theatre, R.H. Johnson and Stardust boulevards.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will open a medical clinic in Surprise next year.