SCPDCA 2012 Election Committee

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March 2012
Published monthly by the Sun City Palm Desert Community Association
SCPDCA 2012 Election Committee
In this issue
Cover caption ........................page 3
Pass the Popcorn......................page 8
Rodeo Queen..........................page 3
Board Candidate Sstatements �� page 16
SCPD History Series...............page 4
From the Election Committee �� page 25
Photos by Photo/Promo Committee. Photo features layout by Susan Kaplan.
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Faces & Places | March2012
SCPD History Series
Story on page 4
Carol Westgate Today
Rodeo Queen
by Joy Porrello
Born on a grade A dairy farm in
Nampa, Idaho, Carol Westgate
was quite the gal. Growing up
on a farm meant hard work.
She and her family (mom, dad
Carol Riding Fuzzy
and sister) milked and fed their
Holstein herd as well as cut and
raked alfalfa and grain crops. At the age of 15, Carol, who loved horses, began competing in
the Snake River Stampede Rodeo and other Idaho rodeos. Riding on a Western style saddle,
she showed her beautiful Pinto, Fuzzy. (Just an FYI, a Pinto is also known as a Paint.) Fuzzy’s
beauty won many blue ribbons and Carol has a box full of them. Carol was also a member of the
mounted Drill Team. She competed in barrel racing, too. Carol’s mother made all her western
outfits and hand embroidered each one.
The Snake River Stampede in Nampa, just outside of Boise, is one of three top rodeos in the
country. Ten thousand-plus people attend. Celebrity attendees have been Gene Autry, Michael
Landon, Fess Parker, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Eddie Dean. In 1949, at the age of 17, Carol
competed to be Rodeo Queen. She won and was the very first Rodeo Queen of the Snake River
Stampede! At that time, they didn’t have the bejeweled crowns of today and she was crowned
with a cardboard crown that had lots of glitter on it. But, that didn’t matter. She wore that
cardboard crown with great pride!
Carol competed in rodeos until she left for college. She graduated from the University of
Idaho with a BS in Elementary Education. She met the man she would marry and they moved
to California. She taught third grade for 35 years in Silicon Valley. She and her husband decided
that Silicon Valley was all business and they needed to move to a place where they could be more
active and they came to SCPD in 2001. They loved the desert and had come here annually during spring break. Carol is by herself now and she loves to be busy. She enjoys living here and has
made many friends.
Now, back to the rodeo story. In the beginning, the Snake River Stampede was in a small
arena, but today they have a very large and new professional Bull Riding Arena. This past July,
Carol was invited back to the event as a guest. She was presented with a dozen red roses and was
paraded around the arena in a horse and buggy in front of a huge, cheering crowd. Her picture
was on the front page of The Idaho Press Tribune along with a nice story about her. For this event,
she wore new boots, new hat and jeans that were so heavy with jewels and glitter that she could
hardly walk!
In four years, the Snake River Stampede will celebrate its 100th anniversary and Carol has
been asked to attend as an honorary guest. She is planning to be there and is planning her new
outfit now. And when she returns there, she will be sporting a new, shiny jeweled crown! You
go, cowgirl!
Contents
Community News...................... 4
Board Report............................ 14
Operating Hours...................... 15
Management Reports............... 18
Committee Reports.................. 22
EPC Report.............................. 24
Calendar of Events................... 26
Health & Fitness....................... 28
Support Groups........................ 29
Fitness Schedule........................ 30
Golf News................................. 31
Chartered Club List
& Schedule............................ 32
Chartered Club News.............. 34
Notes of Appreciation.............. 47
Frequently Called Numbers........ 48
Sunshine Club
Representatives...................... 48
Resident Group News.............. 49
Classified...................................54
On the cover:
It is that time of year again.
Exercise your responsibility.
The Election Committee asks you to vote!
Election Committee members pictured in
photo on the cover are (left to right): Eve
Silverman, Sy Levitt, Chairman Bernard
Faber, David Sherwood, Regina Cain
and Edie-Whitman-Buccieri. Story on
page 25.
Resident Profile | March2012
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Commun i t y
News
The History of SCPD
A 12-part series
Part III: January 1993 to December 1994
A few members of the
Nature Conservancy Club
visit the nearby Coachella
Valley Preserve. Left to right
are: Charlotte Bensen, Club
President Ken Leibow,
Hilda Forrest, Skip Chiodo,
Paula Chiodo and Sam
Zusmer
Activities Director John Kazmer (left) discusses details of the Mountain View Recreation Center’s Grand
Opening with Giorgio Vacatello (right), Food & Beverage Supervisor.
It Was A Very Good Year
by Nancy Weil
Sun City in 1993 was the flower blooming in the desert.
Only a little more than a year earlier, it was only newly broken ground and innovative ideas. While 1992 saw the arrival
of residents and escrow closings, 1993 witnessed the birth
of what makes Sun City so special. The opening of our first
clubhouse and formation of chartered clubs fostered a feeling
of connectedness that exists today.
Those resident “pioneers” were becoming friends and
neighbors. The sense of community had swept like a cool
breeze down the sun-warmed streets The January 1993 newsletter was already filled with activities. There was no doubt
that enjoying life to the fullest was not a matter of age.
Early residents Pat and Paul Gershick recalled those days
with enthusiasm that has not waned over 19 years. Their
street, Westridge Avenue, consisted of only a dozen homes.
Close friendships were formed back in the time when everyone was experiencing the sound of coyotes howling at night or
the sighting of scorpions or rattlesnakes.
The opening of the Mountain View Clubhouse in January
1993 drew over 6,000 people, many of them non-residents.
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This 62,000 square foot structure was much more than just
a facility. It represented opportunities athletic, creative and
intellectual that helped redefine the term “senior citizen.”
The creation of the chartered clubs meant friendships
based on mutual interests. One of the first was the Nature
Conservancy. Its members served as volunteers to acquaint
everyone with Coachella Valley Preserve. Others included
wine tasters, bridge, bocce, computer, line dancing, ceramics,
needlework, drama, and travel.
As 1993 ended Sun City abounded with all the signs of
a wonderful place to live. The beautiful Mountain View
Clubhouse, clubs, committees, parties, restaurants, volunteers, and a monthly news magazine.
What really blossomed under the sun and surrounded by
the mountains was not only a sense of community. It was a
change in our concept of growing older. The year 1993 was
wonderful. Many more followed. Many more are yet to come.
Turn to page 11 to read letters we’ve received from our residents,
sharing their experiences of the early years at SCPD.
Pictured above from left to right are SCPD nurses: Irene Shea, Greta Rachlin, Joann Konigsberg, Jeanne
Esserman, Iva French Winkel
Sun City Nurses
by Joann Konigsberg
Sun City Palm Desert is a microcosm of
the United States. Our population has
people from all backgrounds and professions. Among the many retired professionals we have a group of registered
nurses. This is a group of women who
number more than 100. I attended a party with a large group of SCPD nurses and
discovered they come from all over the
United States.
In the 1950’s and 1960’s nurses were
drawn to nursing careers because of a
strong desire to help people. To these
women, nursing was much more than a
job. For many RN’s, becoming a nurse
was a following a family tradition, after
sisters and cousins who became nurses.
For others it was a brush with a family illness or a gentle nudge from a friend or
parent.
When asked to describe themselves,
they use words such as as compassionate,
caring, efficient, dedicated, knowledgeable and dependable; they are also intelligent and innovated. In a poll taken after
9/11, nurses ranked near the top of the
list of trustworthy professionals. Is it any
wonder that we trust our lives in their
hands when a serious illness occurs? In
addition to caring for our physical health,
nurses are there to support us emotionally
as well. A few stories from the careers of
our nurses:
Irene Shea was a bridesmaid for a
couple on the ward she was working. The
man was a patient and dying. The couple desperately wanted to marry so Irene
stepped in and filled the role of bridal attendant
Greta Rachlin, a Lt. Colonel in the
Alabama National Guard took care of
Governor George Wallace for months in
the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Mary Jane Greenberg was educated in
the hospital where Alcohol Anonymous
was founded. She worked in surgery with
the AA founder, Dr. Smith.
Jeannie Esserman worked as a Home
Health Nurse for many years. One morning, she was assigned a dressing change on
a patient with a gunshot wound. The patient lived in a very rough neighborhood
inhabited by gangs. When she arrived at
the address a bunch of “unsavory” looking young men were congregated around
the front door. They approached her car
when she parked making her very uncomfortable. Seeing her placed her “Nurse
on Duty” sign on her dashboard they
inquired if she was going to treat their
friend. She replied yes and they broke
into two groups. One group escorted her
to the front door and the other group
stood guard over her car. They asked for
her visit schedule and informed her that
they would meet and escort her on each
visit. They further informed her if they
were not waiting she should not get out of
her car.
I took care of Pearl Bailey who had a
kidney stone. A kidney stone is extremely
painful. Ms. Bailey was schedule to have
a procedure to remove the stone, but
we bumped her to do an emergency CSection. When she was finally brought
to the Operating room, we apologized
for delaying her procedure and prolonging her pain. Ms. Bailey knew she had
been delayed for the birth of a baby. Her
comment was “that’s all right, life always
comes first.”
Iva French arrived in the desert in
1959. Her first job was at Desert Hospital in Palm Springs. At the time it was
a one story 43-bed facility. The hospital
was founded in the 1940’s when General
Patton trained his troops in the desert.
Palm Springs was just a small village. Iva
was one of the three operating room nurses working the day shift and they were
all on call every night. A deputy sheriff would pick them up when they were
needed at night and deliver them to the
hospital. There was no local blood bank,
so when blood was necessary a deputy
would drive all the way to Riverside to get
a supply. During the summer, there were
so few patients the many of the nurses
and hospital employees were laid off. By
1961, there was a small hospital in Indio
named Casita. It had been converted from
another use to serve as a hospital. It was
furnished with old equipment and was
not as efficiently designed as hospitals are
today. There was no other medical facility
between Indio and Blythe. Casita Hospital received many traffic accident victims
from the I-10 freeway. In those days, the
ambulance drivers had no medical training, so at night the nurse on duty had to
care for the patient until the doctor arrived from home.
Nurses are the patient’s advocate and
the person most intimately involved in
their care. We are lucky to have so many
of these dedicated professionals in our
community. In an emergency, they are
good people to have around.
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Employee Profile
Stephanie Maroney
by Lois M. Epstein
Stephanie Maroney, Community Standards Coordinator,
remembers when the green of the Coachella Valley reflected
agricultural crops, not golf courses.
A true native of this area, Stephanie was born in Indio and
reared in Mecca, where she attended grammar school and high
school.
In those days, the Date Festival in Indio was one of her
primary interests. Stephanie played flute and clarinet in the
Club & Resident Group
Spotlight
Off Broadway
by Edie Whitman-Buccieri
Lee Silver has been a legend in the music business for more
than 50 years. He's been a member of the Off Broadway
Club for some time. He is amazed with the wonderful talent that Vice-President of Entertainment Barbara Newmark
is able to get and the high caliber of the performers. Lee's
knowledge of entertainment is exceptional. After each show
Lee asks Barbara and Burt “How can you top this show?”
And somehow, each month, they do!
For 30 years Burt Newmark, the club president, was
very involved the The Friars Club and The Beverly Hilton
grammar school band that marched in the parades at the
Festival.
Following high school graduation, for 13 years Stephanie
traveled around California and Washington State doing a variety of jobs from waitressing to office work until she decided it
was time to come back home.
She then matriculated at the College of the Desert, where
she received an Associate Of Arts Degree in Computer
Information.
She began her association with Sun City Palm Desert in
2007, after 20 years with the Homeowners Association at
Mission Lakes Country Club, where she worked primarily in
Payroll Accounts Receivables.
At Sun City, she works closely with the General Manager,
and with the Community Standards Director, to whom she
reports. And, of course, she has ongoing communication with
the residents.
She handles written concerns from the residents, and serves
as the link to other staff members in responding to problems.
Detailed oriented and efficient, Stephanie has the ability to
juggle many disparate customer service situations.
She is the liaison with the Lifestyle Enhancement Committee
(LEC), which meets weekly throughout the year. She handles
much of the paperwork for that committee.
When relaxing at home, Stephanie enjoys reading; she
recently purchased a Kindle reader. She particularly likes
Stephen King novels, "but not the horror ones," she says. And
she also enjoys complex computer games.
Stephanie says that sometime in the future she would like to
visit the British Isles to see where some of her ancestors came
from. But for now, she is happy to be working closely with
the other staff members and the residents of Sun City Palm
Desert.
Hotel in Beverly Hills. Burt was instrumental in helping to
find talent for the Friars Club and B’nai B’rith. Milton Berle
was Burt's mentor. All those years of experience enable Burt
and Barbara to acquire exceptional talent for the Off Broadway Club.
The Off Broadway Club does eight professional shows
a year for only one yearly membership payment of $15 per
person, which includes not only the wonderful performances, but also refreshments after each show. Their shows are on
the third Wednesday of every month, from October through
May.
“I’m very surprised that more residents haven’t joined
the club,” said Lee. Join them today! Please call Barbara at
760-772-0296 for more information.
The Club & Resident Group Spotlight returns as a regular feature profiling SCPD Chartered Clubs and Resident Groups.
Match Point
by Barbara Stern
Hall Of Fame
Long before Agassi, Federer and Nadal, Hugh Stewart was making tennis history. On August 5, 2011, the Southern California Tennis Association recognized his legacy and inducted him,
along with other icons such as Billie Jean King, into the Hall of
Fame. In her speech, she mentioned Hugh and they resumed an
old friendship.
First Set
Born in Los Angeles, Hugh started playing in 1936. At that
time it was all amateur tennis. Professional tennis didn’t start
until 1968. “I won my first tournament in 1939 when I was 11 years
old,” Hugh explained. “In 1945, I won my first doubles and
played for USC winning the NCAA title in 1951.” After college
he played all over Europe and continues to this very day. “I was
paid room and board and about $200 a month and in those
days, that was a fair amount of money,” he explained. “Tennis
gave me an entrée into everything.”
Setting Records
Stewart is best known for being the last American to win the
Monte Carlo Rolex Masters Championship. His victory over Tony
Vincent in 1956 has become the standard for US competitors. “I played against Gonzalez, Laver, Budge, Kramer, all the greats,”
he recalled. He won nine World Senior Championships, eight
doubles and one single in Croatia, Germany and Australia. “In
1949, Pancho Gonzalez and I played Ted Schroeder and Bob
Falkenburg. It was a record setting match, lasting over 5 hours.”
Clay Courts
“Most Europeans, like the Spaniards and Italians, are specialists
Arts & Crafts
Show & Sale
by Dianne Weinman
This spring our semi-annual Arts & Crafts
Hugh Stewart
on clay which is different than over here. That’s why Americans
don’t do well in Europe. But because I played so many
tournaments abroad, I was able to play well on clay courts,”
Hugh said. Today he admires Nadal, Federer and Djokovich. “When I was a tennis pro at Caesars Palace, Agassi was 5 years
old. His father would hit balls to him. When you start young
and if you have talent, there is a good chance you can make it.”
A Champion
This hear, Hugh is once again going to Europe, playing in his
30th Tournament. He will visit his children who live in Sweden. At the age of 84, he is still agile with two knee and a hip
replacement. He continues to play four times a week. “If you
enjoy the game as I do, then do it. I love playing with friends
and I enjoy the competition. Tennis is my life and it’s been a
great life and it isn’t over yet.” With an attitude like that, Hugh
Stewart has aced it!
Show will be bigger and better than ever!
The show will be held on Friday,
March 16 and Saturday, March 17. This
two-day show will be held at the Mountain
View Clubhouse, from the Lobby to the
craft area. Show hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
each day. Participating clubs include the
Art Club, BZB’s, Ceramics Club, Creative
Arts Club (formerly Paper Arts and Crafty
Ladies), Homecrafters Club, Jewelry Club,
Quilters, Stained Glass Club, Stitch ‘N
Sew, and our Writers Circle Club.
There will be a wonderful selection
of original oil paintings and watercolor
paintings, original pottery and ceramic
creations, charming knitted and crocheted
items, handcrafted treasures and gifts,
clothing with original designs, handcrafted
jewelry, beautiful quilts, stained glass creations, handcrafted wooden bowls and
birdhouses, books written by Sun City residents, and much, much more. Our Train
Room will also be open to delight young
and old alike.
The “crafters” of our community have
been working hard and have created some
exceptional works. We invite all of our
friends and neighbors to stop by the clubhouse. Perhaps you will find a lovely item
for yourself or a gift for a family member or
friend. Hope to see you at the show.
In 1981
Pamla & John with Sophia
Just the Two of Us
by Cindy Rathbun
When it comes to “Tea for Two,” “Two for the Road” or “Just the
Two of Us,” Pamla and John Abramson live the words…or at the
least, have sung the lyrics. Our resident songbirds have been performing for many years, often together. They know the lyrics to
most every show tune written, and certainly most love songs.
They met in the early 70’s, sharing a voice teacher and Master
Class in performance. But their respective careers in theater started
many years ago, with varied and diverse individual paths.
In her native England, Pamla started dancing at the age of seven,
attending one of the UK’s most recognized Performing Arts Schools.
Born into a performing family, Pamla’s father and his 10 siblings all
sang. It was not unusual for them to have large group sing-along’s
including all the cousins. Pamla first sang professionally at age 18
in “Oklahoma.” But she moved to the USA shortly thereafter to
assist her sister with newborn twins and a 16-month old. Her performance career was put on hold for several years.
In the meantime, John’s interest in theater was overshadowed
in high school by his love of sports. It wasn’t until attending the
University of Oregon that he took some classes in theater. He pursued a Masters Degree in Kinesiology, intent to teach within the LA
School system. But the prospect of the stage and creative possibilities won out. He changed his Masters study to Theater Arts, while
acting in and directing shows at Cal State Northridge.
Pamla and John met in 1972 while studying their craft. They
married in 1980 and lived in Northridge, performing in Community Theater on the Westside and Burbank. They also created an act
together, which not only played to numerous community clubs and
organizations, but also sent them to sea. Performing on a cruise ship
at that time, recalls Pamla, had them rehearsing “in the tiny space
between twin beds, at risk of falling into the shower!”
For 15 years following their marriage, they also bought and managed a full time Physical Therapy business, running administration
and operations. John says, “When we would do a show together, we
were working full time and at the theater painting sets at two in the
morning!” Shows such as “Mame,” “On a Clear Day,” and “Sweet
Charity” are a few favorites.
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Their performance visits to community clubs provided their first
glimpse at “active senior living.” Liking what they saw, they relocated to Sun City Palm Desert in 2001. Within two weeks of their
December move, they were singing at “Sienna,” (now Ventana) for
the SCPD New Year’s party.
Pamla & John have been performing here and at other local theaters ever since. They have been board members and creative forces
in our Performing Arts Club. They wrote, directed and choreographed the PAC musical “Happiness Is…” in 2003.
Pamla was Ms. Senior America of California in 2005. Both have
been recipients of the Desert Theater League awards for excellence.
This year Pamla was given the DTL Michael Grossman Inspirational Award for her dedication to theater arts.
Both participated in the PAC’s October musical “Come to the
Cabaret,” the Veteran’s Show in November, and were recently seen
in the PAC’s stage play “Curious Savage.” Hardly taking a breath,
Pamla also performed last month at the Palm Canyon Theater in
Palm Springs in “A Little Night Music.” On Monday, March 5,
you can see them as featured performers in the Music Buffs musical
program.
Busy as they are, they find time to attend Trim & Tone aerobics classes together, and keep a full social schedule. John likes golf,
bridge and poker. Pamla enjoys Bunco, Boomers, and Friends of
Gilda’s. They both attend the Coachella Valley Symphony events.
But their biggest collaboration to date is their fight against John’s
metastatic renal cancer of the lungs.
Initially diagnosed with renal cancer in 2000, John was in remission until 2008. Adding to their awards should be “Most Able to
Overcome.” As with all things, they are in this together. As Pamla
says, “He’s my hero.” There are no rehearsals or lines to learn for
this, but they are steadfast in their dedication to eradicate this disease. They are enjoying every moment of their lives, and allowing
us an opportunity to enjoy it with them through their love of the
arts and their passion for the theater.
“Sweet Charity” in 1986
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Magazine Staff
Music Buffs Producers Ernie Charney and Les Surlow (left & far right) with Music Buffs
Chair Edie Buccieri with the star of the club’s Sunday, March 12 concerts, Tony Orlando.
Celebrity Series
A Dynamic Personality–
Tony Orlando
We witnessed a most outstanding performance at our last Sunday Concert when Tony
Orlando performed before us for over one and a half hours.
The five men and one woman who accompanied Tony were very professional
and talented musicians. Tony’s youngest brother, David Orlando, played a keyboard
throughout the performance, and a friend of 50 years, Toni Wine, who has written
several hit songs, also performed with the band. They were all sensational.
Tony is 67 years young and has been in Show Business for over 50 years now. He
encompassed all the audience in his songs, and we clapped and sang throughout the
show! He took his band to Iraq three years ago and performed for all the troops. His
drummer has been with him many years, and the audience was very impressed with
him also.
Along with Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson, “Tony Orlando and Dawn”
became an international sensation. Stardom hit Tony in 1973 when they recorded,
“Tie a Yellow Ribbon “Round the Ole Oak Tree.” The song was number one for the
year, became Orlando’s theme song and grew into an American anthem
of hope and homecoming, reunion and renewal.
Tony continues to be popular as the headliner in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Reno,
Biloxi and Laughlin and maintains a tour schedule with appearances at Performing
Art Centers around the country. He has been a resident of Branson, Missouri, where
he has performed more than 2,000 shows. He has been a recipient of three American
Music Awards and a People’s Choice Award and also was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Tony became one of America’s most endearing stars, and he has conquered every
facet of show business. He continues to bring to the stage a warmth and exhilarating
energy that electrifies an audience.
All of us were thrilled with the Tony Orlando show and hope that we will see him
again in the near future.
News & Views Committee
Pat DeLuca, Chair
Dave Nay, Committee Advisor
Eileen Cinque, Sunny Kreis Collins,
Joann Konigsberg Joy Porrello,
Barbara Stern, Cindy Rathbun,
Nancy Weil, Edie Whitman-Buccieri
SCPD Staff
Dean Lining
Resident Services Supervisor
Sophia desRoches
Communications Coordinator
Editor & Design
Grace Taylor Segal
Special thanks to
Inez Calley, Staff Photographer
John Manion, Staff Photographer
Bob DeLuca, On-Call Photographer
Photo & Promotions Committee
Sue Kaplan, Chair
Gail Bayard, Steve Itzkowitz
Sam Kaplan, Marty Maloney,
Joe Share
Distribution Group
Organizers John & Bonnie Willacker
Dedicated Volunteer Staff
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Pass the
Popcorn
by Ronnie Marshall
Safe House
Starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds
Good Guy Denzel is always a pleasure to watch. Watching
Bad Guy Denzel is more of a guilty pleasure, and he uses
his certified star appeal to add a subtle shine to his rogue
CIA agent, Tobin Frost, in this new slam-bam action thriller.
Frost has been on the lam from American justice for years.
He will obtain any country’s secrets and sell them to any
other country willing to pay the price.
Our story starts in Capetown, So. Africa, where Frost
is involved in pursuing a super secret “file” that, once
leaked, would wreck havoc among the world's superpower
intelligence agencies, including our own. Frost gets the
file and, to evade a set of killers on his tail, strolls into the
U.S. Consulate office. They are just delighted to see him.
From there he’s taken to a nondescript “Safe House” for
interrogation. The action cuts occasionally to CIA HQ in
Washington D.C. where the in-charge people are monitoring
the situation.
Meanwhile, Super Cool CIA agent Matt Weston (Ryan
Reynolds) is the “housekeeper” at the Safe House, and after
cooling his heels for a year doing nothing but stare at the
walls, he finally gets a call that a very special guest will be
there soon.
That’s when the almost non-stop action intensifies. The
Safe House is breached by the men searching for Frost, and
all hell breaks loose. Matt tries to keep Frost safe in order to
turn him over to the CIA. The movie careens, very loudly,
between spectacular car chases, gunfights, thrilling captures
and daring escapes. Of course, there is high-echelon betrayal
lurking in the wings. The movie's mystery is fairly standard
and when revealed will shock almost no one, at least no one
who reads the newspapers or watches television news shows.
Corruption-In-High Places-101.
If you want to see a sly performance by Denzel, and if
you enjoy the efforts of adorable Ryan Reynolds, this movie
is sure to entertain you. Director Daniel Esposito uses quick
cuts, eye-popping saturated color, highly congested crowd
scenes and lots of menace to keep the action pounding at
you. It's a fairly simple, straightforward story, although it
tries hard to make it a great deal more. Tinker Tailor Soldier
Spy it is not.
Your Views
In this new monthly feature for News & Views, staff writer Cindy Rathbun will pose a question to several randomly selected
residents, asking their answers to a specific question about life in Sun City Palm Desert. Don’t be shy; share “your views.”
“What would you tell your grandchildren about retirement, and how to prepare?”
un
by Cindy Rathb
Harvey Goldstein: “Save and invest. The only thing employers may offer is a 401K. You want
growth. If you do an IRA, do a Roth IRA. Save as much as you can.” Harvey should know. He
is an Enrolled Agent, doing tax preparation and some accounting for private clients. He takes
classes at the Computer Lab, and enjoys Men’s Putters and Line Dancing. Harvey was a District
Delegate for seven years, Past-President of Couples Putters, and was recently seen enjoying a
Coachella Valley Symphony concert.”
Mary Sue Theilman: “Retirement is the most exciting time you have to look forward to. Be sure to stay active,
ride your bike, take up tennis, volleyball…spend a great deal of time outdoors.” Mary Sue leads by example with
tennis, Trim & Tone, book club, movie group, water-color painting, and entertaining friends and neighbors. But
she also knows that happiness at any age comes from within. She says, “Maintain your friendships; stay close to
your family and your friends. You create your own happiness”
John & Carol Layne: Carol says, “Health is Number One.” John adds, “All the money in the world isn’t worth a
thing if you don’t have health.” They agree it’s hard to plan how much money you’ll need in retirement, but you
can take good care of your physical self. They are at the Fitness Center five time each week, walking two miles
on the treadmill. At 4 p.m. each day, they take a two-mile walk around the neighborhood. They will celebrate 60
years of marriage in May. John aptly says, “We must be doing something right.”
The History of SCPD
News & Views
Residents Remember...
We had a vacation home in Palm Desert in the 1980’s. We loved the desert so much that we decided that we wanted to retire in
this valley. When newspaper accounts started reporting on the Del Webb Sun City Palm Springs project, we thought maybe that
was the place. As the grading of the large area just north of the I-10 freeway progressed, it became apparent that this was something
really big. So, we put our name on a priority list of potential interested buyers. Eventually, the list became very large at a time when
the real estate market was not too strong. There were no model homes, no brochures and you could not get into the area where the
grading was being done, so other than for occasional newspaper stories, not much was known about what was happening there.
We recall our excitement on Feb. 3, 1992 , the first day that the Del Webb Corporation had people on the list in for appointments
to purchase a home. We reported that morning to the Del Webb office, a building on Wildcat Drive and “old” Washington Street
(now Berkey Drive). Our sales agent showed us, for the first time, architect drawings of the homes, clubhouse, pools and maps of
street layouts. He told us about all the amenities planned for this secure community and we were sufficiently impressed to select
a Baccarat model. He then took us to the construction area where we could look at the lot we wanted. The graded lots and streets
were all sand with a few stakes here and there, but you could visualize the golf course and lakes and the views to the mountains were
beautiful.
You could not actually purchase a home that day, but they would accept a down payment for a “reservation to purchase.”
Conversion to a home sales contract would not occur until July 1992 when a second down payment was paid. Although golf course
lots had premium prices, they sold out very quickly and a few weeks later, premiums on new golf course lots increased significantly.
It seemed like “a leap of faith” to buy a new home and pick a lot based only on drawings and the say-so of the seller, but the
reputation of Del Webb convinced us that we were getting a quality built home and community. One condition in the sales
agreement was that there would be an significant assessment on each Del Webb home in order to replace the two lane bridge over the
I10 freeway. We were disturbed that we should have this expense when homes and businesses to the south of the freeway also using
the bridge were not assessed for its cost. We were assured by Frank Pankratz, Del Webb General Manager, that they were working
with Riverside county and Cal Trans to relieve us of this obligation and a few months later it was removed to our relief.
Now, 20 years later, we can say that we made the right decision in buying in Sun City and have enjoyed our life in this wonderful
desert paradise. June and Hobie Gaar
Our Sun City opened Oct 1,1992. On Oct. 28, 1992 my husband and I were the first people to move into the duplexes on
Springdale Ave. At that time, there were no street lights, no mail boxes, and no neighbors. About 5 p.m., all the construction
workers went home - we looked at one another and shrugged our shoulders and asked "What did we do?" Nineteen years later, we
know moving into Sun City was one of the best decisions we ever made. The clubhouse wasn’t open, but we were paying dues. So,
Del Webb took us to the McCallum Theatre, La Quinta Arts Festival, the Casino, the Palm Springs Tramway, etc. We had wine
and cheese parties on Rainbow Circle twice a week. We needed 25 signatures to start a club, and everyone was willing to sign up
for everything, just to get the clubs started. We had Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Super Bowl barbeques and we did the
barbecuing. It’s been a wonderful 19 years...so many happy memories.
Nancy & Bill Dubinsky
Note: Our 12-part series on the history of Sun City Palm Desert continues through December 2012. If you have special memories that
you'd like to share with us, please email them to [email protected]. We will publish them as space allows in News & Views and on
the News & Views page at scpdca.com.
Understanding Human Medicine
On March 7 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the LVCH, Tahoe Room, Stuart Menn M.D., renowned board certified Sleep Specialist, will be discussing the sleep phenomenon. He will be joined by Bernard Levinson M.D.
and Glenn Smith, Fitness Director.Why do sleep disorders occur? How are they coped with, handled and
successfully treated? For more information, call 360-7296 or 200-2042.
Sun City Scenes
12 Photo Feature | March2012
Sun City Scenes
Photo Feature | March2012 13
Board of Directors’ Meeting Report
Summary of Actions Taken by the Board of Directors
2011-12 Board of Directors
John
Willacker
President
Don
Hein
Vice-President
The complete approved minutes of the Board of Directors’ Meetings are located
in the Library and on the SCPDCA website.
Board Action Items & Motions
Feb. 7, 2012 Board Meeting
Motion - Anne Leach moved to amend agenda
item BAI 12-02-101 to authorize Guralnick and
Gilliland, LLP, as the Association’s attorney and agent
to execute and record assessment liens on three (3)
additional properties pursuant to the Association’s
Collection Policy. The motion was seconded by
Carolyn Einung. As all were in favor, the motion carried unanimously. Lot 92 Tract 28243, Lot 65 Tract
28977-1, Lot 38 Tract 27500
Board Action Items
Carolyn
Einung
Secretary
Anne
Leach
Treasurer
Steve
Bailey
Member
Bobbi
Hoffman
Member
Larry
Holbrook
Member
12-02-101 - Motion - Larry Holbrook moved
to authorize Guralnick & Gilliland, LLP, as the
Association’s attorney and agent, to execute and
record assessment liens on the following properties
as amended pursuant to the Association’s Collection
Policy. The motion was seconded by Anne Leach.
As all were in favor, the motion carried unanimously.
Lot 224 Tract 27221
Lot 21 Tract 28799
Lot 92 Tract 28243
Lot 65 Tract 28977-1Lot 38 Tract 27500
12-02-102 - Motion - Anne Leach moved to approve,
and remit to Nationwide, the 2011 401(k) salary
deferral match of $43,783.46. The motion was seconded by Bobbi Hoffman. As all were in favor, the
motion carried unanimously.
12-02-103 - Motion - Bobbi Hoffman moved to
approve the revision to Exhibit B, Replacement
Reserve Fund Investment Procedures, to the Finance
Committee Charter. The motion was seconded by
Carolyn Einung. As all were in favor, the motion carried unanimously.
12-02-104 - Motion - Larry Holbrook moved to
approve the Lifestyle Enhancement Committee’s
request to approve the appointment of five new LEC
members. Ron McCreary as Vice-Chair to the Main
and Subcommittee and the following residents to the
Subcommittee: Hulda Emils, Stanley Fishman, Joe
Konigsberg and Gordon Talsky, completing the term
ending 6/30/12. The motion was seconded by Bobbi
Hoffman. As all were in favor, the motion carried
unanimously.
12-02-105 - Motion - Anne Leach moved to dissolve the Paper Arts Group and the Crafty Ladies
Chartered Club and establish the Creative Arts Club,
a new Chartered Club. The motion was seconded by
Steve Bailey. As all were in favor, the motion carried
unanimously.
12-02-106 - Motion - Carolyn Einung moved to
authorize the engineering firm of Ivey Engineering Inc.
to provide mechanical design services for the Mountain
View Clubhouse Building “A” HVAC replacement
project at a total cost of $33,242.00 (including a 10%
contingency) to be paid from reserves. The motion
was seconded by Larry Holbrook. As all were in favor,
the motion carried unanimously.
From the Delegate Council
The election for Board of Director, Delegate and
Alternate Delegate candidates begins on March 15,
the date that ballots are mailed to residents, and ends
on April 24 at 9 a.m. It is important to note that each
of these positions is a volunteer position with no compensation of any sort to those elected. The men and
women who run for these offices do so for a number
of reasons, but the primary reason is, by far, to give
back to the community they serve.
We encourage you to vote for the candidate of
your choice when you receive your ballot in the mail
in the next few weeks and we particularly encourage
you to consider running for one of the open positions
in your District, if not for this election, then possibly
for the next election. The community needs good
14 Board Reports | March2012
Board
from the
by Gary W. Schwertly
Delegate Council Chairperson
people to hold these elective offices so that resident
views and opinions are heard and considered in the
decision making process.
The duties of a Delegate/Alternate are to attend
monthly Delegate Council Meetings as a representative of their District, to preside over District Meetings
and convey information from the Association/Board
to members in their District, to assist the Association/
Board obtain input from residents on specific issues
and communicate back the results, to refer or direct
inquiries from residents in their District to the appropriate committee, department or staff member, to
distribute the Association’s monthly newsletter to the
residents in their District, and to abide by Articles VI,
Continued on page 15
Operating
Hours
MOUNTAIN VIEW CLUBHOUSE
Open 7 a.m. – 10 p.m. Daily
SUNSET VIEW CLUBHOUSE
Open 7 a.m. – 10 p.m. Daily
LAKE VIEW CLUBHOUSE
Open 7 a.m. – 10 p.m. Monday – Saturday
8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Sunday
_____
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OFFICE
8:30 a.m. – noon, 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. Monday – Friday
EVENTS OFFICE and News & Views
8:30 a.m. – noon, 12:30 – 4 p.m. Monday – Friday
BUSINESS & POSTAL CENTER
9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Monday – Friday
_____
FOOD & BEVERAGE
BOULEVARDS BAR & GRILL
Open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Monday through Friday
Lunch served 11 a.m. – 5 p.m./ Dinner served 4:30 – 8 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday 7:30 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Sunday Breakfast Buffet 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
MARTINI’S
4 – 8 p.m. Wednesday & Thursday
VENTANA
Available for special events and catering functions.
PAPA DAN’ S PIZZA & PASTA
at the VISTA GRILLE
6 a.m. – 8 p.m. Daily
THE DAILY GRIND
7 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Monday – Friday
____
MOUNTAIN VIEW FITNESS CENTER
/INDOOR POOL
6 a.m. – 8 p.m., Monday – Saturday
OUTDOOR POOL
6 am – 8 p.m. Monday – Saturday
8 am – 8 p.m. Sunday
Swipe Card Access after 8 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Children’s Pool Hours (ages 4 through 17)
Outdoor Pool 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Daily
Indoor Pool Noon – 3 p.m. Daily
Children’s Spa Hours
(ages 14 through 17, same as pool hours)
LAKE VIEW FITNESS CENTER
6 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday – Saturday
POOL
Adults Only (age 18 and over) 6 a.m. – 8 p.m. Monday – Saturday
8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Sunday Swipe Card Access 8 – 11 p.m.
RESORT POOL (SUNSET VIEW POOL)
Adults Only (age 18 and over) 6 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Swipe Card Access Only
Guests must be accompanied by a resident at all times.
NEWCASTLE POOL
Children’s Hours -10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Daily
____
PRO SHOP & STARTER
6 a.m. – 5 p.m. Daily
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GATE HOURS
Main Gate – Open 24 Hours - All Other Gates – Open 5 am – Midnight
North Gate Manned – 6 am – 10 p.m.
GOLF CART GATES
Manorgate – Open 24 Hours - Kent Street Gate – Open 24 Hours
Kent Street Pedestrian Gate – Open 24 Hours
From the Delegate Council
Continued from page 14
VII and VIII of the Restated Bylaws. These latter Articles deal with
the election, purpose and District Meeting procedures. In summary, a
Delegate/Alternate Delegate functions as the conduit through which
information flows from residents to the Association and from the
Association to the residents.
Delegates/Alternate Delegates are privileged to hold an elective
office that carries personal responsibilities. Unethical, illegal or disruptive behavior or actions will not be tolerated. Delegates/Alternate
Delegates may be removed with or without cause by at least a majority
vote of the residents in their District.
Please cast your vote for those you desire to represent your community interests!
2011-12 District Delegates
& Alternates
District 1 Delegate
Dale Kitchen
Alternate: Lenore Leon
[email protected]
District 2 Delegate
Shirley Ludemann
Alternate: Charlie Thompson
[email protected]
District 3 Delegate
Kenneth Elder
Alternate: Marilyn Frank
[email protected]
District 4 Delegate
Larry Levenson
Alternate: Sandy Livran
[email protected]
District 5 Delegate
Harvey Goldstein
Alternate: Dorothea Olshane
[email protected]
District 6 Delegate
Scott Erickson
Alternate: Bonnie Willacker
[email protected]
District 7 Delegate
Wendy Silk
Alternate: Betsy Stewart
[email protected]
District 8 Delegate
Kent McDonald
Alternate: Gerald Johnson
[email protected]
District 9 Delegate
Nick Miller
Alternate: Larry Toms
[email protected]
District 10 Delegate
Jerry Hatcher
Alternate: Gary Waymire
hatcher183@verizon,net
Al Campagnone
Alternate: Ron Oard
[email protected]
Frenk Riley
Alternate: Chuck Holliman
[email protected]
Gary Schwertly
Alternate: Dennis Golob
[email protected]
Lynda Dach
Alternate: Betty Bailey
[email protected]
Christina Campbell
Alternate: Carole Miller
[email protected]
Board Reports | March2012 15
2012 Board of Directors Candidate Statements
Disclaimer & Limitation of Liability
Civil Code Section 1363.03(a)(1), provides that an association may not edit or redact any content from a nominee or member communication related to elections (hereinafter, collectively
referred to as “Campaign Materials”). Therefore, any statements and commentary set forth within the Campaign Materials (as published within the News & Views) reflect the views and
opinions of the respective author(s) and do not state or reflect those of Sun City Palm Desert Community Association, its officers, directors, employees and/or agents (hereinafter, collectively
referred to as “SCPDCA”). SCPDCA does not endorse any particular candidate and/or the opinions of any person promoting or opposing election of one candidate over another. Under no circumstances shall SCPDCA be liable for following California state law in its publication and/or posting of the Campaign Materials within the News & Views including, but not limited to,
damages resulting from any defamatory, offensive or illegal content within the Campaign Materials. The risk of liability for injury from the foregoing rests entirely with the respective author(s)
of said Campaign Materials and not SCPDCA.
LARRY HOLBROOK
ANNE LEACH
GARY W. SCHWERTLY
I am a retired High School teacher and coach. In
addition to teaching Biology and other sciences for
36 years, I coached football, baseball, and golf. I
served on the California Interscholastic Federation
(CIF), Southern Section girls’ golf Committee, and
co-authored the proposal for girl’s golf to become
a sanctioned CIF team sport. Teaching, coaching,
and departmental interaction are dependent on
good organization and communication skills. I will
use these skills to keep our community informed
and involved, while developing mutual trust and
respect. Education: Bachelor of Science: Linfield
College 1964; Master of Science: Linfield College
1965; Master of Education Linfield College 1965.
I have served on the SCPD Board of Directors
for the past five years. During this time we have
made many improvements and also maintained
our beautiful life style. We live in one of the most
desirable communities in Southern California and
I wish to continue to keep our community one of
the very best.
My participation with committees and clubs
in Sun City reinforced the importance of fiscal
responsibility and sound management practices to
preserve our quality of life.
Please re-elect me to continue on your Board
of Directors.
Contact me at: [email protected].
Here’s what I’ll be advocating if I’m re-elected to
our Board:
• Fiscal responsibility: fund our operations,
reserves and capital budgets at a prudent level
while maintaining our community’s efficiency,
amenities and beauty
• Frugality: keep HOA monthly dues as low as
possible
• Support for our excellent staff, who are cutting
costs while keeping our assets in top shape
• Support for our Strategic Business Plan
Committee’s recommendations
• Support for our delegate system, and our fine
committees, clubs and resident groups that
make our community vibrant, responsive and
fun
• Support for initiatives that will help to market
our community to potential home buyers
nationwide.
• Resource conservation and use of energy-cutting technologies for the Association’s facilities
as well as for our residences
• Town hall meetings and News & Views articles
for topics of community-wide interest such as
public safety issues and tips, the utility companies’ rising rates and cost-cutting steps, and the
impact of the Salton Sea initiatives
My wife and I purchased in SCPD in 2003. We love
the resort style atmosphere and enjoy the amenities
and its people, particularly. To preserve and enhance
upon this lifestyle is why I am running for a position
on the Board of Directors.
I have served on the Board of three HOA’s,
including one in San Diego where I currently serve
as Secretary-Treasurer for an association where my
wife and I own a second home. I have also served
in SCPD as District 13 Delegate for the past two
years and have served as the Chair of the Delegate
Council this past year. My background is in financial
management, where I have 30+ years experience in
various CFO positions. I am an actively licensed
CPA in the State of California and a current member
of the Community Associations Institute.
My goals are to assist in improving our property values by ensuring that SCPD is maintained
in its premier condition and is managed in a fiscally conservative manner, with appropriate financial
and strategic planning systems. Intend to strive to
ensure assessment dues remain affordable by utilizing my acquired financial and analytical skills, while
maintaining property integrity. Will work to assure
we live in a safe, harmonious environment. I also
hope to add value in the evaluation of the potential
annexation of SCPD by the City of Palm Desert.
If properly managed, our community has a great and
bright future. With your vote I plan to add value to
this bright future.
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Sun City Scenes
Executive
Update
by Steve Campbell
General Manager
The recent rains have given our beautiful community a
nourishing boost, blossoming into full spring splendor.
The grounds, golf courses, common areas and the desert are
alive with color, just one of the many reasons that Sun City
Palm Desert is such a great place to live. March is a great
month to take a walk and soak it all in, or drive somewhere
that you have never experienced in the area. The valley is
full of hidden surprises. For the more active residents; golf,
tennis, swimming, working out, Bocce Ball, bicycling, we
have it all.
Don’t forget Daylight Savings Time. On Sunday, March
11, 2012 at 2 a.m., clocks are turned forward one hour. This
is a good time to change the batteries in you smoke alarms
and perform other yearly household maintenance items.
One device that is often overlooked is the irrigation timer.
Many models need the clock reset for the time change which
will help you save water. When is the last time that you had
your air conditioner/furnace filter changed? Changing your
furnace filter regularly helps save money on your electric
bill and also makes the air conditioner more efficient in hot
weather. Also, please check your light bulbs on the outside
of your home and mailbox. The spring exterior light bulb
audit will be held during the month of March.
The Lifestyle Enhancement Committee (LEC) is
responsible for ensuring Sun City Palm Desert is maintained
to the highest standards and always remains beautiful.
This group of dedicated committee members enforces the
provisions of our CC&Rs, Rules and Regulations and Design
Guidelines, for homeowners as well as the Association
facilities and grounds. Their duties include more than just
the yard landscaping audits. The LEC volunteers monitor
the paint, building and landscape feature improvement
approval process. It is a full time job for many of these
dedicated volunteers led by Committee Chairman, Sandy
Lewis. The LEC does a great job and we would like to thank
every committee member.
If this committee sounds interesting to you and you have
some prior experience with building, paint, landscaping
or building plans, there are associate committee positions
available for all areas of interest. Please contact Stephanie
Maroney, our great Community Standards LEC Coordinator
at 760-200-2213. She can discuss the associates’ positions
available with you and facilitate the application process.
One final note, ballots for the Board of Directors, District
Delegate and Alternate positions will be mailed out in mid
-March. Don’t forget to vote!
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Security
Report
by Clay Hubbard
Reports
management
Community Standards Director
Hello residents of Sun City Palm Desert, I am Clay Hubbard, your new
Community Standards Director. By the time you read this, I will have been
in my position for about two months. Having recently retired from the
Riverside County Sheriff ’s Department, I spent my last year assigned to the
Indio Station. During my time there I worked with Bill Markson, the former
Community Standards Director as well as members of the Public Safety
Committee. As a Peace Officer for 23 years, I’ve had a variety of assignments
including SWAT, custody, patrol, personnel and supervisory positions. I hope
to use my experience in law enforcement to further the safety and welfare of
people living and visiting Sun City Palm Desert.
During my first two months I have been learning as much as possible about
Sun City Palm Desert and look forward to many years of interacting with the
various clubs and committees which serve the community. I’m impressed with
the overall participation and numerous events that have taken place during my
short time here. The overall quality of the Community Standards Officers and
their commitment to the safety of the residents and guests of Sun City is also
very impressive.
A friendly reminder to all residents and guests, please drive safely and
obey all posted signs to insure the safety and welfare of the community. The
Community Standards Officers enforce these rules in a judicious manner. I
would also like to urge everyone to lock your car doors and remove valuables
from your vehicle when possible. If valuables must be left in the vehicle,
keep them out of sight, in the trunk or in the glove box. By following these
simple steps, you will assist the Community Standards Officers in thwarting
crime. Always report suspicious activity immediately; we are never too busy
to investigate even the slightest suspicion of something being amiss and please
do not hesitate to call the Riverside County Sheriff ’s Department using your
home telephone 9-1-1, in the event of an emergency.
Relaxed Holiday Parking Calendar 2012
Parking Starts Parking Ends
Easter Weekend, (April 8) 4-64-9
Mother’s Day, (May 13) 5-115-14
Memorial Day, (May 28) 5-255-29
Father’s Day, (June 17)
6-15 6-18
Independence Day, (July 4)7-2 7-6
Labor Day, (Sept. 3)
8-319-4
Thanksgiving, (Nov. 22) 11-2111-26
The Holiday Season
12-16 1-2-13
Financial
Report
through December 2011
by Todd Chaloux
Finance Director
December 31 marks the mid-point of the Association’s fiscal year, as
well as the start of a four-month period of peak activity.
From a financial perspective, the Association remains in sound
condition. As shown in the accompanying Statement of Operations,
a favorable variance versus budget of $404,901 is reported for the
six-month period ended Dec. 31, 2011. Both revenue and nonrevenue producing departments are performing better than budget
with the Food & Beverage and Golf operations doing exceptionally
well.
The forecasted year-end variance remains favorable at approximately $371,164. As stated in the previous paragraph, golf operations have done very well during the first half of the year which can
be attributed to excellent course conditions as well as almost perfect
weather and increased resident participation.
Finally, a reminder; the Finance Committee will be reviewing staff ’s proposed 2012-13 operating budget every Wednesday
afternoon and Friday morning starting on March 7. These are
open meetings and all interested residents are encouraged to attend.
Sometime in April, the Board of Directors will then consider the
proposed operating budget, capital expenditure requests and an
updated reserve funding plan.
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Food & Beverage
News
by Cesar Castellanos
Food & Beverage Director
Greetings from the Food & Beverage Department!
Spring is here! The Food & Beverage Department’s main focus this month is to
take care of your special events. Now is the time to start planning for upcoming events
happening here at Sun City Palm Desert, so we have put together a ”Save the Date”
calendar to help you plan your activities at accordingly.
March
• Boulevards will be hosting their annual St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef and Cabbage
Dinner special from 1 to 8 p.m. on March 17 for only $15.99 plus tax. Don’t miss out
on this popular event!
April
• April 8, 2012 – SCPDCA Annual “Easter Buffet.” Save your appetite for another
one of Chef Juan’s exquisite Easter Celebrations! Tickets on sale March 5 in the Events
Department. Seating times available from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 2:30
p.m. Adults: $31.50 inclusive, Children ages 6-12- $15.75 inclusive and ages 0-5 eat
for free.
May
• May 5, 2010 – SCPDCA “4th Annual Cinco de Mayo Fiesta” featuring live music
• May 8, 2010 – SCPDCA Annual “ Mother’s Day Breakfast Buffet” Tickets on sale in April.
Keep your eyes on the News & Views, The Wheel, the kiosks and bulletin boards
around the community for the latest updates!
Rodeo Drive continues on March 12 and 26 in Ventana. An appetizer menu and
beverage service is available. Cover charge is $7.
Frank DiSalvo and the Frank Sinatra Show continues in March as well. Frank will be
performing on March 19 in Ventana, 6-8 p.m. Appetizer menu and beverage service is
also available! Cover charge is $7.
Organic Sol Trio will be serving up their last performance for the season. Cool jazz,
soulful blues, Motown, romantic standards, pop and acoustic melodies. Stop by and
enjoy your favorite tunes and great food! Organic Sol Trio’s last performance of the
season will be on March 5 in Ventana. Cover charge $7.00
“Twilight at Ventana,” featuring a lounge atmosphere, will be held twice a month on
alternating Friday evenings. This month, Twilight at Ventana will be open on March 2
and 16. Light food or Tapas-style appetizers and beverage service, including premium
drink choices and nightly drink specials, will be offered. Stop by and find out what
everyone is talking about!
Open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Lunch served 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Dinner served 4:30 – 8 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday 7:30 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Sunday Breakfast Buffet 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
at the
www.PaPaDansSunCity.com *Discount Coupons *Specials * Menu *Catering
6 a.m. – 8 p.m. Year-round
760-360-3456
7 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
“Simon serves with a Smile!”
200-2235
Happy Hour
4 – 7 p.m. Monday, Wednesday & Thursday
Karaoke every Wednesday evening beginning
at 4 p.m. – Solos meet on Thursdays
200-2235
Available for special events
and catering functions.
200-2206
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Chef Juan’s
Corner
by Juan Bautista
Executive Chef
Happy March from all of us in the culinary department!
Here are some important March events to keep track of. Daylight
savings time begins on Sunday, March 11. Don’t forget to set your clocks
ahead the night before. Also on March 11, we invite you to Ventana to
enjoy our last of the season “Music Buffs” Italian Dinner Buffet for only
$16.99 plus tax, featuring a great selection of Italian classics like Chicken or
Eggplant Parmesan with tomato basil sauce, classic Italian salads and much
more.
March Madness begins Tuesday, March 13 and continues through
Monday, April 2. Come out to Boulevards and catch the NCAA
tournament games with some special appetizers and a cold glass of beer. To
celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at Boulevards on March 17, we will be featuring
our annual special Corned Beef & Cabbage with stewed red potatoes served
from 1-8 p.m.
I thought it would be a great idea to celebrate the month of March
with a tasty and easy to prepare dessert when entertaining your friends,
“The Grasshopper Martini.” We featured this great tasting ice cream delight
at the Wine Tasters dinner in January.
The Grass Hopper Martini
Ingredients
• Vanilla ice cream 1- 4 oz scoop
• Cream de Menthe liqueur -1 oz
• Crushed Oreo cookies-1 oz (reserve a small portion for garnish)
• Whipped cream-1 oz
• Fresh mint sprig
Preparation
• Drop crushed Oreo cookie crumbs into an 8 oz Martini glass
• Add a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream
• Top with fresh whipped cream
• Add the Crème de Menthe liqueur.
• Garnish with fresh mint and crushed Oreo cookies.
You may choose to substitute the mint liqueur with Bailey’s Irish Cream
and substitute the mint sprig with a cherry on top. It’s so good and
refreshing that you will find yourself making your own concoctions with
different liqueurs and crushed cookies. Remember that recipes are only
guides and you may choose to add or take away as you please and create
your own signature recipes.
Enjoy!
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by Bill Wirin, Compliance Committee Member
Speed
During 2011 there were 718 citations for
speeding. It does not seem that a few miles
per hour over the speed limit would make
any difference. But they do!
We live in a senior community. While
we may hope to fool ourselves, our reactions
are slower and our eyesight is not what it
once was. The Board and the Compliance
Committee take very seriously the safety of
our residents.
Therefore a few facts may put in perspective why citations are given for speeding.
There are no fudge factors or warnings here.
The speed limit is the speed limit. It may
be on the highway that a few miles over the
speed limit are “acceptable”, but not here.
When we were young we probably had a
reaction time of ¾ of a second to 1 second
to put our foot on the brake after seeing the
need to stop suddenly. Now it could be a few
seconds, but let’s say it is only one second. At
20 mph you will travel the length of your car
(about 30 feet.) At 25 mph on a residential
street it is 36.6 feet and on Del Webb it is
January 2012 Violations
Abusive Language / Behavior
1
Conduct code
1
Evading Community Patrol Officer
2
Failure to Comply
with Community Patrol Officer
1
Failure to stop at a posted stop sign
35
Golf cart parked in a automobile parking only 1
Illegal handicap parking
19
Illegal parking in median / island
2
No current resident decal
2
Non-golf cart parked in golf cart space
1
Parked at clubhouse parking lot without
authorization or proper pass
2
Parked on marked fire line
1
Parked on red curb
1
Parked on street overnight
46
Parked on white curb
3
Reckless driving
1
Speeding39
Trash container violation
17
Vehicle blocking mailbox
1
Vehicle blocking sidewalk
2
Vehicle parked facing wrong way
2
Vehicle taking two spaces
2
Monthly Total
182
over 50 feet at 35 mph.
So far you have just put your foot on the
brake, now the brakes need to bring the car
to a stop. The breaking distance at 20 mph
is only 7.3 feet and at 25 mph it is about
11.5 feet. The extra 5 mph increased the
breaking distance by one third. At 30 mph
the distance is 16.6 feet, or more than double
the distance at 20 mph.
The total effect is that at 25 mph you
probably can stop your car in 47 feet and
at 35 mph about 74 feet. These distances
increase if the street is wet, there is sand/
gravel, you are on a cell phone, you are angry
or worried about something or not paying
attention.
Our Community Patrol uses radar to
check your speed. The radar gun is checked
and calibrated daily; in addition, the operators receive extensive training. The radar
gun locks on a vehicle and a photo is made
of the speed. This is how we know if you are
speeding.
All of this seems very technical, but to be
safe and stop in time drive the speed limit, or
below the speed limit.
Lifestyle
Enhancement
by Sandy Lewis, Chairman
Note: Spring Audit will begin on March 6,
2012 and will continue until the LEC Field
Review staff covers all residential properties
in SCPD.
Last month I covered the working
components of the LEC. This month I
will present more information on these
components and what they do to keep
SCPD looking good and enforce provisions
of the CC&R’s and the SCPD Design
Guidelines.
These are some of the functions that are
performed by the operating committees:
• Unfortunately, it is necessary at times to
write violations to notify homeowners
of a problem.
• After a violation is written somebody
will follow up at defined intervals after
the homeowner is notified to see if corrections have been made. If violations
have not been corrected the resident will
be notified of a hearing.
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•
Members of the LEC will meet with
homeowners if a homeowner requests
a meeting to clarify a specific issue or
problem.
• After a homeowner has submitted an
application (non-paint & paint) to get
approval to make some modification to
their home or property a member the
committee will come out to the home
to verify that the project was completed
as specified in the application. If the
project was done as shown on the application the project will be signed off as
completed but if there is a problem a
violation notice will be sent.
• At times a resident may submit a
Homeowner Concern if they see something that they feel is a problem. A
member from the LEC will inspect the
property to verify that there is a problem
and if so a meeting with the homeowner
who is causing the problem will be
arranged. Hopefully at this meeting a
solution can be agreed upon.
• Re-Sale checks. When we are notified
that a house is in escrow a team will
go out to inspect the property to determine if there are items that necessitate
a violation being written. The escrow
company is then informed of the results
of the inspection. The objective being
that if there are violations, all parties to
the transaction are informed.
In addition to the above:
• When a homeowner is planning to
do any painting to the exterior of
their house they need to submit an
application and the Paint Committee
will document for the homeowner a
Detailed House Painting Plan so that
the homeowner knows what colors are
to be painted on each portion of their
house. Note: All homes must be painted
with an approved color scheme that
conforms to the current SCPD palette
of schemes and colors. Violations will
be written for non-conforming colors.
• Three (3) times a year the Field Review
Committee performs audits of resident’s
properties and will write violations if
a property is not following guidelines
and/or not being maintained. As noted
above the next audit will be March 6,
2012.
If a violation is written and not corrected,
hearings are heard at least once a month. The
resident is notified well in advance of the hearing and given the opportunity to still correct
the violation. If it is still not corrected a hearing will be held and the homeowner is invited
to come to the meeting and if they disagree
with the violations they are given the opportunity to explain to the committee their side
of the issue. The committee will then review
all of the information presented and decide
whether a fine/assessment is in order.
Library
by Susan Schubert
A resident recently suggested that the
Library separate cassettes and CDs on
the Audio Book carousels. This idea was
presented and discussed at January’s Library
Committee meeting. Ultimately, it was
decided to continue with our current system
of shelving audio book cassettes and CDs
together.
The main reason for this decision was
based on our Movie Section history, when
DVDs were shelved separately from video
tapes. Unfortunately, that setup led to many
DVDs disappearing at once and for good.
Interspersing DVDs with video tapes has
helped to reduce the number of neverreturned DVDs.
There are fewer CDs than cassettes on
the Audio Book carousels, and the CDs are
in high demand. You will find that CD
cases are slimmer than cassette cases, and are
marked with a “CD” label on their spine.
Once those facts are known, it shouldn't be
too difficult to differentiate the two.
As always, please verify that all cassettes,
CDs, video tapes, and DVDs are in their
correct cases when they are returned to the
Library. And be sure to return all borrowed
items in a timely manner so that other residents may enjoy them. Thank you.
And a special “thank you” to Library volunteers Dolores Buckles (Audio Books), Gail
Bayard and Mary Tapley (Movies) who collectively do an excellent job of labeling and
keeping our Audio Books and Movie Section
in fine order.
Public Safety
A Friendly Reminder
by Jack Wells
Reducing False Burglar Alarms
A number of national studies have shown
that between 94% and 98% of burglar
alarms are considered "false." Generally, this
means that police responding to such calls
find no evidence of burglaries, or attempted
burglaries.
Such a huge number of perhaps unnecessary calls for police service results in millions
of dollars in seemingly wasted police activity.
What does this mean to residents of
SCPD? It means some of us are responsible for causing Sheriff's deputies to make
needless trips to SCPD. Police services at
SCPD, including burglar alarm response,
come from the Riverside County Sheriff's
office, Indio Station. As of now, RSO does
not charge for these "false" alarms, but that
could change, as other local agencies are
charging residents in various ways for false
burglar alarms.
Exact numbers of false alarms here at
SCPD, versus those few alarm calls found to
be caused by active burglars, are difficult to
obtain. We know there were 233 alarm activations in the period June, 2011, through
November, 2011. We know some of these
(45) occurred at the RV lot, and thus 188
were reported from residences at Sun City
Palm Desert. We do know most of these
were found to be false.
What causes false alarms? Usually, it's
some kind of resident error.
Included in this category are pets triggering alarms, residents who forget their alarm
code and/or forget to close windows or
doors that need to be secured to complete
the alarm circuit, or residents who open
a door or window when the alarm is set.
Other causes include faulty equipment,
poor installation, and weather.
The Public Safety Committee (PSC)
continues to recommend that residents have
quality burglar alarms installed in their
residence, and use them regularly. However,
please use them correctly.
The Lifestyle Enhancement Committee will
be performing their 2012 periodic audits of
exterior property on March 6, June 19 and
Oct. 2. Each audit period lasts approximately three to four weeks. In most cases the
inspection will be done from the street or the
adjoining lot sidewalk however, when closer
inspection is required the audit team may
have to enter the front or side yards.
Fishing is permitted only in the fishing
lake located at Del Webb Blvd. and
Sunrise Canyon. Fishing is also
restricted to “catch and release” only.
Trouble Receiving
Channel 98?
If any Time Warner Bulk Customers
are not receiving Channel 98,
please call Time Warner Cable
at 760-340-2225. Posted stop signs are
meant for golf carts
and bicycles, too.
Citations will be
issued for failure to
stop.
Riding bicycles on the
sidewalks is NOT
permitted at any time!
Dumping of any materials on the
sidewalks or streets is prohibited at
any time. This violation is subject to a
mandatory fine of $250.
Prevent Rust Stains on Driveways
One of the main reasons for rust stains on
driveways is due to washing golf carts on
driveways. Acid from batteries drips onto
the driveway which causes unsightly rust.
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Dear Neighbors,
As you probably know, Sun City Palm Desert is located adjacent to
the San Andreas Fault, which historically has had a major eruption
about seventy-five to one hundred years. Since the San Andreas has
not had a major eruption in over three hundred years, we are way
overdue. According to the latest information available, there is a 99
percent probability we will experience a major earthquake in the next
twenty-nine years. Even with the most sophisticated instruments we
have today however, scientists are not able to accurately predict when
an earthquake will occur. Therefore, it is imperative that we are ready
and prepared.
The good news is that we live in a development where the homes are
all single-story and were built to a high earthquake standard. The other
piece of good news is that our Association has a plan in place to rescue
residents from damaged homes, and to provide basic first aid to those
with injuries, when (not if), an earthquake affects our community.
I am writing to ask for your help. The Emergency Preparedness
Committee desperately needs volunteers, especially Block Captains. A
Block Captain is a first responder and checks on the welfare of residents
in his or her assigned area, and administers basic first aid if necessary.
After an earthquake occurs, Block Captains first attend to the needs
of their family and then checks on their immediate neighbors. Then
Block Captains report to their command post to check in and pick up
EPC Needs Your Help
Of course, you know that the EPC is always looking
for additional volunteers to serve as Block Captains,
our first responders in an emergency. However, there
are some other jobs needing volunteers that you may
not know about. We are forming a new Mobile Medical
Team to assist our Block Captains during emergencies.
We are seeking volunteers with prior first aid training,
such as former First Aid Squad members, former EMTs,
Firemen, Policemen and military. We also need another
structural engineer to advise us in making our Emergency Operations Center safe during an earthquake.
We need people to staff the Gate team, which will help
manage traffic into SCPD when the disaster causes Allied Barton Security to be understaffed. Also we need
help maintaining up-to-date information on our 600+
volunteers. Finally, we always have a shortage of nurses
and doctors to staff our First Aid Stations. If you are
a MD or retired MD who is willing to help out in
an emergency situation, please contact Ann McNeel,
MD at 760-565-8621 or [email protected].
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radios. They then go door to door in their assigned are, usually 10 to
20 homes in his or her district. If the Block Captain discovers someone
is injured, he or she would administer basic first aid, or uses the radio
to request medical assistance if a resident needed additional medical
care beyond general first aid. Please note that homes, which are not
covered by Block Captains, will only be checked after the assigned areas
have been covered. If you do not want to be a Block Captain, there are
many other positions or jobs available.
We encourage all Block Captains to attend training held on the first
Friday of the month, except during the summer months, at 1 p.m. at
Speakers Hall in the Sunset View Clubhouse. We also have two annual
drills to test our readiness and look for ways to improve our effectiveness. Your commitment therefore is only one hour a month, bi-annual
radio training in the use of walkie-talkies, and participating in two
annual drills. We understand that some people travel or can’t make
every meeting, but please do not let that stop you from volunteering.
In summary, I am really just asking you to be a good neighbor. You
know, the life you save may be your own!
To volunteer, or for questions, please call me at 760-200-1323.
Thank you!
Ron Brown
Chairman, Emergency Preparedness Committee
First Aid Stations
In the event of a disaster, the Emergency preparedness Committee
will set up First Aid Stations in all three clubhouses to aid injured
residents. If you are in the SCPD complex but not at home when
disaster strikes, go to the nearest clubhouse. If you are at home, your
Block Captain will come around to check on you and your home.
But, if you need additional first aid, go to the designated clubhouse
listed below: If you live in District 2, 5, 6, 7 or 15, go to Mountain
View Clubhouse; If you live in District 1, 3, 4, 8 or 9 or 14, go to
Sunset View Clubhouse; If you live in District 10, 11, 12 or 13, go
to Lake View Clubhouse.
EPC
Documents Online
Go to http://epc.ticbiz.com/knowledgetree/ - Click on “First
Aid,” “Resident Information,” “Resources” or “Instructions.”
EPC Monthly Training Meeting
is held March 2, the first Friday of the month. All EPC volunteers,
not just Block Captains, are invited to attend this session from 1 to
2:00 p.m. in Speakers Hall. This month, Ron Brown will review fire
suppression techniques that we all need to know in emergencies that
we may encounter both in everyday situations and disasters.
2012 Election Committee
SCPD Entrance Gates
Hours of Operation
Hours for the Entrance Gates in the Community are:
Main Gate - 24 Hours
All Other Gates 5 a.m. to Midnight
Know An Interesting SCPD Resident?
News & Views welcomes suggestions for subjects of
articles about residents. If you know a resident who you
think would be a good candidate for a profile, please let
us know via email at [email protected].
No guarantee of publication is implied.
Visit Your SCPD Website!
www.scpdca.com
Watch SCPD meetings
every night at 6 p.m.
on Channel 98.
Who Will Represent You?
by Bernard Faber, Election Committee Chairman
It is March again, and we now start the process of selection of our
District delegates and the members of our Board of Directors. Counting
the Delegates and Alternates, we will select 33 of Sun Cities finest to
represent us. Delegates and alternates serve for one year and Board
members for two.
We will need some volunteers on Tuesday, March 13 to prepare the
ballots for mailing from 9 a.m. until about 2 p.m. If you are willing
to help, please call Bernard Faber at 760-200-3933 or Ira Rosenthal,
Executive Assistant, at 760-200-2264.
Ballots will be mailed to each eligible house hold on March 15, 2012.
Each ballot will contain detailed instructions which meet the California
State Code. Our SCPDCA bylaws have been written to conform to the
code.
The deadline for returning the ballots is Monday, April 23. On the
following day the ballots will be tabulated and a report will be issued of
the results.
Get to know for whom you are to vote. The candidates for all of
the positions will be introduced at your March District meeting. It is
important that you attend so as to be informed of your choices.
All of the candidates are volunteers and deserve your thanks for serving and putting in all the hours of services to us.
Election Committee members pictured above and on the cover are (left
to right): Eve Silverman, Sy Levitt, Chairman Bernard Faber, David
Sherwood, Regina Cain and Edie-Whitman-Buccieri.
EPC District Directors
District #
Phone
1 David Hansen 565-1155
2 Josh Denham
772-1185
3 Tom Chedester
610-1599
4 Ron Brown/Howard Rogo
200-1323/345-6090
5 Bob Sutton/Keith Kramer
345-3754/345-7388
6 Steven Bayard/Bob Lefton 200-9917/ 360-8524
7 Joe Gmyrek
772-2397
8 Carl Caddies/Myrna Blanding 360-5491/ 345-6473
9 Vacant
10Pat Claytor
360-3183
District #
Phone
11Paul Muckenfuss/
360-2652
Paul Christofferson
200-1474
12 Chuck Holliman
360-1487
13Ramona Larson
772-8664
14/1 David Hansen
565-1155
14/5 Bob Sutton/Keith Kramer 345-3754
15A Suzanne Boyles/Fred Karimi360-2497/360-7199
15/1 David Hansen
565-1155
Chair: Ron Brown Vice Chair: Ann Floden
200-1323
772-4402
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March 2012
March Movies
Wednesday, March 14 - 7 p.m.
“Peyton Place”
with Lana Turner &
Diani Varsi
Presented by David Miller
Wednesday, March 28 - 7 p.m.
“The Sun Also Rises”
with Tyrone Power &
Ava Gardner
4
Friendship Church
8:30am & 10am SV
D&K Productions present
“A Musical Tribute
Kenny & Friends”
5
AARP Tax Aide
Organic Sol Trio
LEC Sub Committee
4 p.m. - 7 p.m. MV
DISTRICT 1
Thursday, March 8, 10:30 a.m.
DISTRICT 2
9:30 a.m. MV
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. MV
Delegate Board Meeting
11 a.m. MV
Open Card Play
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. SV
Board of Directors Open Meeting
2 p.m. SV
11
Friendship Church
8:30am & 10am SV
Music Buffs present
“The Lettermen”
3:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. MV
Tuesday, March 13, 4 p.m.
12
8 a.m. MV
2 p.m. MV
AARP Driver Safety
8:30 a.m. MV
LEC Sub Committee
4 p.m. – 7 p.m. MV
Rodeo Drive with Randy & Marilyn
9 a.m. MV
LEC Plan Review
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. MV
Fitness & Recreation Committee
1 p.m. LV
District 5 Meeting
1 p.m. SV
Open Card Play
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. SV
Repertory Players Free Show
7:30 p.m. SV
DISTRICTt 6
Thursday, March 15, 1 p.m.
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Friendship Church
8:30am & 10am SV
19
AARP Tax Aide
Seminar – Living Trust
Open Card Play LEC Sub Committee
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. MV
District 8 Meeting
Thursday, March 15, 2:30 p.m.
1 p.m. SV
Happy Hour
DISTRICT 10
4 p.m. – 7 p.m. MV
Wednesday, March 21, 1 p.m.
District 12 Meeting
DISTRICT 11
Wednesday, March 7, 10 a.m.
4 p.m. SV
Frank and the Sinatra Show
DISTRICT 12
Mon, March 19, 4 p.m.
25
Friendship Church
8:30am & 10am SV
DISTRICT 15
Friday, March 16, 4 p.m.
6 p.m. – 8 p.m. MV
26
8 a.m. MV
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. SV
District 14 Meeting
9 a.m. MV
LEC Plan Review
1 p.m. SV
9:30 a.m. - 10:30am MV
5 p.m. MV
Eisenhower Lecture
District 4 Meeting
District 6 & 7 Social
Library Committee
10 a.m. SV
10:30 a.m. SV
Seminar
“Real Men Don’t
Diet; They Change Financial Workshop
Their Lifestyle”
with Jade Eagles
5:30 p.m. SV
11 a.m. MV
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Food & Beverage Committee
AARP Tax Aide
Happy Hour
LEC Sub Committee
Rodeo Drive with Randy & Marilyn
LEC Plan Review
10 a.m. MV
4 p.m. – 7 p.m. MV
6 p.m. – 8 p.m. MV
Coachella Valley Symphony “Music
of Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Rossini
and more”
7 p.m. MV
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Porcello Estate Buyers
12 p.m. MV
DISTRICT 9
DISTRICT 14
AARP Tax Aide
Happy Hour
DISTRICT 5
DISTRICT 13
Wednesday, March 14, 1 p.m.
8 a.m. MV
8:30 a.m. MV
6 p.m. MV
DISTRICT 4
Tuesday, March 20, 10:30 a.m.
DISTRICT 8
Mon, March 19, 1 p.m.
Election Committee
Gov’t Relations Committee
6 p.m. – 8 p.m. MV
Friday, March 16, 2:30 p.m.
13
AARP Driver Safety
Coachella Valley Symphony Dinner
Gala
DISTRICT 3
DISTRICT 7
Wednesday, March 14, 10:30 a.m.
9 a.m. MV
Delegate Council
LEC Plan Review
7:30 p.m. SV
In the Sunset View
Clubhouse
in Speakers Hall
8 a.m. MV
6 p.m. – 8 p.m. MV
Presented by David Miller
March 2012
District Meetings
6
Happy Hour
8 a.m. MV
9 a.m. MV
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. MV
Election Committee
1 p.m. MV
Open Card Play
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. SV
1
AARP Tax Aide
Finance Committee
LEC Meeting
EPC Training
Compliance Meeting
Twilight at Ventana
Open Card Play
Neighbors 4 Neighbors Party
Happy Hour
Sun City Jewish Services
8 a.m. MV
9 a.m. MV
1 p.m. MV
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. SV
4 p.m. - 7 p.m. MV
7
2
8
8:30 a.m. LV
1 p.m. SV
5 p.m. – 8 p.m. MV
6:30 p.m. LV
9
Finance Committee
District 11 Meeting
District 1 Meeting
New Resident Orientation
Open Card Play
EPC Search & Rescue Meeting
EPC District Meeting
1 p.m. MV
Strategic Business Plan Committee
1 p.m. SV
Happy Hour
10:30 a.m. MV
10 a.m. SV
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. SV
Finance Committee
EPC Committee
2:30 p.m. MV
8 a.m. MV
10:30 a.m. SV
Car Show
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
MV Parking Lot
Off Broadway presents
“The Wonderful World
of Liberace”
3 p.m. & 7 p.m. MV
7:30 p.m. SV
AARP Tax Aide
“Improve Your Balance & Stability”
presented by Palm Desert Physical Therapy
3
10
8:30 a.m. LV
10 a.m. MV
2 p.m. MV
2:30 p.m. LV
4 p.m. – 7 p.m. MV
Karaoke & Happy Hour
4 p.m. – 7 p.m. MV
7 p.m. MV
14
15
16
District 7 Meeting
AARP Tax Aide
Finance Committee
District 13 Meeting
LEC Committee
Arts & Crafts Spring Show and Sale
10:30 a.m. SV
1 p.m. SV
Open Card Play
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. SV
Public Safety Committee
2 p.m. LV
Web Editor Committee
3 p.m. MV
4 p.m. – 7 p.m. MV
Movie – “Peyton Place”
7 p.m. SV
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Association Documents Committee
9 a.m. MV
Finance Committee
1 p.m. LV
District 10 Meeting
1 p.m. SV
Open Card Play
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. SV
4 p.m. – 7 p.m. MV
Strategic Business Plan Committee
6:30 p.m. MV
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8 a.m. MV
9 a.m. MV
District 6 Meeting
8:30 a.m. LV
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. MV
1 p.m. SV
Website Discussion
1 p.m. MV
District 3 Meeting
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. SV
District 15 Meeting
2:30 p.m. SV
Twilight at Ventana
4 p.m. – 7 p.m. MV
Golf Committee
Open Card Play
District 9 Meeting
Happy Hour
Candidate Elections
6 p.m. SV
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AARP Tax Aide
News & Views
8 a.m. MV
Committee Insurance Committee
1 p.m. MV
9 a.m. MV
Strategic Business
Seminar Plan Committee
Income for Life
2:30 p.m.
10 a.m. MV
Happy Hour
EPC Mobile
Medical
4 p.m. – 7 p.m. MV
Team Meeting
Sun City Singers
11 a.m. LV
Spring Concert
Open Card Play
7:30 p.m. MV
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. SV
29
2:30 p.m. SV
4 p.m. SV
5 p.m. – 8 p.m. MV
7:30pm SV
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Finance Committee
8:30 a.m. LV
9 a.m. MV
Sun City Singers Spring Concert
7:30 p.m. MV
30
News & Views Stuffing
Open Card Play
Open Card Play
Finance Committee
Happy Hour
Promo & Photo Committee
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. SV
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. SV
4 p.m. – 7 p.m. MV
4 p.m. – 7 p.m. MV
Movie Night – “The Sun Also Rises”
7 p.m. SV
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Arts & Crafts Show Committee
AARP Tax Aide
8 a.m. MV
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. MV
2 p.m. MV
Finance Committee
1 p.m. LV
17
Arts & Crafts
Spring Show & Sale
31
8 a.m. MV
8:30 a.m. LV
10:15 a.m. MV
District 10 Social
5 p.m. MV
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Health & Fitness
Health & Fitness
News
by Glenn Smith
Fitness Director
Spreading plaque
Plaque grows and spreads in different ways. Some plaque grows
into the open space inside an artery (the lumen) through which
blood flows. These are the bumps and narrowing an angiogram
can detect.
However, most patches of plaque bulge outward, away from the
lumen. They do not get in the way of blood flow, and they are
invisible to the prying eyes of an angiogram or stress test. In some
arteries, especially small ones, plaque covers the entire wall. This
symmetrical change is also invisible on an angiogram.
In the old view of atherosclerosis, the biggest bulges caused
heart attacks. They can, of course. But the danger often comes
from soft plaques with a thin cap that barely poke into the artery.
Big plaques and small ones can break open, which can lead to a
heart attack or stroke.
Shift in thinking, shift in treatment
The traditional view of coronary artery disease emphasizes blockages. Cardiologists look for them with stress tests and angiograms.
If no blockage is found, people are often told they are "fine,"
sometimes in spite of chest pain and other symptoms.
If a blockage is found, treatment usually focuses on squashing
the offending plaque with a balloon and placing a stent to prop
open the newly widened section of artery (called balloon angioplasty). Surgery to bypass the blockage is another option.
Healthnut
by George Boucher, Assistant Fitness Director
This month’s HealthNut are……Mary Ann and Len Valley! Mary Ann
was born in Missouri Valley, Iowa. While in grade school, Mary Ann and her
family moved to Ames, Iowa where she graduated from Ames High School.
Len was born in Little Falls, Minnesota and graduated from Little Falls High
School. The couple have been married for 53 years and have three children
and five grandchildren.
Mary Ann attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls where
she earned an elementary teaching certificate. She met Len at the Iowa State
University (ISU) Newman Center while they were singing in the St. Thomas
Aquinas Church choir. After marriage, Mary Ann was a stay-at-home mom.
When the children went back to school she began working as a para-professional in a junior high and high school. As an adult learner she earned a BA in
Liberal Studies from the College of St. Benedict, in St Joseph, Minnesota.
Len attended St. John’s University in Minnesota earning Bachelor’s
Degrees in physics and math. He then went to ISU and earned a Doctorate
in atomic and molecular physics. Len returned to St. John’s to teach physics
and was a faculty member there for 38 years! During his tenure at St. John’s,
Len was granted three sabbaticals to carry out research at other universities. In
addition, Len and Mary Ann lived for two years in Malaysia where Len taught
physics and Mary Ann carried out a nutrition research project. Len retired
from St. John’s in 1998.
In the winter of 2002, the Valleys became part-time Sun City residents.
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Health & Fitness | March2012
Health & Fitness Health & Fitness
Balloon angioplasty
In balloon angioplasty, a cardiac surgeon feeds a catheter (small
tube) to the site of the blockage and threads a thin, flexible guide
wire through the narrowing (A). The balloon catheter advances
along the guide wire until it's positioned directly inside the narrowed area (B). As the balloon inflates, the plaque stretches and
cracks, allowing freer passage of blood through the now-reopened
artery (C).
These treatments are more like delaying tactics than cures.
Since they do not fix the underlying problem—atherosclerosis—
another plaque in the coronary artery tree or elsewhere can enlarge
or burst. Fighting both the atherosclerosis and inflammation is
what is needed.
Almost all adults have some atherosclerosis. How do you know
how hard to fight it and what to do to protect your heart and
arteries?
If you are at low risk for having a heart attack, a healthful diet and
daily exercise are your key protectors.
If you have heart disease or are at high risk for having a heart
attack, you need to attack the disease on all fronts:
• Exercise and eat healthfully.
• Control blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar.
• Take medications to stabilize plaque and stop blood clots from
forming in the heart's arteries.
If you are at intermediate risk, eat right and exercise for sure,
and choose other strategies based on your risk factor profile.
We can help you with the exercise part at either Fitness Center.
You can wait and take the risk or start by calling and making an
appointment for a consultation. Mountain View Fitness Center,
760-200-2240, or Lake View Fitness Center, 760-345-0505.
When not at Sun City, they split their time between a
condo they have in St. Cloud, Minnesota and a cabin
on Clamshell Lake located in north central Minnesota.
Mary Ann and Len are members of the Hiking
Club and the Minnesota Memories and Friends Club,
the latter of which Len is vice president. They both
enjoy golfing, singing and traveling. Other favorite
activities of Mary Ann’s include playing bridge, Lady
Putters and reading. Len is a member of the Art
Club. He also volunteers once a week in the Reading
Program at Mecca Elementary School!
Mary Ann works out at Lake View Fitness Center four times a week. She
does an hour of cardio split between the treadmill, the cross trainer and the
upright bike. In addition to her cardio, Mary Ann lifts weights three times a
week alternating between exercises for her upper body one time and her lower
body the next.
Len swims 10 laps at the Lake View pool three or four times a week.
Afterwards, he works on seven resistance training machines to keep his muscles
strong. He also enjoys biking around Sun City. In addition, because of a back
problem, Len has a stretching routine he performs every morning and evening
at home.
The Valleys are convinced that their exercise program has helped them
maintain healthy body weight, have more energy, feel better and remain mentally sharp! Their advice to fellow residents is, “If you are not already exercising
regularly and you want to experience the same benefits we have, choose an
exercise or exercises that you enjoy and set aside time in your schedule and
make it a priority!!”
Health & Fitness Health & Fitness Health & Fitness Health & Fitness Health & Fitness
SCPD Support Groups
Anxiety - Depression Support Group
If you suffer from anxiety, panic, depression, fears or general
nervousness, this group can help. This group uses the Recovery
International Method from from the Abraham Low Self Help
Systems which can be previewed at https://www.lowselfhelpsystems.org. Mondays, Lakeview Clubhouse-Tahoe Room, 4 p.m.
Interested residents call or email “Reen” at 760-200-0782 or 312209-5556, [email protected].
Alzheimer’s Support Group
We meet the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month from 9 to 11
a.m. in the Tahoe Room, Lake View Clubhouse. We invite caregivers of loved ones diagnosed with Alzheimer�s Disease. Here we confidentially discuss issues related to coping with the numerous facets
of caregiving and setting goals for self-care. For further information,
call Beverly Yahr at 200-4410 or Bob Krasny at 200-4951.
Cancer Support Group
Gilda’s Club is now providing two weekly support groups, one for
those with cancer (Survivors) and one for caregivers of those who
have a loved one with cancer. Patients and Survivors: Mondays
from 9 to 10:30 a.m., Canyon Room, Sunset View Clubhouse. Caregivers will meet at same time in the Palm Room. Call Litsa
Mitchell at 760-770-5678 for information. This program provided
free of charge and is one of the valuable contributions Gilda’s Club
provides our community.
Compulsive Eaters Group
Honesty. Openmindedness.Willingness. Compulsive Eaters
Anonymous (part of Overeaters Anonymous) is a non-profit
program to help you lose weight. Learn how to enjoy yourself eating everyday foods and maintain weight loss too. We meet every
Saturday at 9 a.m. and on Wednesdays at 9 a.m. in the Lake View
Clubhouse, Arrowhead Room. Questions? Call Irma at 772-2891
or Marilyn at 636-0390.
Grief Support Group
Our group meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month
from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Mountain View Clubhouse, Idlywild
Room. We invite residents who have experienced the devastating
loss of a spouse, partner, (or are about to) to grieve their great loss by
focusing on the stages of grief in a warm, safe, supportive and confidential setting. Studies indicate the healing process takes, time,
patience and support. Please join us and let your healing begin. For
information, please contact facilitator and Sun City resident, Ceil
Feldman, a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist specializing in the
grief process, at 760-360-3178.
Free Meditation Stress-Less Class
Relax...Recharge...Rejuvenate! No experience or reservations
required. Classes every Thursday, 9-10 a.m. in Speakers Hall.
Weekly classes begin Thursday, Nov. 17. Class is open to all SCPD
Residents-SCPD ID card required. Register any Thursday at
8:45 a.m. at the class. For more information, send an email to
[email protected]. Volunteer Resident Instructor: Lois K
Rubin PhD.
Old Time AA Meeting
We meet on Sundays from 4 to 5 p.m., usually in the Palm Room
of the Sunset View Clubhouse. Our schedule of rooms does change
from time to time so you may want to call ahead of time to Jill
Johnson, 760-345-4994. Bring your Big Book; we read a few pages
from the book and then do an open discussion meeting about what
we have read. If you don’t have a book, we have extras. Our meeting
has grown from the three or four we first started with to a normal
meeting of 8-12 each week. Our meeting is open to those who have
a problem with alcohol or those who may want investigate to see if
they might have a problem. There are no dues or fees for attending
a meeting. See you Sundays at 4 p.m.
Parents’ Grief Group
We meet the first Monday of each month from 3–5 p.m. and invite
any parent who has lost a child. We offer empathetic listening,
discuss coping skills and offer mutual support in a small group
atmosphere of confidentiality and understanding. Contact resident
Phyllis Katz for details at 200-8634.
Stroke Survivors
Starting again in November on the third Monday of every month at
1:30 p.m. in the Lake View Clubhouse. Come, enjoy, communicate
and support each other. Newcomers and their caregivers welcome.
For more information, call Phyllis at 760-345-2554
Meeting day/time/location of each group is provided in the
descriptions listed above.
Free Hearing Tests
Lake View Fitness Center, 2nd Tuesday of every month from 9 to 11 a.m.
Trainer on Duty
Mountain View Fitness Center, Wednesday & Saturday (2-3 p.m.)
Lake View Fitness Center - Tuesday & Friday (2-3 p.m.)
FREE Blood Pressure Clinic
First Tuesday of every month from 9 to 10 a.m. - MVFC
Sun City Palm Desert In-House Massage - MVFC
$60 per hour. Call 534-6553. Ask for Cookie or David.
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March 2012 Fitness Center Schedule
Times
Monday Tuesday WednesdayThursday Friday Saturday
Trim ‘N Tone
Trim ‘N Tone
7 a.m. Aerobics (DA)($)(CC) Aerobics (DA)($)(CC) Step Aerobics (DA)
Step Aerobics (DA)
Step Aerobics (DA)
Trim ‘N Tone
Trim ‘N Tone
Trim ‘N Tone
Trim ‘N Tone
Trim ‘N Tone
Trim ‘N Tone
Aerobics (DA)($)(CC) Aerobics (DA)($)(CC ) Aerobics (DA)($)(CC) Aerobics (DA)($)(CC)
8 a.m.
Aerobics (DA)($)(CC)
Tai Chi (SB)
Tai Chi (SB)
Tai Chi (SB)
Tai Chi (SB)
Tai Chi (SB)
8:30 a.m.
Aquasize (IP)
Aquasize (IP)
Trim ‘N Tone
Aquasize (IP)
Aquasize (IP)
Aquasize (IP)
Aquasize (IP)
Trim ‘N Tone
9 a.m.
Yoga (DA)
Zumba (DA)($)(CC) Core Training (DA) ($) Zumba (DA)($)(CC)
Stretch &
Strengthen (DA)($)
Chair Yoga* (SV) ($) Chair Yoga (LV) ($)
9:30 a.m.
Band Pilates (DA)
9:45 a.m.
Yoga (DA)($)Yoga (DA)($)
10 a.m.
Arthritis Foundation
Aquatic Program(IP)Aquatic Program(IP)Aquatic Program(IP)
10:15 a.m.
Line Dance (DA) (CC)
10:30 a.m.
Ballet Stretch (DA)
11 a.m. 11:15 a.m. Line Dance (DA) (CC)
12 p.m.
Line Dance
(DA) (CC)
12:30 p.m.
Sit-N-Fit (DA)Sit-N-Fit (DA)
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
Love to Dance (DA)(CC)
Ping Pong (DA) LEGEND
2:30 p.m.
Ping Pong (DA) Ping Pong (DA) (IP) = Indoor Pool @
MVFC
3 p.m.
Aquasize (IP)Aquasize (IP)
($) = Class Fee
Required
3:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
Line Dance
Advanced (DA) (CC)
Trim ‘N Tone
Trim ‘N Tone
4:30 p.m. Aerobics (DA)($)(CC)
5:30 p.m. Love to Dance
(DA) (CC)
6 p.m. Fit After 50 (DA)($) Desert Dancers Fit After 50 (DA)($)
(DA) (CC)
7 p.m. Tai Chi for
Trim & Tone Tai Chi for
Arthritis (DA) ($)Dance Team Class Arthritis (DA) ($)
(DA) (CC)
SUNDAY
Stretch & Strengthen (DA)($) 9 a.m.
Yoga (DA)($) 10:15 a.m.
Trim ‘N Tone Line Dance (DA) 10 a.m.
Line Dance (DA) (CC) 2 p.m.
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(DA) = Dance/
Aerobics Studio @ SV
(SV) = Sunset View
Clubhouse
(SB) = Sierra Ballroom
@ MVC
(MVFC) =
Mountain View
Fitness Center
(LV) = Lake View
Clubhouse
(MVC) =
Mountain View
Clubhouse
(CC) = Chartered
Club
Golf News
Golf Shop
News
by John McLaughlin
Head Golf Professional
Greetings from the Pro Shop!
Mountain Vista Golf Club has a new face in the golf operation.
Joe Johnson has joined our team as the First Assistant Golf Professional. A native Californian, Joe’s previous position was as an
instructor at GolfTec and prior to that, as the Head Professional of
the Norman Course at PGA West. Joe has been a member of the
PGA for 22 years and has an excellent background in operations
and teaching. Please join us in welcoming Joe when you see him!
Looking for the right golf ball for you? On March 9 at 9 a.m.
the Titleist Company will be at the Santa Rosa Driving Range for
15 minute golf ball fitting sessions. Come on out so they can fit
you to the ball that matches your swing! Their equipment tech
reps will be on hand most of the day so feel free to stop by.
Our second divot party of the year will be held on March 16
from 3 to 5 p.m. on the San Gorgonio course for the first 40
people who sign up in the Santa Rosa Pro Shop. Come out and
help us keep our courses in the best shape possible! Afterwards, we
will enjoy free pizza and soda to thank you for your efforts.
We want to thank all of our residents who help our staff maintain the two best golf courses in the desert.
See you on the links!
Mountain Vista Ladies Golf Club
Holiday on the Green Event
Golf Course
Update
by Tyler Truman
Golf Course Superintendant
Greetings from Golf Course and Common Areas!
What a great winter we have had the past few months. No measurable rain and plenty of sunshine to enjoy walking through the
parks, playing golf and enjoying the colorful flowers around the
clubhouses. With the threat of frost behind us, we’re trimming
back the frost damaged material to promote new growth and
enable the plants to flourish this month. Staff will be replacing
several plants along Del Webb Boulevard, around Clubhouses,
Tennis Courts and Parks that could not be salvaged due to the
heavy frost last December.
“Barricade” was applied to the entire property last month.
This application will help reduce the amount of weeds that have
been growing in the parks, on the golf courses and in planters,
allowing a healthier stand of grass all year long.
At the end of March, staff will start to “slice” the parks, golf
course fairways, tees and rough to help promote water infiltration and oxygen exchange to the roots. This is accomplished with
the aid of a tractor which pulls specialized equipment containing
turf knives designed to slice into the turf. This procedure promotes turf growth when the temperatures rise and the transition
starts from Rye (winter) grass to Bermuda (summer) grass and
will not cause any disruption to any of the playing surfaces or
parks.
To stimulate the greens, punching tines (the thickness of pencils) are “punched” into the greens to promote oxygen exchange
and enable the water to percolate down more efficiently. After
the holes have been punched, a light top sand dressing will be
applied and the greens will be rolled. This will provide a smooth
roll for the ball and will cause minimal, if any, disturbance of the
playing surface.
to our Advertisers!
The members of the Mountain Vista Ladies Golf Club
set-up committee for the Holiday on the Green tournament/lunch to benefit the American Heart Association, at
the event, which was attended by AHA Executive Director
Charlie Wyrick (center), with event Chair Lou Ann
Liebermann to his right.
We appreciate you!
News & Views Ad Section can also be
found on the Association website at
scpdca.com
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Chartered Clubs & Chartered Club Events
Art
Garden
Oils, Acrylics, Watercolor, Pastel & Drawing
Arrowhead+
Saddleback
LV
MV
760-772-8071
Every MON, 9am Saddleback/Idyllwild MV
Hanna Kroll
Social
760-345-4238
WED, March 21, 5pm
Arrowhead+
LV
Judie Burlingame 760-200-0774
Edie Buccieri Board Meeting General Meeting
760-360-7924
MON, March 5, 9:30am
MON, March 19, 7pm Santa Rosa Sierra Ballroom MV
MV
Ray Cheeney
Hike Leaders Meeting
760-345-6716
THUR, March 29, 4pm
Ventana
MV
Jerry Tyree 760-360-9302
Bocce Courts SV
Frank Montiforte 760-200-3490
“Evening in Roma” Concert THUR, March 1, 7pm
Board Meeting
TUES, March 13, 1pm
Sierra Ballroom
San Jacinto
MV
MV
760-360-2681
TUES, March 6, 3:30pm
FRI, March 17, 6pm
Saddleback
Sierra Ballroom+
MV
MV
Phyllis Dunn Jewelry Making
Jewelry Making
760-200-2821
Every MON, 8am Every THUR, 8:30am
Sewing Studio
Whitney
MV
MV
760-851-8989
Every TUES, 9am Saddleback/Idyllwild MV
760-200-4903
SAT, March 17, 5pm
Tahoe+
LV
310-525-6218
TUES, March 6, 7pm
THUR, March 15, 9:30am
Speakers Hall SV
Arrowhead LV
760-772-4384
Every TUES, 12:30pm. Rose Marie Sherry General Meeting
Ladies 9-Holers
Sally Bradbury
Board Meeting
Luncheon
Picnic
760-200-0429
THURS, March 1, 11am
THUR, March 15, 11am
THUR, March 29, 11am
Idyllwild
Oasis+
Pavilion
MV
SV
SV
Arrowhead+ 760-218-4262
SAT, March 3, 10am to 2pm
WED, March 28, 7pm
MV Parking Lot
Arrowhead/Big Bear LV
Helen Reardon Board Meeting
Luncheon
760-574-8588
WED, March 7, 10:30am
WED, March 28, 11am
Saddleback
Sierra Ballroom
MV
MV
Ed Brown
Member Play 760-345-6140
Every TUES, 12noon Oasis/Canyon SV
Sam Cohen Open Crafting
760-200-5998
Every Day 8am - 8pm Ceramics Studio MV
Marilyn Gruen Dance Class Advanced Practice Advanced Class Dance Class
Board Meeting
Hot Country Nights
760-636-0390
Every MON & WED, 10:15am
Every MON, 4pm
Every FRI, 12noon
Every SUN, 2pm
MON, March 5, 1:30pm
THUR, March 8, 5pm
Dance Studio Dance Studio Dance Studio Dance Studio
Idyllwild
Sierra Ballroom+
SV
SV
SV
SV
MV
MV
760-345-4466
THUR, March 15, 9am TUES, March 27, 2pm
Idyllwild MV
Speakers Hall SV
760-200-2729
MON, March 5, 5:30pm
TUES, March 13, 3pm Faye Sloan Choreography Class Ballroom Dancing Tap Class Party
Social
760-360-7730
Every TUES, 12noon Every WED, 2pm
Every THUR, 1:30pm FRI, March 16, 5pm
FRI, March 30, 5:30pm
Dance Studio
Dance Studio
Dance Studio
Sierra Ballroom+
Dance Studio
SV
SV
SV
MV
SV
Tahoe+
Santa Rosa MaryAnn Manion 760-772-6056
Every TUES, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Sewing Studio MV
Joanne Hart Member Play Member Play Tournament
760-766-7613
Every WED & FRI, 8:30am Every THUR, 1pm. FRI, March 23, 9am
Oasis+
Oasis/Canyon Sierra Ballroom
SV
SV
MV
Bettsie Hewitt General Meeting
760-716-9224
WED, March 14, 3pm
Big Bear/Silverwood LV
760-834-8844
TUES, March 20, 9am Sierra Ballroom+
Santa Rosa
MV
MV
Lennie Pine Dance
Classes
Board Meeting 760-360-5400
SUN, March 4, 12:30pm
Every TUES, 6:30pm
THUR, March 15, 3pm
Sierra Ballroom
Dance Studio
Saddleback MV
SV
MV
Mearl Lucken
Board Meeting 760-772-4012
TUES, March 6, 10:30am
Tahoe LV
Anne Lund Member Play
Member Play Member Play Workshop
760-772-8701
Every MON, 9am Every TUES, 6:15pm
Every FRI, 12noon TUES, March 20 & 27, 9am
Arrowhead+ Tahoe+
Tahoe+
Tahoe
LV
LV
LV
LV
Jerry Hammerel Blood Drive
Party
760-360-3965
THUR, March 1, 8am to 4pm Arrowhead+
THUR, March 29, 5pm
Tahoe+
LV
LV
David Inkeles
General Crafting
760-360-9098
Every M, W, F, 8:30am MV
R. Kent McDonald Meeting Meeting
Meeting
760-345-2931
THUR, March 8, 1pm WED, March 21, 2:30pm WED, March 28, 2:30pm
Idyllwild MV
Palm SV
Speakers Hall SV
Ron Spak
760-360-5385
Tom Lieberman
Luncheon
760-636-1644
SAT, March 10, 12pm
Sierra Ballroom+
MV
Anne Hansen Luncheon
Board Meeting
Breakfast
Luncheon
760-772-2037
TUES, March 6, 12pm TUES, March 13, 12:30pm TUES, March 27, 6:30am TUES, March 27, 12:45pm
Sierra Ballroom
Idyllwild Sierra Ballroom+
Sierra Ballroom+
MV
MV
MV
MV
760-345-5593
Every MON, 9am-12noon
Every THUR, 1-4pm
Every MON, 1-4pm
Every TUES, 9am-12noon
Every TUES, 1-4pm
Every WED, 9am-12noon Every WED, 1-4pm
Every WED, 7-8:45pm
Every THUR, 9am to noon
Every FRI, 9am-12noon
Every FRI, 1:30-3:30pm
Every SUN, 1:30 – 3:30pm
Every SAT & SUN
MON, March 5, 12pm
Art Studio
Art Studio
Art Studio
Art Studio
Art Studio
Art Studio
Art Studio
Art Studio
Art Studio
Art Studio
Art Studio
Art Studio
Art Studio
San Gorgonio
MV
MV
MV
MV
MV
MV
MV
MV
MV
MV
MV
MV
MV
MV
760-772-1073
WED, March 28, 7pm
Saddleback
MV
Ray Nasuta General Meeting Member Play
760-345-4664
WED, March 7, 2pm Every MON thru FRI, 1pm Speakers Hall Billiards Room
SV
SV
Bob Grossman
Member Play
760-360-9920
Every M, TU &W, 1pm Jill Manee Board Meeting
Dinner
Susan Wilder Member Crafting Astronomy
Jim Fortenberry General Meeting
Billiards Bocce
Star Gazing
Social & Tournament Billiards
Social & Tournament Bocce
Boomers & Friends 50’s & 60’s Revisited
BZB'S
Camera
Steve Davis
General Meeting
Board Meeting
Knitting, Crocheting, Needlecrafts
Digital Photography Instruction
CanastaCards
Marjorie A. Holmes Member Play Car Dale Kitchen Car Show
General Meeting
Card Ceramics
Computer Lyn Morse Board Meeting
General Meeting
Couples Putters
Michael Joyce Social
Board Meeting Creative Arts
Enjoyment of Motorsport Activities
Gin Rummy-Cribbage-Hearts-Scrabble
Open Ceramics
Computer Education
Social & Competitive Putting
Paper & Decorative Arts
Desert CyclistsBicycling
Desert Dancers
Square & Round Dancing
Duplicate BridgeCards
Financial LV
Financial Education
LV
MV
Nick Miller 760-345-6845
Cicely Lawson Board Meeting
General Meeting
760-200-1615
WED, March 7, 3pm WED, March 14, 6:30pm
Tahoe Oasis+
760-360-2193
Every MON, 1pm Fantasy Lanes
Fun City Bowlers
Larry Toms
Member Play
Gary Frederickson
General Meeting
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Tracing Your Family History
German Club & Friends
Gourmet
Dine Around
Here We Go Travel Short & Long Trips
Hiking
Homecrafters
Italian Heritage
Jewelry
Just For Fun
Lady Putters
Line Dance Love To Dance Mah Jongg
Men’s Niners
Bob Funk
Awards Dinner
Board Meeting Exploring Nature on Foot
Club for Home Crafters
Celebrating Italian Heritage
Jewelry Making &Wearable Art
A Social Club for SCPD residents
9-Hole Golf
Instruction & Social Dancing
Dancing
American & Asian Mah Jongg
9-Hole Golf in the Morning
Minnesota Memories & Friends
Model Railroaders of the Desert Model Building
Moonlighters Golf
Summer Golf at Dusk
LV
SV
Shasta Mountain Vista Couples Golf Fun in a Golf & Social Setting
Mountain Vista Ladies Golf 18-Hole Golf
Discussion Groups
Mixed Bowling
Genealogy Menz Putterz
Food &Wine Connoisseurs Premium Wine Education
Forum Kay Herbst General Meeting
Board Meeting
Understanding Plant Life
760-772-7667
THUR, March 8, 9am
THUR, March 15, 9am
Don Bailey
Watercolor Basic
Watercolor Intermediate
Watercolor Advanced
Basic Oil
Continuing Oil
Acrylics
Advanced Painting
Art Video
Pastels
Drawing
Art History Series
Lives of Artists
Open Painting-All Day
General Meeting
This schedule is updated by staff in the Event Office.
Please call 200-2206 with any changes or corrections.
Chartered Clubs & Chartered Club Events
Mountain Vista Men’s Golf 18-Hole Golf
Dick Yarger
Board Meeting Luncheon
Music Buffs
760-772-0139
TUES, March 6-, 10:30am WED, March 21, 12pm
Trim ‘N’ Tone
PalmSV
Sierra Ballroom
MV
Appreciating & Performing Music
Ernie Charney 760-360-9466
“Pamla & John Abramson”MON, March 5, 7:30pm
Sierra Ballroom
“The Lettermen” in Concert SUN, March 11, 3:30 & 7:30pmSierra Ballroom
Board Meeting MON, March 19, 7pm
Tahoe Off Broadway A Night on the Town
MV
MV
LV
Burt Newmark “The Wonderful World of Liberace”
Board Meeting
“Bob Furgo Western Swing & Dance”
760-772-0296
SAT, March 3, 3 & 7 p.m.
Sierra Ballroom+
MV
MON, March 5, 9:30am
WED, March 21, 7:30pm
Tahoe
Sierra Ballroom+
LV
MV
Marilyn Barris
Member Play
Member Play Member Play
Couples Pan
760-360-0393
Every MON, 6:30pm
Every TUES, 6:30pm Every WED, 12noon SUN, March 25, 1pm
Karen Schmitt Repertory Players Dance Rehearsal Dance Rehearsal
Seminar
Free Show
Board Meeting General Meeting Show “Burlesque - Sun City Style”
760-360-1284
Every MON, 9am
Speakers Hall
Every MON, 2pm
Dance Studio Every WED, 12:30pm
Dance Studio
SAT, March 10, 2pm
Speakers Hall
Speakers Hall
MON, March 26, 1pm
Tahoe MON, March 26, 3pm Big Bear/Silverwood THUR-SAT, March 29-31, 7pm Sierra Ballroom
SUN, Apr 1, 2pm
SV
SV
SV
SV
SV
LV
LV
MV
Louise Erickson Board Meeting
General Meeting
760-702-0068
THUR, March 1, 1:30pm
Arrowhead
Arrowhead+ LV
LV
Sally Hartman
Carol Thomas
Member Crafting
760-772-0172
760-345-5090
Every W & F, 10am Sewing Studio MV
Jo Salata Board Meeting
Ladies Round Robin
Mixers
Annual Dinner
760-345-9449
WED, March 7, 3pm
THUR, March 8, 8:30 a.m.
SAT, March 10 & 24, 7:30am
SUN, March 25, 6pm
Big Bear
Tennis Courts
Bldg D
Sierra Ballroom+
LV
MV
MV
MV
Judith Garman
Meeting
760-772-7982
MON, March 12, 5pm
760-772-4737
THUR, March 15, 7pm Arrowhead+
LV
760-345-8331
WED, March 7, 7pm
Speakers Hall
SV
PanCards
Performing Arts
Pet Lovers
Quilters Racquet
Rainbow Circle
Drama, Comedy & Variety Productions
Group & Personal Projects/Learning New Techniques
Tennis, Paddle Tennis
Gays, Lesbians, Friends & Family
Tile Play
RV RV Trips
Social Bridge
Social Bridge
Don Fox Meeting
Mearl Lucken Partner Play
Partner Play
Lessons
Softball
Bill Carlisle Board Meeting Family Day
Solos Joy Zoref
Putting
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All Pet Lovers Welcome
Rummy Q Polli Rychlik Play Idyllwild/Saddleback Saddleback
San Gorgonio+ Idyllwild
760-772-4012
Every MON, 12:30 pm
Oasis+
Every FRI, 12:30 pm
Oasis+ Mon, March 19 & 26, 10:30am Oasis
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760-360-5575
TUES, March 6, 1pm SAT, March 17, 8am-2pm
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Play Ball
Social Club for Singles
Idyllwild Softball Field
760-200-0129
Every THURS, 10am
TUES, March 13 & 27, 4pm
Putting Course
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Rita Swimmer Member Crafting Member Crafting Member Crafting Member Crafting-All Day
760-200-9832
Every M,W, F 10am Every TUES, 1pm
Every THUR, 12noon
Every SAT & SUN Whitney
Whitney Whitney
Whitney
Jenine Sowell
Member Crafting Member Crafting Luncheon
760-345-9412
Every MON, 1pm Every THUR, 10am THUR, March 29, 11:30am
Stained Glass
Stitch & Sew
Sun City Singers
Ruth Compton
Rehearsal
Rehearsal
Board Meeting Theory Class
Spring Concert
Sunshine
Edie Buccieri
General Meeting
Creating All Sized Item
Personal & Group Projects
Sewing Studio Sewing Studio
Idyllwild
Group Singing & Performing
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Every WED, 1pm. Idyllwild Every THUR, 6:15pm. Idyllwild/Saddleback FRI, March 2, 10am Saddleback TUES, March 6, 9am
Oasis
THUR & FRI, March 22 & 23, 7pm Sierra Ballroom+
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760-360-7924
MON, March 5, 3pm
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Good Samaritans
Speakers Hall
Rozzie Perlmuth Aerobics
Aerobic Class Low Impact
Dance Class
Dance Class
Zumba
Social
Veterans
Sy Kaplan General Meeting
Social
Board Meeting
Wine Tasters
Diane Denkler Board Meeting Dinner
Wine Distribution Writers Circle
Gail Ryan
Writers Club Book Fair
Class
Yacht
Stuart Sitzman Weekly Sailing Aerobic Workouts
760-200-0835
Every TUES & THUR, 7am
Dance Studio
Every M-T-W-TH-F-SA, 8am Dance Studio
Every TUES & THUR, 4:30pm Dance Studio Every WED, 8pm
Dance Studio
Every THUR, 8pm
Dance Studio
Every TUES & THUR, 9am
Dance Studio
WED, March 14, 10 am
Sierra Ballroom
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760-360-0396
THUR, March 1, 2pm
THUR, March 22, 5pm
TUES, March 27, 9am
Speakers Hall
Tahoe+
Big Bear
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760-772-9810
TUES, March 6, 3pm
THUR, March 15, 6pm
FRI, March 23, 3pm Idyllwild Sierra Ballroom+
Idyllwild
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Assistance Club
Wine Tasting & Excursions
Supporting & Encouraging Writers
760-360-8205
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Canyon
SV
Radio Controlled Sailboats
760-360-7726
Every THURS, 1pm
Round Lake
Resident Groups
& Resident Group Events
Canadian Club & Friends
[email protected]
General Meeting MON, March 12, 6pm
Speakers HallSV
Colt Stewart
General Meeting
760-200-1017
MON, March 26, 7pm
Evie Kreisler 760-360-7008/ Joyce Greene
760-200-2464
Dr. Denny Davis
Pastor H.B. London
Services
Bible Study
Men’s Breakfast
Ladies Luncheon
760-360-7050
Democrats in Sun City
Egg Cream Groupies
Friendship Church Every SUN, 8:30am & 10am
Every WED, 9am
TUES, March 20, 7:30am
WED, March 21, 12 pm
Speakers Hall
Big Bear
Ventana
Ventana
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Dee Sommers
760-770-7468
St. Pat’s Dinner & ConcertMON, March 12, 6pm
Concert “There’s an R TUES, March 26, 7pm
in the Month”
Sierra Ballroom+
Sierra Ballroom+
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Helene Pine
Meeting
760-325-4088
Ventana
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Phyllis Greene
760-772-7121
Suzanne Tabashnik
General Meeting Board Meeting 760-345-9293
THUR, March 1, 9am
TUES, March 27, 9am
Oasis+ SV
Silverwood LV
Karen Golob
Party
760-592-9864
FRI, Mar 2, 6:30 pm
Arrowhead + LV
Patti Turner
760-360-8375
Mike Newlon General Meeting
760-636-1726
WED, March 28, 7pm
Oasis+ SV
Walt Goldmann
Services
760-360-5187
FRI, March 2 & 16, 7:30pm
Speakers Hall SV
Judy Haydock
Board Meeting
760-360-0415
MON, March 12, 9am
San Gorgonio
Friends of the Coachella Valley Symphony
Friends of Jewish Family Service
Friends of Gilda
Hadassah
Neighbors 4 Neighbors
Pacific Northwesterners & Friends
SCPD Republicans
World of Women
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Art Club
by Don Bailey
Art Club members bring in your paintings
to hang for the March Arts & Craft show
between 9- 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 15.
And all Sun City residents and Art Club
members are invited to our pre-show reception in our Art Studio, Mountain View
Clubhouse, between 5 and 6:30 p.m on
Thursday, March 15. The show is on Friday
and Saturday from 9-4 p.m..
We have a General Meeting scheduled for
Monday, March 5 at noon to vote on a change
to our by-laws Details have been posted in the
Art Studio and sent out by email.
In March we start to see a few members
disappear for the summer. So if Sun City
residents have hesitated joining our classes
because we have been so busy now is the time
to make plans for your artistic future. Some
classes have space in March and most classes
should have space in April. Join our club and
try out our classes.
And we run ongoing Art History and howto video classes where you can come as a guest
for a few sessions before joining. Check our
schedule at the Art Studio.
In March we again get the display window
outside our Art Studio. Can we outdo the
wonderful display we had in February?
We will see you in our Art Studio!
Astronomy
by Jim Fortenberry
All residents and guests are invited to our
meeting March 28 at 7 p.m. in the Saddleback
Room. The program is “The Brightest
Supernova in 400 Years.” This DVD lecture
ends our series on exploding stars. The club
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recently acquired the 12-lecture series “Black
Holes Explained”. We’ll preview this subject
in April with “The Corpses of Massive Stars.”
The program in May will be a special on the
upcoming transit of Venus across the face of
the Sun. This event, one of the rarest in the
solar system, will occur mid-afternoon on June
5 and will be visible from the Mountain View
Clubhouse south patio. The club has a solar
filter for safe telescope viewing of this very
uncommon phenomenon. Due to an amazing
set of circumstances, the next transit won’t happen until Dec.11, 2117.
All are invited to our star party on March 3
at 8 p.m. A waxing moon and the planet Mars
will be the telescope targets. The disc of Mars is
small this year, but, if the atmosphere is steady,
we may see the Martian polar ice cap. Location:
East greenbelt off Donny Circle just south of
Alliance Way. 360-7726/772-1073.
Billiards
by Ray Nasuta
Over 70 residents signed up to be members
of the Billiards Club as of the first of the year.
Dues for the year are $10 and this entitles
you to play billiards every weekday afternoon
with other members of the club. Seven of the
tables are set aside and are for the exclusive
use of members only. Another benefit of
joining the club is that you can participate in
the weekly Thursday eight-ball tournament
along with playing for the club championship
for A and B flights. If you are interested in
finding out more about the club, stop by any
afternoon and talk to one of the club officers.
Team winners of the weekly tournament
for the month of January were as follows:
Jan. 5 - Al Lessard and Bill Wetherill
Jan. 12 -Al Lessard and Harvey Rentsch
Lou Lucchi and Sean Foley
Jan. 19 -Ted Kijowski and Bill Cumming
Jan. 25 -Lee Nelson and Tom Gilbertsen
Al Lessard continues to provide lessons
every Monday morning from 10 a.m. to
noon. You can sign up with him and learn the
basics of the game.
Bocce
by Bob Grossman
Congratulations to our 2012 Bocce Club
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officers who were unanimously elected at our
general meeting on Jan. 28. President: Dr. Bob
Grossman; Vice-President: Phyllis Garafano;
Secretary: Jean Woodruff; Treasurer: Will
Gross. Simone Perry was appointed as our
Social Chairperson and Armen Tchobanian
was appointed as our Tournament Chairman.
Our club wishes to sincerely thank our
outgoing treasurer, Jack Kelty, for his years of
dedication and service to our club.
Our annual Holiday Party held at Mamma
Gina’s in Palm Desert was a success. 52 club
members and guests had an enjoyable evening of good food and good conversation.
A big thanks goes to our Social Chairperson,
Simone Perry, for arranging this successful
event.
January Tournament Winners
1st Place – Bocce Girls
Phyllis Garafano
Margie Reinke
Carolina Spagnola
Bonnie Terry
2nd Place – Bocce Boys
Bob Grossman
Jack Kelty
Buddy Lifpitz
Armen Tchobanian
3rd Place – The Bankers
Joe Garafano
Santiago Lahoz
Dan Macaulay
John Reece
4th Place – 3 Queens & A Joker
John Garber
Judy Jackson
Gwen Vickers
Mary Williams
Our March tournament will be held on
Wednesday, March 21 at 1 p.m. Please check
our bocce website (SCPDCA.com) and the
bulletin board at the bocce pavilion for updated club information. Annual dues (Jan. 1
through Dec. 31) are $10. Please contact Will
Gross, treasurer. New members are always
welcomed.
Boomers & Friends
by Joanie Olson
Giggle and laugh your way through St Patricks
Day by attending the 2nd Comedy Cabaret
Night, March 17. Wear your green to hear
two new professional comedians from a comedy club in LA. Come for the drinks at 6:30
p.m. before the event, no host bar, all for $10.
April 10 will bring a Covered Wagon
Dinner in our backyard at the preserve.
Bring your own beer and wine for roping
steers,marshmallows around the fire and a
country singer. $39 brings you dinner and a
half hour covered wagon tour.
The lunch bunch continues to find new
places for a once a month, so sign up and
bring your friends .We have discovered many
new and exciting venues.
These events are planned by your board
members and we will be presenting a new
slate of officers for the coming year at the
March event. All announcements of events are
emailed to members. Keep up your membership to stay tuned to activities.
BZB’s Club
by Jean Leonard
BZB’s meet every Tuesday from nine until
noon in the Idlewild/Saddleback rooms near
the Post Office. We are known mostly for
making blankets for babies and donating
them to charitable organizations throughout
the Coachella Valley. Recently a member of
BZB’s was questioned on why she was making
such a big blanket so she explained that it was
for a teenager. The next question was, why
would a teenager need a blanket ?
One of the places that receives blankets
donated by BZB’s is called Safe House, a teen
shelter in Thousand Palms. BZB’s were told
recently of a boy aged about 14 years who
cried and hugged the person who handed him
his blanket. This boy had been in foster homes
since he was a baby and never had a blanket of
his own that he could take with him when he
left one place for another. There was another
case of a boy who was in a deep depression
after his home burned down and who’s doctor claimed that receiving his blanket was the
turning point in his recovery. Perhaps that is
why BZB’s call their blankets blankets of love.
Camera Club
by Sandy Kubal
Springtime in the desert is a smorgasbord
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for photographers as earth renews itself with
wondrous sights awaiting any photographer,
either professional or amateur. Need inspiration? Join us in Speaker’s Hall on Tuesday,
March 6 at 7 p.m. to hear Wade Byars,
veteran photographer for The Desert Sun.
He will present and discuss his photos taken
over a period of 30 years of professional photojournalism experience including the Space
Shuttle landings, Academy Awards, presidential debates, Super Bowl games, Michael
Jackson concerts, on the red carpet at the
Palm Springs International Film Festival and
the Indian Wells Tennis Tournament. While
working for the Desert Sun, he documented
the process by which Palm Springs obtains
water from the Colorado River. It is sure to be
an interesting program. Join us at 6:30 p.m.
in the Palm Room, just prior to the meeting,
for a meet and greet with the members!
Members Only: Listed below are three very
exciting events scheduled in March! Don’t
miss out on the fun!
On Thursday, March 1, Jerry Chatow will
present another of his outstanding workshops
“Taking Photos as the Sun Sets.”
Mark your calendars for an evening
field trip to Joshua Tree National Park on
Thursday, March 22.
Patricia Finn, a member and professional portrait photographer, will teach an
Environmental Portraiture Workshop. The
dates are: Beginner’s Workshop—Friday,
March 2 and Intermediate/Advanced
Workshop—Friday, March 9.
It’s not too late to join the Camera Club
for this season!
Canasta Club
by Pat Ankeny
Feeling lucky as a leprechaun this month?
Congratulations to the winners of the January
tournament: First place - Jo Kirsch & Joanne
Taranto, 2nd - Marilyn Friedman & Dianne
Prara, 3rd - Marlys Beer & Jean Gregg, and
4th - Jackie Krauss & Lilyan Pell. Kudos to
all who helped with the lovely luncheon and
exciting tournament to give us a very enjoyable afternoon!
The Canasta Club meets every Tuesday at
12:30 p.m. at the Lake View Clubhouse yearround. New members are welcome. Annual
dues for the 2012 calendar year are $10 per
member, check payable to “SCPD Canasta
Club.” Please sign up or call well ahead of
Tuesday so that tables of four may be made.
Remember, unless there is an emergency, you
made a commitment to be on time for the
other three players counting on you for their
afternoon of fun.
Along with the monthly News & Views article, club announcements are on The Wheel
(TV Channel 98) and website (scpdca.com
- chartered clubs - canasta. For questions or
lessons, call Marge Holmes at 760-772-4384.
Car Club
by Dale Kitchen
Mark your calendars for Saturday, March
3 for the 5th Annual Sun City Car Show.
The event will be held in the Mountain
View Clubhouse parking lot from 10 a.m. 2
p.m. The show will be open to any type car
or customized golf cart. We will have sports
cars, classic cars, hot rods and domestic cars.
Everyone is welcome and it’s free! If you
want to show your car, the entry fee is $ 10
per vehicle. If you want to pre-register your
car, call 760-345-6756. All entrants should
assemble at the parking lot no later than 9
a.m.
Our next scheduled meeting is March 28
at 7 p.m., Lakeview Clubhouse.
Card Club
The Card Club is the place to be and
make new friends and play new games;
Cribbage, Gin, Hearts and Scrabble.
Refreshments served. Annual dues $5. We
meet every Tuesday, 12 to 4 p.m., Sunset
View Clubhouse. “Have fun and win with
us.” Please call Ed Brown 345-6140. Nonmembers are welcome. Have fun, then join
the club.
Ceramics
by Jackie Thompson
Our Handbuilding with Clay workshop series
has been very successful and concludes with
the third presentation on March 1 involving
use of a clay extruder. Participants have learned
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to make a decorated ceramic box, a whimsical mask which can be hung on the wall and
to incorporate extruded pieces of clay into
functional work. The skills learned during this
series will serve well in future ceramic work.
We hope to continue with a second series,
details of which will be found on the front
counter of the Ceramics Room.
The month of March brings our Spring
Craft Fair which will be held on March 16
and 17th in the Mountain View Clubhouse.
Ceramics artists will be setting up their work in
the Ceramics room, offering visitors an opportunity to view and purchase some beautiful
original creations.
We have welcomed several new members
since the beginning of 2012, most of whom
are working with clay and molds for the first
time. Each Monday there is help available
from our more experienced members for those
who would like some advice or inspiration.
Supplies are available for purchase from our
hobby shop. We encourage all residents who
would like to try their hand at ceramics to
come join us and enjoy sharing creativity and
social events.
Computer Club
“Let’s Compute”
by Yvonne Michelsen
Let’s Compute will have a General Meeting
on Tuesday, March 27 in Speakers Hall at 2
p.m.. Don’t miss the interesting lively discussions that are always presented. Members
should bring membership cards to be eligible
for door prizes. Visitors are welcome.
Special Interest Groups: (These are not
sign up classes but you must be a member to
attend. The first 37 interested members that
walk in the door are welcome.)
PCI SIG will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
March 13 in the Computer Lab for an interesting and informative discussion regarding
PC’s and the internet.
MAC SIG will meet at 9 a.m. Friday,
March 16 in the Computer Lab. The new
“Lion” operating system will be the subject
of discussion.
Kindle SIG will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
March 20 in the computer Lab. The group
will be discussing the features of the various
Kindles with owners and potential owners.
Bring your Kindle and share your knowledge.
The club is offering many new and interesting classes designed for the beginner and
advanced student. The lab is full of state of
the art equipment and excellent volunteer
instructors teach the classes. Volunteer monitors are on duty between 10 a.m. and noon,
Monday through Friday, to assist you in
selecting a class and signing up. Check the
web at scpd-computerclub.org or Bits &
Bytes newsletter for the March schedule of
classes and other events.
Couples Putters
by Judy Lofton
Hello putters and would-be putters! Our
Couples Putters Dinner Dance is in the history books for this year and was applauded
by most as one of the best! The food was
wonderful and the band “Touch of Class”
once again enticed most of us to dance the
night away.
Our first evening putters event came off
without a hitch and everyone enjoyed an
evening of lively putting competition and a
casual dinner afterward. We are planning to
do this again this month so check at sign-in
for more details.
Election of officers for the 2012-13 season
is coming right up. We are always in need of
new faces with new ideas and encourage any
talented enthusiastic individuals to become
involved with our club. Great volunteers
make for great clubs and ours is certainly one
of the very best!
Couples Putters is a wonderful way to meet
new friends and hang with old ones. Full putting with two sessions is held every Saturday
at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Sign-in for early
session is 7:30-8:10 a.m. and late session is
9:30-10:10 a.m. at the Lake View Clubhouse.
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Come give it a try; the friendships, fun and
weather just don’t get any better. See you on
the course!
Creative
Arts
by Mary Ann Manion
The daytime and fun activities remain the
same, but our new name is Creative Arts.
We have completed our new bylaws and
they have been accepted by the Document
Committee with final approval by the Board
of Directors.
We are preparing for the Spring Craft
Show to held on March 16 and 17. We will
have a wonderful variety of greeting cards
,gift bags and other great items for springtime giving.
We continue to make cards for the
Sunshine Club, which they send to ill or
bereaved residents in Sun City.
Join the fun on Tuesday afternoons at 1
p.m. in the Craft Room. Please call Mary
Ann Manion for more information at 760772-6056.
Desert Cyclists
by Linda Bennett
Spring arrives this month which means a lot
for most of the rest of the country. However,
with our near perfect weather, we have been
having a wonderful time cycling all winter.
Last month, was the Tour de Palm Springs,
the biggest cycling event of the Coachella
Valley. Members of the SCPD Cyclists rode in
the 100-mile, 55-mile, 25-mile and 10-mile
events. We had a wonderful time, bought lots
of stuff from the vendors, and lots of money
was contributed to local charities.
Most of us who have been cycling for several years or more have noticed an increased
number of residents of SCPD on bicycles
as well as a noticeable number of cyclists on
the roads throughout our valley. If you have
a new bike or are have revived one that has
been in the garage for a while, why not consider riding with us? We have members who
ride almost every day of the week as well as
members who only join us for the social ride
inside SCPD on Sunday morning.
Our March meeting will be Wednesday,
the March 14, at 3 p.m. at the Lake View
Clubhouse in the Big Bear/Silverwood Room.
Meetings are held the second Wednesday
of the month from October through May.
However, we ride in groups all over the
Coachella Valley all year long.
Checkout our website: www.scpdcyclists.
com. It will tell you more about us, our rules
for riding with us, and all about our social
events. We would love to meet you.
Desert Dancers
by Lennie Pine
“For fun and friendship, we are prone.
So we have a club, we call our own.”
We had a Super time at our Super Bowl Dance
Party on Feb. 5. Yummy hot dogs are always a
treat to eat. The Chili Cook-off went smoothly
and you will have to wait to hear about the
winner in the next edition of the News & Views.
March 4 is our Sunday Dance in the Sierra
Ballroom with Darren Gallina calling the
squares at 1:30-4 p.m. and Bob Paull cueing
the round dancers beginning at 12:30 p.m.
and in-between the squares. March has always
been our early St. Pat’s Day Dance (only 13
days early.) Come on in and enjoy watching
the dancers and listening to the great music…..
it will make you smile.
Tuesday night March 20 will be “Mad
Hatters” Theme Night. Come prepared to
enjoy.
Thanks to Debbe and Jim Graves for the
most wonderful decorations, memorabilia and
a 50’s Chevy parked in the lot. What creative
work they did and we all had a great time
remembering those good old days in the 50’s.
Thanks again.
Our board meeting is on the 3rd Thursday
of the month at 3 p.m. in the Saddleback
Room in the Mountain View Clubhouse. You
are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Pass the word...Beginners square dance lessons
begin Tuesday, Oct. 2. First three classes are
free. For information, Please contact Lennie
Pine at [email protected] or 760/ 3605400.
Duplicate Bridge
by Phyllis Evans
We are in full swing now, with many snow
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birds back at the table. We welcome bridge
players new to duplicate to try our I/N games
on Monday or Friday. The Bridge Work
Shop with Carol Van Court continues, with
three more sessions in March. There will be a
General Meeting of club members on March
9, followed by our first party of the new year
- the Pizza Party! Please plan on attending.
Be sure to sign up for the party by March 5.
The top 10 players for the month of
February 2012 were: Gerald Oehler, Firoza
Cooper, Werner Gerling, Marie Marcelli, Cis
Sherwood, Pat Christy, Leonard Rebhun,
Abe Pineles, Greta Pineles and Anthony
Marcelli. The club holds three sanctioned
games each week: a NLM (Non-Life Master)
game on Monday mornings; an open game
on Tuesday evenings; and on Friday afternoons, both an open game and an I/N
(Intermediate/Novice) game. All games are
held at the Lake View Clubhouse. If you need
a partner call Jo Ann Basin at 760-360-0331
or email her at [email protected].
hensive quarterly report.
The Financial Club strives to provide education regarding financial matters by inviting guest experts to make presentations to
our members at monthly General Meetings,
and by furnishing a Financial Information
Center at the SCPD library. The information
center features daily newspapers, weekly and
monthly journals, advisory newsletters and
books, to assist our members in managing
their personal financial affairs. Members find
the Value Line Investment Survey to be a
particularly useful benefit of Club membership. In addition, Education Workshops on
investing, presented in a classroom setting,
are normally held on the second Wednesday
of each month. Look for announcements via
email, the bulletin boards, and flyers in the
clubhouse racks. The Financial Club also has
a page on the SCPDCA website where you
can see the schedule of guest speakers. You
may join the club by paying $10 annual dues
at the door of any General Meeting.
Food & Wine
Connoisseurs Club
by Carol Russakow
Financial Club
by R. Kent McDonald
This month, we will hold two meetings at
Sunset View Clubhouse. At the 2:30 p.m.
March 21 Workshop in the Palm Room,
Christian MacLean, CFA & CPA of MacLean
Capital Management (MCM) will return to
discuss “Interesting High Income Ideas In A
Low Interest Rate Environment.” As always,
group discussion is encouraged. Note that
this meeting is on the third Wednesday of
the month.
The guest speakers at our 2:30 p.m. General
Meeting in Speakers Hall on March 28 will
be Dean Loveridge and Jordan Greenhouse,
from Fidelity Investments, who will give us
a market perspective based on their compre-
To drink or not to drink: that is the question
to ask regarding Arizona wines. Before prohibition, Arizona actually had some of the oldest vines in the west, but they were destroyed
at that time. Now Arizona is trying to develop
its fledgling wine industry to produce top
flight wines. Have they arrived? Generally the
answer is “not yet.”
We recently tasted more than 40 different wines in the Sedona/Oak Creek area
and found a few reds, primarily those from
the Pillsbury Wine Company, to be quite
drinkable. The problem is price–the good
ones range from $28 to $54 per bottle.
Wine Spectator listed Pillsbury among the
“rising stars of the southwest” and the San
Francisco Examiner named it the “best wine
in Arizona.”
Page Springs is making some acceptable
wines, as is Stronghold. But until they can
increase production sufficiently so that they
can lower the price, I think these will remain
boutique wineries. Unfortunately to increase
production, they need money.
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Our February dinner was, as one member
said, “over the top in quality.” It sold out fairly quickly, so please make your reservations
for the April 5 dinner soon after the flyers
are out to ensure your seat, as our limit is 64
persons. Please drop your checks for dues and
or dinner in the FWCC #24 mailbox across
from the Post Office.
Have questions? Call any of the board
members: Nick Miller, President, Helen
Reardon, Susan Vee and Chuck Hellman,
Vice Presidents, Carol Russakow, Secretary,
or Pete Ferrentino, Treasurer.
Forum Club
by Ron Oard & Mike Newlon
The Forum Club’s March 14 (always second
Wednesday) Program on “The Arab Spring
– Phase Two” will be presented by Ms.
Beth Skinner, an instructor at Cal State San
Bernardino.
Ms. Skinner will cover the collapse of the
family dynasties in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt
and the aftermath. She will also cover the
Syrian violence and its potential for regional
and world instability. The brewing crisis
between Iran and the West over Iran’s nuclear
weapons program and the immediate threat
it poses to world oil supplies in the Persian
gulf will also be covered.
Where: Sunset View Clubhouse, Oasis
Room
When: Wednesday March 14, 7 p.m. Checkin at 6:30 p.m.
More Information: Cicely Lawson at 760200-1615 or Mike Newlon at 760-636-1726
After the speaker presentation, Moderatorled table discussions will help Forum Club
members and guests analyze the issues to
reach a consensus for the Table Moderator to
share with the audience.
The SCPD Forum Club exists to bring
programs and topics of timely interest to
SCPD resident Members. The Forum Club
is a non-partisan Chartered Club open to all
SCPD residents. Our member discussions
are usually lively and informative. Being a
Forum Club member is a terrific way to
learn more about important current topics
and how others feel about them.
First Time Guests are welcome! As a polite
reminder for those who may not yet have
paid 2012 dues, they are $10 per individual
or $15 per household.
Fun City Bowlers
by Carol Saltzman
A big thanks to all team captains for your cooperation in getting your strike envelopes to Jim
Christianson before the start of the first
game and for turning in your results immediately after the fifth frame of your second game.
As a result, no one has been deprived of a share
of the pot because of tardy results as did happen
earlier in the season.
Can you believe the season has only two
months left? But it’s not too late for you to
come join us. We have our consistent, talented
bowlers regularly scoring 170 to 200+; and
then we have people like me, struggling week
after week, sometimes just hoping to break
100.
Regardless of what kind of bowler you are,
we’d enjoy meeting you and having you join us.
Maybe you don’t want to commit to bowling
every week, or you just want to check us out.
We can always use subs. Come over to Fantasy
Lanes in Indio any Monday at about 12:45
p.m. Practice starts at 12:45 p.m. with bowling
starting at 1. For more information, call Larry
Toms at 760-360-2193.
Garden Club
by Audrey Sporleder
March 8 - Our trip to view the wildflowers
has been canceled and will be replaced by a
carpool visit (free admission) to the newly
opened Sunnylands Center & Gardens (on
the former Annenberg Estate), where you
will be able to view: 53,000 plants, including 50 arid- landscape species, an orientation
film and a 3-D video on the construction of
the Annenberg’s Mid-Century home. Nonmembers, check our website under “Chartered
Clubs” on SCPDCA.com. Be sure to view
Sunnyland’s website at www.sunnylands.org.
There will be no meeting this month.
April 12 - Our popular annual tour of several
Sun City gardens returns and will replace our
regular meeting. Details to follow.
May 10 - What are the “Secrets of the
Desert”? Come to this meeting and find out
from our speaker, Audrey Moe.
Meetings, when scheduled, are held on the
second Thurs. of each month, Oct. through
May, at 9 a.m. (check-in at 8:30 a.m.),
in the Arrowhead room in the Lake View
Clubhouse. Come early and enjoy some tasty
light refreshments and a chance to chat with
friends and make new friends.
As a reminder, non-members may attend
one meeting or event before joining. If you
join after March 31, your membership will
extend through the next season. Annual dues
are $10, payable by check, to the SCPD
Garden Club. Complete an application form,
which you can obtain from a club kiosk, and
drop it and your check into our club box #18
opposite the Post Office.
Questions? Call Kay Herbst at 772-7667.
Genealogy
by Ardyn Fredericksen
March already? Have you started that New
Years Resolution to research your ancestors?
Want to contact others who have? We meet
on Mondays at 9:30 a.m. in the Idyllwild/
Saddleback Rooms at the Mountain View
Clubhouse. Doors open at 9 a.m. for library
access and socializing
March 5 – General Meeting and Open
Forum
March 12 – “Researching My Family History
in New Mexico” by Connie Rodriguez
Connie has developed her skills and expertise as a genealogist researching and writing about the “Rio Abajo” region of New
Mexico (Albuquerque to the Texas border)
and the towns and villages that make up
the “Rio Bravo del Norte” region of what is
now referred to as the Cuidad Juarez-El Paso
Borderplex. She studied this area in search
of her mother’s genealogy. Her mother was
Suzana Jaramillo Moore, born in 1912; coincidentally it is the same year that New Mexico
was admitted as the 47th State in the Union.
Connie has also experienced DNA testing
which she will describe and talk about the
surprising results.
Professionally, Connie was the Director
of the Children’s Center at California State
Polytechnic University in Pomona and also was
an adjunct professor of Child Development at
Mt. San Antonio College.
March 19 – Member Presentation: “Colma
– The City of Cemeteries” by Richard Small
March 26 – Barbara Kaye – Family Tree
Maker instruction. 9:30 a.m., experienced
users; 10:15 a.m., beginners
Flyers with application form are available at
all clubhouses. Our annual membership fee
is $10. For additional information, contact
Gary Fredericksen at 760-772-8071.
German Club
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choices at Roy’s on Highway 111 across from
the River. If you haven’t yet joined our Sun
City Palm Desert Gourmet Club, you will
find an application in the kiosks in our clubhouses. Each month we are pleased to have
new members joining us for good food and
friendly conversation at our dinner.
Our treasurer, Bill Peters, can answer any
questions you might have regarding membership or signing up for dinner. You can reach
him at 760-200-8524. Our president is Judie
Burlingame and she is happy to answer any
general questions you might have about the
Gourmet Club. Her phone is 760-200-0774.
Planning ahead – our remaining dinners for
the spring will be on April 24 and May 22. A
general meeting will be announced for later
in the spring. We hope you will join us then
to hear about plans for the coming year and
offer your suggestions for dinner locations.
Perhaps you might be willing to help as an
officer or volunteer!
We hope to see you at Roy’s.
& Friends
Here We Go
Spring is in the air and we will celebrate
the season with a social on March 21.
Our Association catered Mardi Gras party
delighted everyone music, et al. Plans are in
the making for our Springfest April 28. Date
and time will be shared via email and flyers.
Many new members have joined us so the
demand for tickets is greater. We need to
adhere to the capacity laws established by the
Fire Department ordinance so please if you
plan to attend any of our functions purchase
your tickets on time.
Everyone is welcome at all of our gatherings. For more information about our socials
or our club please contact Hanna Kroll at
760-345-4238.
We wish all our friends a glorious Spring.
May it warm your hearts and homes. Take
time to laugh it is music for the soul.
“Kommt und macht mit.”
by Heidi Maisl
Gourmet Club
by Angela Ficht
Gourmet Club members - watch your email
for notice of our Tuesday, March 27, menu
Travel Club
Last month we told you about some exciting
trips that we will be making in March and
April with our Travel Club.
On March 15 our past president, Barbara
Williams, will take residents to Algodones,
Mexico. The cost is $30 with a no-host lunch.
You can buy your medicines there as well as
many other items, and the trip is a very interesting one. You can reach Barbara at 760-7726891.
On April 19, Second Vice-President, Ruth
Weinberg, will be going to the Lawrence
Welk Theatre in Escondido for a delicious
buffet lunch followed by a Tony Award winning musical, ”Steppin’ Out.” The cost is $75,
which includes the bus, driver’s gratuity, lunch
and the play. You can reach Ruth at 760-7727719.
I will be making a trip to the fabulous Huntington Library, Gardens and Tea Room in
San Marino on April 26. There are beautiful
paintings and exhibits to enjoy, and the High
Tea in the Rose Garden Tea Room is most
enjoyable. There is a wonderful Museum Gift
Shop, which has been called the best Museum
Gift Shop in Los Angeles. The cost is $74 and
you can call me at 760-360-7924.
We hope you will attend our monthly
meetings the third Monday of each month at
7 p.m. in the Sierra Ballroom. Our dues are
$10 per year. See you there!
Hiking Club
by Ken Linville
We are now into the sixth month of our 201112 eight-month hiking season and our club
continues to provide all levels of trekking, from
walks to strenuous hikes.
Our website has been modified and expanded by our Webmaster, Rick Hake, who has
done extensive work which provides a lot of
information including monthly hiking schedules, notices of events and photos.This site is
available by logging onto our Association web
site at www.scpdca.com then go to Hiking
Club under Chartered Clubs. Hiking schedules can also be picked up in one of the kiosk
located in the three clubhouses.
Last month’s general meeting, social and
guest speaker was very enjoyable including the
interesting information about Anza-Borrego,
which reminds me that there is still time to
participate in this months three-day spring
adventure in Anza-Borrego beginning on the
22nd. See this months hiking schedule for
details.
From March 31 to April 1 is our two-day
joint hiking and barbeque with the Desert
Peaks Section of the Sierra Club, which should
be a fun and interesting time trekking and
meeting hikers from a different club. See this
months hiking schedule for reservations (due
by the 23rd), fee and details.
Look for a flyer on our End Of Season
Party to be held in April. You will not want to
miss this social dinner party to see friends for
the last time before next season in October of
2012.
Hope to see you all on our club hikes and
events. Happy trekking.
Homecrafters
by Pat Tyree
We are a group of people who do various
crafts at home. We will not be holding regu-
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lar club meetings, only two meetings a year,
before each of the SCPD Craft Club Shows
in the spring and fall. Our members are able
to sell their crafts in these shows as long as
those crafts are not and will not be made by
the other approved craft clubs here in Sun
City. Our members decorate gourds and
clothing, make hand-knitted clothing, birdhouses, painted roof tiles, decorated children’s
chairs, machine knit clothing, mosaic items,
needlepoint, hand painted ostrich eggs, wood
turned bowls and other items made of wood.
If you have a hobby that you do at home
and would like to sell your items in the craft
shows, please contact Pat or Jerry Tyree at
360-9302/[email protected].
Italian Heritage
by Frank Montiforte
On Wednesday, Feb. 8, we had our Amore
Italiano, Valentine dinner/dance, with music
by Bill Baker in the Sierra Ballroom. And
don’t forget, Thursday, March 1...Evening
In Roma, featuring singers Gerald Colucci
and Patricia Welch. Check kiosks for added
information. Ciao.
Jewelry Club
by Audrey Bierman
Time goes by fast when you are having fun.
And that’s what is so great about the jewelry
club. We make jewelry while having fun.
For Valentine’s Day, we had a wine and
cheese cocktail hour. It gave us a chance to
meet mates or, if no mate, just enjoy a relaxing afternoon, meet new people and be with
friends.
We are half way through our season and
have many classes going on. Along with all
our learning sessions, some of our members
are making jewelry for our Arts & Crafts
Festival March 16 and 17.
For anyone wanting to visit us or join,
we meet in the Mountain View Clubhouse
Sewing Room on Mondays from 8:30 a.m.
to 12 noon and on Thursdays in the Whitney
Room from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Dues at $15
for the year and are payable upon joining.
Just for Fun
by Rose Marie Sherry
“Erin Go Bragh.” Wear your green and join
us as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Fitz of
Sun City karaoke fame will lead us in Irish
songs, some karaoke plus music to dance
by. Murph’s restaurant’s famous corned beef
cabbage dinner will be served. Flyers with all
the details are in all of the clubhouses. Please
remember that seating is limited and tickets
will not be available after the event is closed.
The close date date is March 9 or if sold out
eariler.
The St. Patrick’s event will also be election
night. Anyone who would like to participate
as a board member can call Rose Marie at
760-200-4903.
It’s not too late to renew your membership
for 2012 and receive discounted tickets for
all events. New members are also welcomed.
Please call Jean at 760-200-2521 for questions regarding membership, For questions
about the event, call Rose Marie, 200-4903.
Ladies 9-Holers
Golf
by Sally Bradbury
Our President’s Cup Tournament was held
last month, but since the winners were determined after press time they will be announced
in next month’s issue.
Our annual Hope for the Cure Charity
Tournament and luncheon will be held
March 15. The day will begin with a continental breakfast, compliments of one of our
Lady Niners. Participants can buy a Fun Pack
for $20 that includes two Mulligans, A drive
by a pro, a “hand” wedge and a fantastic putt.
ALL Proceeds will go to “Susan G. Komen Inland Empire.” During lunch, there will be
raffle prizes galore and a fashion show hosted
by our Pro Shop.
Then on March 21 we visit the Heritage
Palms Ladies. They are hosting a “Grab and
Go.” To find out what that is, sign up and
join us. Sign-ups will begin in late February.
Election of officers is approaching again.
Our board is made up entirely of volunteers,
so here is your chance to contribute. There
are potential offices and committees chairs for
every talent, and we would appreciate your
participation. This includes part-time residents. To volunteer, please call or email Sally
Bradbury at 760-200-0429; RNSBradbury@
yahoo.com. The slate of nominees will be
announced at the March luncheon.
We encourage you to join our club and
participate in all of our activities. To do so,
call MaryLou Deleva at 760-834-8881 or
check out our Web page under Chartered
Clubs.
Lady Putters
by Chris Acosta
Spring is just around the corner and we
have a full schedule of activities planned this
month! In addition to regular play on March
7 and 14, a tournament with Woodhaven
Putters at our course is scheduled on March
16. Our tournaments are always tons of fun,
so sign up to play if you haven’t already. The
Woodhaven Tournament will be followed
by a Mystery Hole Tournament on March
21 and our monthly luncheon on March
28. Please note that nominations for next
year’s board will be presented by the nominating committee at the March luncheon.
Nominations will also be accepted from the
floor.
Don’t forget to take a look at our website at
http://www.scpdcaclubs.com/activities/clubs
for information, updates, and photos.
New members and guests are always welcome to join Lady Putters. We putt every
Wednesday at 9 a.m. (first session) and 10 a.m.
(second session). Sign in at the Saddleback
Room, Mountain View Clubhouse, from
8:15-8:40 a.m. (first session) or from 9:159:40 a.m. (second session). New member
orientation is held the last Wednesday of
each month at 8:30 a.m. Call Helen Reardon,
president, at 760-574-8588 for additional
information.
We Stand Corrected! The photo that appeared at the
head of this column in the February News & Views
should have accompanied the Moutain Vista Ladies
Golf Club article. That photo appears this month on
page 31.
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Happy trails to us all.
Those that went on the Las Vegas trip
last month have come back with smiles and
many tales to tell. Thanks so much for all the
time our instructor, Dottie Lord, put in the
last few months to make it a smooth and fun
experience.
Remember...just line dancing on the
last Thursday of each month at the Sierra
Ballroom from 9 until 11 a.m.; again loads of
fun and laughter.
See you all in class Monday and Wednesday
mornings. If any new Sun City resident has a
question about our group, please call Marilyn
at 760-636-0390.
Love To Dance
by Faye Sloan
Come one – come all to our St. Patrick’s Day
Dance which will be March 16 from 6-10
p.m. This is a buffet dinner and a no-host bar.
Dance classes are as follows; Choreography
on Tuesdays, Ballroom Wednesdays, Tap on
Thursdays. All flyers are in the kiosks.
It’s time for new board members. Anyone
interested in serving on the board for the upcoming season, please call Faye Sloan, 760360-7730.
Line Dance
downloaded online. On the application you
will find an area for ordering the 2012 Mah
Jongg Card. The cards will arrive around
March 28. Diane Baum is our teacher on
Wednesday from 9 a.m. until noon. Lessons
are free and after the first lesson, you will have
to join the Mah Jongg Club. The cost is $7
per year. Questions? Call Joanne Hart, 760766-7613.
by Claire Dosier
Mah Jongg Club
Hi all you smiling Line Dancers, hasn’t this
been a great New Year in the dance studio.
New faces that are truly enjoying learning
some of our old dances but new ones too for
those long time enthusiasts.
The annual March Spring Hoedown is
on Thursday night, March 8, the usual start
time 4 p.m. and goes until 9 p.m. if you have
the energy. Cost for members and quests,
prepaid was $5 and members must have their
membership card with them. Any late comers
who want to join in the fun, it will cost $20
at the door. It is a potluck; all information
on how much each dancer is to provide is
available at the Sunset View Clubhouse, flyer
on the table outside during our class time.
And class time is: Beginners held at 10:15
a.m. and Intermediate at 11:15 a.m. in the
Dance Studio. Hope that we will see many of
the newcomers joining in the fun that night.
March winds are approaching and so is our
full day tournament on Friday, March 23.
There are table favors and many door prizes,
plus the first ten winner’s prizes. They try
to finish around 3:30 p.m. The response to
our tournaments has been great and they get
better each time. Flyers are in the Mah Jongg
room, in the kiosks and online, but time to
sign up is running out.
There is still play in the Oasis Room at the
Sunset View Clubhouse on Wednesday from
8:30 a.m. to noon, Thursday’s from 12:30
to 4 p.m., except the third Thursday of the
month when the room is not available until
after 2 p.m. On that Thursday, if there are no
other events scheduled for the room, play can
continue until your table wants to quit. There
is also play on Friday from 8:30 to noon.
The applications for membership can be
by Joanne Hart
Men’s Niners
by Tom Barber
Awards Dinner: Join us for our biggest event of
the year. Note the new date—Tuesday, March 6
at 5:30 p.m. in our Main Ballroom. There will
be great food and entertainment with dancing.
It’s a great way to meet all the Niners, wives
and guests. Call Niners’ President Bob Funk,
760-834-8844 or any board member. Check
our website, www.scpdNiners.com. Welcome
to more new members Tom Hudspeth, Steve
Washington, Robert Maitland, Joe Crutchley.
Our games for March: (Sign-up at 7:15 a.m.
and tee time at 8 sharp.)
March 1- Scramble (Balance foursome) SR
March 8 - 1-2-3 (Balanced foursome) SG
March 15 -1 ball odd -2 balls even SR
March 22 - Low gross Low net SG
March 29 - Two Best Ball SR
March 20 - Board meeting SR
All are invited.
“The pressure gets worse the older you get.The hole
starts to look the size of a Bayer aspirin.” Gary
Player
Men’s Putterz
by Barry Cohen
It’s hard to believe a new year has begun
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and all your resolutions have washed away
like sand castles on the beach, all but one.
Its time to rise early, greet the sun as it
peeks over the mountains, unplug your golf
cart and enjoy the company of some 80 or
so crazed men who have left the comfort of
a warm bed and decided to hone their skill
on the putting course.
Menz Putterz is an exciting, vibrant,
effervescent, cordial social club of guys who
weekly vie for prize money and the chance
to lament the putts they barely missed. If
this doesn’t entice you to pony up $10 for
dues then our unmatched social functions
throughout the year will tip the scale.
Greens fees are $3 and sign ups take place
at the Lakeview clubhouse every Tuesday
between 7:30 a.m. and 8 and action commences about 8:30. Foursomes go out in
shotgun starts and each putter compete
vs.his handicap. At the end of 18 holes,
you will still have time to visit Papa Dan’s
or The Daily Grind for coffee. We don’t
guarantee you will win prize money, but we
can assure you a good time.
Membership continues to grow so join
one of the premier activities in Sun City.
For information, call Merle Luken at 7724012 or Barry Cohen at 772-4825.
Minnesota Memories
& Friends
by Barbara Musgjerd
Happy Spring, everybody. The days are getting longer, a bittersweet time with our snow
birds already making plans for a return north.
For those of you leaving soon, have a safe
journey.
Many thanks to all of you who worked
so hard to make the Brat Fest such a great
event. Once again it was a sell out. It couldn’t
happen though without many players working behind the scenes. Did you know that
members drive all the way to Calimesa to
assure we have authentic German brats and
potato salad? A lot of work but think you will
agree well worth the effort. And, the music
provided by Dwayne Fettig was an absolute
delight and enjoyed by all. Upcoming events:
1) Blood Drive on March 1 from 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m. in the Arrowhead Room in
the Lake View Clubhouse. Every two
seconds someone in the United States
needs blood. More than 30 million blood
components are transfused each year. Your
participation is greatly needed in this
event. You can register ahead or walk-in
to donate. For more information contact
Ted or Arlene Pederson at 760-360-9821.
2) Potluck Dinner will be held on March
29 at 5 p.m. in the Lake View Clubhouse.
This event is free, but you do need to
send in your registration and bring your
favorite dish to pass. As always, beverages
will be provided.
If you have ideas for our 2012-13 season,
let us hear from you. New ideas are always
welcome. For membership information,
contact Jerry Hammerel, 760-360-3965, or
Kathy Holt, 760-772-3353.
Model Railroaders
of the Desert
by Dick Lane
The year 2011 saw a number of major
rearrangement and improvement projects
completed. Included in those projects was
the completion of the mountain scenery and
related track work. The N gauge layout also
saw improvements such as new locomotives
and passenger cars and the new remote
controlled freight yard. The club receives
many accolades from visitors, young and old
alike, remarking on the improvements made
from year to year.
The annual club Train Trip will travel to
the Grand Canyon RR at Williams, AZ in
the early part if May. Our vice president,
Rich Shiff is putting the trip together and will
be firming up the arrangements in the near
future. Participants will drive to Williams,
two nights at a hotel, train trip to the Grand
Canyon, no host lunch at the renowned
El Tovar hotel and return to Williams for
the nite. Estimated cost $250/person. More
details to come.
Persons interested in finding out more
about the Model Railroad Club should drop
into the club room during our operating
hours or attend our breakfast meeting at
Coco’s on March 7, 8:30 a.m.
Mountain Vista
Couples Golf
by Mike Wedekind
Our March Tournament is on March 10 with
sign-up on March 1 with one best ball Man
and one best ball lady. This will be a computer
pairings tournament.
Our April Tournament is on April 14, with
sign-up from March 15 to April 1. This will
be a make your own foursome event.
The winners of the Jan. 15 tournament
with Net Scores were: Flight A; Carl and Ann
Bode with Tom and Ginnie Lang. Flight B;
Johan and Karen Cacheiro with Dan and
Barbara Prochnow, Flight C; President Tom
and Lou Ann Liebermann with Steve Bailey
and Jill Manee. Flight D; Larry Schelhorse
and Sally Slater with Roberta Dryer. Flight
E; Jim and Barbara Linhart with Jim and
Judy Foudy. Marsha Anthony had a hole in
one and received $100 in sweeps which can
be spent in tee time fees, as can all sweeps.
Photographs were taken and can be seen on
our website at www.mvcgc.net.
If you are considering joining Mountain
Vista Couples Club, simply go to our website
at www.mvcgc.net and if you have any further
questions, simply contact our membership
director Dianne Melone at [email protected].
com or at 760-610-2198.
You can join Mountain Vista Couples Club
and obtain a GHIN number from SCGA
by an application available on our web site.
You do not have to join either the men’s or
women’s club to obtain a GHIN number.
Mountain Vista
Ladies Golf
by Barbara McFadden
We had a very successful Eclectic Tournament
with a full field of 144 players. Congratulations
to all the winners. Luncheon catered by Papa
Dan’s followed play on Jan. 17. A special
thanks to Diane Delgado for all her work on
the luncheon.
Club Championship started Feb. 28 and
play will continue on March 3 and 6. Club
champion and runner up to be announced at
our March 6 luncheon following play.
Our spring member/guest will be March
29. Raye Pereira and Ronnie Bartlett have a
fun day planned. Be sure and have your entry
in early. The field is limited to 128 ladies.
Lads & Lasses will be played April 17 and
18. Confirm your Lad and have two days of
fun with lunch each day following play.
Congratulations to Mona Murray and
Jimmie Nelson on winning first net at the
WSCGA Executive Tournament, held on
Jan. 12 and 13, with play taking place at
Marrakesh Country Club and Chaparral
Country Club.
Please park in your numbered spot after
check in on Tuesdays and wear your name
tag.
Keep current on all that is happening at
MVLGC by visiting the website at www.
MVLGC.net.
Mountain Vista
Men’s Golf
by Greg Oswalt
The golf season continues with the Men’s
Club in good health. Hope you are too. The
roster has some 448 +or- members listed.
There is room for more. Membership in the
club provides, among other things, a handicap
through GHIN. So posting all your scores
accurately is important. The club will post
scores made on tournament days. You need
to know how to adjust your score for posting
based on your index. The Men’s Club website
also has the rule changes for 2012. The website
has a wealth of information for members new
and old. So check it out at www.mvmgc.net.
The Presidents Cup tournament continues
this month, with individual match play in
flights through the 21st. The season long RX
Cup wraps up the end of this month. Good
luck to all that participated in this 18 week
contest. Payouts go out to the top 100 players.
Our thanks go out to the men who keep all this
tournament scoring straight. Many men work
hard to keep theclub going. Bravo, guys.
Please help keep our beautiful golf courses
at their most playable by sanding you divots,
repairing ball marks on the greens and raking
the bunkers. Its the thing to do! Have fun. Tee
it up!
Music Buffs
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by Ernie Charney
On Monday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sierra
Ballroom, Music Buffs will present John and
Pamla Abramson. John and Pamla live in Sun
City and are very active in the Performing Arts
Club. They have also performed at the Palm
Canyon Theatre and many other places in the
Valley.
The last Sunday Concert for this season is
March 11, at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. in the Sierra
Ballroom. We will present The Letterman.
Sun City Palm Desert residents are welcome
to join Music Buffs. Annual dues are $10 per
person, payable at the door. Dues entitle you
to attend a performance on the first Monday of
each month, through June 2012. Refreshments
are served following the show.
Questions? Call Ernie Charney, 360-9466.
Off Broadway
Club
by Barbara Newmark
On Wednesday Jan. 18, Bonnie Bowden
“wowed” our audience to standing ovations!
On Wednesday, Feb. 15 we presented Rebecca
Dawn straight from Branson, MO where she
has performed to standing room only audiences. We all enjoyed her very much.
On Wednesday March 21, Bob Furgo and
his Western Swing Jazz Band will be entertaining us.
This has been a very enjoyable and wonderful season. All my hard work finding our
excellent entertainment has really paid off. All
the positive comments I receive after each show
make it all worthwhile. My only pressure is
because of the comments “How will you ever
top this great show?” Luckily I have been able
to do so month after month!
I thank all of you who attend our performances, and for being so dedicated to Off
Broadway.
Pan Club
by Edith Marcus
March is here and Pan goes marching along.
The big news is that our new tables are arriving some time in March! I know I’ve written of
them often, but this should be definite.
Helena Rich has kindly offered to give Pan
lessons–so if you know anyone who would like
to learn, please tell them of Helena’s offer. She
can be reached at 760-360-1120. Talk about
this to all your friends who presently don’t play.
For those who like to plan ahead, the dates
for our tournaments this year are May 9 and
Nov. 7. We all look forward to these special
Wednesdays and remember, not only do we
enjoy ourselves, but also do good for others by
our food collection.
Until next month...
Performing
Arts Club
by Karen Schmitt
Tickets for our spring show, “Burlesque,” are
on sale now across from the Post Office in the
main clubhouse at $15 per person, reserved
seating. Mark your calendar for March 29, 30,
31 and April 1.
Our repertory group is in full swing, but
it’s not too late to join them. They meet on
Mondays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Speakers
Hall.
We are putting together another show for
June 1-3 for the many who stay in the desert
into June. Look for more information on auditions as well as the performances. We promise
that this will be highly entertaining.
Questions? Contact Karen Schmitt at
[email protected] or 760-360-1284.
Pet Lovers Club
by Louise Erickson
Many of our residents own pets and many
own cats. Caring for cats with green ecofriendly products is good for us, our pets, and
our environment. Here are some quick tips:
(1) Choose Healthier Cat Food – Many
typical brands of pet foods contain alarming
ingredients, including animal by-products,
animal wastes, and ingredients that come
from diseased or dying animals. Make sure
that the pet food that you buy contains
meat that is FDA-certified and good quality. Support your cat’s proper nutrition by
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purchasing quality food. Think about buying
pet food that is organic and natural. Certified
organic pet food must meet high quality standards and must not contain any pesticides,
antibiotics, hormones, artificial ingredients or
genetically modified ingredients.
(2) Clay-free cat litter: Clay is strip-mined
and emits dust. Eco-friendly litters are made
of paper, corn, wood, or other biodegradable
and hypoallergenic materials.
(3) Biodegradable litter bags: Even if you
put biodegradable cat litter in a plastic bag, it
won’t decompose as it should. Use bags that
are made of compostable materials that will
eventually decompose.
(4) Neutering: Neutering decreases the
incidence of diseases and it also decreases the
number of stray cats. It also can improve your
cat’s health by making your cat more resistant
to certain diseases, infections, and cancer. You
are also helping to lessen the burden on our
local animal shelters.
Please join us at our next Pet Lovers
Club meeting. For more information contact
Louise Erickson at 760-702-0068 or [email protected]
Quilters Club
by Sharon McCreary
Love and mystery were in the air last month.
The beautiful heart quilting items displayed in
the window for February (arranged by Hanna &
Cheryl). Thank you! A fantastic Mystery Quilt
workshop held by Chris Vanderputten. Thank
you, Chris. It’s always amazing how beautiful
those mystery quilts turn out, when we haven’t
a clue when we start. And thanks to April who
held a free-motion quilting class the end of
February.
Make sure any items you plan to sell in the
Craft Fair have all the information needed for
the inventory.This will be a great help to Bev
Stoney.
Your nominating committee is in the process
of recruiting people who are interested in running for office. Remember, this is your club.
Maybe you have some new ideas or like organizing things. Please let the nominating committee
know if you would be willing to serve in some
capacity.
The total count for our charity quilts in 2011
was 247 beautiful quilts sewn and given to various charities in the valley by our club. Thank you
ladies, you are wonderful. Also if you are doing a
Block of the Month please turn them in ASAP.
March 7 - Business Meeting and members
Silent Auction & Stash sale.
March 16 & 17 - Spring Craft Fair
March 21 - Machine Applique class.
March 28 or 30 - Annual Luncheon at Bellatrix
(look for more details, cost and time) www.scpdca.com/quilters
Sam’s Tip Of The Month:
If you like to store your bobbin and top thread
together when quilting, here is a no cost way take a twisty tie you get with your garbage bags
and slip it through the spool hole and bobbin
and twist.
Rainbow Circle of
Friends
& Family
by Ginni Rassieur
Our club is inclusive of gays, lesbians, their
parents, family and friends. Monday, March
12 is the next gathering of the Rainbow Circle
of Friends & Family club. Call Maddi Scott at
760-772-3902 for details about the club. She
will put your name on the email list for news
about all of our events. New friends join us
every month, so we look forward to welcoming
you and being with each other again.
At 5:30 on March 12, we will be enjoying
one of our evening Wine and Tapas parties at
the Lake View Clubhouse. Let Maddi know
that you plan to come that Monday and be
sure to bring a heavy hors d’oeuvre to share plus
wine or soda.
Racquet Club
by Jo Salata
Life in the desert continues to amaze us all!
The unusually warm weather and clear skies
have prompted more players to come to the
courts. It is not unusual even on a Sunday
morning to have all 10 courts booked for
play and have the paddle and pickle courts
booked also!
The general membership meeting held
Feb. 4 in the Speaker’s Hall was well attended
and club members were issued the Sun City
Palm Desert Racquet Club membership card.
This is the first time the club has offered this
card, and it was appreciated and well received
by our members.
The social mixer activities held in February
were highly successful and people are
anticipating this month’s mixer to be held
Saturday, March 10 at 8:30 a.m. Don’t forget
to sign up as soon as the flyer is available
because these mixers close rapidly.
The club’s participation in the Sun City
Health Fair held Thursday, Feb. 16 in the
Sierra Ballroom allowed its representatives to
expound on the health benefits of all racquet
sport participation and to promote new
membership to the club.
The biggest social event of the year, the
Sun City Palm Desert Racquet Club’s Gala
Dinner Dance will be held Sunday, March 25
beginning at 6 p.m. in the Sierra Ballroom.
Be sure to have your reservation forms
completed and placed in the Racquet Club
mailbox by Monday, March 20 to insure that
your reservation is marked and noted.
Hope to see even more of you on the
courts as spring approaches!
Rummy Q
by Pat Ankeny
You won’t want to miss our St. Patrick’s Day
“Winning of the Green” Night on Thursday,
March 15 at the Lake View Clubhouse, 7
p.m. Please help us by checking-in between
6:30 and 6:55 p.m., since we have over 100
members and keep growing.
If you haven’t already paid/renewed dues
for the calendar year, be sure to bring your
check (no cash) for $5. That’s quite a bargain
for a year of great refreshments and parties,
friendly people, and fun while you keep your
mind sharp playing RummyQ!
New members are welcome. The game is easy
to learn, no partner needed, no reservations.
We meet the third Thursday each month
year-round. More information? Check our
website (scpdca.com - chartered clubs - rummyq) or call Polli Rychlik 772-4737.
RV Club
by Jane Hanna
Our New Years Eve rally was at the Golden
Village Palms in Hemet and we all had a funfilled time. We had a shuffle board contest as
well as many other games.
On New Years Eve we all gathered with the
other park residents for a fun filled night. A
delicious meal and we danced the night away.
Jan. 29 was our annual reunion of past and
present RV club members. It was held at the
Jackalope Ranch Restaurant. Andi Helgin
was the coordinator. Hats off to Andi for a
great job!
We have some great trips planned for
2012. Our March trip is to Circle of Arts in
Borrego Springs California. Wagon Masters
will be Harriot and Phil Scott and Judee and
Jim Warling. This should be a great trip with
the Art Shows plus an opportunity to see all
the desert wild flowers.
Our May rally we have been talking about
Camp Verde Az. Distant Drummer RV
Resort. A beautiful park central for day trips
to Jerome, Sedona and Prescott, AZ. In June
- Yucaipa Regional Park. The October Rally
will be at the Pismo Coast Village in Pismo
Beach, California.
If you are not already a member of our
club, come see what we are all about. Our
meetings are on the first Wednesday of
each month at 7 p.m. at the Sunset View
Clubhouse.
Social Bridge
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ested in finding out more about either of our
two leagues, call Commissioner Bill Carlisle at
760-360-5575 for more information.
by Marilyn Joyce
Faith and Begorra – it’s wearing of the green
time for it is said everyone is a leprechaun St.
Patrick’s Day! Come try your luck and skills
at Social Bridge on Monday’s and Friday’s at
12:30 p.m. at Sunset View Clubhouse. On
Mondays there is non timed play in another
room for less experienced players. Should you
need a partner, call Ann Mantle at 360-2647.
Thank you to all who brought treats for
January and to Mary Kay and Scott May for
procuring February goodies. Also, a big thank
you to June Owen for organizing our delicious Feb. 6 lunch – good work, June.
After a brief hiatus, bridge lessons will
begin again in mid-March given by Dick and
Toni Laker before the Monday sessions.
We congratulate all our first and second
place winners for January. First place winners
were Dick Salsitz and Werner Gerling,Gordon
and Irma Marsh, Toni and Dick Laker (twice),
Ron Loken and Pat Reese, Jane Buonaserra
and Barbara Mitrosky, Suzy Fortenberry and
Donna Ponte, Susan Vee and Stan Sperling,
and Ann Mantle and Pauline Pearson.
January second place winners were: Irma
Marsh and Louise Ammar, Gordon and Irma
Marsh, Sylvia and John DeWolf, Mary Kay
and Scott May, Dick and Toni Laker (twice),
Susan Vee and Ann Mantle, Susan Vee and
Mearl Lucken, and Suzy Fortenberry and
Donna Ponte.
We wish you all a Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
For any questions regarding social bridge
contact President Mearl Lucken at 772-4012.
Softball Club
by Dave Hansen
The current season of Sun City Softball runs
through the first week in April. So, although
it’s too late to sign up for the Thursday league,
anyone can still play with the Co-eds just by
showing up on Mondays at 8 a.m. No prior
sign-up is necessary. Just bring a glove and
shoes and be ready to have some fun.
Softball is one of the fastest growing clubs
in Sun City with over 120 reasonably healthy
men & women enjoying both the competition
and camaraderie of team sport. If you are inter-
Solos Club
by Joy Zoref
Our Decadent Evening With Solos was a
wonderful night! The entertainment, food and
desserts were truly great! Everyone had an
enjoyable evening!
On Friday, March 16 we will be celebrating
St. Patrick’s Day with the Love to Dance Club.
Please see all clubhouse kiosks for more information.
On Friday, April 27 we will be having our
Famous Meet, Mix and Mingle again back by
popular demand. More information to follow.
It’s approaching the time for the membership of the Solos Club to elect new officers for
the upcoming season. The current Board will
not be returning next year so if anyone has an
interest in becoming a member of the Solos
Board next season please contact Joy Zoref
760-200-0129 or get in touch with any of the
current board members.
Stained Glass
by Rita Swimmer
Beginner’s classes are underway. Always wanted to try stained glass? Come to the club’s
workshop in the Whitney Room, Mountain
View Clubhouse, during workshop hours
(Monday through Friday, 1-4 p.m.) and see
the monitor in charge for class information
and to sign up for classes. Classes are nine
hours in length and are usually scheduled in
3-hour sessions on Monday, Wednesday and
Fridays, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Should you
wish to use the club’s workshop, a beginner’s
class is required if you have not done stained
glass before or in recent years. Class fee is $35
plus member dues of $15. Glass, tools, supplies and patterns are included.
A class in lead came, an alternative stained
glass method of intermediate skill level, will
be offered later in the spring based on interest. Residents taking this class must have basic
stained glass experience, or have completed
the club’s beginners’ class. Came is available
for purchase.
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The Spring Arts & Crafts Fair & Sale dates
are March 16 and 17. This is only a two-day
show, so mark your calendars now.
The club’s annual election of officers and a
general meeting is scheduled for March 20, 1
p.m., in the workshop. Members, mark your
calendars.
The club’s workshop space allocation program went into effect in January. This program will allow all members equal use of our
workshop space during the season. Details
are available in workshop (pick up a copy
of the “Guidelines”) and on the website http://www.scpdcaclubs.com/activities/clubs/
stainedglass/home.htm.
Sun City Singers
Stitch ‘N Sew
Time for our Spring Concert - Thursday and
Friday, March 22 and March 23! “Those
Fabulous 40’s” will be presented in the Sierra
Ballroom, Mountain View Clubhouse, at 7:30
p.m.
Reserved seating ticket sales ($12 per person) begin on Monday, March 5, 9 a.m. until
noon in the Fountain area, Mountain View
Clubhouse. Sales will continue Monday through
Friday, March 5 through March 23, 9 a.m. to
noon.
Following our concert, we will again welcome
new members. Welcome “Snowbirds!”
by Suzanne McFerren
Spring is here and so is SCPD’s Craft Fair,
Thursday and Friday, March 15 and 16. Stitch
‘N Sew members have sewn up some old-time
favorites as well as some new items. Old-time
favorites include thread catchers (good for TV
remotes), BBQ aprons, tote bags, potholders, walker caddies, steering wheel covers and
“glitzy” gift bags. New items include the return
of clothing hanger covers & plastic bag holders
and lace tablecloths. We hope you will stop
by our tables and shop, shop, shop. We use
the monies made at the sale to maintain our
machines and to buy items needed to support
our charity sewing.
Many thanks to Jenine Sowell for organizing this month’s display window in the main
clubhouse. The window features the abovementioned items that will be for sale at the
Craft Fair. After the Craft Fair, the window will
feature Jenine’s very creative button display.
Jenine, Nanci Yazzolino and Lori Sepanik represented the club at the 2012 Club Expo held
here in Sun City. They enjoyed meeting &
greeting all who stopped by our table.
The club also wishes to thank Anne Leach
for the lesson on making reusable gift bags.
The results were simply stunning. Thank you,
Anne.
Lastly, the club thanks Bev Stoney for the
fun and creative workshop on “Flirty Skirts.”
Members had so much fun learning how to
make these darling skirts, whether the skirts
were for personal gift-giving or charity.
See you at the Fair or in the Sewing Studio!
by Ruth Compton
Sunshine Club
by Alma Timmins
The Sunshine Club welcomes new
Representatives as follows: Mary Larrick-District
8, Lynette Low-District 9 and Jean BorkeDistrict 12.
We welcome your participation in our
Aluminum Can Recycling program. If you have
any questions, call Jim Taquino at 760-7724787. Cans can be deposited in receptacles at the
Mountain View and Lake View Clubhouse. Jim
needs more men who have an SUV or truck to
help with recycling. Call him if you can help.
We need representatives for District 8. If you
know of anyone who is interested, please call
Edie Buccieri at 760-360-7924.
If you know of a resident who is ill or grieving
the loss of a loved one, please call your District
Representative listed in the News & Views. If
you know of someone who has passed away, call
Sandy Livran at 760-772-1806 and she will send
a memorial gift.
Trim ‘N’ Tone
by Judy Egendorf
The weather is starting to warm up, and if you
want to look your best in the sleeveless spring
fashions, we know where to go: Trim ‘N’
Tone aerobics. Our low-impact class is taught
by great instructors and open to women and
men. It costs $5 per class or $25 per month
and is held M-W from 7 to 8 a.m. (this is a
brand-new time), M-W-F from 8 a.m. to 9
a.m., T-Th-Sat from 8 to 9:30 a.m., and T-Th
from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the dance studio in
the Sunset View Clubhouse.
Need proof that Trim ‘N’ Tone works? At
the end of January we celebrated the 90th
birthdays of two of our members. Trim ‘N’
Tone is also a wonderful way to make friends
and socialize.
We’ll be having our St. Patrick’s Day luncheon this month, and our trip up the Central
Coast is coming up in May. Please note that
our dues are now $15. For more information,
call Rozzie Perlmuth at 200-0835.
Veterans Club
by Sy Kaplan
Dear Veterans and residents:
Another month has gone by, we are already
into February, and our First Quarterly membership Meeting scheduled for March 1st is
already here.
We have a very well-known keynote speaker, Mr. Michael McGuire, attorney at law and
President of the California Elder Center.
Mr. McGuire is also a member of the
National Organization of Veterans Attorneys
(NOVA) and he is accredited by the Veterans
Administration. He frequently volunteers his
own time to serve the needs of veterans and
their families in Southern California. In this
meeting we will be also honoring our Vietnam
Heroes, they were truly warriors.
The Sun City Palm Desert Veterans
Club will be having our first Pasta dinner
on Thursday March 22 at the Lake View
Clubhouse and we are counting on you to
fill the room. As you know, your spouses are
invited and your guests are also welcome. The
tickets are going fast and the price per person
is $10. We would like to see you there.
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general guide from Foodandwine.com suggests the following:” Steak and prime rib with
Cabernet Sauvignon; chicken with a lightly
oaked Chardonnay; turkey with a light Pinot
Noir; goose and duck with a medium-bodied
Pinot Noir; game with a Spanish Rioja; ham
and other salty meats with a dry Riesling.”
Try some of these specific pairings and see if
the wine and food make each other better. Join
us for the next Wine Dinner on March 15.
even if you attended the last one come again as
Amazon has upgraded some of their requirements. And, he will be going into those new
specs.
March is the month Writer’s Circle has a window in Mountain View Clubhouse to display
members’ books. Contact Phyllis Humphrey
regarding displaying your written works and
also being part of the Arts & Crafts Fair Writer’s
Circle table. (760-772-8806).
Wine Tasters
Writer’s Circle
Yacht Club
by Gail Ryan
by Dick Lane
Wine and food like love and marriage, go
together like a horse and carriage. That’s the
mantra of many wine lovers. This is especially
true in much of Europe where wine is rarely
an aperitif or cocktail. Wines in this area tend
to have quite discernable acid and tannins in
their finish. Often the fruit is strongest in the
aroma and initial taste with the acid and tannins used to meld with the food and allow a
lingering taste sensation.
California presents a strong exception to this
position. The wines are less stressed, irrigation is plentiful, sun is abundant and winters
are not harsh. Thus winemakers can make
a different, more consistent style of wine.
A style that can be enjoyed by itself or with
food. Big fruity reds and oaked whites from
California are prime examples of wine made
for wine’s sake. These wines have more fruit,
less acid and tannins and are easily enjoyed by
themselves.
Whether California or European, most
wines can be greatly enhanced by food. A
February’s meeting of the Writer’s Circle was
almost Standing Room only as new and old
members showed up to hear Phyllis Humphrey’s
presentation on the “Story Arc.” It was very well
received.
After Phyllis’ presentation, six members read
two pages from their works in progress. Each
was given a choice of being critiqued out loud
by the four club officers present or silently by all
on paper. All six chose to be critique by the four
club officers. (The four officers are members of
a critique group outside of the Writer’s Circle).
The six members felt the positive critiquing
helped them and would like to do it again.
The next Writer’s Circle meeting will be held
on Wednesday, March 7 in the Canyon Room
of the Sunset View Clubhouse. This will be the
last chance to submit your story or play for our
yearly contest.
At March’s meeting, Jim Fulcher will be giving a lesson on self-publishing with Amazon.
com. If you missed this lecture last fall don’t miss
this repeat performance. Also, according to Jim
The Sun City Yacht Club is engaged in the
sailing of radio controlled sailboats. Regattas are
held every Thursday afternoon at 1pm at the
Round Lake located at the east end of the golf
cart path, west of Donny Circle. All boats are
welcome and invited to race in the open class
races. The 2011-12 racing season is midway
through the session and will continue through
April. The racing participation has remained
steady at about 10 boats for each regatta.
New member/boat owners are mentored
about sailing/racing rules and techniques and
are automatically assigned a handicap to help
to get them started in this fun sport.
The Yacht Club holds periodic business
meetings at a restaurant off site and has three
social gatherings during the winter sailing season. Persons interested in the Yacht Club
should drop by the Round Lake for some boat
talk or call Stu Sitzman at 360-7726 or Dick
Lane at 345-7234.
by Mike Coyne
Notes of Appreciation
I would like to thank you for the concern and much needed
support both Carol and I received during my recent health crisis.
It was your prayers and good wishes that helped get me to where
I am today. You were all part of a miracle. I have a new heart and
kidney. I hope to be active and back on the tennis courts in a few
months. Again, our sincerest thanks for being the community we
are so happy to be part of.
Lew & Carol Rader
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FREQUENTLY CALLED NUMBERS
LEC200-2213
Martini’s Lounge/
The Daily Grind 200-2235
SCPD Community Association
Banquet Services
200-2242
Boulevards200-2109
News & Views Office
(Advertising—Display & Classified)
The Wheel
Compliance200-2205
Dewey Pest Control 343-2912
Events Department 200-2206
Gates
Main Gate
North Gate
360-6026
200-2117
Lake View Fitness Ctr. 200-4212
345-4278
Resident Billing
200-2132
Sunset View 200-2150
Clubhouse/Finance
Mountain View
Association Office 200-2222
Burrtec340-2113
or 324-1741
Communications200-2241
Register a Guest
Sunset View Clubhouse Fax
200-2112
R.V. Desk
200-2178
Mountain View
Clubhouse Fax
200-2299
Mountain View
Fitness Center
200-2232
Papa Dan’s
at the Vista Grille
Tee-Off
Automated System 200-2296
360-3456
Time Warner
340-1312
Post Office
200-2236
Vector Control 760-342-8287
Pro Shop
Public Fax
(in Post Office)
200-2200
Pulte Cust. Service 949-255-1650
200-2219
Del Webb/Pulte Warranty Service
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.delwebb.com
Sunshine Club Representatives
Co-Presidents: Edie Whitman-Buccieri 360-7924 • Millie Moore 200-8574 • First Vice-President: Mary Ann Manion 772-6056
• Secretary: Alma Timmins 636-1552  • Treasurer: Sandy Livran 772-1806
District 1 Mary Ann Manion* 772-6056 District 8 Barbara Schock*
200-1950
District 14 Edie Whitman-Buccieri* 360-7924
Marcia Rosenzweig
772-4866
Mary Larrick 360-1356
Millie Moore
200-8574
Judi Kitchen
772-6763
Robin Sandow
360-6653
Sherry Markowitz 772-1294
District 2 Wendy Silk*
772-0046
772-5887
360-6325
345-9576
District 3 Lotte Petronella*
360-8715
345-0291
360-3010
Patty Schick
Mary Jane Kay
Barbara McKee Shirley Drabinsky Carolyn Gunton
Joe Shelden
District 4 Sandy Livran* 772-1806
360-3635
District 5 Jo Ganassin*
772-2186
360-5000
774-2208
895-7967
360-3451
772-1766
772-3489
636-1552
Gloria McLean LaDonna Thorson
Claudette Babyak
District 6 Al Rieger*
Mel & Myrtle Peltz
Earl DeWitt
Alma Timmins District 7 Naomi Thomsen*
Glenda Neerman
Larry & Ceil Feldman
Lou Anderson Margot Sherman 772-3329
360-2845
360-3178
772-9162
772-8584
District 9
Jeanne Bunch* Irene Sheehan Peggy Berryman
Don Smith Lynette Low
District 10 Anita Staggs* 360-4028
200-3916
200-3993
772-0521
565-6565
772-2962
345-2406
345-5150
Donna Snapp
Pam Levin
District 11 Maryann Carlson*
200-5007
Nancy Reese
772-0104
Joyce Muckenfuss
360-2652
Roxanne Tolman 360-7668
District 12 Eileen Kurit* 200-3651
Abbie Scarpulla
360-3561
Phyllis Hellman 772-4658
Jean Borke
(541) 954-7422
District 13 Mary Rankin*
772-8574
Barbara Mitrosky
772-7133
Maxine Greenstein 360-8586
Gail Glass
360-7774
Diane Baum 200-2027
Sandy Goldstine 360-8262
District 15 Mary Conklin*
Lou McClurkin
Fred Karimi
360-0090
360-0577
360-7199
Recycle Committee
Jim Taquino, Chair 772-4787
Fred Barden 610-1201
Jim Haberfield
200-9828
Larry Kampa 
200-1923
Jim McGee
360-8970
Ray Livran 772-1806
Wil McGregor
772-5836
*Captain
Area code is 760 unless otherwise noted.
If you know of someone ill,
in the hospital, or who has
completed surgery, please contact
your Sunshine Representative.
Canadian Club
& Friends
by Margaret Denneny
Well, our putting tournament on Feb. 20 was
sooooo much fun with prizes, games and dinner
on the patio at Papa Dan’s afterwards. Thanks
to Ross and Chris Vanderputten and their committee for a job well done. Thank you to Holly,
Peter, Gary and Albert for their work on this
project. We had 72 golfers out for a great day of
meeting new people.
March 12 - Speaker’s series back by popular
demand. A little change up here. No dinner
this evening, it will be held in our speakers hall
in the second clubhouse at 6:30 p.m. Cost is
$10 per person (US funds) and $5 of this registration will go to your membership for next
year (2012-13).There is no pre-registration–just
show up. You must be a member to attend any
of our functions.
Our topics this time: Touch up on the tax
implications for owning real estate in the USA,
Dr. Scherger, Vice-President, Primary Care,
Eisenhower Hospital will come and talk about
what happens when you arrive at the hospital.
(Conscious or unconscious, access to medical records in Canada, coordinating coverage
with insurance companies, choices available
to patients, how is payment made, transfer of
medical information to patient family doctor in
Canada, conditions on discharge, access to prescription drugs)
Ambulance Paramedic will come talk to us
about what happens when they pick you up,
how do they determine what hospital to take
you to, what paperwork do you need, how is
the cost allocated.
Democrats
in Sun City
by Colt Stewart
DNA Testing in Criminal Cases.
Please join Democrats in Sun City on Monday
March 26 at 7 p.m. for an exciting program presented by Professor Justin Brooks on the California Innocence Project, which uses DNA to
exonerate wrongfully convicted prisoners. Since
DNA testing has been used by the Innocence
Project, almost 300 prisoners serving lengthy
sentences and 17 on death row have been found
conclusively to be completely innocent. No one
knows have many more there are or have been.
Resident Group News
Professor Justin Brooks is the director of
California Innocence Project, the Institute for
Criminal Defense Advocacy, and California
Western’s LL.M. in Trial Advocacy Specializing in Federal Criminal Law. Prior to coming to California, Professor Brooks practiced
as a criminal defense attorney in Washington
D.C., Michigan, and Illinois. Over the course
of his career he has served as counsel on several
high profile criminal cases and has been successful in exonerating wrongfully convicted clients. He has been recognized several times by
the Los Angeles Daily Journal as one of the Top
100 Lawyers in California. In 2010, California
Lawyer Magazine awarded him the prestigious
“Lawyer of the Year” award.
Democrats in Sun City is a Resident Group
with over 300 members who meet monthly for
programs, fellowship and political insight. Social time begins at 6:30 p.m.
Come on Monday, March 26 to hear Professor Brooks’ riveting presentation. Call 760360-3137 or check the website www.suncitydemocrats.org for more information.
Egg Cream
Groupies
by Irma Weiner
Another fun event is being planned by your
board. A potluck party with wine and music will
be held on March 18 in the Oasis Room at Sunset View Clubhouse. B.O.B and join the frivolities. The cost will be $5 per person for members
and $7 per person for non-members.
For further information and reservations, call
Helena Rich at 760-200-5232 or Elaine Murphy at 760-636-1180 and let them know what
you will be bringing to the event. Payments can
be made in the box across from the post office.
Come one and all to join us for a fun evening.
Friendship
Church
by Dr. Dennis Davis
& Dr. H. B. London
Don’t Be Late! Sunday, March 11, we “spring
forward” as we enter Daylight Saving Time. We
would hate to have you miss the joy of being
in church as we continue to enjoy this pleasant
spring weather.
We have a very special guest speaker to begin
our month on Sunday, March 4. Greg Asimakoupoulos, who has pastored Covenant Churches
in Naperville, Illinois; Concord, California; and
most recently in Mercer Island, Washington,
will be our speaker. Greg is a prolific writer and
poet. His “Rhymes and Reason” appear regularly in the “Partial Observer.” We will be singing hymns that Sunday, all with familiar tunes,
but with the words written by Greg. He will be
speaking on the subject, “The Day My Name
Was Changed!”
On Sunday, March 18, Pastor H.B. London’s
will be speaking on the subject: “What Happens
To You Matters to Me.”
On March 11 and 25 Pastor Davis is continuing his series of messages on the theme, “How
To Recover Life’s Lost Dreams.”
Our year-end financial reports indicated that
we were able to give over $285,000 this past year
to local, national, and international mission’s
projects.
We invite you to all of our worship services in
Speakers Hall at 8:30 and 10 a.m. every Sunday.
Our sermon topics are on The Wheel each week,
and check our ad in this month’s News & Views.
When/if you see Sun City resident, Ben Cardell,
thank him for his creative work he does in the
preparation of these ads.
Friends of the
Coachella Valley
Symphony
by Dee Somers
March is a wonderful month for Friends of the
Symphony because not only do we have a great
concert, but we are hosting everyone’s favorite party – a tribute to St. Patrick’s Day! The
party is March 12 at 6 p.m. for cocktails and
7 p.m. for dinner. On the menu is corned beef
and cabbage, of course, or lasagna. Tickets are
$75 and we urge you to make your reservations
right away. We will have wonderful music and
entertainment and surprises all around, including a special honor to a special individual who
has supported our symphony for many years.
And on March 26, we will present a concert
entitled “There’s An R In The Month,” featuring music by Ravel, Rachmononioff, Rossini
and more. And as a very special addition, we
will present guest artist, Daniel Shindryov, a
master violinist, who will present the magnificent Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. The concert begins at 7 p.m. in the Sierra Ballroom.
Another evening not to be missed.
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For tickets and information: www.cvsymphony.com or 760-360-2222.
We look forward to seeing all of you at both
of these very special events.
Friends of Jewish
Family Service
by Marc Kashinsky, Ph.D.
This month the Tea Time Talk, presented by
Helene Pine, Ph.D., MFT, will be one I am sure
every person can relate to, especially in these unsettled times. The topic is: “Coping and Letting Go of Worry.” The talk will be on Thursday,
March 22 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Ventana
Room of the Mountain View Clubhouse.
In the midst of “the season” Jewish Family
Service has two events which always draw positive comments and are generally sold out. The
first is the House and Garden Walk on Sunday,
March 11 an opportunity to tour some of the
most splendid homes in the valley; the second
is the fabulous review show “One Night Only”
on Wednesday, April 18. Tickets for the “Walk”
may still be available through Jewish Family
Service. Tickets for “One Night Only” are sold
through the McCallum Theater. The proceeds
of both of these events benefit Jewish Family Service and their programs throughout the valley.
“Friends” promotes the services of Jewish
Family Service, a non-sectarian organization
providing counseling and other social services
and programs to children, adults and seniors
throughout the Coachella Valley since 1982.
“Friends” does not present religious programs.
To make reservations for the above program,
obtain information, assistance, or to volunteer
your time, please call JFS, 760-325-4088 or
email [email protected].
Friends of Gilda’s
by Barbara Stern
“You Make Me Laugh”
A love song to Gilda Radner will be performed
by Francesca Amari at our Third Annual Luncheon to be held, Friday, April 13 at 11:30 a.m.
in the Sierra Ballroom in Sun City. Reservations
may be made by calling Gilda’s Club, 760-7705678. Tickets are $50 per person and tables of
10 may be reserved.
2012 Honorees
We are proud to announce that Lynn and
50
Marvin Pearlman will receive the Achievement
Award for their continued support of Gilda’s
Club. Marvin is a Past President of the Executive Board and both he and Lynn currently serve
as Board Members. They have been avid supporters of all facets of Gilda’s and truly represent
the best in volunteerism.
Bon Appetit
A special catered lunch will be served with a
choice of Chicken Teriyaki or Lemon Butter Fillet of Tilapia (lightly dusted with flour) as well as
a Fruit Plate. Rolls and Butter as well as Matzoh
will be on the table in recognition of Passover.
Fashion at Chico’s
Once again, Chico’s Palm Desert will host a
“Shop Till You Drop” day, Saturday, April 14 at
Chico’s. A percentage of sales will go to Gilda’s
Club. Special tickets will be available at our luncheon.
This is a day you won’t want to miss. All the
profits remain in the Coachella Valley and keep
the Red Door of Gilda’s Club open for the many
activities to those living with cancer. We also
provide two weekly support groups for SCPD
residents who are cancer survivors and for Caregivers or those who have a loved one with cancer.
All of our services are provided free of charge.
For further information, call Barbara Stern,
760-360-8886.
Hadassah
by Marilyn Levinson
Our next breakfast meeting will take place on
Thursday, March 1 at 9 a.m. at the Sunset View
Clubhouse. Coffee and bagels will be served;
cost is $5 per person.
This month we are pleased to have two speakers for your enjoyment. Our first speaker, Inbar
Shahar, will talk about, “Aging Gracefully.” Inbar has a BA in Psychology with an emphasis
on Mind Body Healing. She is also a Certified
Life Coach, Certified Journey Practitioner and
a Divine Healing Hands Practitioner based on
Taoism. Inbar has spent well over a decade traveling, exploring spiritual traditions & studying
different healing modalities. Her passion is to
create awakenings, by getting to the source of
where her client’s individual potential can be unleashed. In 2000, Inbar embarked on a spiritual
path and from that point on, she developed an
enthusiasm for self-discovery, and a desire to help
others on their life’s path.
For information and to make your necessary
morning reservation, please call Elaine at 760360-3342. Women who are Hadassah members
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elsewhere are always welcome at our meetings
and functions.
Neighbors 4
Neighbors(N4N),
Friends of the Desert
Village Initiative
by Charna Ravich
March is “springing” us into a new season. Our
trees are budding and our community is blossoming, too. Just as our landscape needs attending, so do we.
Volunteers are the key to this successful program; the engine that allows DVI to move forward, while Desert Village Initiative provides the
gas to make the engine go.
Annual Membership Renewal packs are
coming in the mail for DVI and N4N. They
coincide with the month you signed up.
N4N’s mission is to provide neighborly help
when needed to members of Desert Village Initiative. N4N volunteers are trained and then
matched with DVI member requests through
the dispatchers. DVI members can receive help
with minor household repairs, rides to shopping,
a health care appointment or a volunteer can run
an errand.
“Yes, I have some spare time,” you say. For an
annual $10 fee that goes towards your liability
insurance, you can help out a neighbor. For $50
a year you can be a member and not worry when
a bug hits and you need a ride to the doctor, or if
a high ceiling light bulb burns out.
Find applications for both DVI and N4N at
all club house carousels or online at www.desertvilliage.us. Volunteer and join our mission of
“neighbors helping neighbors.
Pacific
Northwesterners
& Friends
by Mary Kirk
Last month was full of terrific activities. The
Dine Out group thoroughly enjoyed an evening
at Lyons English Grill in Palm Springs, and on
Super Bowl Sunday there were several PNW
tables cheering their favorite team to victory.
March once again has wonderful events in store
for the members.
Everybody needs to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
and PNW is no exception. Join us for our St.
Paddy’s Day-after Dinner/Dance at the Palm
Valley Country Club, Sunday, March 18. Reservations are a must, so be sure to call Donna
Tousignant at 760-321-9271.
We’re finding lots of great places in the valley
for Happy Hour. This month we’re headed for
El Mirasol at Los Arboles, 784 N Indian Canyon, Palm Springs, Tel 760-459-3136. We’ll see
you there on March 11 from 3-6 p.m.
Ladies, if you haven’t joined us for the PNW
Ladies Luncheons each month, this is a good
time to start. Last month we did a buffet and
bingo outing to the casino. What fun – we may
not have come home a lot richer, but we certainly had a great time. The next luncheon is scheduled for March 28 at Acqua Pazza at the River
in Rancho Mirage. Reservations must be in the
form of a check for $22 per person made payable to PNW and deposited in Box 33 no later
than March 23. (Be sure to note on the check
or envelope that it’s for the luncheon.) For additional information email Iris Glickman, [email protected].
Have you ever thought about taking an African Safari? November 2012 might be the time.
If you have any interest please call Patti Turner @
760-360-8375 for additional information.
Don’t forget to check the website http://
pnwandfriends.us for the latest information on
all the great activities.
Sun City Jewish
Services (SCJS)
by Walt Goldmann
The Shabbat evening services will be held this
month on Friday March 2 and Friday March 9
at 7 p.m. in Speakers Hall, Sunset View Clubhouse.
This month we will be celebrating the festival
of Purim. There will be a special Purim service
conducted by Rabbi Cohn on March 7 at 7
p.m. in Speakers Hall, Sunset View Clubhouse,
the traditional Hamantashen will be served after
the service. The Rabbi has asked that everyone
wear their best fancy costume or Purim masks.
The kugel contest will take place on Friday
March 2, 2012. Please contact Elaine Rubin at
760 345 9959 for more information.
Help is needed with the Oneg Shabbat, for
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more information as to how you could help or
sponsor an Oneg, please contact Ann Leigh at
760-772-6270.
The new membership letter and application
for 2012-13 will be mailed out by the end of
March. Please renew or become a member before leaving for other destinations. If you have
questions, please call 760-469-5190 or 760360-5187.
SCPD
Republicans,CCR
by Mike Newlon
Our March 28 program will feature the chairperson of the Republican Organizing Committee of the Desert (ROC). ROC is a coordinating
organization for all Republican Clubs (including
SCPD Republicans) in the Coachella Valley
area. Programs Chair Don Genhart, is our club’s
ROC Delegate.
SCPD Republicans regularly meet on the
fourth Wednesday of each month (March 28
this month). We open the Oasis Room (Sunset View Clubhouse) doors for registration and
“social mixer” time at 6:30 p.m. then start our
Meeting at 7 p.m.
Looking ahead to April 25, Cristina Michas
will speak to us about national and local Tea
Party activities in this very important presidential election year. She is founder/leader of the
Palm Springs Patriots Coalition Desert Valley
Tea Party.
For those who missed a terrific February
meeting, SCPD Republicans observed a 10th
anniversary in February. Some original officers, directors and charter members attended.
We observed the very special event during our
popular pre-meeting “social mixer” time with
Anniversary refreshments and decorations.
If you are not yet a member of SCPD Republicans, now’s a good time to join. Annual
(through Dec. 31) dues are $20 for individuals
and $35 per household.
Please contact Membership V.P. Ray Martin at 760-835-7843 or Acting President Mike
Newlon at 760-636-1726 to join or renew your
annual membership.
World of Women
by Lenore Leon
bright blooms – WOW invites you to “Fashion
Runway” – Monday, March 19 at the Renaissance Esmeralda Crystal Ballroom. Luncheon
and show starting at 11 a.m. – Pre-Show 10
a.m. Our Fashionista Offerings by Draper’s
and Damon’s, Talbots, Cache and Caroldean
Resale Therapy will enrich just about anything
in your closet. Fashions with a sleek look and
a substantial feel, totally relaxed or cleanly tailored in abundance are on the “Runway.” The
Pre Show will feature the bold, beautiful, spicy
Jewelry from Ronelle Designs, the notable counterpoint for your wardrobe – the Perfect Purse
by Caroldean, and The Bling Collection from
the House of Simone.
In a 1902 hunting trip President Theodore,
(Teddy), Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear and
a political cartoon spawned the “Teddy Bear”
name. By 1906 Ladies carried them everywhere
and children had toy Teddy Bears in tow. These
cuddly, plush Teddys are known to be calming
and stabilizing to children during crises and
emergency situations. Thus Ladies – our yearly distribution of your new, unwrapped Teddy
Bear admission gift = the smile on a child’s face!
Note Price: Members $45. Non-members
$50. Special Yellow Fashion Show table reservation forms can be submitted with up to 10
reservations at a time and are now available in
the clubhouses and on the website. Reservations
will be assigned tables as received. All reservations due in WOW mailbox by March 12, 5
p.m. No refunds. Flyers in carousels. Website:
(Resident Groups/WOW); Hotline: 760-8625702.
“Fashion Runway” – It’s A Date!
Information about
the Association,
Chartered Clubs
& Resident Groups
can now be found
on Channel 98.
As Spring’s palette awakens with blue skies and
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Sun City Scenes
March Classifieds
For Sale
Villeroy & Boch, Amapola Pattern. 40 piece Dinner
Service. 8 of each. 10 ½” Dinner Plate; 8 ¼” Salad
Plate; 6 1/8” Soup Bowl. Cup & Saucer Set. NEVER
BEEN USED. SELL $350 OBO. Cash. Jim Leighton 760-200-1447.
landscaping, accent lighting and waterfall. Beautifully landscaped/treed private rear yard with new
Jenn-Air natural gas grill. East facing/rear extended
patio (morning sun with substantial shade.) Golf
cart. Sorry, no pets/smoking. Send an email to John
at [email protected] for availability and rates or
call 248-889-2525 or 248-255-2177.
Misc for Sale. 42”x60” white oak dining room table
with4 chairs $285. 30”x49” mahogany & beveled
glass top coffee table $235. 15”x40”x34” Hi Console
Table $75. 33”x69” mirror w/designed patina frame
$50. Tommy Bahama brown rattan fan with lites
$40. Call 760-610-2219.
Available for long or short term lease in 2012 and
2103. 3bd/2ba plus office in over 2,100 sq. ft. of golf
course near Sunset View Clubhouse. South facing.
Beautifully furnished, full kitchen supplies, custom
painting. Golf cart included. No pets/no smoking.
Contact: send email to [email protected].
Toshiba. New DVD Video Recorder/Video Cassette
Recorder. Original price $199 – Sell for $125. Call
760-772-8843 a.m. late p.m.
Greenbelt/mountain/lake views from 3bd/3ba Morocco with Casita. Private courtyard. Firepit/BBQ
on open patio. Walk to Lake View Clubhouse/Putting course. SoWest décor. Fully furnished. NS/NP.
Available May to Oct 2012 at $1,800 per month and
Nov 2012 thru Jan 2013 (3 months) for $10,500.
See photos at www.vrbo.com or call 760-360-7367.
1996 Buick Riviera. Pristine condition. Well maintained. One owner. Supercharged V-6, Burlwood
Dash and console. Chrome wheels. Asking $6,000/
OBO. Call 760-200-4566.
Handsome 30” x 60” leather topped desk, suitable
for professional, legal or reception desk, bigger house
better. Exquisite mahogany carved, curved legs, brass
pulls.. Can be free standing with carved back. Traditional, was decorator show piece. $2,500 firm. Call
760-360-2922.
Golden Tech Lift Recliner. Purchased December
2010. Color Buckskin. $1,999 new. Sell for $1,200
or best offer. Like new condition. 760-360-5727.
Crypt at Forest Lawn Palm Springs Mortuary Cathedral City. Value $6,240 at Garden of Eden. $5,500 or
best offer. Call 760-941-8556.
2005 Monaco 40’ Knight Motorhome. Excellent
condition. One owner. New tires, batteries. $109,000
or best offer. 760-200-5256; email [email protected].
Rent/Lease in SCPD
Luxury 3bd/3ba home with pebble-tec pool, spa and
gas firepit. TV’s in every room. Kitchen table seats
8, DR seats 12, outdoor table seats 10. Beautifully
maintained with exquisite décor and appointments.
Golf cart included. $3,000 per month. Call Bud 760831-2822 or for more info & pics, send an email to
[email protected]
Beautifully furnished 3bd/3ba St. Croix on golf
course. Pebble Tec pool & spa. Breakfast bar & nook,
table & 4 chairs, formal dining room with 8 chairs,
fireplace & built-in entertainment center. Available
May long term. Call BetteLou 760-345-7325 or 760285-5838. No smoking.
Lovely bright, uncluttered St Croix. 3bd/2ba, 2,350
sq. ft . Golf course & mountain views. Furnished &
tiled throughout. King size bed, large LCD TV’s.
Includes brand new golf cart, wireless internet, 2x
BBQ’s. April $3,500, May $2,500/month. June to
Sept 2011 $1,300/month. Email [email protected].
760-408-2433 or 778-834-5261. Sorry no smoking
or pets.
Morocco (2003) 2bd/2ba plus den. Fully and comfortably furnished/equipped. Very quiet short street
(no through traffic) near Lakeview Clubhouse &
Fitness Center, 18 Hole Putting Course and North
Gate. Granite kitchen. Gated front courtyard with
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Large 1 bedroom Vacation Villa. Furnished or unfurnished. Available for lease full time or montly stay.
Nice yard and private patio. Walk a block to main
clubhouse, all facilities and social clubs. Call Blaine
760-323-4631.
Available now. Casita for Lease. Furnished, queen
murphy bed, recliner, built in drawers, ceiling fan
w/lights, separate heat & air conditioning. Small refrigerator, microwave, cable TV, bathroom with big
closet. Call Geoff 760-636-0184 or Bettielou 760345-7325 or 760-285-5838. No smoking or pets.
Oversized Casita. 1 year lease minimum. Separate
entrance. Furnished or unfurnished. Microwave, refrigerator, cable TV, large bathroom, use of washer &
dryer. No smoking, no pets. Single female. $795 plus
utilities and security deposit. Call 760-360-0006.
Casita For Lease. Spacious, newly refurbished, stand
alone with private entrance and large courtyard. Use
of washer, dryer and utilities included. Nov through
April $825; May through Oct $700. No pets/no
smoking. 760-636-0809.
Casita For Rent. Fully furnished. Month to month.
Close to first clubhouse. $750 per month. Call Frank
760-200-3490.
Vacation Rentals
WAIKIKI rental. $950/week. 1bd/2ba., kitchen.
Sleeps 4. Balcony, cable TV, DVD, exercise room.
On Lewers Street next to Trump Towers. Yards from
beach. Call 760-200-1449 for reservations.
scaped complex steps to beach, park, restaurants &
shops of charming Del Mar. Close to Torrey Pines
Golf Course and short distance to Sea World, Balboa
Park & other San Diego attractions. Pool & jacuzzi
have ocean views. $2,300 per week. Call Lyn 760565-6411.
Miscellaneous
Wanted: Furnished 2bd/2ba to lease for 3 to 4
months beginning Jan 2013. Close to Lake View or
Sunset View Clubhouse. Patio facing west or south.
Call Jim at 760-636-4341.
Wanted: Long term lease. South facing on golf course.
Furnished turnkey. Marsha Brown 207-812-0509.
Wanted: Rental, 1 or 2 month for the 2013 season.
Feb/March. Couple with a small trained dog. Require
enclosed yard. Phone 760-772-6117.
Wanted: Rental 2013 Winter Jan – March. 2bd/2ba.
Call 301-452-1990.
Snowbirds looking for a furnished home to lease for
2013 season for 3 to 4 months. Call Viv at 760-3459963 or cell 315-292-8705 or Ernie’s cell 315-7942579.
Elementary School Docents Wanted. A docent music program is being organized through the Steinway
Society of Riverside County to present Mr. McSymphonys’ music programs here in the Coachella Valley
elementary schools. No music skill required. You only
need the desire to help children learn about music.
If interested to learn more, please phone 760-3414130.
Wanted: Typewriter. Standard or portable manufactured between 1949 – 1960. Remington or Royal,
etc. Call Jill at 760-345-4994. Must be in running
order or easily repairable.
Classified Ad Policy
Classified ads in News & Views are for SCPD
residents only and for matters pertaining to personal property only. Local home sales and rentals
listings may be for SCPD property only. Classified ads cannot be used to promote any business
of any kind. Errors or omissions in classified ads
Condo HUNTINGTON BEACH. Ground floor,
one bedroom, newly decorated, oudoor deck overlooks harbour, walk to beach, tennis courts, pool, spa.
No pets, no smoking indoors. Wifi, cable TV. Sun
City residents only. Weekly or monthly rates. Phone
760-772-6117 or email [email protected].
made by News & Views staff will be compensated
Big Island HAWAII. 2bd/2ba Condo Wiakoloa. Located 14th Tee Beach Course. Sleeps 4-6. 5 sets golf
clubs available. Cable TV, local phone, walk to beach,
restaurants, barbeque, fitness facilities, pool and spa.
Call Frank 559-930-3589.
under any circumstance. Once submitted and
DEL MAR. 2bd/2ba ocean front unit available May
20-27; May 27-June 3; June 3– 10. Spacious w/ private patio, sleeps 6. Located on bluff overlooking
ocean in a small, well maintained & beautifully land-
ads) will not be accepted. Rentals in SCPD may
by refund of the cost of the ad and, if desired,
running the ad in the next edition. No compensation for potential lost business will be made
past deadline, classified ads cannot be cancelled
and no refund will be given. Personal ads (dating
not be offered for less than 30 days.

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