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Fruit Picking

Due to insurance liabilities Leisure World volunteer employees will no longer pick fruit from residential trees as they have in the past. If you own a fruit tree and have excess fruit, please reach out to your friends and neighbors for help or contact a company that can strip the fruit from your trees.

Hazardous Waste Disposal

Leisure World residents now have year-round access to dispose of their household hazardous materials at the new City of Mesa Household Hazardous Materials Facility which is located at 2412 N. Center St. Drive-through dropo hours: Wednesday-Saturday 7 a.m.- noon. You must present a current driver’s license with a Mesa address OR a current utility bill or rent receipt and a photo I.D. with matching name.

Leisure World Lions Club Charity Food Drive

By Bob Sharkey

Please mark your calendar for Saturday, March 4th, 2023, from 9 a.m. to noon. A Charity food drive will be set up in the Rec. 1 parking lot in front of Lawn Bowling. Look for two white pop-up tents, Lions ags, and a food drive sign. Please follow the taped area to the drop-o point.

Please make your food donations nonperishable items. Check the expiration dates, if the item is out of date, it cannot be given to the distribution center.

No glass bottles or jars please for safety. A list of items needed by New Hope will be posted on the Rec. services bulletin board. e food and money donated will go directly to the New Hope Community Center in Mesa.

If you need more information, please call Lion Bob Sharkey at 480-389-8109. He is the chairman of this event.

An advance thank you from New Hope for your generous donation!

Helen Fountain Celebrates Her 100th Birthday!

Submitted by Lon Fountain

Helen Fountain, a long-time resident of Leisure World celebrated her 100th birthday on January 30 with numerous family & friends, many of whom ew to Arizona to help her achieve this milestone.

Born on January 30, 1923, in a farmhouse in Eastern Washington State, she grew up and spent her working life on her parent’s farm and as a farm wife. Married to Dale Fountain in 1941, they developed and grew the family farm through purchases of additional land. Her only child Lon was born in 1946 and was also raised as a farmer throughout his college career. After Lon received his degrees, he decided to leave the farm and pursue his career in the food service and accounting/tax industries.

Dale & Helen retired to Arizona in 1973 residing in trailers until they built their Leisure World home in 1985. ey lived in the home until Dale died in 2003 and then in 2018, Helen moved to independent living in a senior center. eir son Lon moved into the home with his wife Louise to care for Helen in 2013 and they now enjoy retired life in Leisure World.

Her surviving family of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews ew to Mesa to celebrate her centennial which will be fondly remembered for years to come.

Beatrice Rames is celebrating her 100th Birthday!

Beatrice (Cannon) was born on March 31, 1923, and was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah.

When WWII broke out, she went to work for the War Department in San Francisco, which is where she met Army o cer Duane Rames. ey married on Valentine’s Day in 1947 and had a loving 65 years together, traveling all over the Middle East as Duane was a Foreign Service O cer for the US State Dept.

ey raised their ve children and retired to Arizona, moving into Leisure World from

Where are the Desert Wildflowers Blooming?

Washington D.C. in the mid-eighties where they continued traveling in the US and abroad.

Bea enjoyed volunteering at the Red Cross, China painting, playing Friday night Bingo, church, writing poetry, cooking, baking, and spending time with her beloved grandchildren.

Please join us for cake and ice cream on Friday, March 31st at manor 2391, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Please drop by to wish Beatrice a Happy Birthday!

Fishing Saguaro Lake

DesertUSA is predicting that we will have an excellent wild ower season this year. Will it be a superbloom? Time will tell. Some of the best wild ower viewing areas have received a good amount of rain over the past few months. We still have to see how the weather plays out in February. If the early bloom in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in December indicates what is to come, this year’s displays could be phenomenal.

Republished with permission: www.desertusa.com/dusablog/

Desert shing is a popular activity in the Sonoran Desert due to the extreme year-round heat and the surprising amount of water present in this arid region. Many desert creatures are “adapted” to surviving in such harsh conditions, some of which can be found in Saguaro Lake. It is home to a wide variety of sh, including largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, common carp, channel cat sh, bluegill, redear sun sh, and walleye.

Republished with permission: www.desertusa.com/dusablog/

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