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CASA GRANDE ORGANIZATIONS & ACTIVITIES (In Alphabetical Order)

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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

After many years of volunteering to maintain our annual directories and the birthdays and anniversaries pages, Lee Van Bergen and BJ McDonald have decided to retire from these roles. I would like to extend a sincere thank you to both of them for their dedicated service.

I have decided to take over the maintenance of these two tasks moving forward.

If you submitted a request within the past year to add a birthday or anniversary, or to update a phone number or email address, please resend that information to me. I will make sure it is published right away.

June Austin (juneaustin55@gmail.com)

Wow! Spring is here and Riptide Big Band will be playing a “Spring Fling” Dance on April 12th at the Mussell Center. That means most of our rehearsals thru March were in preparation for this April dance. The dance will feature our new female vocalist, Donna Phillips and of course, Bob Nations who has been with Riptide since we started in 2014! Once again, rehearsals are on most Monday evenings in our clubhouse from 7-9PM. They are only cancelled if we have extremely bad weather or a number of our players are sick. I try to post a notice if we will not be practicing. Residents are more than welcome to come listen, dance and socialize with refreshments by Sharon! Hope to see you at

Hello Everyone. Again, as I write this we are doing the “Spring Forward”and time changes again.⏰ Hope your all doing well and have enjoyed the warmer winter that we’ve had.

Thank You Ray and the Mission Paving guys for our newly paved streets. He tells me there will be more either later this year or next year.

We had a very quick Tornado on the back streets and a couple carports were damaged. No one was injured but what a surprise.

Our Casa Grande Times hasn’t been delivered for 2 months now and the HOA is working on a better solution for a monthly Newsletter and Update. June has been in touch and they just keep making excuses so we’re going to develop, with June Austin, our own monthly activity schedule and update to be made available in the library on the bulletin board. June will still have the full magazine available every 20th of each month by e-mail. So far 192 homes are receiving it monthly and you can easily sign up with June to be sent it.

Once again one of our mail boxes is damaged and Caroline and Ray have ordered a replacement.

Caroline has worked with the Postmaster and has signed authorizations to have the mail delivered to her office until the new box is installed in some weeks to come.

Hope You Enjoy Spring and Be Kind. Paul.

HOA Board of Directors & Officers

President: Paul Kirk 805-878-0588

Vice President: Mercedes Butler 805-363-1859

Treasurer Linda Roberts 940-453-7214

Secretary Lynda Paxton 714-412-0745

Director: Jamie Rodriguez 805-478-8356

Director: Thomas Wood 820-946-4860

Director: Michael Cosh 760-889-3620

These are in addition to all the other great events. If you wish to contact any event coordinator for information, please refer to the Casa Grande Organizations and Activities page.

TAI CHI CLASSES

Classes will begin Friday 4 pm January 2,2026 and will be on Mondays at 4 pm and Fridays at 4 pm, encourage all to dress warm as we will meet at the clubhouse BBQ area at 4 pm . Unless it is raining then we can meet in the clubhouse . Looking forward to meeting with all interested ones. This is Dr Ted, Tai chi and Qiqong instructor.

BIBLE STUDY

CG resident Martha Medina will begin a new bible study in the Library every 1st and 3rd Wednesday from 7-9 pm.

CHILDREN’S POOL HOURS 2:30 PM TO 4:30 PM DAILY (Resident MUST be present—Limit 4 guests)

Since the February newsletter was not distributed, I have included several articles and updates from that month in this April issue.

Puzzles and Word Games you

Paul Revere Southern Flower

Adams Belfry

Boston

British

By land

By sea Church

Concord

Dawes

Firing

Grenadiers

Hancock

Horse Lantern Lexington March Midnight North end Patriot Paul Platoon Revere Revolution Ride Signal Silversmith Troops

Warren

Across

1.Computer memory units

5.High school class

8.Need for fishermen

9.Regrets

11.Jason’s ship

12.“Cogito, ___ sum”

13.It isn’t silver or gold

15.Long, long time

16.Some baby toys

21.Cosmetic additive

22.Hokkaido people

24.Poet Angelou

25.___ tide

26.Battle of Britain grp.

27.Opens a door

Down

1.CEO’s degree

2.Make, as money

3.Garbage in, garbage out

4.Unhearing

5.Largest island in the world

6.Circular domed

dwelling

7.Prefix with phone

10.Costa del ___

14.Jersey call

16.Battering device

17.Winged

18.Spanish painter

19.In ___ of

20.A breeze

23.Bull markets

How to solve sudoku puzzles

April Sudoku

No math is required to solve a sudoku. You only need logic and patience.

Simply make sure that each 3x3 square region has only one instance of the numbers 1-9. Similarly, each number can only

appear once in a column or row in the larger grid. The difficulty on this puzzle is easy.

The headline is a clue to the answer in the diagonal.

TRIVIA TEASER

I Feel Like a Number

1.What actor was offered the role of 007 for The Living Daylights, but lost out due to his contractual obligations for the TV series Remington Steele? a-Colin Firth, b-Tom Selleck, c-Pierce Brosnan, d-Stellan Skarsgard.

2.What number was assigned to the captive title character on TV's The Prisoner? a-2, b-3, c-5, d-6.

3.Zero, Plato and Killer are friends of the title character of what comic strip? a-"Beetle Bailey," b-"Betty Boop," c-"Little Iodine," d-"Zippy the Pinhead."

4.Who played the former Borg, Seven of Nine, on Star Trek: Voyager? a-Jeri Ryan, b-Roxann Dawson, c-Jennifer Lien, d-Suzie Plakson.

5.Who played Number Two, the head henchman of Dr. Evil, in the Austin Powers movies? a-Will Patton, b-Bill Campbell, c-Robert Wagner, d-Samuel L. Jackson.

6.What rock band had a 1980 hit with the song "Hey 19?" a-Blood, Sweat & Tears, b-Steely Dan, c-The Edgar Winter Group, d-ZZ Top.

7.In 1963, Charles Schulz added a new kid to the "Peanuts" neighborhood whose name consisted of what number? a-3, b-4, c-5, d-7.

8.Zero Mostel won a Tony Award for his performance as the title character in which Broadway musical? a-Jesus Christ: Superstar, b-The Music Man, c-Pal Joey, d-Fiddler on the Roof.

9.Which title TV character had a best friend named Six? a-Hannah Montana, bBlossom, c-Punky Brewster, d-Moesha.

10.Maxwell Smart was Agent 86 on TV's Get Smart. What was the number assigned to his partner-wife, played by Barbara Feldon? a-13, b-24, c-36, d-99.

QUOTES

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

Martin Buber

No idea is final.

Taika Waititi

I would unite with anybody to do right; and with nobody to do wrong.

Frederick Douglass

I feel that we're all lighthouses, and my job is to shine my light as brightly as I can to the darkness.

Jim Carrey

Happiness is a simple, frugal heart.

Nikos Kazantzakis

In a dark time, the eye begins to see.

Theodore Roethke

Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier.

Sri Chinmoy

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

Kurt Vonnegut

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

George Harrison

The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.

Julia Alvarez

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

Carl Sandburg

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

Carl Sagan

The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.

Richard Bach

The lighter side

Psychiatry seminar

Psychiatry students were attending their first seminar. It was on emotional extremes. The professor wanted to establish some parameters, so he asked what they would say was the opposite of joy.

"Sadness," replied Mr. Nichols.

Ms. Biggs defined the opposite of depression as elation.

"And Mr. Martin, what is the opposite of woe?"

Bubba replied, "I believe that would be giddyup!"

The speeder

A man is stopped by police for speeding and the officer asks him for his license.

"I don't have one," the man says. "It was taken away for drunk driving."

So the officer asks for the man's vehicle registration.

"I don't have one," the man says. "This car is stolen and I've murdered the owner and stuck him in the trunk."

At this point, the officer calls for backup and in no time 10 police cars surround the stopped speeder.

The sergeant on the scene approaches the car and orders the man to open his trunk. He does and it is empty. The sergeant then asks for the man's driver's license. The man pulls out a valid license and vehicle registration.

"I don't get it," the sergeant says, "My officer here says you told him you had no license or registration and that you stole this car."

The man shakes his head and says, "I bet that liar told you I was speeding too."

Answer to 'I Feel Like a Number'

1-c, Pierce Brosnan 2-d, 6

3-a, "Beetle Bailey" 4-a, Jeri Ryan

5-c, Robert Wagner

6-b, Steely Dan 7-c, 5 8-d, Fiddler on the Roof 9-b, Blossom 10-d, 99

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