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Community Central Phoenix Jewelry Gem and Mineral Show Nov. 3-4 El Zaribah Shriners’ Auditorium 552 N. 40th St. 480-215-9101 Featuring many vendors selling jewelry (fine and costume), unset gemstones, copper, minerals, fossils, beads, lapidary equipment and supplies along with wirewrappers on the premises. There will be food available for purchase. General admission is $3, children younger than 12 free with paying adult. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.
Veterans Day Gourd Dance and Community Potluck 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 Pueblo Grande Museum 4619 E. Washington St. 602-495-0901 This free event is to honor the memory of all veterans who served our nation. Gourd Dancing starts at 11:30 a.m., and the potluck meal as well as many other activities will follow. This celebration is free and open to everyone. Bring your favorite potluck dish to share. No advanced registration required. For more information visit www.pueblogrande.com.
St. Mary’s Grade School 60th Reunion 12-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 Dillon’s on Top of Central 8525 N. Central Ave. This is an informal gathering over lunch, allowing former students of St. Mary’s Elementary to gather and reminisce. A set menu will offer a few selections for ordering. Cost is $15 per person. RSVP requested. For more information, call Nancy Jo Schmit at 602861-8051.
VA Veterans Day Parade 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12 Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center 7th St. and Indian School Road The parade honors our nation’s Veterans who have served in combat, humanitarian assistance, disaster relief efforts and peacetime. It will head north on 7th Street from Montecito to Camelback Road, west on Camelback Road to Central Avenue, and then
north again on Central Avenue to Montebello, ending at the North Phoenix Baptist Church. The Grand Marshall is singer/entertainer Wayne Newton. Visit www.phoenix.va.gov/ news/parade.asp.
AAUW Hosts McGregor 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Nov. 13 Beatitudes Luther Life Center 1616 W. Glendale Ave. AAUW (The American Association of University Women) will feature the Honorable Ruth V. McGregor, Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court (retired), who will speak on “A Fair and Impartial Judiciary: the Arizona Merit System.” She also will relate her experience as law clerk to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Visitors are welcome. An optional dinner ($14) will be served at 5:30 p.m. RSVP for the dinner to Mary Beth at 602-5101544 by Nov. 9. Enter the Beatitudes at the gate by the flagpole.
‘When General Grant Expelled the Jews’ 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 Cutler Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center 122 E. Culver St. 602-241-7870 A book discussion led by Lawrence Bell, Ph.D., executive director of the Arizona Jewish Historical Society. On Dec. 17, 1862, Union General Ulysses S. Grant ordered the expulsion of all Jews from the territory under his command in the South. The order would cast a long shadow over Grant’s presidency and historical reputation. Free; RSVP requested.
Lions Club Meeting 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Nov. 14 & 28 Golden Phoenix Restaurant 6048 N. 16th St. Phoenix Valley of the Sun Lions Club hopes to accomplish many community service projects in the coming year, not the least of which is its wellknow White Cane fundraiser for those with visual impairments. Lions International is an organization with over a million members in 40,000 clubs worldwide. Consider learning more about the Lions at one of the Phoenix club’s bimonthly meetings. A complementary supper will be provided. RSVP to secretary@PhoenixLionsClub.us. For more information, visit www.phoenixlionsclub.us. please see CALENDAR on page 18
The Lieb Group Holiday cheers! Happy turkey day to all of you North Centralites. It is really hard to believe that 2012 is almost over and 2013 is just around the corner. I really have a lot to be thankful for: A beautiful family consisting of two college kids, Sean and Juliann, and my wife Mary Ann. Oh yeah, and three dogs: Jakki, Shay and Layla, our newest addition. Yeah, the kids leave and we get another dog. I am just a glutton for punishment. I also am thankful for the opportunity to have such wonderful clients who have allowed me the ability to list 82 homes this year and to sell more than 92 homes so far in 2012, making me the top-selling North Central agent for the past 10 years. Finally, I am thankful for being part of the No. 1 Real Estate Company in Arizona, HomeSmart. Our office at 5225 North Central consists of the top North Central agents and in just 18 months we are dominating this area with not only listings but sales as well. If you are thinking about buying or selling in the Central corridor, HomeSmart is the company you need to hire. Home sales are almost back to normal with the elimination of many foreclosures and short sales are down to around 20 percent of all sales compared to almost 70 percent during the past three years. My assistant Kathy and I have done more than 40 short sales over the past three years including 7110 N Central, which we sold for $3.2 million in 2006 and a $1.8 million short sale early this year. Please give us a shot if you are considering short selling your home and we will help you ease into this alternative selling mode. Typically there are no out of pocket or up front fees. The banks have shown us that they really do not want to foreclose and have been very motivated to try to work out an agreement with the seller(s). I would always recommend a consultation with an attorney and we have had a great working relationship with Mack, Ducker and Watson, who will analyze your home situation and let you know how to proceed.
We also have also been fortunate to have been a dual agent on 12 sales this year, which means that I represent both the buyer and seller. This situation is a little tricky but I am always fair to both parties. This arrangement sometimes can save all parties money, which could make or break a sale. I have many buyers out there ready to purchase so if you are ready to sell or buy, please give me a call. Once again, let’s start the holiday season off right by buying or selling a home. The rates are at all time lows. Please visit my web page at centralphx.com. Thanks again to John Fournier for his article last month. If you live around the Links golf course at the Biltmore Golf course and you heard lots of noise around your house on Oct. 4, I apologize because Mr. Fournier deposited about a dozen golf balls on the lawns of the various homes surrounding the course … he just did not have his A game that day. I want to thank North Central attorney Ben Green for a job well done. LEGAL? No way. My wife, Mary Ann, called me panicking on 10/19 because my dog had brought in a dead bird and feathers were everywhere..so did I come home to help? No. WHY? Because I am a WUSS. I called Ben and he came over to my house, picked up the dead bird with his hands and threw it away. He is now my HERO. Ben is available for Aviary Disposal if you need him. Call Abernathy and Green for more info. There is a pattern here because I used to pay my daughter Juliann $10 when she was 10 to throw away dead mice once we trapped them. I am comfortable in my manhood but it takes a man to say he is a WUSS. Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving and Happy 21st Birthday to my daugher Juliann!
Bobby Lieb Bobby Lieb Associate Broker HomeSmart Elite Group 602-761-4646 (office) 602-376-1341 (mobile) boblieb@aol.com centralpx.com
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