Desert Shadows - December

Volume 35, Issue 3 December 2012

ACTIVITIES OFFICE

The Desert Sun

DESERT SHADOWS

Hello everyone, it is hard to believe that it is December already.

Wow how time flies when you’re having fun! If you are not having fun come and let me know and let’s see what we can do to change that. I am happy not to be facing the freezing temperatures, scrapping ice off my windshield and shoveling snow in Ohio. It is so much better being in the sunshine of Arizona and Desert Shadows.

Have you completed your Christmas shopping? Or do you have your Christmas cards ready to be mailed? If not time is slipping away and Christmas day will be here before you know it. And don’t forget the most important part, baking cookies!!!

CHRISTMAS PARTY: The Christmas party will be on Wednesday Evening, December 19th. We will start out at 6:15pm with the choir singing followed by a Christmas Carol sing-a-long.

The show will start at 7:00 p.m. and our entertainers are the Short & Sweet Dancers. I am sure you will enjoy them and it should prove to be a fun evening for all.

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There will be cookies and drinks after the show that you can enjoy while visiting with friends. Tickets are needed and can be purchased at the activities office for $4.00 each. Hang onto your ticket stubs because while you are enjoying your cookies and beverage there will be drawings for door prizes.

CHRISTMAS DINNER: Christmas dinner will be Tuesday, December 25th at 1pm. Desert Shadows will provide HAM and there will be a sign up sheet posted on the board in lobby, you need to put one name on each line and list the item each person will bring to the dinner table set for 16.

Coffee and Tea will be provided, but please bring your own table service. Volunteers are appreciated to help clean up after dinner.

FRONT OFFICE HOURS

TUESDAY– SATURDAY

WEEKDAYS

8:30 am – 4:00 pm

9:00 - 12:00

SATURDAY

8:30 am – 4:00 pm

1:00 - 3:00

SUNDAY

10:00 am –4:00 pm

ACTIVITY OFFICE PHONE

Closed for lunch Weekends 12-1

623-869-9224

OFFICE PHONE 623-869-8178

December Activities DANCES FOR DECEMBER: Dec. 1st Dance with Gary Lloyd Dec. 8th Dance to Johnny K & Kompany Band Dec. 15th Dance to Debbie & Double Eagle Band Dec. 22nd Dane to Michael on The Keys Dec. 29th NO DANCE Dec. 31st *Monday* JK & Company Band DANCE TICKETS: Don’t forget to get your dance tickets for New Years Eve early while there are seats still available in the front auditorium. The ticket prices will be $9.00 for park residents and $12.00 for non-residents, this covers the band, food, and snacks, bring your own drinks.

DANCE HOSTS: Still in need of volunteers to sign up to be a host for the dances. Get a couple friends together and check out the date’s dance hosts are needed and sign up, remember if you host you don’t have to pay for dance tickets that night. Your help is greatly appreciated.

DECEMBER 1st: Saturday the 1st will be a busy day. PANCAKE BREAKFAST 7:15AM, and then at 1:00 you can join us in the lobby for the Christmas Tree Trimming event.

There will be cookies and punch after the tree is decorated or we decide to take a break, which ever comes first. Should be a jolly time. HO-HO-HO!

NOON POTLUCK LUNCH: Thursday, December 13th, there will be a sign up sheet posted on the board in the lobby. This will be the only potluck for the month. Come and Share and Enjoy!

VENDOR’S DAY: Friday, December 14th at 10am. This will give you a chance to shop and have lunch before Christmas. There has been a few NEW vendors requesting tables, so I hope we have a good turn out and a bigger variety of items for sale. I am sure you can find something for that special person on your gift list.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Saturday, December 15th will be our second pancake breakfast for December. Come and enjoy a good breakfast prepared by our exceptional chef’s.

NEW YEARS EVE: Monday, December 31st the dance will start at 8:15p.m. and end at 12:15p.m. We will also have snacks, and food provided during the course of the night. Come and celebrate the arrival of the New Year!

VOLUNTEERS: We need volunteers in the kitchen on Monday, December 31st to assemble food trays for that night. Please come to activity office and let me know if you are interested in helping, I need about 6 or 7 in the kitchen.

And as ALWAYS I appreciate your help very much.

Computer Users Group There has been no planning meeting held thus far BUT watch for signs when we will start meeting. There may be some informal meetings in December and hopefully we can get a schedule of topics out in the January newsletter.

Meetings are usually held on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m., in the Back Auditorium. The Computer User Group is open to everyone. We usually have a 30-45 minute presentation on a computer-related topic each Wednesday, which is always followed by groupgenerated questions and answers. The group is very informal, with an easy give-and-take atmosphere.

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Within the group, there are “experts” on both Windows-based computers (Dell, Acer, HP, Toshiba, Sony, etc) and Mac (Apple) based computers, who can help with questions. Meetings generally last from 1 to 1-1/2 hours.

(Stay as long as you can.) If you would like some personal help, please come to one of our meetings to make contact with an “expert”. Bring your laptop to the class!

Please come and check the group out. It’s FREE and FUN and often there are hand-outs for you to take home!

THE DESERT SUN

Guy’s and Gal’s Golf The annual fall couples golf tournament was held Nov. 16th at Bellair Golf Course. Thirty five golfers enjoyed the beautiful weather and good company for a great day of golf. About 45 people attended the awards dinner held in the Desert Shadows auditorium.

Cash awards were presentd to the winning teams: 1st place: Doris Kelly, Grant White, Bill Pudlik and Richard Heried 2nd place: Lynn Cunningham, Ken Williams, Ron Musgrave and Paul Newton 3rd place: Barb Musgrave, Marlene Theyerl, Ralph Spiva and Eldon Durham There were awards for "closet-to-the-pin" on two holes each for the women and for the men. Ron Musgrave and Ken Williams won for the men, and Jill Switzer won for the women. Sadly, not one lady managed to get on the green for the other award.

Putting contest: Three players managed to get the ball in the hole-- Chris Sellars, Eldon Durham and Wanda Cormack performed that miracle.

Sign-up for the spring tournament will be on Saturday, March 2nd and the tournament will be held on Friday, March 15th.

We would like to say a big "THANK YOU" to all those who donated their time, prizes and to those who participated. We look forward to seeing even more of you at the spring tournament

Announcements PARK PLAY: Paul Lepage will take charge of the play this season and he would like to have an initial meeting on Wednesday, December 5th at 3:00pm in front auditorium to discuss this year’s play and assign parts. All those interested or curious should attend. No acting experience is necessary. Also need volunteers to work on set and behind the scene.

LIBRARY: A request for DVD’s from the library. If you have any DVD’S you would like to donate please put them in the RETURN box and they will put them out. Remember once you donate the DVD it will not be returned to you.

There were about 90 on the shelf but when they are taken out and used there are some that don’t come back, so now they are short on inventory. The library staff thanks you for your help.

ORANGEWOOD VENDOR’S DAY Jane from Orangewood came over for some help on finding venders for Orangewood’s FIRST vendor’s day. Orangewoods sale will be on Saturday December 8th, from 9:00am to 1:00pm. Not far to go so if you are interested I am sure they would be glad to have you stop over and check it out.

DECEMBER 21ST Larry and I are leaving Desert Shadows for a week and going to visit family in Tennessee and Ohio. The Activity Office will continue on as Cliff and Char Simpson and Gary and Kathy Miles will be manning the office in our absence. I am counting on all of my WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS to help them out as they contact you for help. We will return in time to get New Years Eve underway. I hope all of you have a very WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY and we will miss everyone of you.

We are so THANKFUL to have ended up in such a wonderful park with the most wonderful people to call our extended family. Each and every one of you are very special to us and we would not want to live any place else.

Sadly, Dawn (who worked in my office) will not be coming back this season. She is taking care of her parents in Arkansas. When we return I will have Char and Kathy working in the office with me, allowing Larry to once again retire from his office duties.

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Homes For Sale — New Salesperson Afton Leaton - (480) 267-1326 We have a new salesperson at Desert Shadows. After doing a great job selling homes at Desert Shadows, Ken Williams is moving to back to the East Coast. The Desert Shadows Sales Office has hired Afton Leaton to take over as the new salesperson. Many of you already know Afton, who has lived here at Desert Shadows for many years and even worked for us in the past. We are confident she will do a great job! Give Afton a call at (480) 267-1326 if your interested in selling or purchasing a home in Desert Shadows.            

83 Traveleze, unfurnished, AC new carpet, covered patio, $3,599 (Space 10) 85 Maverick, newA/C, newpaint & lam floors, extra rm, furnished, w/d, deck, shed $19,500 (Sp 22) Skyline,furnished, w/d, new a/c, paved drive and covrd deck, extra rm, shed, dswa $24,500 (Sp 48) 85 Redman, lam floors, AC, W/D, shed, covered parking, new blinds $6,500 (Space 90) 86 Cavco, A/C, large coverd deck, shed, furnished, includes hide-a-bed, OBO , $4,500 (Spc 104) 89 Skyline, Firnished, new AC, shed, W/D covered parking, $8,900 (Space 116) 86 Skyline, part furnished, wood floor, paved covered drive, deck, shed, w/d $11,600 (Space 205) 85 Skyline, unfurnished, covrd prking/deck, shed, cooler, lrg lot $5,000 (owner financing) (Sp 208) 84 Traveleze, part furnished, extra room, AC/Evap, covrd prking/drive, shed, W/D $18,500 (Sp 225) 90 Cavco, new laminate floors, covered parking, two sheds, W/D Reduced! $11,900 (Space 230) 88 Skyline, furnished, covered parking, AC, extra room, shed, carpet tile floors $18,430 (Sp. 303) 84 Torcamp, new AC, new lam floors, covered parking and deck, shed, $9,700 (Space 329)

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96 Cavco, furnished, paved covered drive, shed, washer/dryer, AC, lots of tools, $27,500 (Space 397) 91 Skyline, new heat pump, fridge and water heater, covered parking/ shed, $14,500 (Space 413) 85 Excalibur, furnished, W/D, shed, large covered deck, paved covered parking, electric sunshade, AC, $24,800 (Space 434) 87 Skyline, 2 bedroom, new carpet, blinds, deck, AC, W/D, paint, pvd covered parking, shed, $25,900 (Space 473) 92 Skyline, part furnished, shed, W/D, AC, $24,500 (Space 525) 85 Excalibur, 2 ext rooms, new AC/evap, W/D tile/lam floor, covered deck and parking, shed, $17,950 (Sp 536) 95 Cavco, AC, covered parking and deck, extra room, lam floors, shed, W/D $15,000 (Space 555) 85 Excalibur, partial furn, A/C,cov pkg&patio,extra room, attached shed $9,000 (Space 567) 88 Skyline, extra room, new A/C covered parking / patio, shed, W/D, Dishwasher $25,500 (Space 576)

Desert Shadows Church News We have some Special Services for the Holiday Season.

Everyone is welcome to attend so please join us at one of these wonderful times of fellowship.

Dec. 2 – Communion Sunday, First Sunday of Advent Pastor- Dr. Terry Young Lay Leader- Patti Carman Dec. 5- Bible Study (back of Auditorium) Rev. Roger Withee Dec. 9 – Second Sunday of Advent Pastor- Rev. Roger Withee Lay Leader- Shirley Jordan Dec. 12- Bible Study (back of Auditorium) Rev. Roger Withee

Dec. 16 – Third Sunday of Advent Pastor- Rev. Lyle Ekleberry Lay Leader- Harry Goerz Dec. 19 - Bible Study (back of Auditorium) Rev. Roger Withee Dec. 23 – Fourth Sunday of Advent & Christmas Pastor- Dr. Douglas Wright Lay Leader- Carlyle Davidsen Dec. 26 - Bible Study (back of Auditorium) Rev. Roger Withee Dec. 25 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS! Dec. 30 – New Year’s Pastor- Rev. Roger Withee Lay Leader- Chick Jordan