Desert Shadows - March

Volume 35, Issue 6 MARCH

2013

RESORT ACTIVITIES

The Desert Sun

DESERT SHADOWS

Hello from the activity office. This is the last full month of the season, hard to believe it got here so fast. We are trying to go out with a Bang as usual, another full month of lots of activities and events for you to enjoy. Keep your eye on your calendars, the bulletin boards and posters in the main lobby for a list of up-to-date activities; you won’t to miss a thing!

Our bi-weekly Pancake Breakfast is Saturday, March 2nd and Saturday, March 16th. As usual, you can buy tickets from 7:15 to 8:15am for $3.00. These are the last two dates of the season, so come have breakfast with us before it’s too late.

We will be having two potlucks this month. The first will be on Thursday, March 7th at noon. The Second potluck will be Thursday, March 21st. If you plan on attending either potluck, please sign up in the lobby. The more the merrier….and yummier!

Desert Shadows Quilt show will be held on Tuesday, March 5th from 10:00am to 2:00pm in our auditorium. Come and look at all the beautiful quilts that have been made by local artist right here at Desert Shadows.

Your chance to clean out your shed, closet, extra room, etc. for the last patio sale of the season on SATURDAY, MARCH 9 at 8am to whenever. Come by the office for more details. Why not make your old junk be someone else’s new junk.

Desert Shadows has a live band every Saturday night from 710pm. Come out and enjoy some live entertainment and dancing.

On March 2, we will have The 4/50’s band playing for our oldies dance, so ladies you can wear your poodle skirts, and guys your jeans and white T shirts. On March 9, it will be Michael on the keys. March 16th will be our St. Patrick’s dance (wear your green) with EXIT 40 Band. Our Hawaiian Luau dance will be held March 23, with Short & Sweet Dancers and entertainers. Our last dance of the season will be the 30th with Come Back Budd. But let’s not just make it any dance - wear a hat, any hat, big hat, small hat, funny hat, ugly hat, it doesn’t matter, just wear a HAT. You ask why? Because regular dances are just old hat.

On March 15th at 5:00pm come and enjoy Irish stew and soda bread for $1 a bowl and root beer floats for a $1. Wear your green as this is part of our St. Patrick’s Day celebration.

You don’t want to get a “pinch”!

ACTIVITIES OFFICE HOURS

FRONT OFFICE HOURS

TUESDAY– FRIDAY

WEEKDAYS

8:30 am – 5:00 pm

9:00 - 12:00 ; 1:00 - 3:00

SATURDAY

8:30 am – 5:00 pm

SUNDAY

9:00 am – 5:00 pm

SATURDAY: 9:00– 12:00 ACTIVITY OFFICE PHONE 623-869-9224

OFFICE PHONE Email

623-869-8178

info@PhoenixRVresorts.com

Resort Activities Continued March 23 will be a special night as it will be our Hawaiian Luau. There will be a dinner at 6pm, followed by a VERY special show and dance combination. I hope you are brave enough to wear your grass skirt and coconuts girls, and we are looking forward to seeing the guys in grass skirts and your beach comber’s hats. (NOT a requirement). There will be a lot of fun activities going on all evening. Mindy will be showing us how to do the hula and other fun dances.

The dinner will be pulled pork with Hawaiian Luau types of food and desserts. Also Hawaiian punch or you can bring your drink of choice. If there is anyone out there that would like to volunteer for this event please come to activity office, also if you have suggestions or ideas for the evening I would love to hear them. Paul Michaels will be taking your Hawaiian pictures in the back auditorium for $2. You will be able to pick up your two 5x7 pictures the next week in the activity office (or if your leaving I can mail them to you). The PRICE for the Luau will be $10 a person for resort residents and $12 a person for non-resident guests. You MUST purchase your tickets at activity office NO LATER THAN Wed., March 20.

The volunteer appreciation lunch will be March 13 at Noon. If you have been a volunteer this season please come to activity office and sign up for the lunch.

The last vendor day of the season will be on Friday, March 8 from 10-1pm. you sure don’t want to miss the last one, there’s bound to be something you just can’t live without until next November. Come by and see all the vendors and the various crafts and goods for sale.

I know the season is almost over but we are in need of someone to organize the shuffleboard game on Fridays at 10:30am. Anyone interested, please shuffle on down to the activity office and volunteer. If no one steps forward there will not be anyone organizing it for the remainder of this season.

Lastly, the BINGO voting results are in. By a large majority you voted to keep game prices the same, so there will be no change to BINGO.

New Website The Desert Shadows Office has been working on a new website!!! We finally have it updated, so next time you are on the internet, go check it out at: www.PhoenixRVresorts.com. We are still “tweaking” some of the pictures and content, but for the most part it is much more modern than before. Some of the features that you may find interesting is the new section for the Newsletter. All of our newsletters and calendar can be read on the site in full color, from your computer, ipad or even smartphone. We are also starting a Blog on the site, where we will have articles and things of interest. Lastly, we have a link on the site for you to “like” us on our new Facebook page and become a “friend”… Just click on the “like us” button on our website to check it out. Everyone who likes/friends us between March 5 and March 21 will be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift card!

Church News February 2013 The Desert Shadows non denominational church meets in Auditorium at 9am on Sundays 3rd – Pastor- Lyle Ekleberry Lay Leader- Harry Goerz Communion Sunday 10th –Pastor- Lyle Ekleberry Lay Leader- Carlyle Davidsen 17th –Pastor – Terry Young Lay Leader- Patti Carman Paramedic Sunday 24th –Pastor- Douglas Wright Lay Leader- Shirley Jordan 30th –Pastor- Roger Withee Easter Sunday Lay Leader- Carlyle Davidsen Bible Study Wednesdays @ 2:00 p.m. in Back Auditorium with Lyle Ekleberry Choir practices on Friday @ 9:00 a.m. Vendor’s Day week practice will be on Saturday @ 9:00 a.m.

March Celebrity Birthdays Mitt Romney, Politician — Born March 12th Steven Tyler, Singer — Born March 26th Billy Crystal, Actor — Born March 14th Celine Dion, Singer — Born March 30th Peyton Manning, Football Player — Born March 24th Christopher Walken, Actor — Born March 31st Page 2

THE DESERT SUN

Guy’s and Gal’s Golf Sign up is Saturday, March 2 at 9:00am in the Craft Room.

The annual spring tournament will be held on Friday March 15 at Bellair Golf Course.

This tournament is for everyone who plays golf. The only requirement is you must sign up with someone of the opposite sex. This does not mean you will be in the same foursome. The play will be a scramble format and the registration is $8.00. Prizes will be awarded to the teams with low gross (1st, 2nd, & 3rd places ) and individual awards for closest to the pin for both men and women on designated holes.

Non-golfers are welcome to attend the dinner which will be held in the Iron Works restaurant at Bellair.

Golfers signing up for golf should come prepared to make a dinner selection for both themselves and for their dinner guests. Choices will include beef, pork, the Friday fish fry and a salad. If you are not able to sign up on March 2, contact us and we will be sure you are included.

Contact: Grant White 623-580-9768, Doris Kelly 623581-8672, Afton Leaton 480-267-1326, or Richard Heried 623-869-9602 Quote Of The Month: “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” ~ Andy Warhol

VOLUME 35, ISSUE 6

This Month in History The following occurred during March...

March 3, 1931 the Star Spangled Banner was adopted as the National Anthem of the USA. March 6, 1836 the Battle of the Alamo ended after a thirteen day long siege.

March 15, 1956 “May Fair Lady” opens on Broadway March 16th 1850 Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” was published here in America.

March 30, 1981 President Reagan was shot in chest and wounded in Washington D.C.

DS Computer Group The Desert Shadows Computer Group will continue to meet each Wednesday in March at 10:30 am in the back auditorium. The meetings are open to EVERONE! If you are a beginner, we are here to help you. If you are an advanced user, we need your expertise. We usually have a 15-30 minute presentation on a computer related topic, followed by a group generated questions and answers.

The group is very informal, with an easy give and take atmosphere. If you have a “portable” computer, it by be helpful to bring it along.

March 6th: Computer Management (housecleaning, Disk Defrag) March 13th, Audio, Video Communication 9Skype, Google Talk, Mac messages) March 20th, DEMO & INFO on “Caption Call” which allows small screen display the phone message you are receiving,—for hearing disabilities.

March 27th, Saving files to external media (CD, DVD, Flash drive, Memory Card

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MARCH 2013 Sunday

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Saturday 2 7:15 AM

PANCAKE BREAKFAST DANCE 7-10 4/50;S BAND OLDIES DANCE 3

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9 AM CHURCH QUILT SHOW 6:30 PM DARTS

NOON POTLUCK

10:00 TO 2:00

6:45 PM BINGO 10

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VENDOR’S

7:30AM DONUTS

DAY 10AM

PATIO SALE 8:00

TO 1 PM

LUNCH 11:30

DANCE 7-10

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MICHAEL ON THE KEYS 16

9 AM CHURCH

7:15AM 6:30 PM DARTS

IRISH STEW

PANCAKE BREAKFAST

VOLUNTEER

6:45 PM

ICE CREAM

LUNCH 12:00

BINGO

ROOT BEER FLOATS 5:00PM

ST.Patrick dance EXIT 40 BAND

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9 AM CHURCH

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WEAR GREEN 23 7:30 AM DONUTS

NOON POTLUCK

DINNER/SHOW 6:45 PM BINGO

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DANCE 6:00 PM HAWAIIAN

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9 AM CHURCH

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LUAU 30 7:30AM DONUTS

6:30 PM DARTS

6:45 PM BINGO

DANCE 7-10 COME BACK BUDDY HAT NIGHT

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Chili-Orange Short Ribs Ingredients: 4 - 5 pounds beef short ribs 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 3 medium leeks, cut into 2-inch lengths 6 cloves garlic, sliced 1 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced 1 star anise, broken 1 dried chile de arbol pepper 1/2 cup dry sherry or beef broth 4 2-inch strips orange peel 1/2 cup orange juice 1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro Clementines or tangerines, peeled and sectioned

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Directions: 1.Place ribs on a broiler pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Broil 4 to 5 inches from the heat for 10 minutes or until browned.

2.Place leeks in a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker. Place ribs on leeks. Add garlic, ginger, star anise, and dried chile pepper. In a medium bowl combine sherry, orange peel, orange juice, soy sauce, and brown sugar. Pour over ribs in cooker. Cover; cook on low-heat setting for 11 to 12 hours or on high-heat setting for 5-1/2 to 6 hours.

3.Using a slotted spoon or sieve, transfer ribs to platter; cover to keep warm. Strain cooking liquid; discard solids. Sprinkle ribs with cilantro. Serve cooking liquid with ribs for dipping. Serve ribs with clementines.

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