Desert Shadows - November

Volume 35, Issue 2

The Desert Sun

DESERT SHADOWS

November 2012

ACTIVITIES OFFICE WELCOME HOME

RESORT IMPROVEMENTS

The activity office welcomes everyone back. Each week we see more and more of our residents returning. We are happy to see you home again, and looking forward to your joining the activities.

I hope you all had a nice summer with lots of fun adventures. I am looking forward to getting back to work, as is my granddaughter who I so proud to report just found work back home after what seemed like an eternity of searching! Everybody here at desert shadows has been hard at work in the off-season making improvements and renovating the facilities. Once you get settled in come on down and take a look around at all of the changes.

There have been many improvements made but keep watching as more projects are completed. We are proud to be able to continually work to maintain Desert Shadows at the highest level. We’ve remodeled the lobby and the restrooms with new flooring, sinks, faucets and countertops. The library and card room got a face lift with new carpet and freshly painted walls and ceiling.

We also added new furniture in the lobby, and purchased new pads for the chairs/lounges on the patios around the pool building. We restriped the parking lot around the main building. We repaired many sections of the roads around the Resort and are finishing up the street signs project we began replacing last year. We are also looking forward to the addition of a new computer workstation in the library this month.

ACTIVITY OFFICE HOURS The activity office hours has changed a little. We will be open from 9:00am to 3:00 pm. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and closed for lunch from 12:00pm to 1:00pm each day. We will be closed on Sunday and Monday. If there are any other changes in office hours they will be posted on the door.

ACTIVITIES OFFICE HOURS

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

8:30 am –4:00 pm

ACTIVITY OFFICE PHONE

Closed for lunch

12:00 to 1:00 pm

623-869-9224

OFFICE PHONE

623-869-8178

November Activities Remember November activities will start for the season as soon as the volunteers who oversee and run those events have returned and are ready to start.

Watch for updates in the lobby.

DANCES AND SHOWS FOR NOVEMBER SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE 7:00PM TO 10:00PM Nov. 3rd LIL BIT CRAZY BAND Nov. 10th JK & COMPANY BAND Nov. 17th AMERICAN KOUNTRY BAND Nov. 24th THE FOUR 50’S BAND WEDNESDAY EVENING SHOW Nov. 14th 7:00 PM one you don’t want to miss!

BOBBY FREEMAN (the organist for the Diamondbacks baseball team since 1998) Bobby’s Musical talents are truly enhanced by his engaging personality and ability to thoroughly entertain his audience. He and wife Charlene will play a variety of music including REQUESTS. He will show us how he makes the sounds on the keyboard and will talk about his job as the Diamondbacks organist. He will also bring his 2001 World Series Ring and his 2011 All Star Ring for everyone to see. We are going to have a BASEBALL THEME so you can wear your favorite baseball shirt or hat to the show. Come and enjoy a very entertaining and fun evening.

DARTS Nov. 5th 6:30P.M. MONDAY Thanks to Marvin Lee, he will organize the Dart games on Monday evenings in the back auditorium.

Please try to arrive around 6:15 so teams can be set up, and the games can start on time at 6:30 PM. Darts are set up and played as a baseball game therefore there are 9 innings with two teams each dart board, a fun way to play so come and join in.

SHUFFLEBOARD TUESDAY, Nov. 6TH at 1:00PM and again FRIDAY, Nov. 9th at 10:00AM. A BIG THANK YOU TO Marvin and Joan Lee who will over see the shuffleboard games. There is still room for additional volunteers to assist and your help is greatly appreciated. If Page 2

you are interested in playing Shuffleboard please use the sign in sheet that is posted in the card room.

BOCCE BALL Louise Webb will have Bocce ball started and will play on Mondays at 1:00pm and Thursdays at 10:30am. Sign up sheet posted in card room. Please sign up if interested in playing.

ADVANCED LINE DANCING The advanced line dance group will continue to meet on Fridays at 1:00PM in the front auditorium. The instructors will be Louise Webb and Val Crump.

REGULAR LINE DANCING WITH JANIE Line dance classes every Monday and Thursday 9:00 am. She will also have a special BEGINNERS class on Wednesday’s at 9:00 am so watch bulletin board for starting date.

VOLUNTEER SIGN UP SHEET Remember to stop in the activity office to sign up on the various sheets to be a volunteer this season, as always your help is greatly appreciated and very much needed. Without your help these activities would not be possible. Thanking you in advance for your help.

CHURCH Nov. 4th 9:00 AM will be the first CHURCH SERVICE of this season. Come and be blessed. (Or, come for the worship and fellowship, stay for the salvation) VENDOR’S DAY FRIDAY, Nov. 9th FROM 10:00AM TO 1:00PM will be our first vendor’s day. It looks like another good variety of vendors to attend. The food tables will continue to be in the back auditorium for your purchase of donuts and hot dogs, with seating available. Hot dogs are 75 cents, chips 50 cents. We have a new soda machine on the back patio by the ice machine. The old machine sold bottles for $1.25, but the new machine will sell cans for only 75 cents. What a deal!

DONUTS Donut are available in the lobby on the following Saturdays: -Nov.3rd, Nov.10th and Nov. 24thDonuts are 75cents, and of course the coffee is always free!

THE DESERT SUN

Activities Continued PATIO SALE SATURDAY, Nov. 17th 8:00am till?? This will be the first Patio Sale of the season. The pancake breakfast will be held right before this, so after you have your pancakes you can go shopping and visiting. Now is the time to do your fall cleaning and get those closets and cupboards cleaned out of your unwanted items. And of course we all go around to those sales and always find something we think we can’t live without. Maybe we should rename this day to, “Lets exchange stuff day.”

Regardless of what we call it, it’s fun to visit with everyone. Come on out!!!

WELCOME BACK DINNER Wednesday, Nov. 7th 5:30P.M: The main dish will be provided by Desert Shadows, and there will be a sign up sheet in the lobby for the potluck side dishes. Please list one name each line with the dish you will bring.

The tables will be set up to seat 16 people. You need to bring your own table service and beverage if you want anything other than coffee.

POTLUCK LUNCH There will be NO potluck lunches this month due to Thanksgiving. Look forward to more in December!

PANCAKES SATURDAY, Nov. 17th is the first pancake breakfast of the season. Tickets go on sale at 7:15am to 8:15am with serving from 7:30 to 8:30. (If we have enough volunteers to work in the kitchen.) Come and enjoy a good breakfast cooked by our resort’s finest chefs!

Pancakes, eggs, sausage---YUMMY! You need to sign volunteer list if you would like to help out with the breakfast.

Pancake breakfast is still a bargain for $3.00, and the coffee is always free!

BINGO Bingo has started and will continue for the season on Thursdays at 6:45pm. Due to the Holidays there will be some Thursdays it will be cancelled. Please watch your calendars for details.

BAND Sometimes people ask me if a band has performed here before: THE FOUR 50’S BAND was here once last season and had great reviews. We are pleased to announce that they will be performing twice this season!

The first performance will be on November 24th, be sure to get you tickets in advance. The second date has yet to be determined, be sure to keep an eye out for that, and don’t miss a beat!

TICKET REFUNDS As last season, if you have purchased your ticket and you cannot attend the dance Saturday night, you need to come to activity office for a refund. Refunds can ONLY be given until 3:00 PM on Friday. Sorry, no refunds can be given on Saturday (NO EXCEPTIONS).

Also no tickets will be sold for the back auditorium (EXCEPT FOR NEW YEARS EVE DANCE.) Tickets will be available for sale for the ENTIRE MONTH of shows on the first of each month. You can only sign dance sheet when you purchase the ticket for the dance.

INFORMATION FROM SANDRA JONES: There is a white cabinet in back auditorium that some had exercise items in, Sandra cleaned out this cabinet over the summer and has all items at her home. She is not sure who all they belong too, if you had things in the cabinet please get a hold of Sandra so she can return them to you. Her phone # 602-539-3311. She will not be having any classes this season.

Travel Elaine Stauffer who does the out of the park travel and events will be in the front lobby on Thursdays from 10:00 to 12:00. You can check out her bulletin board in the card room or stop and see her in the lobby.

Call 623-581-8331 for any other questions.

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GUYS & GAL’S GOLF SIGN UP IS SAT. NOV 3RD @9:00am IN THE CRAFT ROOM The annual fall couples golf tournament will be held on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 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 scramble format. Registration is $8.00 for golf and $7.00 for dinner per person.

Non-golfers are welcome to attend the dinner @ $7.00 per ticket. 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.

The awards dinner will be held following the tournament in the Desert Shadows auditorium. If you are not able to sign up on Nov. 3rd, contact us and we will be sure you are included.

Ken Williams 602-821-2096 Grant White 623-5809768 Afton Leaton 480-267-1326 Doris Kelly 623581-8672

Best Thanksgiving Poem Thanksgiving is here, so our minds have turned To what time has taught us, to what we've learned: We often focus all our thought On shiny things we've shopped and bought; We take our pleasure in material things Forgetting the pleasure that friendship brings.

If a lot of our stuff just vanished today,

We'd see the foundation of each happy day Is special relationships, constant and true, And that's when our thoughts go directly to you.

We wish you a Thanksgiving you'll never forget, Full of love and joy—your best one yet!

By Joanna Fuchs