RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT

from The April 2023 Edition of the Breeze Magazine

SNACK ‘N’ LEARN WHY EVERY SENIOR NEEDS A LONG-TERM HEALTH CARE PLAN

Neighborhood Watch Block Party

Neighborhood Watch held a block party on Wednesday, February 22. This event gave the 40 attendees the opportunity to meet other Block Captains as well as partake in a sumptuous potluck dinner. Neighborhood Watch Coordinator Jim Blossey spoke to the group and reminded them of the important role Neighborhood Watch ﬁlls in contributing to the safety of the Sun City Aliante community

Aliante Classy Chefs

FORGET-ME -KNOTS

An early member of Forget-Me-Knots, Holly Claghorn and her husband, Charlie, moved to our community from Savanah, Ga. in 2003. She is advanced in many skills, including cross stitch, embroidery, and quilting. Holly's greatest passion is crocheting. She shares her expertise through teaching others.

The Forget-Me-Knots group was established in 2004 and have created countless hats, scarves, lap blankets, sweaters, and baby sweaters/hats for donation to VA Veterans, hospitals, neo-natal units, USA Help, Fisher House and Foster Children of Clark County.

Aliante Classy Chefs held last month's meeting on Tuesday, March 7. They celebrated a St. Patrick's Day theme with Nancy Hoiberg in charge of the very Irish decorations. Sylvia Ross brought corned beef & cabbage, Kathy Terry made a poked cake, Bill James brought green drinks and Diane James did a Green Jell-O salad. Lou Kubeldis made soda bread and Amy Redd topped the meal oﬀ with pistachio pudding. April's springtime menu will highlight typical Easter fare with ham, deviled eggs and a couple of diﬀerent fruits and salads.

The club usually meets the ﬁrst Tuesday of the month. The April meeting of Classy Chefs will be held Tuesday, April 4 at 9:30 a.m. in the Vista Room. For club information, call Sylvia Ross at (714) 313-4046 or email at sylviaross1954@icloud.com.

Book Club

The Book Club selection for April is The Man in the Rockefeller Suit by Mark Seal. Join members for a discussion at the Community Center at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 20. For a list of upcoming book s e l e c t i o n s , p l e a s e v i s i t t h e i r w e b s i t e a t www.scaliante.com. For more information, please contact Jeannette Smith at 702-649-2468.

Ceramics

Ceramics Club will oﬀer classes from time to time, and the instructors are a v a i l a b l e f o r q u e s t i o n s a n d instructions. Shown here is a photo of a c l a y b u i l d i n g c l a s s T h a n k y o u Kathryn Johnson and Denise Simon for all your hard work, members always have a great time in your classes.

Take a moment to look at some of the b e a u t i f u l p i e c e s d e s i g n e d i n t h e Ceramics Club that are exhibited in the display case in the Community Center and also exhibited on the shelves in Craft Room #3. Members will have 2 tables of ceramics for sale at the Craft Fair on May 6. Please come and see the beautiful items.

The club meets on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information, please contact President Marla Chaﬃn at 503-9755249 or V.P Lynne Hartig at 702-855-5011. Happy April Holidays from the Ceramics Club.

Their members are ready to greet you with a warm welcome and teach you to knit or crochet if you don't already know how They have plenty of supplies to get you started.

The group meets from 1-4 p.m. every Monday the center is open. For more information, contact Collette Stickney at 702-373-2163 or Mady Shapiro at 702-399-5347.

COME MAKE A NEW FRIEND AND LEARN A NEW SKILL!

Glass Crafters

The Glass Crafters Fun Night in February was fun for all 19 residents who attended. Everyone enjoyed creating their own piece o f g l a s s a r t a s y o u c a n s e e b y t h e concentration on their faces Members hope to host this event again in the fall. For more information, contact Jill Ramsey at 702-642-8716 and cpigs@aol.com.

Pickleball Club

While many Sun City Aliante residents stay indoors during the fall and winter, Pickleball Club players were getting their daily dose of Vitamin C, increasing their heart rates through exercise and expanding their lungs while laughing at and with each other at our courts.

Our eight fenced-in and gated courts can accommodate a minimum of 32 players at one time. That's a lot of laughter and fun!

You're invited to become a member of the Pickleball Club or just come and enjoy playing with us. If you are interested or want more information regarding club membership, contact Sarah Smith at 702-635-4629 or jcsasmith1375@cox.net.

Free Beginner Lessons For Residents

Stop by the Pickleball courts on Mondays at noon or Wednesdays at 1 p.m. for free Pickleball lessons. A few loaner paddles and balls are also available for use by residents. Please check in at the Front Desk for details.

Poker Tournament

No Limit Tournament

Saturday April 29, 2023

11:00 am $30 Buy-In

Advance Registration is requested Walk-Ups are allowed

For further information, contact Vicky Ingertson (951)-219-9549 pokerpres@gmail.com

Daniel Schaller (520) 233-4222 danielgschaller@gmail.com

Seniors With Warm Hearts

Seniors with Warm Hearts will conduct their annual food drive from Thursday, April 6 to Wednesday, April 19. The food drive will beneﬁt three organizations in the Las Vegas Valley. They are “Helping Hands of Vegas Valley”, “Serving Our Kids Foundation” and “Street Teens”

Information for each group is below and their needs. Seniors with Warm Hearts will have a d o n a t i o n b o x l o c a t e d i n t h e l o b b y a t t h e Community Center Please consider donating an item or two to one or more of the organizations. PLEASE NO ITEMS IN GLASS OR OPENED OR EXPIRED FOODS.

Helping Hands of Vegas Valley is a non-proﬁt whose mission is to yearround, free, assistive services to senior citizens in Southern Nevada, allowing them to maintain dignity and independence while improving health and daily living. Donations can include but are not limited to canned beans, mac and cheese, microwave popcorn, crackers, granola bars, canned tuna, Vienna sausage, chicken, roast beef or spam, canned fruits and vegetables, canned soup, peanut butter, pasta, pasta sauce and boxes of cereal. Nonedible items can include toilet paper, paper towels, napkins, facial tissues, toiletry items, detergent and soap. For more info about this group, contact them at 702-633-7264.

Serving Our Kids Foundation was established to feed Southern Nevada's homeless, at risk and food insecure children by providing weekly, weekend meal bags to children who would otherwise go hungry when not in school. They feed 4,300 children in 105 elementary schools from grades K-5 on a weekly basis. Donations can include canned pasta, shelf stable chocolate milk, individual boxed cereal, breakfast/cereal bars, fruit pouches, instant oatmeal, ramen noodles, yogurts, fruit snacks and crackers. All individual serving items and any brand of the food items above is appreciated. For m www.servingourkids.org.

Street Teens is a charity who helps teens who have moved into a high-risk “Street Life”, rarely by their own choice. Students can ﬁnd a safe haven for several hours a day and be oﬀ the streets. There student can do homework, have a meal, take a bath, do laundry or just relax in a safe environment. Mentoring and tutoring services are also provided.

Donations can include individual serving items such as ramen, mac and cheese cups, rice cups, spam, jerky, microwaveable ready to eat meals, pop tarts, tuna & cracker or chicken & cracker meals, capri sun. Nonedible items such as individual soap, deodorant, shampoo and feminine hygiene products and travel size toiletry items. For more info on this group. check out their website at www.streetteens.org.

The next meeting will be on Thursday, April 20 at 11 a.m. where we will sort the food drive items collected and ready them for distribution. New members are always welcome. For further information, please contact Carol Hoyt at 702-647-1289 or Karen Nutto at 201-787-9391.

Sun City Aliante Songsters

Spring is just around the corner a n d t h e S u n C i t y A l i a n t e S o n g s t e r s a r e h a r d a t w o r k p r e p a r i n g f o r t h e i r u p c o m i n g spring concert “The Music in My Life.”

Mark your calendars now for Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22. The concerts begin at 7p.m. in the Clubhouse Vista Room. Tickets are $10.00 each. Tickets will be available from any Songster Members and keep an eye out for ticket sales dates in the eBlast.

The Sun City Aliante Songsters are a non-proﬁt chorus of more than 40 seniors who love to sing and/or play instruments. The Songsters are always looking for new members. If you are interested in joining the Songsters, please contact Director Lorraine Zanello at (702) 460-9583, Lcompozr@aol.com, or Director Holly Strasser at (702) 305-1768, hollystrasser23@gmail.com.

Practice for the Winter Holiday Concert will begin in September 2023.

Technology Club

T e c h n o l o g y C l u b m e t o n Thursday March 2 to try out v i r t u a l r e a l i t y e q u i p m e n t T w e n t y a t t e n d e e s h a d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o e x p e r i e n c e a virtual reality trip using the new Oculus Quest Virtual Reality H e a d s e t s S o m e o f t h e experiences including riding in the space station, visiting Japan, visiting Paris, etc. The photo shows Chris Herms riding in the space station. Some residents got to walk a plank oﬀ a German skyscraper Headsets like these are being used at assisted living residences for residents to “travel” and see the world.

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Technology Club

On April 6 at 6:30 p.m., the Technology Club meets to discuss important tips for using the iPhone and Android phones. They will review some top iPhone tips (and analogous Android functions) mentioned in the Wall Street Journal including:

• Emergency contacts (who to call in an emergency)

• Passcodes (protecting how to open your phone)

• Protecting the phone (device tracking, cookie removal, etc.)

• Legacy contact (how to access the phone after the owner passes)

• Covid vaccination information (using the Apple Wallet).

These topics are important for community members. Don't miss this very informative meeting!

VETERAN'S CLUB

Hello Everyone,

Only a quarter of the year has gone by and we have experienced sunshine, rain, wind and snow! WOW, snow! But Spring is around the corner and we are looking ahead to our upcoming events.

First, let's look back to our Pancake Breakfast. What a wonderful time! Besides visiting with friends and eating a great breakfast, we enjoyed the wonderful company of the Centennial High School Navy ROTC. We all wish them success in their future careers. The Veterans Club and the Veterans Auxiliary are most appreciative of those attending for their generosity toward helping Veterans at HELP USA. Thank you to all who helped to make for a fun morning.

Thank you to the Veterans, Scouts and community members who made the Flag Retirement Ceremony such a wonderful and moving experience. An event such as the Flag Retirement Ceremony, reminds us of the great honor it is to be a citizen of the United States of America.

A very exciting and needed event will be happening on Wednesday, April 5. A Veterans Beneﬁts Informational Luncheon will be held in the Vista Room from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. With all the new changes, most of us are not aware of what is out there in reference to Veterans Beneﬁts for those military personnel living and deceased. Come and enjoy lunch on us and learn what is available for qualifying veterans.

Honors and Celebrations this month:

• Gold Star Spouses Day – April 5

• National Former POW Recognition Day – April 9

• Air Force Reserve Birthday – April 15

• Army Reserve Birthday – April 23

• National Military Brats Day – April 30 - This is part of April's “Month of the Military Child”

If you are interested in purchasing a brick for a loved one to be placed in the Veterans Monument or donating to the Adopt-A-Flag Program, contact Sy Nielson at 702-234-9183.

Please mark Tuesday, April 18, on your calendar and join us for our next meeting in the Vista Room at 6 p.m. Our March meeting guest speaker, Brenda Morris, Director of the SE Nevada Honor Flight, kindly agreed to reschedule her presentation to April 18. Residents Ray Wong and Ken Knudson will join her to share their Honor Flight experience.

VETERAN'S AUXILIARY

The Veterans Auxiliary met Tuesday, February 21 in the Vista Room. Among t h e i r d i s c u s s i o n s w e r e t h e s u c c e s s f u l P a n c a k e B r e a k f a s t a n d t h e overwhelming response to the Auxiliary's Donation Drive for Help USA.

Gerson Pedrozo, the Director of Social Services at Help USA, was in attendance and was so deeply appreciative of the generosity of the residents of Sun City Aliante. Paper products and breakfast items were donated to the homeless veterans housed at the Help USA facilities, and they wish to pass along their sincere gratitude. The Auxiliary could not be prouder of the Sun City Aliante community!

Additional business from this meeting included reviewing an Operating Principles guide for Auxiliary members and establishing a mentorship program for new members. A lap blanket workshop that took place after the March meeting. The Auxiliary will continue working on these blankets to have them ready for delivery in December for patients at the VA hospital.

The “Paint with Vivian” step-by-step paint party fundraiser was held on the evening of March 1 in the Vista Room. The participants all enjoyed socializing while painting a hot air balloon sunset picture. They all took home their paintings along with party gifts! Thank you to all who came!

The Veterans Auxiliary regular meetings are held the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m. in the Vista Room. The April meeting will be held Tuesday, April 18. They welcome all who are interested in helping support our veterans and active military For further information, please email Julie Tomlin at j t o m l i n 5 5 @ m s n . c o m o r p h o n e : 2 0 8 - 3 2 0 - 8 115 o r H j o r d y Wa g n e r a t hwizwag@gmail.com phone: 715-529-9728.

Pat Goeppinger

Acting Chair, The Veterans Club of SCAL 702-308-3489

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