MARCH 2012

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Election of candidates, Bylaw proposals is March 27

On March 27, Owner
Members in good standing
will vote for three of five
candidates running in the
Governing Board election.
You will also vote on three
proposed Bylaw amendments that have been placed
on the ballot by petition. The
Bylaws will be voted on sep-

Marion Mosley

arately.
On Page 3, you will read
about the Rec Centers concerns with the three proposed Bylaw changes, and
the potential impact on the
Associations future. On
Page 7, you will read biographies submitted by the
candidates
about
why

Ernie Prindle

theyre running for the

Board.
The top three Governing
Board candidates will earn
three-year terms on the
Board. They will replace
outgoing Directors Pat Canfield, Dave Moeller and
Lake Westphal. The new directors will be seated July 1.

Nolan Reed

KEYELECTION DATES
Feb. 16March 26 Absentee Ballots Available
8 am3 pm, Member Services
Feb. 21
Candidate Forum
9 am, Palm Ridge
March 16
Candidate Forum
9 am, Lecture Hall
March 26
Last day to vote absentee
8 am3 pm, Member Services
March 27
Election Day
8 am6 pm, Social Hall
All Owner Members in good standing may vote. You may vote once for each property
on which you are an Owner Member in good standing.Tenants and Associates may
not vote. Please be sure to bring your rec card with you to vote. You do not have to be
registered to vote in Arizona or the United States to vote in this local election.

Chuck Reott

Legends Tour brings Hall of Famers to SCW

At least five
ducted into
World Golf Hall
the World
of Fame members
Golf Hall of
will be in the field
Fame
in
when the LegMay,
also
ends Tour, the
will be in the
LPGAs official
field. Stacy
tour for profeswon 18 toursionals age 45
naments in 26
and
over,
years on the
launches its 2012
LPGA Tour, inseason this April
cluding
three
in the Greater
U.S. Womens
Phoenix area.
Open titles.
The Legends
The LPGA
Tour will kick off
Legends Tour is
Pat Bradley is among the Hall
the year with the of Famers signed up to play at pleased to bring
inaugural Wal- the Walgreens Charity Classic this new tournagreens Charity April 27-29.
ment to Sun City
Classic in Sun
West, said LegCity West. The tournament ends Tour CEO Jane Blalock.
will be staged from April 27- The Greater Phoenix commu29, at Grandview Golf Course nity has hosted the LPGA for
and will feature LPGA and many years and will once
World Golf Hall of Famers again be able to welcome
Amy Alcott, Pat Bradley, Patty some of the greatest names in
Sheehan, and Phoenix-area womens golf at this event. We
resident Betsy King.
are very proud to partner with
Hollis Stacy, who will be in- Walgreens at this tournament

David Wilson

Voters are reminded to vote

for no more than three candidates. Maricopa County will
discard any overvotes.
Following on Page 3 are
short biographies provided by
the candidates. They are
listed in alphabetical order.
Their names on the ballot will
be listed in a random order
determined earlier by draw.
Check scwaz.com for more
information.

Spring Arts & Crafts Fair

Saturday, March 24
See Page 15

Champion dancers return

to help raise funds for the
Phoenix Childrens Hospital.
Arizona-based Legends Tour
players in the field also include Frances Anne-Marie
Palli and Sherri Turner, both of
Phoenix, and Tucson residents
Cindy Rarick and Christa
Johnson.
Other headliners in the field
will include former LPGA
stars Rosie Jones, Liselotte
Neumann, Sherri Steinhauer
and Val Skinner, who currently
works as an on-course reporter
for The Golf Channel. The list
of participants continues to
grow almost daily, with Elaine
Crosby, Marilyn Lovander,
Barb Moxness, Barb Mucha,
Continued on Page 17

The Utah Ballroom Dance

Company returns to Sun City
West for a 7 p.m. performance
Monday, March 5 in Palm
Ridge Summit Hall.
The audience will be treated
to breathtaking lifts, hundreds
of beautiful costumes and a
variety of ballroom dances including the exciting Latin
Continued on Page 2

Inside this Rec Center News

All States Club.....................28
Bowling.........................14
Calendar..............................8
Club Contacts.....................13
Club Corner................... 2127
Community information......10
Events.................................20
Financials........................9

Golf...............................1617
Governing Board.................4
Library...............................11
Movies............................20
Phone Numbers..................13
PORA...............................12
Travel............................1819
Village Store........................15

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Legendary singers come

to life in tribute performances
They look and sound like
the real deal! Kenny &
Friends is a 90-minute tribute
show packed full of energy,
excitement and loads of great
music, as it includes four legendary names in country
music and rockabilly music
history.
The four performers
Richard Hampton as Kenny
Rogers; Sherry Gordon as
Dolly Parton; Marie Levin as
Reba McEntire; and Brian
McCullough as Roy Orbison
have been doing tribute
shows for many years and it
shows in their spot-on performances.
These performers exude
true sound-alike and look-

alike qualities that have even

fooled their legends best critics their family, friends and
fans!
Kenny & Friends will perform at Beardsley Park at 7
p.m. Wednesday, March 21.
Gates open at 5 p.m. so attendees can take advantage of the
concessions that will be available, selling hot dogs, hamburgers, brats and drinks.
The talent of the performers
is unbelievable. Some of the
hits you might hear include
Lucille, The Gambler,
Dont Fall in Love with a
Dreamer, Jolene, 9 to 5,
I Will Always Love You,
The Night the Lights Went
Out in Georgia, Fancy,

Top Hat, Cruise Ship end,

tickets still available
for The Diamonds

Shoshone
Point Sunset
as photographed by
Mike Buchheit. Buchheit
will be the
featured
speaker at
the Outdoor
Arizona Expo
March 10.

This years Top Hat and Cruise

Ship series come to an end this
month with three remaining
shows.

TOP HAT SERIES

Classic Rock n Roll group
The Diamonds bring not only
their hits, but todays attitude to
their show March 8. With 16 hit
records, membership in the DooWop and Vocal Group halls of
fame and 20 million records
sold, The Diamonds are legends.
Youll thrill to the sounds of hits
such as The Stroll, Little Darlin, Silhouettes and Why
Do Fools Fall in Love?
Tickets for this final Top Hat
show featuring The Diamonds
March 8, are priced at $22 for
residents and $25 for non-residents.

Classic Rock n Roll group The Diamonds bring their hits and
todays attitude to the stage for a
March 8 show.

The final two shows in the

Cruise Ship Series, Highway
Legends starring Jeff Dayton and
Mike & T, March 2, and These
Three Tenors, March 16, have
sold out.

Waltzing with the champions

From Page 1
samba of Brazil, the majestic
slow waltz of Austria, the
rhythmical cha-cha from Cuba,
the intense Spanish paso doble
and many more.
Simply Ballroom also will
feature both Latin and standard
ballroom competition medleys.
Tickets for residents are $10

each. Non-residents may purchase tickets at $12 each. At

the door, tickets will be $12.
Doors will open at 6:30 the
night of the event.
Purchase tickets at the
RCSCW Box Office from 8 to
11:30 a.m. weekdays in the
R.H. Johnson Administrative
Offices, 19803 R.H. Johnson
Blvd.

Consider Me Gone, Crying, Only the Lonely, and

Oh, Pretty Woman.
There will be plenty of
music and non-stop fun, ending with a grand finale. Come
take advantage of being able
to enjoy the next best thing
to the real deal, in the most affordable way!
Tickets are on sale for residents at $10 per person. Nonresidents may purchase
tickets for $12 per person.
Tickets sold at the park the
night of the performance will
be $15 each.
Box office hours are 8 to
11:30 a.m. weekdays in the
Administration building at
R.H. Johnson Rec Center.

Outdoor Arizona Expo

highlights beauty,
activities available in state
The Sportsmans Club and the Recreation
Centers of Sun City West will co-sponsor an
Outdoor Arizona Expo Saturday, March 10.
The event will be at the R.H. Johnson Social
Hall from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
There will be more than 35 exhibitors presenting an incredible variety of information
about Outdoor Arizona, including Arizona
Game and Fish, Cabelas and the Wildlife
World Zoo.
The featured speaker for the event is Mike
Buchheit, noted author, landscape photographer and frequent lecturer on the Grand

Canyon National Park Buchheits program A

Chasm Beyond Compare will feature amusing anecdotes, fun facts, and beautiful photographs taken during the thousands of miles he
has logged as a hiker, backpacker, and river
runner in the Grand Canyon National Park.
Sportsmans Club group leaders will be on
hand to discuss the clubs activities including
hiking, fishing, off-road trail riding, birding,
rafting, target shooting and horseback riding.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Food will be available for purchase from Dillons Catering.

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All three Bylaw changes will negatively impact your community

According to the Preamble
of our Bylaws, this Association
was created for the purpose of
owning, operating, maintaining and preserving facilities
which enrich the recreational,
social and leisure intersts of its
Membership.
Weve been doing that for
three decades, and doing a
pretty darn good job of it to be
honest. While many HOAs
today are struggling with delinquent dues, inadequate reserves
and
dilapidated
facilities, we are debt free,
have nearly $9 million in reserves in the bank, and we
have been responsibly maintaining our facilities (air-conditioning units, parking lots,
paint, tile, carpet, etc) on a
regular schedule so our wonderful amenities dont show
their age.
We have to keep them in tiptop shape considering all the
competition we have from
other, newer age-restricted
communities out there. There
are two primary things that differentiate us from those other
guys:
1. We have more amenities
than nearly everybody.
2. We have lower dues than
nearly everybody.
We give you much more, for
much less, and weve been
doing it for 32 years!
(Just a side note: About 40
percent of you - those who live
alone - actually pay less than
Sun City; $370 compared to
$432!
The proponents of the proposed Bylaws would change
that. Rather than having you
pay your annual Member Dues
and being able to enjoy all the
fun you can handle, their system would have you pay as
you go. Their system would
prefer a divided community
that pits the various interests
against one another for capital
funding. Their system would
replace our current democrati-

cally elected nine-member volunteer Board with a system

that requires you to turn out to
vote every time we have to do
a capital project over $100,000
that changes any facility.
Theres a lot of reasons the
proposed changes are a bad
idea. We only have room in
this Rec Center News to present some of them, so please
talk to your neighbors and read
up on scwaz.com for more information.
What it comes down to is
this: While we recognize and
understand that many of you
are hurting in this economy,
and because you cant control
the federal and state governments spending, you want to
control it locally. We get that.
Thats why we have systems in
place to ensure our spending
goes through a very public
process where you get to have
your say before we approve the
budget and major expenditures.
But, going back to that Preamble, we also have to make
some tough decisions so that
the Association can survive in
the years and decades ahead.
Changing our basic structure
and drastically curtailing what
we can spend (with an arbitrary
ceiling of the Social Security
index plus 2 percent) does not
allow us to do that. Thats why
were concerned.
The Bylaw proponents arent
concerned about the future of
this community, if the proposals are any indication. They
care about pandering to your
fears about the economy, and
they care about holding dues
irresponsibly low without any
regard to the Associations actual needs. To them, its about
winning the election this year,
rather than ensuring todays
decisions dont hurt us in future years.
When you vote on the three
proposed Bylaw changes on
March 27, ask yourself: Do

The language of the requested amendments is as follows:

1.
RESTRICTION ON GOVERNING BOARD POWERS: Delete 4.18.3 and replace with: Establish ef
fective with the FY 201213 budget and thereafter, annual Owner Member Dues, or Associate and Landlord
Fees which is greater than the Social Security increase over the preceding year, plus two percent (2%),
and limited to a total annual increase NOT TO EXCEED eight percent (8%) greater than the immediate pre
ceding Fiscal Year.
2.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITEIES OF THE GOVERNING BOARD: Delete 4.17.1 and replace with:
Effective with the FY 201213 budget ensure that Recreation, Golf and Bowling Divisions shall be selfsup
porting. Selfsupporting means that all direct operational and maintenance costs of each division are cov
ered by operating revenues generated by that division. Operating costs shall not include depreciation or
allocation of Association administrative costs. No Member dues shall be used to support Bowling and Golf
direct operational costs.
3.
GENERAL POWERS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD: Add the following to 4.16.15: Any capital project
over $100,000 in Association Funds that change, modify, or repurpose the use of, or that expands or in
creases the square footage of any Association facility or structure shall first be approved by a majority
vote of the members voting for such purpose. This amount shall be adjusted annually by the annual in
crease in Social Security.

I like Sun City West the way

its been for 32 years and the
way it is now, or do I want to
fundamentally change it?
Leaving it the way it is now
doesnt mean you dont get a
say. You get a say formally
six times a month when the
Board meets, and any time
you want day or night by
emailing or calling your Governing Board Directors.
Their numbers and emails
are published on Page 4 of
every Rec News (but please
save the phone calls for daytime hours!)
Here is a brief summary of
the proposed changes, and
what we believe they will mean
to this community if they pass:
PROPOSED CHANGE #1
The first proposed Bylaw
change would limit dues increases to anywhere from 2 to
8 percent, depending on what
the annual Social Security increase is. State law allows a 20
percent increase, and the Associations Bylaws currently
limit these increases to 15 percent. With the increasing costs
of gas, electricity, water and
other goods and services, such
a strict limit on the Association
would prevent it from covering
its basic costs, resulting in a reduction of services, quality of
maintenance or hours of operations.
The Associations current
budgeting process which begins in November and continues until the Governing Board
votes to adopt the financial
plan in May includes multiple opportunities for residents
input. An unrealistic, arbitrary
number like 2 percent does not
take into consideration real-life
costs of maintaining facilities
and providing services. The

current public
process does.

budgeting

PROPOSED CHANGE #2
The second proposed Bylaw
change would require the Associations three divisions
(recreation, golf and bowling)
be self-sufficient.
Bowling would have to make
up about $10,000 that is currently subsidized by dues. Golf
would have to make up or cut
about $800,000.
The biggest concern is in
Recreation, which covers
clubs, the recreation centers,
pools, tennis, pickleball, library, etc. Its deficit is about
$5.8 million, which would
have to be made up somewhere
other than dues. This would
likely require a user fee at each
facility for each visit, and
rental fees to the chartered
clubs.
PROPOSED CHANGE #3
The third proposal would require any capital project over
$100,000 that modifies a facility to go to a vote of the membership. The Association is
concerned about the financial
impact of holding several elections a year, which cost about
$7,000 each since members
would have to be mailed notice, per state law.

An average of only 900 residents show up for the annual

elections in a typical year, so a
small minority of residents
could determine the future of
these capital projects.
Capital projects of this magnitude currently go through a
two-year process that includes
one year of planning and public input, and a second year
when plans are finalized, funding is approved and then the
project is built. There are several opportunities for public
input in these projects as evidenced in the fact a multipurpose gymnasium proposed last
year by a Governing Board
member gained a lot of public
attention but never made it into
the actual planning process because of vehement public condemnation.
More election information is avail
able at scwaz.com. If you dont
have Internet access or are not
comfortable with computers, stop
by theData Resource Center with
your rec card and our volunteers
will be happy to guide you.

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Management and Governing Board

Governing Board Directors
All Directors:gb@rcscw.com

President
DaveMoeller
June 2009July 2012
6235565118
gbpres@rcscw.com

Secretary
Jack Steiner
July 2010June 2013
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gbpr@rcscw.com

Pat Canfield
July 2011June 2012
6239337565
gbclubs.@rcscw.com

Kenny Jordahl
July 2011June 2014
6232717628
gbbowling@rcscw.com

LakeWestphal
June 2009July 2012
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gbproperties@rcscw.com

VicePresident
Terry Hamman
July 2010June 2013
6232437666
gbgolf@rcscw.com

Treasurer
Ed Van Cott
July 2010June 2013
6235442371
gbbudget@rcscw.com

Griff Williams
July 2011June 2014
6235189919
gblegal@rcscw.com

Patricia Tomlin
July 2011June 2014
6235463248
gbhr@rcscw.com

Governing Board Manager

Sharon Schomer
6235446115
sharon.schomer@rcscw.com

Proposed bylaw change would have drastic

impact on Recreation, Golf operations
Over the next couple weeks,
The second serious concern
you will be hearing more and if these Bylaw changes pass
more about the proposed will be the immediate need to
Bylaw changes that will
increase revenue from
be voted on March 27. I
Recreation by more
urge you to educate
than $5 million dollars.
yourself as much as
Recreation consists of
possible on those proall amenities, services
posals before voting.
and facilities other than
One of the proposed President golf and bowling. That
Bylaw changes states: DaveMoeller includes
everything
Recreation, Golf and
from bocce ball to
Bowling Divisions shall be woodworking, pools to conself-supporting. Self-support- certs. The current operational
ing means that all direct oper- cost for Recreation is $6 milational and maintenance costs lion per year. The revenue
of each division are covered generated by Recreation from
by operating revenues gener- ticket sales for events and
ated by that division. If concerts amounts to about
passed, there are two immedi- $500,000 per year.
ate and damaging effects of
Our chartered clubs and rec
this proposal.
centers do not contribute
First, it would require a cut nearly enough revenue to
of $1 million from Golf Oper- cover operational expenses.
ations. This draconian ax ap- That leaves a deficit for
proach to golf would severely Recreation of more than $5
impact the playability of one million. If this Bylaw change
of our key attractions. Com- passes, the only options for
munities that have tried this making up that deficit are to
approach have witnessed dev- close facilities, charge rent to
astating effects on course con- chartered clubs, and/or charge
ditions and major declines in a fee every time a member
golf revenues leading to even uses a facility. Even those
further deficits. It takes many who dont use our facilities
years and many millions of should realize these actions
dollars to restore courses that would severely lower the
have seen long-term deterio- quality, the image and reputaration. These negative conse- tion of our Association. These
quences are avoidable in Sun distasteful actions are comCity West if these Bylaw pro- pletely avoidable if our memposals are voted down.
bers vote NO on these Bylaw

Copyright 2012
All Rights Reserved
General Manager Michael Whiting, 6235446110; michael.whit
ing@rcscw.com
Editor Katy OGrady, 6235446027; katy.ogrady@rcscw.com
News Asst. Claudia Sherrill, 6235446644;
claudia.sherrill@rcscw.com
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Important Election
Information
Candidate Forum, 9 a.m.
March 16, Lecture Hall
Last day to obtain or drop
o Absentee Ballots, 8 a.m.
to 3 p.m. March 26,
Administration Building
Election Day, 8 a.m. to
6 p.m. March 27, Social Hall
changes.
Under the current budgeting
system, Member Dues are
used to support Golf, Bowling
and Recreation. Youd be hard
pressed to find someone who
uses every single facility. And
there are some members who
choose not to use or are unable to use any of our facilities. But our dues are needed
to support the entire Association. Lets keep it that way.

MEETINGS &
WORKSHOPS
Regular Governing Board
meetings and Workshops are
listed below.
The next Workshop is
scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday,
March 9, in the Lecture Hall.
The next Regular Meeting is
scheduled for 9 a.m.
Thursday, March 22, in the
Social Hall.
The Governing Board will
meet with the General
Manager on the following
dates to receive his weekly
report. These sessions which are open to the public are scheduled at 1:30 p.m.
on Mondays: March 5, 12,
19 and 26. The sessions are
in the Governing Board
Conference Room in the
Administrative Offices.
The meeting schedule is
subject to change. Call 623544-6115 for meeting dates
and other Governing Board
information. Residents also
are encouraged to check
www.rcscw.com and sign up
for the e-newsletter to receive
the latest information about
the Association and
Governing Board.

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Slide on over to the Sock Hop!

OK, cats and chicks! Time
took place in school gyms and
to get out those saddle shoes,
dancers often kicked off their
cuffed jeans and poodle
shoes so as not to damage the
skirts. The sock hop is comfloors and to get better slide in
ing to town!
dances like the Twist, the
The Roadrunners, a favorite
Mashed Potato and others.
band of Sun City West resiSock hops also were more indents will play the tunes that
formal than prom or hometake us back to when music
coming dances.
was real and the sock hop was The Roadrunners will play oldies for the While several 50s songs
the place to go on Friday Sock Hop March 23 at Palm Ridge.
mention the sock hop, probanight. So mark your calendars
bly the most well-known is
for 7 p.m. Friday, March 23 at Palm Ridge Rec the Danny and the Juniors 1958 tune, At the
Center.
Hop, and by far the famous movie depiction
Tickets for residents go on sale Feb. 1 and cost was in George Lucas 1973 smash, American
$8. Non-residents may purchase tickets starting Graffiti.
Feb. 20 for $10. At the door, tickets will cost
So, get ready, ready, ready to Rock n Roll at
$12.
the sock hop!
The term sock hop was coined when dances
Doors open at 6:30, so dont be late!

Treat your spring fever with a picnic

Lets get together for a picnic!
The Rec Centers of Sun City West are
putting on a Spring Break Picnic starting
at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 15 at Beardsley
Park. With full concessions available, a
great hot dog or hamburger is easily
within reach.
The event also features clowns, tables of
crafts, music and a variety of inflatable
bouncers for the kids from 3 to 6 p.m.
At 7, Cars 2 will be shown on the big,
16 feet by 9 feet, movie screen.
Admission is free, so bring the whole
family!

Kids take turns swinging at water balloons pitched by

a clown at a Spring Break Picnic several years ago.

Advance ticket sales begin in March for

2013 versions of Top Hat, Cruise Ship series
TOP HAT SERIES 2013
A new season of enjoyment begins in January 2013, when the
Top Hat Series kicks off. Four
shows of musical entertainment
offer a broad spectrum of talent.
Jerry Pruntys Missouri
Opry, Jan. 10, 2013
The Missouri Opry presents
music ranging from country standards to Big Band swing tunes of
the 1940s and rock n roll hits of
the 1950s. The music is mixed
with humor and showmanship to
produce an unforgettable performance
Monica Heuser, A Tribute
Concert, Remember Patsy
Cline, Feb. 7, 2013
Monica Heuser has performed
the title role in a national tour and
regional theaters across the country. She is sanctioned by the estate
of Patsy Cline to depict the singer.
Heuser is a successful cabaret
artist as well as a one-woman
show.
The Alley Cats, Feb. 21, 2013

multi-talented entertainer who has forged a

successful
career
across the spectrum of
entertainment, from
acclaimed recordings
to sold-out Broadway
and concert venue perMatilda and Patrick formances and nightMurray entertain as clubs the world over.
part of the Cruise
She is equally at home
Ship 2013 series.
on stage, screen and
Roslyn Kind
T h e disc. Don Heckman of the Los
Alley Cats formed at Fullerton Angeles Times said, Forget that
College in 1987 and have made it Roslyn Kind is Barbra Streisands
to the forefront of a cappella music kid sister. Shes too good and too
with timeless Doo-Wop classics special to have to worry about
and zany improvisational comedy. comparisons.
The group has performed with
Showtimes for Top Hat Series
celebrities such as The Beach are 3 and 7 p.m., with doors openBoys and Rascal Flatts, and have ing at 2:30 and 6:30.
entertained audiences for more
Prices for the Top Hat Series are:
than 20 years, earning them the Series tickets - members $75, nontitle of Americas Premier Doo- members $80, Individual show
Wop Group.
tickets are $22 for members and
Roslyn Kind Live, March 7, $25 for non-members; at the door,
2013
Continued on Page 8
Roslyn Kind is a dynamic,

Emotions sizzle as the Phoenix Opera presents an evening of

Fatal Attractions, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17 at Palm Ridge
Rec Center. Read more, Page 6.

Love, sex and opera!

Phoenix Opera, Arizonas
most exciting opera company, is dedicated to presenting
magnificent
traditional operas. Drawn
from a repertoire of popular
works from the late 18th
through early 20th centuries,
the productions are literally
the favorite operas of all
time. Audiences delight in
the beautiful voices, exquisite costumes and sensational sets.
Combining the best, most
passionate and thrilling excerpts from some of the
most turbulent love stories
to grace the stage, Fatal Attractions, will be presented
at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April
17 in Palm Ridge Summit
Hall, 13800 W. Deer Valley
Drive.
A soprano, tenor and

mezzo soprano will perform

this very spicy program,
exploring those relationships in opera that are too
hot to handle and ultimately do not end well! Passion and violence, desire and
deceit, will all be there on
stage!
Tickets, $20 for residents,
go on sale Feb. 1. Non-residents may purchase tickets
for $22.50 beginning Feb.
15 at the Rec Centers Box
Office in the R.H. Johnson
Administration Office. Special box office hours for
Feb. 1 only will be 8 a.m. to
3 p.m. Normal box office
hours will resume Feb. 2.
Tickets at the door will cost
residents $22.50 and nonresidents $25.
Doors open at 7 p.m. the
night of the performance.

Time to hunt for Easter Eggs!

Its time for spring fun with
the annual Easter Egg Hunt,
sponsored by the Rec Centers of
Sun City West at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 31 in Beardsley
Park.
Open to children ages 10 and
under, from 8:30 to 9:30, the
children play games and color.
The egg hunts are broken down
by age group so everyone gets a chance to find
eggs.
Refreshments, doughnuts, coffee and hot
cocoa, will be available
for purchase at $1 each.
There is no charge to
participate, but all children must be signed up
Children hunt for eggs and compete in a in advance at the R.H.
sack race, top photo, in these file photos Johnson Box Office by
from previous Easter Egg Hunts.
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April Decathlon
fun for all
Join in on the April fun
for SCW residents. This is
an event for all, meant to be
a great time. Prizes will be
awarded in the categories
on the sample form, and as
you can see by the sample
form, it is going to be easy.
Come to the Box Office
at R.H. Johnson Rec Center

in March and pick up your

entry form. Return it with
the 10 events you choose to
do, save a copy for yourself
and be ready to have some
fun.
For information, call
Dori Miller at 623-5446193 or e-mail her at
dori.miller@rcscw.com.

Walk the red carpet

to A Night at the Oscars Dance
This is your chance to walk the Red Carpet at Palm Ridge Rec
Center and watch out for paparazzi! A Night at the Oscars Dance
at 7 p.m. Friday, April 27, will recreate the glitz, glamour and excitement of Oscar Night. You may dress casual or wear Oscar attire, so dig out those tuxedos, gowns and black ties! Have fun
with it!
The Rave, a popular group that is the former official band of
the Phoenix Suns, will provide music from the60s to the 90s.
The band also has entertained at local festivals, resorts, country
clubs, TV and radio stations as well as local nightclubs.
Tickets for A Night at the Oscars Dance are $8 for residents
and $10 for non-residents. At the door, tickets will cost $12.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., so be ready to strut your stuff!

So you think you have Talent

Stardust Theatre
March 16 - April 1 Funny
Girl Presented by Theatre
West
Enjoy such well-known songs as
People and Dont Rain On My
Parade and great dance numbers. Directed by Mike Tarr.
April 13 15 and 20 22
Westernaires Spring Concert,
What I Did on My Summer
Vacation Tickets go on sale at
9 a.m. March 5 $7 each.

April 27 29 Anything Goes

USA - Coast to Coast
Enjoy another terrific toe tapping
presentation by the Rhythm Tappers. Tickets on sale March 12
$7 each.
Box office hours for all
shows: Monday through
Thursday, 10 a.m. noon

14401 R.H. Johnson Blvd. at Kuentz Rec Center

Talent Tuesdays end this month and we will start again

Nov. 6.
We have enjoyed showcasing members of our community
and showing off our new and improved courtyard at Kuentz
Recreation Center.
The line up for March is:
March 6 10 a.m. Bud Parker, singer and guitarist
March 13 TBA
March 20 10 a.m. Tony Miller, singer and guitarist
March 27 11 a.m. Arizona History comes to life at Kuentz!
As a continuation of our Centennial Celebration, come
learn about and meet Sharlot Hall.
Sharlot Hall was a rancher, poet, travel writer, the first Arizona woman to hold public office and founder of one of the
states most prestigious museums.
Residents can meet Sharlot Hall brought to life by Barbara
Dienes. Dienes is a member of the Phoenix Chapter of the
Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. She will dress in character as she portrays Sharlot Hall and tells the story of her
life. Ms. Dienes is a resident of Sun City West.

Have Rec Center News

delivered to your home
If youre not getting the
Rec News delivered to your
home, starting delivery is
simple.
The Independent is a free
newspaper, delivered every
Wednesday. The last Wednesday of the month, the Rec

Center News is inserted into

the paper, and it is included in
the delivery.
Call Independent Newspapers at 623-972-6101 to request delivery.
Give them your name, address and phone number.

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Meet your five Governing Board Candidates; be sure to vote March 27

MARION MOSLEY
A resident of Sun City West
with his wife since 2010, Marion
Mosley originally started visiting
Sun City West as a winter visitor
and quickly realized that this is
where we wanted to retire.
I am running for a position on
the Governing Board because I
want to preserve our city environment and help manage it as we
move forward in these economic
times against changes that would
affect not only our golfing community, but all activities that we
all hold so dear, Mosley said.
We are fortunate to live in the
best community in the Phoenix
area. Lets keep it that way.
Mosley said he entered the
computer industry in 1971 and
has held positions in field support, engineering, marketing,
management and sales over the
course of his career which included a European tour and extensive international travel.
Throughout my 37 years in the
computer industry, I represented
major computer firms supporting
and selling to Fortune 500 companies, he said.
ERNIE PRINDLE
Ernie Prindle, who has lived in
Sun City West with his wife since
2009, says he became a candidate
for the Governing Board because I see a need to develop and
enforce fiscal policies that produce responsible financial management that benefits all
members of the Association.
As elected officials, the Governing Board has a fiduciary responsibility to all members of the
Association. I am uniquely qualified to be a member of the Governing Board, he stated. I spent
my 35-year career in financial
management in both the public
and private sectors. In addition to
my three years of experience as

the Chief Financial Officer for the

Recreation Centers of Sun City
West, I have extensive experience
in budget and financial management, including 15 years of senior
financial management in San
Francisco Recreation and Park
Department.
Prindle also has management
auditing experience. This combination of financial management, budgeting, and auditing
experience provides me with the
creativity and problem solving
abilities needed to think outside
the box and provide responsible
fiscal policy for Association
members.
After spending 25 years in public service, Prindle says he is
passionate about the need and
importance of Association member input into the governance of
the Association. I am passionate
about the need for Association
members to know what and how
decisions are made by the Governing Board. I will do my best to
ensure that processes are standardized and followed so that
members are involved in decision
and policy setting processes.
Prindle worked as the Rec Centers CFO from 2008 to 2011. He
was a special projects accountant
for Managed Care Systems/Maricopa County from 2004 to 2007.
From 2002 to 2004, he was a
budget coordinator for Maricopa
Countys Office of Management
and Budget. Prior to that, he
worked for the San Francisco
Recreation and Park from 1983 to
1991, and from 1996 to 1999.
NOLAN REED
Nolan Reed has enjoyed living
in Sun City West since moving
here in 2007. He and his wife prevoiusly lived in Illinois, Virginia,
Alabama and Texas.
After spending considerable

time looking and evaluating various developers in different areas

of the country, it became very apparent that Del Webbs Sun City
West community has the best
amenities and activities available, Reed stated.
Reed graduated from Anderson
University with a bachelor of science in accounting. During his career, he worked in accounting,
internal auditing, software engineering, software development,
data network communications,
data center operations and information technology customer service.
He has participated in the
Jaycees, Optimist Club and Lions
Club. In Virginia he served on
several Jaycee committees to
raise money for youth projects.
While living in Illinois, he participated in the Optimists Club, and
in Alabama he served as president
of the Brewton Lions Club.
He has been active in church
leadership roles. He currently
serves as assistant finance chairman of Palm West Community
Church. Prior to that, he served as
Outreach chairman. During his
tenure, he arranged for both the
Posse and PRIDES to be hosted at
the church for a Saturday breakfast and recognition during the
Sunday morning service.
Those who voluntarily serve
in Sun City West roles are to be
applauded for their commitment
to maintain Sun City West as a
premier community, Reed
stated. I agree with the philosophy that the Governing Board is
responsible for keeping and maintaining the current facilities for
not only those who are living here
now, but also those who will be
coming after us.
A TORCH graduate, Reed was
exposed to the Board, Management and staff. He believes each

of these people has a heart for

whats best for Sun City West. We
are fortunate to have these dedicated people providing leadership
and direction.
CHUCK REOTT
Charles Chuck Reott says he
is a fiscal conservative whose
goal is to listen, think, evaluate
and act in the best interest of
owner members to preserve the
valuable assets of the community. He hopes to monitor, evaluate, propose and implement
methods to control expenditures
of funds for necessary and desired
projects separating wants from
needs.
Reott is active in Theatre West
and the Musicians Club, and is a
past member of the Westernaires
and a former starter and marshal
at Desert Trails Golf Course. He
volunteers with the Salvation
Army and PORA bingo.
Reott earned a bachelors of
science in business administration
from Duquesne University, and a
masters degree in adult education
from the University of Wisconsin.
He was a personnel director in
Madison, Wis., and a teacher at
community colleges in Madison
and LaCrosse, Wis.
Reott says he is committed to
devoting the time and energy
necessary to accomplish the
above goals and objectives.
DAVID WILSON
David Wilson said his skills include computer networking, organization, problem solving,
researching, community relations
and interpersonal communications.
He earned a bachelor of arts in
psychology from California State
University in Long Beach in
1966, and a masters of education
in special education (emotionally

disturbed, learning disabled) from

the University of Northern Colorado in 1972. In 1989, he earned
a certificate in Public Administration from the University of Colorado at Denver, and in 1990 a
certificate in mediation and conflict resolution from the Denver
Center for Dispute Resolution.
Wilson worked as a probation
and parole officer from 1967 to
1999 for the Colorado State Department of Human Services, Division of Youth Services.
I was a probation officer assigned to both adult and juvenile
caseloads of pre- and post-conviction offenders. In the last few
years of my career I was an administrative officer in the Division of Youth Services where I
managed the services and program for federally funded Title IV
E therapeutic out-of-home placement funding.
During his tenure, Wilson was
chair of the Denver Child Abuse
Team, a part-time instructor in
criminology and delinquency at
Denver Community College, and
consulted with Colorado General
Hospital concerning medical
child abuse protocol for the Juvenile Court. He also was the educational representative to the
Denver Public School Educationally Handicapped Team.
Wilson ran unsuccessfully for
the Governing Board but was appointed to serve for a short period
in 2003. He served on the Golf
Committee in 2011. He served on
the Pebblebrook Golf Club board
from 2007 to 2009, and president
in 2010. He was elected director
of the Sun City West Fire District
Board in 2005, re-elected in 2009,
and has served as Board chair
since 2009. He is a member of the
Arizona Fire District Association,
and has been a church deacon at
Trinity Bible Church since 2010.

Governing Board Directors Election procedures

Voting will be conducted at the
R.H. Johnson Social Hall from 8 a.m.
to 6 p.m.Tuesday, March 27.
Owner Members may vote by appearing in person and presenting their
Owner Member Card.
The Election Committee will conduct the Election in accordance with
procedures developed by the Committee, as approved by the Governing
Board.
Here are the ways for Owner Members to vote by Absentee Ballot.
A ballot may be requested by mail
by addressing a letter to Member
Services at 19803 R.H. Johnson
Blvd., Sun City West, AZ 85375.
The letter of request must state the

Owner Members full name, address

and Recreation Card Number.
The letter must be signed by the
Owner Member. The letter must include the address to which the Absentee Ballot is to be mailed. A separate
letter must be submitted for each
Owner Member requesting an Absentee Ballot.
Mail requests: Write in requests for
Absentee Ballots must be received by
Member Services no later than 3 p.m.
March 16 for out of State Owner
Members.
Owner Members may also request an Absentee Ballot in person
at Member Services with your Recreation Card. A request in person may

be made beginning Thursday, Feb. 16

through Monday, March 26. Member
Services is open Monday to Friday
from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Absentee ballots
may not be requested by phone.
Absentee ballots must be returned
no later than 3 p.m., March 26. Ballots returned after that date or Ballots
not properly completed will not be
counted.
Homebound Owner Members
who are unable to vote in person
may request an Absentee Ballot by
mail or may request delivery of an
Absentee Ballot by calling Member
Services at 623-544-6001. A member
of the Election Committee will deliver Home Bound Ballots, Member

Services will accept requests for

home delivery of Absentee Ballots
beginning Feb. 6 and ending March
26.
The Member Services Office is
open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday
to Friday.
If you have questions regarding
these voting procedures you may contact the Election Chairman by e-mail
at normbunas@cox.net or by phone at
623-975-7872 or Sharon Schomer at
sharon.schomer@rcscw.com or 623544-6115.
Norm Bunas
Election Committee Chairman

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2013 Top Hat, Cruise Ship series offer advance sales this month
From Page 5
$25.
Current season ticket-holders
who want to renew their same
seats may do so between March
12 and March 23. Current season
ticket-holders who want to change
seat location or order more seats
may do so from March 26-30. All
unconfirmed, unsold full-season
tickets will be available for sale
April 2. All individual show tickets
will be available for sale Oct. 1.
CRUISE SHIP SERIES
2013
Cruise Ship Series 2013 sets sail
with six outstanding musical acts
for Sun City West residents enjoyment. Two acts in each month
from January to March bring
some of the best in entertainment

to SCW shores.
Bob Anderson with piano accompaniment, Jan. 4, 2013
Bob Anderson has been named
the best singing impressionist in
show business. Theres something for all ages with Andersons
show, as is not only covers the unforgettable voices of The Rat
Pack, but also branches into the
contemporary and timeless sounds
of Elton John, Stevie Wonder,
Barry Manilow, Tom Jones, Neil
Diamond and many more. He also
takes requests from his audience
and recreates the performer to a T.
Original Wildcat Jass Band,
Jan. 18, 2013
Not your old familiar Jazz Band
music, its a new yet vintage sound
to Dixieland and Jazz music. Also
presents a history about how the
music has changed over the years
and how it differs from city to city.
It was spelled Jass in the 1920s

and evolved over the years to the

current spelling. Its not your typical band playing the same old
Dixieland tunes. They love what
they do and it shows!
New West, Feb. 15, 2013
New West is a musical trio of
great traditional western swing
with lots of comedy and parody
songs to double you over with
laughter. These are consummate
musicians who give the audience
a great show and so much more.
Matilda & Patrick Murray,
Feb. 1, 2013
Jamaican Me Laugh features
the brilliant comedy star, the Jamaican bombshell, Matilda, and
her sidekick, Second City-trained
Patrick Murray. Murray is a flawless ventriloquist, puppeteer and
humorist. This is a laugh-filled
multi-cultural show full of sexy,
sassy, vibrant and outrageous observations of the hip comedienne.

A real family show, with clean and

age-appropriate humor for all to
enjoy.
Face to Face, March 1, 2013
Tribute artists Michael John and
Joey Riedel join forces to create
the ultimate tribute show based on
the Face to Face show performed
by Billy Joel and Elton John.The
two capture both the original
artists in their new, high energy, interactive Rock n Roll show. The
ultimate tribute show is a night of
hit songs, energetic performances,
outrageous costumes and true
Rock n Roll at its finest.
Michael Finney, March 15,
2013
Comedy and magic are what
Michael Finney brings to the
stage. Finney won the prestigious
Academy of Magical Arts Award
in 2004. With clean and appropriate comedy and magic for all to
enjoy, this is a must see show.

Finneys presentation makes him

stand out above the rest. He immediately bonds with an audience
and pulls them into his web of
laughter.
Shows in the Cruise Ship Series
are at 7 p.m., with doors opening
at 6:30.
Prices for the Cruise Ship Series
are: Series tickets are $60 for
members and $66 for non-members. Individual show tickets are
$12 for members and $15 for nonmembers; at the door, $15.
Current season ticket-holders
who want to renew their same
seats may do so between March
19 and March 30. Current season
ticket-holders who want to change
seat location or order more seats
may do so from April 2-6. All unconfirmed, unsold full-season
tickets will be available for sale
April 8. All individual show tickets
will be available for sale Oct. 8.

March
SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY
1

Legal AffairsCmte
10 am
PRCmte 1 pm

FRIDAY
Rec News deadline

SATURDAY
3

Highway Legends
7 pm Palm Ridge

Stardust Movie 7 pm

Operations Mtg 6
1:30 GB Conf Room

B&F Cmte 9 am 7

Simply Ballroom
7 pm Palm Ridge

BowlingCmte, 9 am

So You Think You Have

Talent?10 am Kuentz

Golf Cmte 1 pm

Chartered Clubs 1 pm

The Diamonds,
3 and 7 pm Palm Ridge

GB workshop
9 am Lecture Hall

10

Outdoor Expo
9 am Johnson Social Hall

Stardust Movie 7 pm

11

12 Tour Kuentz Rec Center 13

9 am

Properties Cmte 9 am 14

Tour RH Johnson 15
Rec Center 9 am

Tour Beardsley Rec Center

9 am
Operations Mtg
1:30 GB Conf Room
CPR & AED Training

18

19

Operations Mtg
1:30 GB Conf Room

26

Operations Mtg 27
1:30 GB Conf Room

These Three Tenors

7 pm Palm Ridge

Stardust Movie, 7 pm

21
So You Think You
Have Talent?
10 am Kuentz

Kenny & Friends 22

7 pm Beardsley Park

Election Day 28
8 am Social Hall

GB meeting 23
9 am Social Hal

CJ Box 24
Arts & Crafts Fair,
8 am, Johnson Rec Center
3 pm Palm Ridge Acacia
Sock Hop,
7 pm Palm Ridge

Stardust Movie,
matinee 2 pm

B&F Cmte 1 pm

25

Candidate Forum 17
9 am Lecture Hall

Spring Picnic,
3 pm Beardsley Park

So You Think You Have

Talent? 10 am Kuentz
TORCH Cmte 1 pm
GB Conf Room

HR Cmte, 9 am 20

Tour Palm Ridge Rec 16

Center 9 am

Stardust Movie, 7 pm

29

Stardust Movie, 7 pm

30

So You Think You

Have Talent?
10 am Kuentz

To confirm events, call 6235446032. To confirm Governing Board activities, call 6235446115.

31

Easter Egg Hunt

8 am, Beardsley Park

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December 2011 Financials

Month
Actual
REVENUES
Membership
Recreation
Golf Fees
Bowling
Ancillary Revenue
Merchandise Sales
Food and Beverage
Asset Preservation Fee
Interest Income
Other

Month
Budget

Recreation Centers of Sun City West, Inc.

Consolidated Income Statement By Category
For the Six Months Ending December 31, 2011
Monthly
Prior Yr
YTD
Variance
Actual
Actual

YTD
Budget

YTD
Variance

Prior YTD
Actual

YE
Budget

Bowling Lineage by Fiscal Year *

$917,549
58,728
533,172
51,452
52,234
54,722
25,196
209,300
9,641

$895,619
37,573
617,711
51,230
56,075
54,386
22,564
122,151
12,500

$21,930
21,155
(84,539)
222
(3,841)
336
2,632
87,149
(2,859)

$877,391
43,314
574,514
49,858
57,814
55,007
23,015
142,600
12,720
400

$5,343,250
226,653
2,213,421
243,528
240,436
237,656
113,701
993,600
69,252
500

$5,236,386
174,670
2,428,905
253,067
245,613
184,671
110,829
557,560
75,000

$106,864
51,983
(215,484)
(9,539)
(5,177)
52,985
2,872
436,040
(5,748)
500

$5,110,356
207,550
2,274,287
244,884
258,700
196,341
112,770
650,900
80,545
21,348

$10,798,368
465,155
6,424,965
538,272
602,379
481,609
278,951
1,552,500
150,000

Total Revenues

$1,911,994

$1,869,809

$42,185

$1,836,633

$9,681,997

$9,266,701

$415,296

$9,157,681

$21,292,199

EXPENSES
Wages And Benefits
Operating Expenses
Utilities
Repair and Maintenance
Interest & Financial Expense
Legal and Professional
Taxes and Insurance
Supplies and Services
Landscape Maintenance
Employee Related Expenses
Cost of Goods Sold
Depreciation Expense

$1,125,329
62,975
148,804
51,846
22,125
12,075
42,782
42,222
14,672
12,414
34,441
236,148

$1,200,983
66,707
179,235
94,099
19,075
4,112
39,218
33,145
31,128
12,975
40,710
229,735

$75,654
3,732
30,431
42,253
(3,050)
(7,963)
(3,564)
(9,077)
16,456
561
6,269
(6,413)

$1,112,395
79,917
169,418
42,500
21,649
4,063
47,751
29,343
31,246
6,095
43,918
220,737

$5,126,370
402,982
1,146,186
637,791
71,971
77,013
250,667
279,818
670,517
69,395
190,498
1,379,404

$5,145,675
379,362
1,284,289
533,381
69,652
106,555
236,772
252,961
674,295
76,230
164,122
1,342,086

$19,305
(23,620)
138,103
(104,410)
(2,319)
29,542
(13,895)
(26,857)
3,778
6,835
(26,376)
(37,318)

$5,135,271
407,540
1,221,532
540,786
61,893
86,318
261,994
251,349
636,425
58,752
173,109
1,316,439

10,673,599
904,105
2,435,621
1,076,893
184,006
188,570
501,000
543,472
995,379
132,158
405,553
2,762,565

Total Expenses

$1,805,833

$1,951,122

$145,289

$1,809,032

$10,302,612

$10,265,380

($37,232)

$10,151,408

$20,802,921

$106,161

($81,313)

$187,474

$27,601

($620,615)

($998,679)

$378,064

($993,727)

$489,278

($993,727)

$489,278

NET INCOME (LOSS)

NONOPER INC/EXP
NonOper. Income

$134,190

$134,190

NON OPER. NET INCOME

$134,190

$134,190

NET INC. INCL. NONOPER.

$106,161

($81,313)

$187,474

$27,601

($486,425)

($998,679)

$512,254

BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND

Month
Budget

Recreation Centers of Sun City West, Inc.

Consolidated Income Statement
For the Six Months Ending December 31, 2011
Monthly
Prior Yr
YTD
YTD
Variance
Actual
Actual
Budget

$984,772
638,033
70,244
$9,641

$940,770
719,884
74,504
$12,500

$1,702,692

$1,747,658

209,300

122,151

87,149

142,600.00

993,600.00

$209,300

$122,151

$87,149

$142,600.00

$993,600.00

$1,911,992

$1,869,809

$594,348
673,178
85,250
216,906

$649,987
776,014
61,762
233,624

$55,638
102,835
(23,488)
16,717

$601,916
684,952
59,903
241,522

$3,031,583
4,415,420
348,351
1,127,853

$1,569,684

$1,721,387

$151,703

$1,588,294

Depreciation
Recreation Division
Golf Division
Bowling Division

135,923
92,103
$8,120

134,151
90,246
$5,338

($1,772)
($1,857)
($2,782)

Total Depreciation

$236,147

$229,735

$1,805,831
$106,160

Total Operating Revenue

Asset Preservation Fee
Total NonOper. Rev.
Total Revenue
Expenses
Operating Expenses
Recreation Division
Golf Division
Bowling Division
General & Admin.
Total Oper. Expenses

Total Expenses
Net Revenue ( Loss)

$44,002
(81,850)
(4,259)
($2,858)

Budget Stabilization Fund

$106,160

YTD
Variance

Prior YTD
Actual

July
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June

9,968
5,023
18,515
27,403
26,336
21,193
29,731
29,495
33,999
16,011
11,637
13,238

10,328
4,648
18,159
24,256
26,672
20,448
27,351
27,900
31,696
13,160
11,375
12,789

11,482
6,145
19,805
25,610
25,501
22,106

FY to Date

108,438

104,511

110,649

Total Year

242,549

228,782

* Fiscal Year runs from July 1 to June 30

YE
Budget

$928,701.56 $5,605,544.12 $5,443,037.00

684,265.40 2,705,039.42 2,843,266.00
68,346.62
308,560.62
347,838.00
$12,720.37
$69,251.93
$75,000.00

$162,507
(138,226)
(39,277)
($5,748)

$5,350,029
2,772,181
304,025
$80,544

$11,341,223
7,544,565
703,911
$150,000

($44,965) $1,694,033.95 $8,688,396.09 $8,709,141.00

($20,744)

$8,506,780

$19,739,699

557,560.00

436,040

650,900

1,552,500

$557,560.00

$436,040

$650,900

$1,552,500

$42,183 $1,836,633.95 $9,681,996.09 $9,266,701.00

$415,295

$9,157,680

$21,292,199

$3,118,172
4,251,257
349,114
1,204,751

$86,588
($164,163)
$762
$76,897

$3,029,002
4,252,088
331,677
1,222,200

$6,515,213
8,475,659
690,127
2,359,357

$8,923,208

$8,923,294

$85

$8,834,969

$18,040,356

124,723
88,500
$7,512

787,981
542,224
$49,198

803,767
504,862
$33,457

$15,785
($37,362)
($15,741)

747,281
522,070
$47,087

1,646,121
1,027,515
$88,929

($6,412)

$220,737

$1,379,403

$1,342,086

($37,317)

$1,316,438

$2,762,565

$1,951,122

$145,290

$1,809,032

$10,302,612

$10,265,380

($37,232)

$10,151,408

$20,802,921

($81,313)

$187,473

$27,601

($620,616)

($998,679)

$378,062

($993,727)

$489,278

($993,727)

$489,278

NonOperating Income

Net Revenue ( Loss)

NonOper. Income(Loss)

FY 0910 FY 1011 FY 1112

$500,000

Month
Actual
Revenue
Recreation Division
Golf Division
Bowling Division
Interest Income

MONTH

($81,313)

$187,473

$27,601

134,190

134,190

$134,190

$134,190

($486,426)

($998,679)

$512,252

500,000

Golf Rounds by Fiscal Year *

MONTH

FY '0910 FY '1011 FY '1112

July
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June

12,128
11,966
15,512
20,165
26,549
22,006
29,474
32,353
40,084
31,377
20,282
15,056

11,290
10,391
13,510
20,329
25,423
22,754
33,013
30,109
40,550
30,671
20,007
13,876

10,743
9,143
12,429
19,538
26,542
21,002

FY to Date

108,326

103,697

99,397

Total Year

276,952

271,923

* Fiscal Year runs from July 1 to June 30

Golf Rounds Rounds have been restated

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Community News
PORA sponsors
electronics recycling
On Saturday, March 31,
PORA will sponsoring a Recycling Event for old electronic items you are no
longer using.
Examples of items which
may be recycled are cameras, TVs, VCRs camcorders,
telephones,
computers (monitors and accessories), stereos, radios,

speakers, GPS systems,

cords, wires, games, etc.
You can bring your electronic recyclables to the
R.H. Johnson Parking Lot
(Aisles 16 & 17) from 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
Questions should be directed to Sharon Hettick at
623-455-2674 or Sandy
Cohn at 423-628-5131.

Softball Club
fundraiser benefits
SCW Posse
The Sun City West Softball
Club will have an All States
Softball Tournament benefiting the Sun City West Sheriffs Posse March 10 at
Liberty Field.
The event begins with a
Color Ceremony at 8:30 a.m.
Attendance is free. The tournament will be composed of
teams made up of senior softball players from Illinois,
Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Washington. Fans
are encouraged to attend and
root for their home teams.

Odd hats and painted faces are

optional!
Tex Wells and his amazing, blazing, Texas-sized grill
will sizzle some meat to go
with free buns and chips. The
club pays all the tournament
expenses, so all money raised
goes to the Posse.
The public is invited to an
open house at the Posse Headquarters, 20450 N. Stardust
Blvd.
For
information,
visit
http://www.azsrsoftball.com/e
vents/events.html.

Community service organizations

PORA: 13815 Camino del Sol; 6235844288
PRIDES: 14630 R.H. Johnson Blvd.; 6235842878
Posse: 20450 Stardust Blvd.; 6235845808
Foundation: 14465 R.H. Johnson Blvd; 6235846851
Community Fund: 6235461122 (leave a message;
calls will be returned)
Friends of the Library: Call the library at 6235446130

TO SUN CITY WEST RESIDENTS

Regarding the statement in the guest commentary printed
February 8, 2012 in the Sun City West Independent according to Sun City West Foundation, 30 percent of SCW population is living in poverty or just above the poverty line.
Thats almost 9,000 of our neighbors.
SCW FOUNDATION HAS MADE NO STATEMENT
TO THAT EFFECT.
Sun City West Foundation maintains political neutrality
and focuses its time and resources on programs and services
consistent with its charter.

Foundation provides space for

income tax assistance program
Sun City West Foundation once again is donating space for the AARP tax-aide service. If
you plan to come to the Foundation building to
take advantage of AARPs tax-aide program the
following information is important for you to
note.
Tax preparation assistance is available through
April 13 from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to
Thursday and 7:30 a.m. to noon Friday.
Appointments are not made, and no telephone
service is available; so stop by! Service provided on a first come first serve basis and all returns are filed electronically.
AARPS tax-aide program is an all-volunteer
electronic tax preparation service that is open to
the public. No one is turned down unless the
case is too complicated such as an estate held in
trust or business returns.
The Foundation suggests before meeting with
an AARP Tax-Aide volunteer, you gather some
basic information and bring it with you such as:
Copy of last years income tax return is re-

quired
W-2 forms from each employer
Unemployment compensation statement
SSA-1099 form if you were paid Social Security benefits
All 1099 forms (1099-INT, 1099-DIV, 1099misc.,etc.) showing interest and/or dividends as
well as documentation showing the original purchase price of your sold assets.
1099R forms if you received a pension or annuity
All forms indicating federal income tax paid
Child care provider information (name, employer ID, Social Security number)
All receipts, bank records or canceled checks
if itemizing deductions
Social Security numbers for all dependents
Sun City West Foundation is at the intersection of R.H. Johnson and Stardust boulevards,
14465 R.H. Johnson Blvd., Sun City West.
AARPS Tax-Aide Program is in the Foundations Palo Verde Room.

Foundation celebrates opening

Grand Canyon Room with party
The public is cordially invited
to a party at Sun City West Foundation in celebration of the opening of Grand Canyon Room
Saturday, March 10 from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m. The new rooms theme
is as the name suggests; the Grand
Canyon Room which will have
magnificent 30-inch by 40-inch
photographs of the Canyon
adorning the walls.
Visualize yourself on the red
clay hiking trail viewing the flora
and fauna close up, but from the
comfort of a chair. Another photo
will place you in a kayak on the
Colorado River with sheer canyon
walls rising up to meet the clear
sapphire Arizona skies. Sunset is
approaching, covering the canyon
in deep purple shadows; the distant land across the way has the
last rays of sunshine slowly fading
away. A dory sits on the river bank
waiting to take you down the
moonlit river concluding your day
at the canyon.
Cactus Country entertainers
Bob and Darrell will be playing
their traditional country music,
oldies and some rock and roll.
The area formerly used as a
Senior Center is the location
where the renovation is in

General Contractor Ken McIntyre and Executive Director Patti Rowan

stand in the doorway of the Grand Canyon Room of the Foundation.

progress under the capable hands

of General Contractor Ken McIntyre.
An entry into the Grand
Canyon Room will be opened up
at the back wall of the lobby area
between the Palo Verde and
Board Rooms. During tax season
the lobby area is used by AARP
as a waiting room. The sidewalk
door into the lobby will provide
an entry into three rooms, the Palo
Verde, the Grand Canyon and the
Board Room. Signage hanging
from the eaves visible from the

parking lot, will indicate room location.

Also joining in the festivities are
Unity Church of Surprise and Sun
Health Foundation. The Church
is eager to give tours through their
Sanctuary, book store and meeting rooms. Foundation partner
Sun Health Resale Shop is also
planning to add to the festivities
of fun, food and music; were still
in the planning stage at this time.
The Foundation is located at
14465 RH Johnson Blvd.. Visit
www.scwfoundation.org.

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R.H. Johnson Library

Library teems with activities this month

Library
Snapshot Day

community - Im giving back.

We need you
Jan. 24 was Snapshot DayExcellent
service at the R.H.
One Day in the Life of Arizona
Johnson
Library
is only possible
Libraries. On that day, libraries
because
of
our
many knowlthroughout Arizona collected
edgeable
and devoted
stories, photographs and
volunteers.
Consider
statistics on how Arizovolunteering
we have
nans use their library. The
openings
in
the
Data
R.H. Johnson Library parResource
Center
and
the
ticipated by counting the
Media
Department.
number of people who entered the building, offering
Patriot Voice
a short survey with room
Jane
Kauzlaric
Through the generosfor additional comments
Library
Director
ity
of an anonymous
and photographing what
donor,
the Library rethey did during their visit.
ceived
a
Patriot
Voice
Document
We discovered that about 1,100
Scan
and
Read
Machine.
This
people used the library on that
device
is
especially
helpful
to
single day. One fourth of them
people
who
are
visually
imanswered the questionnaire and
many included written com- paired. It scans and reads docusuch
as
books,
ments. Most people said they ments
newspapers,
and
typewritten
letcame to the library to checkout
ters.
You
only
need
to
bring
your
materials such as books, DVDs,
CDs, audiobooks and maga- own headphones or earbuds to
zines. The next most common use the machine in the Library.
reason was to use the computers
Author CJ Box
and WiFi. A number of people
speaks
in SCW
expressed how thankful they
Author
CJ
Box
will sign
were for Internet access. Several
Force
of
Nature,
the
newest
mentioned puzzles - either
book
in
the
Joe
Pickett
series,
at
working on the puzzles at the li3
p.m.
Friday,
brary or checking out puzzles to
March 23 in
take home. Many complethe
Acacia
mented the staff and volunteers
Room
of the
for being so friendly, helpful,
Palm
Ridge
and knowledgeable. Here is just
Rec
Center.
a sampling of the comments:
For your conThe staff and facilities are exvenience,
quisite.
doors
will
How blessed we are in SCW
open
at
2
p.m.
and
books
will
be
to have such a wonderful Liavailable
for
purchase.
Free
tickbrary! Special thanks to all the
ets, limit two per person, will be
volunteers.
The Library is vital to our distributed to residents with a
community. Everyone saves a valid Rec Card at the Library belot of money by being able to ginning Wednesday, Feb. 29 for
[borrow] DVDs, CDs, and Friends of the Library and Friday, March 2 for non-members.
books for free.
Greatest wall of paperbacks You may join the Friends of the
in the world and they are free! Library prior to queuing for tickEveryone is cheerful - makes ets.
me feel good.
Moved here especially due to Newest book group
The Math Science Book Club,
close library. I am a reader.
The materials are up-to-date the most recent discussion group
to form at the Library, meets the
and in good condition.
Provides an opportunity to first Wednesday of the month.
volunteer in a worthwhile com- The group selects the topic for
munity project - book sales. I the monthly meeting and each
dont want to spend my retire- member chooses a different
ment years on a couch, watching book on that subject to read and
TV. At the Library I enjoy the discuss with the group. DNA,
company of energetic, joyful Big Bang Theory, Nanotechnolpeople. I feel that I am contribut- ogy, GPS and String Theory are
ing to the welfare of this great just some of the monthly

themes. The next meeting of the

Math and Science Book Club is
March 7 at 10 a.m. Interested?
Call John Devaney at 623-2148696 for information.

eReader assistance
The requests to help residents
with their personal eReaders
have been so overwhelming that
we are now accepting one hour
appointments Tuesday through
Friday instead of drop-in on
Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please
call 623-544-6130 to schedule
an appointment.

Honor paperbacks
Due to increased demand, we
ask you not to borrow more than
10 paperbacks at any given time.
You are not limited to a specific
checkout period, but please remember to return the books
when you are finished reading.

This month @ your

library
The Encore Needle & Crafts
Club exhibit their beautiful creations in the entry display case.
This Sun City West Charter
Club has 100 members who create afghans, slippers, baby
items, chemo caps, bibs, shawls,
walker bags, ear warmers, toys,
hats, scarves, turbans, heart pillows, napkins, helmet liners,
ditty bags, mittens and more.
They have donated more than
3,000 items to charity.
You see an interesting array
of flags thanks to flag expert,
Bill Barringer. Flags commemorate the statehood of Ohio, Nebraska, Florida, Vermont, and
Maine plus Puerto Rico as a Territory and the Virgin Islands as a
U. S. possession. The Presidents flag flies for presidents
born in March: Andrew Jackson,
James Madison, Grover Cleveland and John Tyler. On March
12 the flag of the Girl Scouts of
America flies to commemorate
the centennial of its founding.
St. Patricks Day boasts three
Irish flags and the Spring Flag
welcomes the new season.
March 2-15 Harald Johnsen
of Photography West exhibits
his photography, followed by
Donna Morell March 16-29 and
Mark McKinney March 30April 12.

The R.H. Johnson

Library hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday.
A valid Rec Card is necessary to check out items
and use the Data Resource Center.
The Library has two exterior return boxes at the
horseshoe drive - one for books and one for
media. To prevent damage, please take the time to
rubber band your materials before depositing.

Friends of the R. H.
Johnson Library
Friends of the R. H. Johnson
Library will have a general
membership meeting at 1:30
p.m. Monday, March 26 in the
R.H. Johnson Social Hall. Clay
Thompson, Valley 101 daily
columnist for The Arizona Republic and author of Clay
Thompsons Valley 101: A
Slightly Skewed Guide to Living in Arizona, The Valley 101
Great Big Book of Life, and the
Enormously Big Official Valley
101 Cookbook, will offer his humorous look at life in Arizona.

Thursday Night
Movies
Movies are sponsored by the
Friends of the R.H. Johnson Library and shown at the Stardust
Theater at the corner of R.H.
Johnson and Stardust boulevards. Because of the generous
donation of a Blu-Ray player,
many of the movies will be
shown in HD. Recommended
donation is $2 per person. Doors
open at 6 p.m.; the show begins
at 7. Hearing assist devices are
available.
March 1 - The Tourist in
HD
Frank (Johnny Depp), a mildmannered American on vacation
in Venice, Italy, is befriended by
Elise (Angelina Jolie), a breathtakingly beautiful woman with a
mysterious secret. .
March 8 - His Girl Friday
In this hilarious version of
The Front Page, Rosalind
Russell Stars as ace reporter
Hildy, who announces shes
leaving the newspaper world behind to settle into domesticity
with a stuffy fianc (Ralph Bellamy). Her demanding editor
and ex-husband Walter (Cary
Grant) is determined to keep her
on staff and win back her heart
in the process.
March 15 - Butterfield 8

Elizabeth Taylor won an

Academy Award for Best Actress in her role as a high-class
call girl who falls in love with a
married socialite (Laurence Harvey). Eddie Fisher and Dina
Merrill co-star.
Special matinee at 2 p.m.
March 22 2 - The Help in
HD
The Help is an inspirational,
courageous and empowering
story about very different, extraordinary women in the 1960s
South who build an unlikely
friendship around a secret writing project one that breaks
societys rules and puts them all
at risk. Starring Emma Stone,
Viola Davis and Bryce Dallas
Howard.
March 22 7 p.m. - Water
for Elephants in HD
Academy Award winners
Reese
Witherspoon
and
Christoph Waltz join Robert Pattinson for this epic tale of forbidden love based on Sara Gruens
acclaimed best seller. Against all
odds, a veterinary student and a
beautiful circus performer from
a bygone era meet and fall in
love through their shared compassion for a special elephant.
But their secret romance incurs
the wrath of her dangerously
volatile husband.
March 29 Daddy Long
Legs
Fred Astaire becomes both the
benefactor and suitor of Leslie
Caron in this charming story of
a playboy who falls under the
spell of a beautiful French orphan whom he sends to college
in America. Two years later they
finally meet face-to-face and
start to fall in love. Featuring
imaginative production numbers
and a Johnny Mercer score that
includes the 1955 Oscar-nominated hit for Best Song Somethings Gotta Give. Daddy
Long Legs is a song-filled blend
of dance and fantasy for romantics of all ages.

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Phone Numbers
MAIN TELEPHONE NUMBER:
6235446000
RH JOHNSON REC CENTER:
5446105
19803 R.H. Johnson Blvd.
Swimming Pool: 5446106
Tennis Reservations: 544
6151
Mini Golf, Table Tennis, Wii,
Arcade, Racquetball, Bocce:
5446108
Ceramics: 5460975
Lapidary: 5848952
Lawn Bowls:5840617 or
5446147
Mens Club; 5446150
Metal Club: 5840150

ModelRailroad: 5446148
Rip N Sew: 5464050
Silvercraft: 5848153
VILLAGE STORE: 5446135
(located at R.H. Johnson
Rec Center)
RH JOHNSON LIBRARY:
5446130
SPORTS PAVILION (Bowling):
5446140
Strike Zone Eatery: 5446116
BEARDSLEY REC CENTER:
5446524
12755 Beardsley Road at
Stardust Boulevard
Pool/Fitness/Mini Golf: 544
6525

5446580
13800 W. Deer Valley Drive
Swimming Pool/Fitness:
5446581
Computers West: 2141546
StainedGlass: 5446586

Bridge Club: 5446529

Clay Club: 5446530
Copper Cookers: 5446532
Photography: 5446520,
5446521
KUENTZ REC CENTER:
5446561
14401 R.H. Johnson Blvd.
Swimming Pool/Fitness:
5446561
Softball:5446157, 544
6158
Stardust: 5847025
Weavers: 5446515
Womens Social: 5464236
Woodworking: 5464722
PALM RIDGE REC CENTER:

GOLF OPERATIONS: 5446037

Tee Time Confirmation:
5446044
Tee TimeReservations:
scw.totalegolf.com
Course Conditions: 544
6175
DEER VALLEY: 5446016
DESERT TRAILS: 5446017
ECHO MESA: 5446014
GRANDVIEW: 5446013

Crooked Putter: 5446090

PEBBLEBROOK: 5446010
STARDUST: 5446012
TRAIL RIDGE: 5446015
ADMINISTRATION
General Manager: 5446110
Human Resources: 5446123
Member Services: 5446100
Rec Center News: 5446644
Website: 5446133
Recreation Manager: 544
6114
Tours & Scheduling: 544
6129
Box Office: 5446032, 544
6093

Club Contacts
Arts & Crafts
Art Sun West,Val An
derson: 9334924
Basketeers, Marilyn
Poncey: 5469757
Beaders, Linda Don
ner: 9754480
Calligraphy, Dale
HornyanToftoy: 5468502
Ceramics West, Patty
Borchers: 2142635
Clay Club, James Herr:
9755551
Copper Cookers, Bon
nie Marshall: 5564821
Creative Stitchers,
Catherine Vaught: 214
0759
Encore Needle & Craft,
Sue Williams: 3374558
Johnson Lapidary,
Greg Waldon: 5189016
Leather Carvers, Jack
Hogan: 15416333420
MacCroKnit, Carol
Pritchard: 5565313
Metal Club, Don Mel
lum: 5840150
Palo Verde Patchers,
Patricia Luhmann: 537
5144
Photography West,
Gerry Rosen: 5379879
Porcelain Painters,
Marlene Gates: 5564998
Rip n Sew, Joan
Hardy: 9753657
RosemalingEuropean
Folk Art, Sandy Hinkes:
5467725
Scrapbooking, Paper
crafts&More, Fran Mills:
5941631
Silk Flowers, Rose
marie Read:2149712
Stained Glass Crafters,
Judith Watson: 5461531

Decorative Art, Regina

Oswald: 5441806
Toyki Silvercraft, Fran
West: 5336856
Weavers West Guild,
Mary Dehlinger: 3746995
Woodworking, Gary
Roberts: 9754153

Cards & Games

BridgeKiva West Du
plicate, Donna Shelton:
2515578
BridgeOne Partner,
Richard Lager: 5468839
BridgeLadies Saturday
Contract, Irma Epstein:
2148365
BridgeTuesday Con
tract, William Dwineu:
2142400
Bunco, Viv Hennessey:
5564818
Canasta West, Arlene
Rozmus: 5463803
Club 52 Card Club,
Raymond Langlois: 602
9996688
Cribbage, Don Donati:
3285697
Euchre Card Club, Con
nie Bellinger: 4869181
FiveHundred Card,
Marcel Mantha, 2517211
Mah Jongg, Joy Eisner:
2147307
Pan Card Club,Rosalyn
Wertz: 9754100
Pinochle, Barbara
MacLeod: 4660118
Saturday Night
Gamesters, Vard Miller:
5845396
Sheepshead, Lyle
Thompson: 5241568

Dance
Country Western, Car
oline Morrell: 2148628
Hillcrest Dance & So
cial, Jayne DeyoeCohen:
2149114
International Social &
Dance, Anna Besmer: 214
0875
Latin Ballroom, Wilbur
Lider: 5848543
Line Dancers, Martha
Williams: 5569093
Westerners Square
Dance, Richarc Howden:
3225201

Health &
Fitness
Arthritis Club Rose
maryDougherty:5842327
Dance for the Health
of It, Pamela Spears: 602
6794220
Energetic Exercise,
Dick Altopp: 5441251
Fitness Club, Shirley
Miller: 2496931
HandiCapables, Peter
Onni: 5846222
Water Fitness, Gale
Garcia: 9751336
Yoga, Joan Harned:
2146760

Hobbies &
Travel
Agriculture, Janet Gri
col: 5841465
Automotive Restora
tion, Herb Clark: 4447778
Coin & Stamp, Fred
Bubeheimer: 5440871

Computers West,
Charles Horton: 2142981
Garden Club, David
Hodgins: 4448045
Investment Club,
Jamie Gunyuz: 5837443
Model Railroad, Bob
Rose: 8263448
Recreational Vehicle,
Roger Hutflesz: 9751022
Rockhounds West,
Sam Meacham:360463
4735.

Music &
Performance
Dancing Arts, Marie
Farmer: 5447842
Karaoke, Howard
Franklin: 5333064
Musicians Club, Mary
Lee: 5840308
Organ & Keyboard,
Ronald Aron: 5379092
Rhythm Tappers,
Peggy Parsons: 5464946
Stardust Theatre
Council, Gilbert Pantea:
5848419
Theatre West, Janice
Lombardos: 5463689
Westernaires Chorus,
Neal Johnson: 4660015

Social
Boomers, Roland
Cloutier: 6704082
Canine Companions,
Don Gerboth: 5464093
Club Espaol, Dan
Mesch: 4448483
Friends of the Library,
Larry Woods: 5568949
Mens Club, Felix Mer
lino: 2141418
Singles Club, Carol

Sarna: 2554965
Sunshine Animal Club,
Robert Stebbins:5442356
Womens Social Club,
Marlene Sullivan: 584
8893

Trail Ridge Men, Doug

Platt: 5846391
Trail Ridge Women,
Anne Marie Wunderlin:
6027707940

Sports - Golf

Sports

Deer Valley Men,

Ronnie Skogrand: 518
3546
Deer Valley Women,
Gayle Moeller: 5565118
Desert Trails Men,
Jerry Kinane: 2145752
Desert Trails Women
18ers and 9ers, Bonnie
Flasch: 5186866
Echo Mesa Men, Virgil
Olson: 5440886
Echo Mesa Women,
Alice Patton: 5562547
Golf Council SCW,
Karen Hunter: 5446986
Grandview Men, Steve
Waggoner: 8265322
Grandview Women,
Mary Train: 5562236
Lady Putters SCW, Bar
bara Martin: 5446270
Mens Niners, Howard
Allnut: 2140583
Mens Putting, Wayne
Nelson: 2141032
Pebblebrook Men, Gil
Preuss: 2148431
Pebblebrook Ladies,
Diane Smith: 5466906
Pebblebrook Ladies
Niners, Maureen McGinn:
5443430
Stardust Men, Irvin
Coon: 8268539
Stardust Women, Avis
Bennett: 4448483
Stardust Women Nin
ers, Barbara Scalise: 975
3826

Bocce, TomBrown:
5442757
Bowlers Association,
David Krauter: 5463469
Crestview Bike Riders,
Tom Wohlgemuth: 214
1290
Horseshoe, Louis Kell
ner: 2143903
Johnson Lawn Bowls,
George Poor: 5842986
MiniGolfers, Robert
Carneiro: 2369844
MisCues Ladies Bil
liards, Pat Pecqueux: 546
0577
Pickleball, John McFar
land: 5565694
Platform Tennis, Ron
Gliot: 5847838
Racquet Club, Dale
Johnson: 9759521
Racquetball/ Hand
ball/Whisperball, Jan War
ren: 2143760
Shuffleboard, Charles
Webster: 5466419
Softball, Richard
Lemoine: 9759291
Sportsmans, Lu
Marchese: 4448420
Table Tennis, Don
Scheidt: 5561065
Tennis, Mal Jacobson:
5461145
Volleyball, Dawn
Wakefield: 2718511
Chartered Clubs leader
ship is subject to change.

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Bowling
Saguaro Open
returns in May
We are proud to announce that
the Saquaro Senior PBA Regional
Tournament will return to Johnson
Lanes on May 28, 29 and 30. Lona
King will be the main sponsor
along with sponsorship from The
Quality Inn and Suites of Sun City.
We are predicting a record number
of entries this year.
On March 31 at noon we are
hosting a Spring Fling Mixed
Doubles Tournament. The tournament is designed for all levels of
bowling skill, so sign up early.
Honor scores continue to be
bowled this year with a total of 14
300 games bowled to date.
The weekly billiards tournament
continues
to
draw new players. We are at an
average of 20
players who participate every
week. This tournament is handiBarry Hardesty
capped
and
Sports Pavilion
designed
for
all
Supervisor
levels of skill.
Tip of the Week - Pick up
spares to increase your score
The main secret to increasing
your bowling score and raising
your bowling average is to make
more spares. Many people focus
on making strikes than picking up
spares. Until you reach pro status,
work on picking up spares first.
Practice is the key for picking up
spares. You should throw a hook
across the lane at the side pins. If

you leave the head pin on most of

your throws, you may want to buy a
ball that is heavier for picking up this
type of spare. You can throw a heavier ball straighter at this pin.
Most serious bowlers use the fivestep approach which gives the
bowler a graceful and smooth beginning. A four-step approach seems too
jumpy and unorganized, but most

beginners seem to find the four-step

easier. Rolling the ball is very important to your game. If you have trouble with this you may want to adjust
the weight of the ball or the type of
material used in the balls composition.
Spares are worth 18 or 19, so the
bottom line is a spare will be worth
only a couple of pins less than a

strike. For most part, an average

bowler leaves a lot more spares than
they strike, so this is why making
spares is so important. Knowing how
important spares are and consistently
picking them up is one of most hidden and forgotten secrets of the
game. Practice on making spares and
your game will improve by leaps and
bounds.

Rec Centers offers

leadership training for clubs

Wild Wing lands

for a visit

Leadership Training for chartered clubs will be

offered on March 20 and 27 in the Acacia Room at
Palm Ridge Recreation Center. The sessions run
from 1 to 4 p.m. each day and you must attend both
sessions.
Are you a new officer in your club? Would you
like to learn tips on how to be more effective in establishing goals, setting agendas and running meetings? Would you like to communicate well with
everyone, even in challenging situations?
This training is not limited to current club officers, it is open for anyone who is interested in becoming a good leader. So, if youd like to help make
your club run better and maybe serve as an officer
in the future, these leadership sessions are for you.
Space is limited, however, so reserve your spot
today by calling Peggy Augustine at 623-544- 6031
or
sending
an
e-mail
to
peggy.augustine@rcscw.com.

Sun City West residents have been excited

to see a wild swan flying around their golf
courses. The Swan team has dubbed this
young swan Wild Wing. He has most often
been seen on Lake 7 at Deer Valley, but Wild
Wing also has been spending some time at
Deer Valley Lakes 11 and 12. One Saturday in
December he went to visit Fairway 1 at Trail
Ridge and recently hes been flying to Desert
Trails and spending time at the large lake just
south of Deer Valley Road.
Judging from his colors and size, we suspect
Wild Wing to be a young bird, most likely
hatched in the spring of 2011. We have no idea
why he is alone at our courses, and perhaps he
will fly away should he find his own kind
heading north again. In the meantime, well
enjoy Wild Wing and hope he stays for a
while.

A yearling wild swan has visited Deer Valley Golf Course recently,
spending time at Lakes 7, 11 and 12. Hes also visited Desert Trails
Golf Course.

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Village Store

Store Hours
October through May
Monday - Friday 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m. to 1
p.m.

June
Monday - Friday 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
CLOSED Saturday
July
Monday - Friday 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
CLOSED Saturday

Attention Arts and Crafts

Chartered Clubs:
Would you like us to feature one of your club members as our
Featured Artist of the Month? We invite you to submit a story and
photo of your chosen artist. We run them on a space-available basis
on the Village Store page. Send your submissions to Katie Van Leuven at katie.vanleuven@rcscw.com. Call Katie at 623-544-6135 if
you have questions.

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MARCH 2012

Celebration of Golf
is ready to go
March is here! The Celebration of Golf Series will soon
begin, and what better way to
get outside and enjoy springtime in Sun City West than a
round of golf. Information and
registration forms are still at all
the golf courses, so find an
event for you and sign up for it
now. Check the schedule for
the event line-up. There are
events for all golfers at all levels of play.
We apologize for the miscommunication regarding the
date of the Putters Tournament
and who could participate that
was in lasts months Rec Center News. The Putters Tournament is Saturday, March 24, at
Grandview, and is open to any
Sun City West resident.
Also, if you would like to
participate in the Boomer

Hoopla, you may join the

Boomers Club on the internet
at: scwboomersclub.com.
The Celebration Steering
Committee is announcing a
change in the awards for this
year. In addition to the traditional Championship Jacket,
cash gift cards will be given for
flight and division winners.
The Celebration of Golf
would not be possible without
the support of our loyal sponsors. The great prizes and the
nominal cost to golfers, is because of the generosity of these
retailers. Please note our sponsors names on the hole signs at
each event. When the occasion
arises, do business with them
and thank them for their service to the community. The
sponsors will be listed in the
April issue of the News.

Upcoming Holiday Golf Series events

Frequently Asked Questions

HANDICAP FAQ (43)
Q: What is Equitable Stroke Control, and why is it re
quired in posting scores?
A: Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) is the downward adjust
ment of individual hole scores for handicap purposes in
order to make handicaps more representative of a players potential
ability. ESC sets a maximum number that a player can post on any hole
depending on the players course handicap. ESC is used only when a
players actual score exceeds the players maximum number based on
the following tables:
18hole course handicap
max. # on any hole
9 or less Double Bogey
10 through 19
7
20 through 29
8
30 through 39
9
40 or more
10

9hole course handicap

max. # on any hole
4 or less Double Bogey
5 through 9
7
10 through 14
8
15 through 19
9
20 or more
10

There is no limit to the number of individual hole scores on which an

ESC reduction can be made.
RULES FAQ (Rule 63)
Q: What is the penalty for arriving late to the starting tee?
A: Rule 63 states that the player must start at the time
established by the Committee. If they player arrives at
his starting tee, ready to play, within five minutes after
his starting time, the penalty is loss of hole in match play
or two strokes in stroke play. Otherwise, the penalty for
breach of this rule is disqualification.

6235446100

Golf
Tin Cup Invitational tees off April 1
The Tin Cup is unlike any
golf tournament and banquet
you have experienced. Nonstop events take place all day
Sunday, April 1 in Sun City
West, followed by a banquet at
Palm Ridge Recreation Center.
At the banquet, we present the
tournament awards as well as
the cash prize for the putting
tournament. It also has one of
the best silent auctions, surprise prizes, community recognition and the infamous
mystery box, which is known
for its incredible fun!
You can purchase a chance to
win a custom golf cart and
your banquet ticket will give
you a chance at one of the
prizes donated by many sponsors.
Following your 18 holes of

golf there will be a free beverage and beer garden. The banquet doors will open at 5 p.m.,
and dinner will be served
promptly at 6.
This event is in its ninth year,
and in the past was limited primarily to the Senior Softball
players. This year the tournament is open to the public,
using the courses at Deer Valley and Grandview. This year
you may form your own foursomes, or if you prefer, we will
assign you to a computer generated team.
The format is a 4-player
scramble, with men, mixed and
women teams. The teams will
be divided into two flights
based on skill level.
Last year, Outback Steakhouse volunteered to provide

the food for our banquet. It was

so good, we asked them to volunteer again this year, and they
have. You may pick up a registration
online
at
roneppley@cox.net, at all of
the Sun City West Golf
courses. If you have any questions, you may call Dick
LeMoine at 623-760-5456, or
Nancy Dobbins at 623-7928993.
This is a special event and it
sells out very fast. If this is
something you would like to
participate in, you should act
quickly because registration
will close once 288 golfers register. You may attend the banquet without playing golf. And
of course, we encourage you to
include your spouse or significant other.

First info on fall Octogenarian tourney

The 17th annual Octogenarian Tournament
of Sun City West will be Saturday, Nov. 3. It
will be at the Echo Mesa Golf Course, with a
shotgun start beginning at 8 a.m. An awards
banquet will be that evening at the Briarwood
Country Club, also in Sun City West.
Last years tournament was a huge success
with 94 men and women, all 80 years old and
older, playing. hree players were over ninety.
This years event should also have a large
turnout.

Entry forms will be available beginning in

August at all seven Rec Centers golf courses.
More details will be released as the event
draws closer.
This years tournament coordinator is Fred
Rohlfer, who may be reached at 623-3375099.
Winter residents who want to insure a tee
time may pre-register by calling the number
above.
The entry deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 17.

Sponsors make Holiday Series possible; patronize their businesses

This years Holiday Series is in full swing.
The program features one tournament event
each month for Sun City West residents and
their guests. Because of the Celebration of Golf
in March, the next Holiday Series event is the
Spring Forward tournament on April 21 at
Echo Mesa.
These events are made possible through the
generosity of our Golf Buddies. The Golf
Buddies Program welcomes the following new
sponsors: Arizona My Smiles Dentistry, Arrowhead Lexus, Backbone Chiropractic, Luxe Electric Golf Cars, Michelob Ultra and Washington
Federal.

These sponsors join ADT Home Security,

Camino Del Sol Funeral Chapel, Canyon State
Air Conditioning and Heating, Carrabbas Italian Grill, Fast Signs, Mutual of Omaha Bank,
Peoria Volkswagen, Picazzos, Salt River Solar
and Wind, Sands Chevrolet and Kia, and Texas
Roadhouse as sponsors. We couldnt do without
them so please express your thanks by patronizing these businesses, and let them know we
are glad to have them as part of the team.
Take advantage of the opportunity to be apart
o the active SCW golfing community. It is a
great way to meet new friends, win prizes, show
your support and have a good laugh or two.

Holes in One
Name
Stuart Bagni
Robert Rogers
Bud Imming
Gerry LaGrotta
Rick Thorson
Jim Quigley
Annette Pepper
Karen Austad
Sandy Howes
Gary Dean
Jan Landis

Date
122012
152012
182012
1122012
1162012
1162012
1242012
1252012
1262012
1292012
1312012

Golf Course
Echo Mesa
Grandview
Deer Valley
Desert Trails
Deer Valley
Grandview
Echo Mesa
Echo Mesa
Desert Trails
Trail Ridge
Desert Trails

Hole

Yardage

7
15
2
16
5
15
2
6
3
12
5

130
150
135
121
159
150
90
94
103
158
106

Club
7 Iron
9 Wood
7 Iron
8 Iron
7 Iron
7 Iron
8 Iron
5 Wood
5 Iron
6 Iron
Driver

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Golf
SCW Sunday Couples
2012 play schedule
March 4 or 11:Pebblebrook
April 8: Desert Trails
April 22: Deer Valley

Reid-West clinic schedules

1- hour
full swing clinics
IRONS

May 13: Stardust

May 27: Trail Ridge

3 p.m. Thursday, March 15 - Deer Valley

3 p.m. Thursday, April 18 - Deer Valley

June 10: Pebblebrook

June 24: Echo Mesa

FAIRWAY WOODS/HYBRIDS

July 8: Trail Ridge

July 29: Desert Trails
August 12: Deer Valley
August 26: Echo Mesa

3 p.m. Thursday, March 22 - Deer Valley

3 p.m. Thursday, April 26 - Deer Valley

FAIRWAY BUNKER
3 p.m. Thursday, March 29 - Deer Valley

New at the

Crooked Putter
$1 o coupons
for Spaghetti
Night and Steak
Night available at
the restaurant!

Spaghetti Night Every Tuesday

All You Can Eat 37 pm
Homemade meatballs and marinara sauce
Served with Side salad and Breadsticks
$8.95
Pick up $1.00 o Coupons at the restaurant

Steak Night Every Thursday

47 pm
Seared and cooked to order tender, juicy USDA
Choice 8oz NY Strip $14.95 or 6oz Top Sirloin
$10.99
Served with French fries or baked potato
(with butter, sour cream, and chives).
Includes cheesy garlic bread and your choice of fresh
sauted green beans or broccoli & cauliflower.
*Pick up $1.00 o coupons for steak night and
spaghetti night. See restaurant for details.

Happy Hour!
MondaySaturday 3 pmClose
$2.00 Draft Beers
$3.00 House Margaritas
$3.50 well rum and cokes (or whiskey)
Sunday: $3.00 Bloody Marys

Friday Fish Fry All you can eat!

37:30 pm Fridays

1- hour
short game clinics

PUTTING
3 p.m. Monday, March 26 - Deer Valley
3 p.m. Monday, April 23 - Deer Valley
3 p.m. Wednesday, April 25 - Stardust

CHIPPING
3 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 - Deer Valley
3 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 - Stardust
3 p.m. Monday, April 9 - Deer Valley
3 p.m. Wednesday, April 11 - Stardust

PITCHING
DRIVER

Sept. 9: Trail Ridge

Sept. 23: Desert Trails

3 p.m. Thursday, April 12 - Deer Valley

3 p.m. Thursday, March 8 - Deer Valley

3 p.m. Tuesday, March 13 - Deer Valley

3 p.m. Tuesday, April 17 - Deer Valley

GREENSIDE SAND
3 p.m. Monday, March 19 - Deer Valley
3 p.m. Wednesday, March 21- Stardust

3- hour scoring game

clinics@ Deer Valley
1-4 p.m. Friday, March 9
1-4 p.m. Friday, March 23

Clinic prices

Full swing: resident, $20; non-resident,

$25.
Short game: resident, $15; non-resident, $20.
Scoring game: resident, $50; non-resident, $60.

AimPoint Green Reading Clinics at Grandview Golf Course

1 p.m. Friday, March 9
Cost: SCW residents - $150 for 3-hour
$160.
1 p.m. Friday March 23
fundamental class.Non-resident rate Sign up for clinics online at www.reidwestgolfacademies.com or call the Grandview Golf Shop at 623-544-6022.
For information, send e-mail to info@reidwestgolfacademies.com.

Legends come
to SCW
From Page 1
Nancy Scranton Shanahan,
Laura Rowe, Kris Tschetter, Rosie Jones
Serri Turner Lori West and
Dawn Coe-Jones also signing tary are also admitted free with
on for the tournament.
a current ID.
The Walgreens Charity ClasTickets may be purchased at
sic will feature a purse of Walgreens beginning in early
$200,000 with a field of 40 March and tickets to all events
players. A pro-am is set for may be purchased by visiting
Friday, April 27, followed by www.thelegendstour.com.
36 holes of stroke-play compeResidents who show their
tition on Saturday and Sunday, rec card or enter MYLEApril 28-29.
GENDS when purchasing onTee times will start each day line will get a $5 discount.
at 9 a.m.
T h e
Phoenix
C h i l d r e n s
Hospital will
serve as the
tournaments
charity, benefiting from
all tournament proceeds.
From left, Golf Operations Supervisor Kevin Wurgler inTickets are troduces General Manager Mike Whiting (right) to LPGA
$15
each Legends representatives Sue Fracker, Anna Dugal and
day,
with Kris Ikkela. The LPGA Legends are playing in the Walkids
17- greens Charity Classic April 28 and 29 at Grandview
Golf Course. A pro am precedes the tournament on April
under admit- 27. Get tickets by visiting www.thelegendstour.com.
ted
free. Residents can enter the code MYLEGENDS to get a $5
Active mili- discount.

Golf equipment demos set for March

The following golf equipment dealers will demonstrate their
equipment - irons, drivers, hybrids, fairway clubs, etc. at Grandview Golf Course
Adams Golf
Friday, Mar. 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Ping Golf
Friday, Mar. 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Travel
MARCH 2012

Stop by Tours and Scheduling in the R.H.

Johnson Rec Center or call 6235446129
between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. weekdays for
details on these upcoming trips:
TOUR THE HEARD MUSEUM
Tuesday, March 13
Come along and experience the living cul
tures of Native people in the 21st century with
the Heard Museums signature exhibition.
More than 2,000 objects tell the many stories
of home for Southwestern Native peoples
from ancestral times to today. The exhibit
includes the finest work from the museums
permanent collection and reflects the impor
tance of family, community, land and lan
guages commonalities that play an important
role in the lives of all American Indians. Cost is
$56 per person and includes roundtrip trans
portation, tour of the Heard Museum and gra
tuities.

Sedona Red Rocks

Heard Museum

CATALINA ISLAND, FLOWER FIELDS

& JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK
SundayWednesday, March 1821
This fourday, threenight trip covers a lot of
territory and explores some beautiful loca
tions, from Catalina Island and coastal cities to
Joshua Tree National Park. Cost is $850 per
person double occupancy or $1125 single
occupancy and includes hotel accommoda
tions at the Ayres Hotel in Costa Mesa, Calif.,
express boat trip to Catalina Island, admission
and wagon ride at the Flower Fields in
Carlsbad, tours of Costa Mesa, Newport Beach
and Balboa Park, tour of Joshua Tree National
Park, daily breakfasts, three lunches and one
dinner, roundtrip transportation and all gratu
ities.

Flower Fields

SEDONA THE LAND OF THE RED ROCKS

Wednesday, March 21
Often called Red Rock Country, Sedona is a
fourseasons playground for everyone
whether youre into culture; power shopping;
spiritual and metaphysical, this is a backdrop

of some of the most spectacular scenery in

the world. Upon arrival in Sedona, we will
have a brief stop at the local airport, where
the surrounding views are perfect for a photo
opportunity. Lunch (on your own) at a local
restaurant and time to shop and browse the
many shops, art galleries and boutiques.
Escape the chaos of life, kick back, relax and
just be in Sedona. On the return trip, well
stop for dessert (included) at Rock Springs
Cafe. Cost is $85 per person which includes
roundtrip transportation, guided tour, dessert
stop and gratuities.
VALLEY OF THE SUN TOUR
Thursday, March 22
Get to know the Phoenix area, theres a lot
to learn in this oneday tour of your home
town. Past and present, the professional guide
will make this tour interesting, entertaining
and educational. In downtown Phoenix,
newer and older buildings include Chase Field,
home of the Arizona Diamondbacks; U.S.
Airways Center, home of the Phoenix Suns and
the Phoenix Mercury; the Federal Courthouse;
Arizona Center and the State Capitol. After a
brief stop, the tour continues to Old Town
Scottsdale for lunch on your own and time for
browsing and shopping in the many shops lin
ing the streets. After lunch, the tour visits
Tempe, the home of Arizona State University,
Sun Devil Stadium and Gammage Auditorium
designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Tempe
Town Lake and the Light Rail. Cost is $40,
which includes roundtrip motorcoach trans
portation, guide, water and snacks, and driver
and guide gratuity.
SABINO CANYON & DEGRAZIA ART GALLERY
Tuesday, March 27
Sabino Canyon tour offers a narrated, edu
cational tour into the foothill of the Santa
Catalina Mountains. During the 45minute
tram tour, you will experience breathtaking
views of the canyon and cottonwoods lining
the creek beds below. Lunch (on your own)
will be before our docent tour of DeGrazia
Gallery in the Sun. There are six permanent
collections of paintings that trace historical

Opportunities

events and native cultures of

the Southwest. You will see
the various types and styles
of oils, watercolors, litho
graphs, sculpture, ceramics
and jewelry. Come along
and soak up a little
Southwest culture! Cost is
$90
which
includes
roundtrip transportation,
tram tour of Sabino Canyon, tour of DeGrazia
Gallery and all gratuities.

Valley of the Sun

ALGODONES, MEXICO
Tuesday, April 3
Enjoy a day trip to Algodones, Mexico, a bor
der town that offers shopping opportunities
and several nice restaurants for lunch. The
tour bus parks on the U.S. side and you walk
about 100 yards to cross the border into
Mexico. YOU MUST HAVE A PASSPORT TO
CROSS THE BORDER. Cost is $60 per person,
which includes round trip motorcoach trans
portation. The bus makes a stop at Gila Bend
in the morning and also on the return trip.
Arrive at the border approximately 11:30 a.m.
You will have about four hours to spend in
Algodones. The bus cargo bays are large
enough to hold your purchases.
DONT MISS OUT! THIS IS THE LAST ALGO
DONES TRIP UNTIL THE FALL!
DBACKS BASEBALL
Sunday, April 8 vs. San Francisco Giants at
1:10 p.m. bus leaves at 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, April 24 vs. Philadelphia Phillies at
6:40 p.m. bus leaves at 5:15.
$55 per person gets you round trip trans
portation and seats.
SCRAPBOOKING CONVENTION
Friday, April 13
Do you scrapbook? Make cards or create
home dcor items? Join us at the Mesa
Convention Center for the Creating Keepsakes
Convention. Youll have the opportunity to
shop at exhibitors booths such as IT!, The
Button Farm, Lickety Split Scrapbooks, Kellers

Creations, SEI, The Paper Loft, Craft Fantastic,

Strictly Scrapbooking and many more. It is a
onestop shopping location that has scrap
bookers and paper crafters coming from all
over to enjoy. This tour is for transportation
only; $35 is the cost for roundtrip transporta
tion from SCW to Mesa and the convention.
Admission to the convention, lunch and any
other purchases are at your own expense.

New Orleans

Scrapbooking
Convention

NEW ORLEANS IN APRIL

MondayFriday, April 913
Discover the heritage of the South. Join in
the fun and excitement of Cajun food and
Southern hospitality, add in the French
Quarter, Oak Valley Plantation, mix in the new
World War II Museum, a River Cruise and the

New Orleans School of Cooking, sprinkle with

the French Market and top off with dinner at
the famous Brennans Restaurant.! Thats the
perfect recipe for touring New Orleans. This is
a trip you wont want to miss. Cost is $1699
per person double occupancy, $2150 single,
and includes roundtrip airfare and doorto
door transportation from your home to the
airport; three days and four nights hotel
accommodations, all the tours listed above,
daily breakfast, nightly cocktails, transporta
tion while in New Orleans, all taxes and gratu
ities.
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Saturday, May 19
Winner of three Tony awards, including Best
Musical Revival, this hilarious new production
of La Cage aux Folles: was the biggest hit of
the 2010 Broadway season, leaving audiences
in stitches night after night! La Cage tells the
story of Georges, the owner of a glitzy night
club in lovely SaintTropez. When Georges
son brings his fiancees conservative parents
home to meet his flashy parents, the bonds of
family are put to the test as the feather boas
fly! With a glorious score of hummable
melodies and a dynamite cast featuring the
notorious and dangerous Cagelles, La
Cage is an indisputable musical comedy clas

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New England Tour

sic. This is a show you wont want to miss. Cost
is $115 per person, which includes round trip
motorcoach transportation, reserved show
ticket and driver and guide gratuity.
BROADWAYS BEST MUSICALS
Thursday, May 31
The Herberger Theatre takes an exciting look
at the winners of Broadways TONY award for
Best Musical. The show is a revue featuring
songs from the first winner, 1949s Kiss Me
Kate, through My Fair Lady, Cabaret,
Company, Phantom of the Opera, The
Producers, Hairspray, Avenue Q and In
the Heights to the most recent winner, The
Book of Mormon. Lunch reservations are at
the Cheesecake Factory, where you will have a
choice of soup, salad and/or half a sandwich,
cheesecake and beverage. Cost is $95 per per
son which includes round trip transportation,
show ticket, lunch at Cheesecake Factory and
driver and guide gratuities.

double occupancy or $2,399 for single occu

pancy and includes roundtrip airfare and door
to door transportation to and from Sky Harbor
Airport; six days and five nights at the Embassy
Suites in Waltham, Mass.; nine tours; break
fast daily and complimentary cocktails nightly;
three lunches, two dinners; motorcoach trans
portation in Boston; driver and guide gratu
ities. Do not miss this spectacular and exciting
East Coast adventure!
SAN DIEGO CELEBRATION JULY 4!
TuesdayThursday, July 35
Enjoy three days and two nights of great
weather and celebrate our nations birthday!
What a great time of year to visit the San
Diego area and enjoy the cooler weather. Beat
the heat, enjoy ocean breezes and beautiful
scenery. Cost is $760 per person double occu
pancy, $950 for singles, which includes round
trip transportation; hotel accommodations at
the Embassy Suites, Seaport Village; daily
breakfast and complimentary nightly cocktails;
4th of July Bay Cruise with dinner and fire
works; tour of La Jolla, Old Town and
Coronado Island; dinner at Anthonys; lunch at
Melvyns Restaurant; driver and guide gratu
ity; water and snacks.

July 4 - San Diego

NEW ENGLAND TOUR

SundayFriday, June 1015
Six glorious days and five wonderful nights
on the East Coast in the heart of Boston. Visit
the Kennedy Library & Museum with a self
guided tour at your leisure. Includes a pictur
esque day in the town of Gloucester on the
North Shore and a visit to Newport, R.I., where
youll tour the famous Breakers mansion,
owned by the Vanderbilt family. From Harvard
to Cambridge and Fenway Park to Salem, youll
explore historic sites, enjoy excellent restau
rants and whalewatching adventures in
Boston Harbor along with exploring other
famous attractions. Cost is $1,999 per person

La Cage aux Folles

NEW YORK CITY

FridayMonday, Oct. 1215
Travel to the Big Apple and spend four days
and 3 nights exploring the bright lights and big
city. The tour has been planned so there is
very little walking, so everyone can take
advantage of fall weather in NYC. Cost of the
trip is $2,785 for double occupancy and
$3,300 for single. The trip includes door to
door transportation to Sky Harbor Airport,
round trip airfare to New York, four days and
three nights at the Westin Hotel Times Square,
a visit to the 9/11 Memorial, two Broadway
shows (matinees) The Lion King and Nice
Work if You Can Get It, a horsedrawn car
riage ride in Central Park, dinner at Shulas
Steakhouse in the Westin Hotel, three break
fasts, three dinners, one lunch and one brunch
cruise around the Statue of Liberty and taxes
and gratuities for guide and driver. Space is
limited, so dont wait to book this trip.

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Thursday Nite Movies

March 1
THE TOURIST IN HD
Frank (Johnny
Depp), a mildmannered American on vacation in
Venice, Italy, is
befriended
by
Elise (Angelina
Jolie), a breathtakingly beautiful
woman with a
mysterious secret. Soon, their playful
romantic dalliance turns into a complicated web of dangerous deceit as
they are chased by Interpol, the Italian
police, and Russian hit men in this
suspense-filled, international action
thriller. PG-13

March 8
HIS GIRL FRIDAY
In this hilarious version of The

Front
Page
Rosalind
Russell
Stars
as ace
r e porter Hildy, who announces shes
leaving the newspaper world behind
to settle into domesticity with a stuffy
fianc (Ralph Bellamy). Her demanding editor and ex-husband Walter (Cary Grant) is
determined to keep her
on staff and win back
her heart in the process.
NR

March 15
BUTTERFIELD 8
Elizabeth
Taylor
won an Academy

Award for Best Actress in her role as

a high-class call girl who falls in love
with a married socialite (Laurence
Harvey). Eddie Fisher and Dina Merrill co-star. NR

March 22, 2 p.m.

SPECIAL MATINEE
THE HELP IN HD
The Help is
an inspirational, courageous and
empowering
story about
very different,
extraordinary
women in the
1960s South
who build an
unlikely
friendship around a secret writing
project one that breaks societys

rules and puts them all at risk. Filled

with poignancy, humor and hope.
Starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis
and Bryce Dallas Howard. PG13

March 22, 7 p.m.

WATER FOR
ELEPHANTS IN HD
Academy
Award winners
Reese Witherspoon
and
Christoph
Waltz
join
Robert Pattinson for this epic
tale of forbidden love based
on
Sara
Gruens acclaimed best seller.
Against all odds, a veterinary student
and a beautiful circus performer from
a bygone era, meet and fall in love

through their shared compassion for a

special elephant. But their secret romance incurs the wrath of her dangerously volatile husband. PG-13

March 29
DADDY LONG
LEGS
Fred Astaire becomes
both the benefactor and
suitor of Leslie Caron in
this charming story of a
playboy who falls under
the spell of a beautiful
French orphan whom he
sends to college in
America. Two years later
they finally meet face-to-face and start
to fall in love. Featuring imaginative
production numbers and a Johnny
Mercer score that includes the 1955
Oscar nominated hit for Best Song
Somethings Gotta Give. NR

Thursday Nite Movies at Stardust Theatre

Located at Kuentz Recreation Center at R. H. Johnson and Stardust Boulevards. Donation: $2 per person. Doors open at 6 p.m. Showtime is at 7. Sponsored
by the Friends of the R.H. Johnson Library. (All movies are shown in the digital DVD format.) Hearing assist devices now available for your use.

Events
March 2
Country music rides into town
for an exciting night of music
and stories from Highway Legends starring Jeff Dayton and
Mike & T. These mainstream
musicians and singers traveled
the country with some of the
most legendary superstars of
country music. At 7 p.m. in Palm
Ridge.

March 5
They were a sensation last

year, and theyre back! Waltzing

and cha-cha-ing into Palm Ridge
at 7 p.m., the Utah Balroom
Dance Company returns to
Summit Hall with amazing lifts,
beautiful costumes and dances
that will leave you breathless.
From the samba to the tango and
everything in between, Simply
Ballroom is not to be missed!

March 8
Classic Rock n Roll group
The Diamonds wrap up the Top

Hat Series of shows, bringing

not only their hits, but todays attitude to their show at 7 p.m. in
Palm Ridge. Thrill to the sounds
of hits such as The Stroll, Little Darlin, Silhouettes and
Why Do Fools Fall in Love?

Tenors, starring Michael Crouse,

Thomas Stallone and Rinaldo
Toglia, have received incredible
reviews, receiving accolades
such as magnificent and
thrilling.

March 16

They look, act and most importantly, sing like the real deal!
At 7 p.m. in Beardsley Park, join
in the fun as Kenny & Friends
come to town. Singing the hits of
Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton,

Wrapping up the Cruise Ship

Series of shows at 7 p.m. in Palm
Ridge, is the No. 1 rated act in
the history of this series, These
Three Tenors. These Three

March 21

Tips for Seniors by Daily Fitness

Bank dividends from regular exercise

Ann Walker works out at the
Palm Ridge Fitness Center on a
regular basis. Like most individ
uals over the age of 70, Ann is
concerned
about
muscle
strength, stamina and flexibility.
Daily Fitness trainer Dick Fortier
introduced Ann to a comprehen
sive exercise program that has
helped improve her quality of
life.
Research shows that all body
parts are affected by the aging
process muscles, bones, tissue
and organs, Fortier said. Mus
cle mass decreases at the rate of
2 percent annually after age 55.
Bones begin to lose minerals and
become less dense. Posture di

minishes and gait shortens. Bal

ance becomes a problem, along
with flexibility and stamina.
With all of these body changes,
the aging process may seem a lit
tle overwhelming and discourag
ing. But hope certainly is
available, according to Fortier.
The best line of defense to
aging is a comprehensive exer
cise program that addresses
muscle strength, bone and joint
health, balance and coordina
tion, flexibility and endurance,
cardiovascular strength and
weight management, Fortier
said.
Feeling good and looking
good takes work it requires dis

cipline and perseverance. Its a

challenge thats well worth the
effort. And, it can be a lot of fun!
Putting your body through one
hour of serious exercise a day can
make the other 23 hours of the
day so much better!
To find out more about cus
tomized exercise programs with
Daily Fitness trainers, call 623
2567901 or visit DailyFitness
LLC.com
So often people want to learn
specific exercises that will get rid
of flabby arms, eliminate a big
belly, or reduce an oversized
rearend, Fortier said. My an
swer is never what they want to
hear There is no way to spot re

Ann Walker makes regular exercise part of her daily routine.

duce any area of the body!

Reba McIntire and Roy Orbison,

Kenny & Friends tribute show is
sure to delight and entertain.

March 23
Slide on over to Palm Ridge at
7 p.m. and enjoy a blast from the
past at the sock hop. The Roadrunners will play oldies to dance,
sing along with and reminisce
about the good old days when a
Friday dance meant slipping off
your shoes and dancing to the
latest tunes.

Equipment
demos
Daily Fitness presents group
equipment demonstrations
monthly at each of the Rec
Centers fitness centers for in
dividuals new to the commu
nity or new to using a fitness
center. Exercise professionals
provide a half hour tour of the
facility one Tuesday a month,
demonstrating basic use of
various machines.
March
Palm Ridge, March 6 at
11:30 a.m.
Beardsley, March 13 at 4
p.m.
Kuentz, March 20 at 4:30
p.m.
R.H. Johnson fitness center
is closed for renovations.

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The deadline for Club Corner
submissions is noon the first Friday of each month for the following
months publication.
DEADLINE FOR APRILS
REC CENTER NEWS IS NOON
FRIDAY, MARCH 2.
Club news must be submitted
every month. We prefer submissions by e-mail to claudia.sherrill@rcscw.com. Please, in the
subject line, show your club name
and the month.

it needs plenty of water and lots of space. Although our popcorn was not hulless as
promised, it was fun to grow. Its best grown
in the spring, leave corn on the stalks till they
dry up. Were still eating from a gallon jar
Lou harvested last year. Its wonderful to
grow your own vegetables, you can have
fresh lettuce almost all year, tomatoes
that taste nothing like store-bought, juicy
strawberries and snap peas to eat off the
vine. Whoever thought retirement could be
this much fun? You can have a plot even if
you leave for the summer. We have caged
plots that can be sold, or uncaged plots for a
$30 dollar refundable cleanup fee. If this
sounds like a club youd like to be a part of,
call Jim, the plot manager at 623-584-1465.
Our plots are at 17800 N. 137th Drive.

AGRICULTURE

ARTHRITIS

What a contrast, last March my water line

froze, frost put an end to my peppers and
tomatoes; this year there are tomatoes growing around the garden. If you buy transplants, check for hitchhikers. White flies
cause a lot of virus diseases, its easy to bring
them in on transplants. This year Im trying
some new varieties of tomatoes that are supposed to be virus resistant. Ill let you know
how they do. Seeds of cucumber, melons,
corn, pumpkin, summer and winter squash
can be sown now. Use pieces of wood or
carpet to keep melon off the ground and
away from pests, or use a trellis or fence;
heavy fruit can be held up by pieces of shade
cloth and string to make a sling, old panty
hose will also work well.
From March until May okra seeds can be
planted. Soak them for 24 hours to get them
off to a good start, bone meal can be added
at planting, use with caution and wear a
mask or apply when wind is calm. Pick
when small, two to three inches is best. Pepper transplants can go in this month, plant in
a different place each year and not where
tomatoes or eggplant have been for a few
years before. Rotating is so important, but if
you have a single plot its not always easy to
do. Incomplete pollination can cause peppers to be misshapen, heat over 85 degrees
can be the culprit, and theres nothing we can
do about that. Planting basil, cinnamon and
borage and other herbs around your garden
will bring in the bees that are so needed for
pollination. From March until mid-April
beans can be planted; bush and pole do well
here, an inoculant for beans will give them a
better chance, plant every two weeks to prolong the harvest. Potatoes need calcium;
adding gypsum will help, we dont have a
lot of problems with potatoes. Im trying a
potato bag this year, I found it at Lowes and
my seed potatoes at Home Depot. Start a
sweet potato in water and youll have all the
slips you need for a good crop that will be
ready for Thanksgiving. Water tomatoes
evenly from bottom, watering from above
can cause virus as water splashes on soil. Artichoke can be planted through mid-March,

This is a wonderful club. The friends we

make are solid and last throughout the years.
Whether you are new to Sun City West, or
have been here a while, please join us. The
club meets at 8 a.m. Monday, Wednesday
and Saturday at the Beardsley Pool. Many
members walk for an hour or half hour before class begins and chat while we are
walking.
We have volunteer instructors and have a
lot of fun doing the hokey pokey and other
low impact water exercises.
Arthritis is not a requirement. Dues are
$5 per year. We have many outings during
the year which everyone enjoys.
Information: 623-584-2327.

BASKETEERS
It is Craft Fair time. Come see our baskets
and join in the fun. Join the club. Basketeers
of SCW meets from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Mondays and Thursdays in Room 4 and
Tuesdays in Room 3 at Kuentz Rec Center.
Information: Betsy, membership, 623544-7232 or Jo Ann, 623-556-2263.

BEADERS
The annual Spring Craft Fair will be Saturday, March 24. Hundreds of one-of-a-kind
items will be sold. Have you wanted to try a
new hobby? Have you always wanted to
make beautiful jewelry? We welcome all
levels of beaders, from the brand new to the
expert. Classes are offered each month and
are free to members. Whether you are interested in stringing, stitching or polymer clay,
you will be inspired. We offer free lessons
and mentoring. Visitors are welcome any
time. The club meets at Beardsley Rec Center, in the Sagebrush Room from 6 to 9 p.m.
Monday; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Stop by the club or e-mail Linda at lindadonner@msn.com for information. Visit online
at www.scwclubs.com.

BICYCLE

If you are looking for an activity that is

fun, friendly and invigorating, we invite you
to join the Crestview Riders Bicycle Club. Ride with us for a
few days to see how quickly
your muscles adjust to the gentle
pedaling on the flat streets of Sun
City West. We have two groups
in the club: one group sprints for
a full hour while the other group
takes a leisurely tour of the city.
Each day we take a different
route, so you will explore all corners of our lovely city. We start
our rides at the Echo Mesa parking lot at 8:30 a.m. (starting time
An arrangement of calla lilies made by changes at the beginning of the
Vondell Netoskie is on display at the Cre- summer.) We ride for an hour
ative Silk Flower booth at Novembers Fall each morning Monday to Friday
Arts and Craft Fair as Marianne Lorenzen, with a short rest stop along the
left, and Vondell Netoskie wait to help cus- way. The morning ride is followed by a social gathering
tomers.

when we return to the Echo Mesa parking

lot. Yearly membership is only $3 and our
only requirement is that you must wear a
helmet.
Information: Tom, club president, 623214-1290, check the calendar on the website, www.scwclubs.com and click the link
for Crestview Riders.

BOOMERS
If you want to be involved in a variety of
activities and events, and would like to meet
new people and have fun, then join the SCW
Boomers Club. Theres something for
everyone.
See the Upcoming Events and the Activities Directory pages of the website for a listing of the types of things our more than 800
members do on a regular basis. Specific
scheduled events are listed on the online calendar. We also have lots of photos on our
website from past events. Check it out on the
photo album page.
If you live in SCW and you have a rec
card, you are welcome to join the club.
Membership dues are $5 per person, per calendar year. A membership application is
available at www.scwboomersclub.com on
the Home page and the Club Business page.
Information: 623-670-4082.

BOWLERS
Club members bid farewell to board bembers Kay OToole and Doug Burnham last
month, thanking them for their service to the
club. Incumbent Rick Thorson was reelected and new board members Sheryl
Sutherland and Tina Michling were welcomed.
Long-time member Dick
Dougherty submitted his resignation as vice
president to President Dave Krauter and was
replaced by Dale Stoltenow. We are grateful
to Dick for the many long hours he contributed to the success of the club, particularly the No-Tap events, and we wish him
well.
March 4 marks the beginning of the
clubs annual Over-Average Tournament.
Entry fee is $1 and club members are eligible to compete during all regular league play
during the week. You may enter during each
league in which you bowl; your current average in that league will be used to determine your handicap. There will be four
divisions, two for men and two for women.
Only one cash award will be given to top
place finisher. Prize fund will be determined
by the number of entries plus an additional
$200 from the club treasury. No-Tap leagues
will not be eligible for the Over-Average
Tournament.
Marchs No-Tap events will take place
March 10 and 24. Sign-up books are available in the Sports Pavilion through noon on
Thursday preceding the event. Entry fee is
$10 and must be paid at the time of sign-up.
The Bowling Association of Sun City
West sponsors many club events throughout
the year including 9-pin (No-Tap) tournaments every other Saturday night, Red-Pin
bowling every Tuesday during the summer
months, Over-Average Tournaments every
year in March, a Hall of Fame dinner in October and a gala New Years Eve celebration.
Sign-up sheets for all club events are available at Johnson Lanes. Remember, no
league average is required to bowl in either
No-Tap or Red Pin events.
If you are new to Sun City West or
havent bowled in a number of years, Red
Pin and No-Tap events are a good way to
ease back into the sport and meet new folks
at the same time. The annual fee is only $7
per year and is open to all Sun City West Rec
Card Members in good standing. Membership applications may be obtained at the
Johnson Lanes Monitors desk. For more information on membership, call Sheryl
Sutherland at 623-322-2220.

BRIDGE KIVA WEST

Kiva West is offering bridge classes at
Beardsley Rec Center. Cost is $48 for a series of six classes. The sessions include Conventions & Advanced Bidding, which
includes lecture and pre-dealt hands, from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays; Intermediate
Bridge, which includes some conventions
and defense, from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays;
and Supervised Play, where you deal, you
play and we help, from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursdays. For information about the classes, call
June Heuser at 623-584-5851.

BRIDGE LADIES
SATURDAY CONTRACT
Spend Saturday afternoon playing progressive contract bridge in an enjoyable,
friendly, relaxed atmosphere. New members
are welcome. Levels of play are some experience, intermediate and advanced. Partners
are not required. Those who bring a partner
will play the first round together. Join us
each Saturday at Beardsley Rec Center
Rooms 1, 2 and 3. Advanced reservations
are not required.
Seating is reasonably well assured when
you arrive by 11:15 a.m. for registration and
table sign-up. Play begins at 11:45. There are
four rounds (six hands each). Membership
is $5 annually with a valid rec card. Weekly
play is 50 cents. Guests may play three
times, be a SCW resident and then officially
join the club.
Information: 623-214-8365.

BRIDGE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT ONE PARTNER
We are extending a cordial invitation to
all SCW residents to join us each Wednesday night at the Beardsley Rec Center, Card
Rooms 2 and 3, for contract bridge.
You must have a partner to play and both
partners must be in attendance before purchasing their tally. The cost is 50 cents per
person and tallies must be purchased beginning at 5:30 p.m. on the day of play. The
bridge play will commence at 6. We play
four rounds of six hands each, allowing 35
minutes per round.
Your membership is $3 per person with
a valid Rec Center Card. Guests accompanied by a SCW member are welcome to
play at a cost of $1 per person. Guests are
allowed to play three times and then must be
a SCW resident and officially join the club.
We look forward to seeing you.
Information: Dick Lager at 623-5468839.

BUNCO
SCW Bunco Club meets from 7 to 9
every Wednesday evening at the Beardsley
Rec Center. Membership is $5 yearly with
a valid rec card. Everyone is welcome.
Information: 623-556-4818.

CALLIGRAPHY WEST
Wow! We are delighted with Dori Leekleys sparkling new monthly newsletter, Ink
Links. Loaded with fresh ideas, hints for
making card designing easier and challenges
for our minds and creativity, its a great addition to our club. Members can get it electronically and by hard copy. Dont miss it.
Congratulations, Janet Maley, on winning
the 2012 CW Handbook design contest. We
get to enjoy your delightful rendition for a
whole year. If you need any help spending
your prize money at Michaels, were here
for you.
Ideas are sparking for new ways to adorn
our presentation tables for the March 24
Spring Arts and Crafts Fair. Members, contact Janet Maley to sign up to work that day.
And for a mere $1 or six for $5, visitors to

Sheela George shows off a cauliflower she grew in her garden

plot at the Agriculture Club. For
information, call Jim at 623-5841465.
our table may buy raffle tickets for one of
two (or both if youre lucky) of our popular,
beautifully decorated baskets overflowing
with enough greeting cards to last until the
Fall Craft Fair. Stop by Craft Room 3 at any
of our meeting times for advance ticket purchases, or buy them the day of the fair. If
youre not there when your winning ticket
is drawn, dont worry. Well find you.
And speaking of sparkly ideas, Judy Ross
continues with her Wednesday evening
multi-media projects.
Our 2012 Theme for March seeks nature
quotes relating to bugs, trees and flowers and
St. Patricks Day creativity. Join us in experiencing the intriguing ideas our VPs, Char
and Mary, bring to our Monday afternoon
meetings. Were anxious to see how they
bring these two themes together.
The Card Swap Group also chose St.
Patricks Day for its March challenge. The
groups leader, Margie, says they push themselves outside the box as they strive for
spontaneity and new ways of crafting cards.
They meet at 1 p.m. the first Friday of each
month and welcome new members.
Club members will work together on
Craft Fair projects at 1 p.m. Monday, March
5, and make a St. Patricks Day table favor.
Come back in the evening at 6:30 and continue work on the Craft Fair Projects.
The February Envelope Decorating
Workshop was so successful well repeat it
from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, March 16. Sign
up early so you dont miss out. The March
19 Monday afternoon meeting brings us a
demonstration on an Easter Egg Card that
includes weaving.
The general meeting will be at 1 p.m.
March 26. This year our member calligraphy teacher, Char, generously brings us a
hand sampling after each general meeting
with her Practice Makes Perfect mini
class. This month its the popular Chancery
Cursive Hand. Use it on your Easter and
spring cards. Refreshments are always
yummy at this meeting.
March marks the completion of Calligraphy Hand Classes for the season. Apologies
to our new class coordinator, Joan, for getting her phone number wrong in last
months Rec Center News. The correct
number is 623-214-9677. Contact her for
registration for fall classes. Taking a class is
a great way to ease into the club with some
talent already tucked under your belt.
Judy Newlan announced shell pass on
the treasurers torch at the end of 2012. She
said shell be on hand to guide the new treasurer.
Members are free to attend as many or as

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few meetingsas they like. All gatherings are
in Craft Room 3 at the Kuentz Recreation
Center.
Information: Dale Hornyan-Tofty at 623546-8502 or check www.scwclubs.com and
select Calligraphy.

CERAMICS WEST
Ceramics West Club is open from 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday and the
second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
We will no longer have the late afternoon
and evening sessions on Tuesdays. The general meetings take place at 9 a.m. the first
Thursday of each month in the R.H. Johnson
Social Hall East.
Porcelain Pouring takes place each Monday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. with the first and second
Mondays being self-pours.
A Beginning Pouring Class will be from
noon to 4 p.m. Wednesdays, conducted by
Terri Dawson.
A new Beginners Class will take place
from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Fridays March 2, 9,
16 and 30. There will be no class March 23
because of the Spring Craft Fair March 24.
Congratulations to the Beginning Class that
graduated Feb. 1.
Terri Dawson will join Nancy Stallings
in the Anything Workshop from 9 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of each
month. Nancy will teach a dry brush Crack
Pot Turkey Class from 9 a.m. to noon
Wednesday, March 15 and Thursday, March
16.
People are working hard, preparing for
the Spring Fair which will be Saturday,
March 24.
Information: 623-546-0975 or come into
the club.

CLAY
The Clay Club thanks everyone who
came to the Pot Party Jan. 28 to shop and
visit with the artists. It was a grand day.
The raffle for the wonderful Cantina and
side patio was won by Ava from Sun City
West. Congratulations, Ava.
Eight Valley Vista High School students
and their teacher, Kent Thornell, helped out
as runners during the sale and assisted the
shoppers. They stayed five hours and were
a great help. Sue Freese and Mary Ann
Coates were co-chairs for the event, we had
55 sellers and 45 helpers, so everything ran
smoothly.
The Clay Club is open from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday to Saturday and Tuesday and
Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Beardsley
Rec Center. The monthly meeting is at 9
a.m. the second Thursday of the month in
the Sagebrush Room.

CLUB 52
Come join us at 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and
Thursdays for Texas Hold em poker.
Pizza on the first Tuesday of the month.
Meet in Building H (the Mens Club) on
Meeker Boulevard. We also play from 12:30

Ava from Sun City West, left, won

the cantina and side patio at the
Clay Club Pot Party Jan. 28. Sue
Freese and Jane Bernhart, right,
were the artists who created the
items.

James West took this photo of a woodpecker on a hummingbird

feeder at Grandview Golf CourseJan. 2
to 5 p.m. the third Sunday of each month,
with a great luncheon served around 2.
Ladies and gentlemen are both welcome.
Information: 623-214-1811.

COIN & STAMP

Coin section meets March 6. The special
guest speaker, Bob Therry, will make his
presentation, not as previously reported last
month. Bob has many diverse collecting experiences, from ancient coins to specialty
commemoratives and various metals, you
name it, and hes collected it. He is always a
treat for members and guests. Just have a
valid Sun City West rec center card, and join
the fun!
Stamp section meets March 13. Members
will give short talks on their favorite
collecting areas. If youre looking for a new
hobby, why not try a topical collection such
as Kate and William; Elvis; or all types of
dogs on stamps. The list is endless and very
affordable. Come and meet one of us and
well help.
Meetings are at the Kuentz Rec Center,
from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Room 3 on the dates
listed above.
Information: Fred, 623-377-6621 or 623544-0871

COMPUTERS WEST
Computers West (CW), at the Palm
Ridge Recreation Center (623-214-1546), is
the parent organization of two user groups:
MacsWest and the PC Group. It is a social
and technology club whose members share
information and experiences about computers. Room A is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday to Friday. Both PC and Mac computers are available for club members use.
Complete information on CW, PC Group,
and MacsWest can be found on the club
website: www.computerswest.org. Check
out the monthly online newsletter, Random
Access, which keeps members informed of
club activities and programs. The next General Meeting will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April
10, in Summit Hall A at Palm Ridge.
We need your old Cell Phones! Computers West is an official collection agency for
Cell Phones for Soldiers. Weve accumulated more than 7,400 cell phones. Dont forget to save your old phones. The parts are
recycled. Cell Phones for Soldiers collection boxes are at CW and around Sun City
West.
PC Group: The next PC Group meeting
is at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 13 in Summit A
at Palm Ridge. The PC Group provides instructional programs, including Hands On
classes, presentations, and discussions to
train and develop members knowledge in
the use of computers, peripheral devices, and
application software. Watch for classes and

walk-ins at www.pcscw.org. Sign up for

classes in binders in Room A. The Help
Group is available on Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8 to 10 a.m.
MacsWest meets at 1 p.m. every Tuesday
and Friday in the Palo Verde Room. Tuesdays are Question & Answers. Bring your
questions and someone will be able to help
you.
Check
the
website
at
www.macswest.org for this months topics
and current Mac Message. For new Mac
users: Green Apples meets every Tuesday
at 2:15 p.m. in the Palo Verde Room. New
and veteran users can pick up Mac tips.
Check the calendar on the website for
classes, information and to register on-line.
iPad users go to www.macswest.org and
click on Need iPad Help? for great information.

COUNTRY
WESTERN DANCE
Come start your St. Patricks celebration
with our fun Country Western Dance Club
from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 10,
at the Palm Ridge Rec Center. Food, coffee
and ice will be provided, and you can bring
your own drinks. Great music is provided by
DJ Jerry Cutbirth. Cost is $4 for members
and $6 for guests. Annual membership dues
for SCW rec card holders are $5.
Ballroom, pattern and line dancers are all
welcome, and also those who want to learn.
Kort Kurdi teaches them all. Country Western Dance classes are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Wednesdays at the R.H. Johnson Social
Hall. Cost is $4 for members, $6 for guests.
Cha Cha lessons began Feb. 15 and go
through March 21. East Coast swing starts
March 28 and goes through April 2. Please
arrive 15 minutes early to register. Join us,
its never too late! Many members practice
for free from 6 to 8 p.m. the first and third
Friday of the month in the Agave Room at
Beardsley Rec Center.
Information: Carol Morrell: 623-2148628.

CREATIVE SILK
FLOWER
In open nature, flowers need water, sun
and care to grow and still only enjoy a short
period of life. At the Creative Silk Flower
Club we learn how to create our own flowers, and no additional care is required. In the
initial Beginners Classes we learn to make
daisies, carnations and tulips in your choice
of color. We learn how to cut, dye and shape
the flower. Just imagine creating roses, irises,
poppies or poinsettias - a holiday favorite from various materials such as silk, satin or
poplin. These materials are specially treated

for flower making.

Beginners
classes and workshops teaching
other flowers are
offered on an individual basis or in
groups by knowledgeable instructors.
A rewarding
feeling of accomplishment after
making your own
flowers is satisfaction to know I
can do it. This
color, that shape
and size is just
right for my
h o u s e .
These
flower
arrangements
also make great
presents for family
members
and
friends. Best of all,
no experience is required to fulfill this dream
of I can do this at my own pace and time
and almost anywhere.
Check out the many varied flower
arrangements at the Spring Arts and Crafts
Fair. All arrangements are for sale and any
member will be happy to explain how these
beauties are made.
Stop by and visit with us at the Creative
Silk Flower Club from 8 a.m. to noon any
Wednesday. We meet in Kuentz Recreation
Center Room 5. Yearly dues are $3. Fun social gatherings are planned throughout the
year.
Information: Rosemarie, 623-214-9712
or Juli, 623-214-6155.

CREATIVE STITCHERS
Creative Stitchers Club meets Mondays
in Room 5 at Kuentz. Open stitching is from
8 - 11:30 a.m.; brown bag lunch at is 11:30;
and classes, when scheduled, begin at 12:30
p.m.
The second meeting of the Intermediate
Needlepoint Class with Brenda Archambault will be at 12:30 p.m. March 12.
The general meeting is at 9:30 a.m.
March 19 in Room 5 at Kuentz.
The Picnic in the Park will be at noon
March 26. This very popular spring event is
under the direction of our terrific Social
Chair duo, Adele Sacher and Sue Lacy. We
are all most grateful for the planning and effort that they put into every event they undertake.
Through the efforts of Brenda Archambault and Sue Lacy, the Community Project
for 2013 has been selected and prepared for
stitching. This counted cross stitch piece will
be the centerpiece of our 2013 Needlework
Show, and will be presented to the recipient
following the show. Member Martha Bleyl
has volunteered to shepherd the piece from
stitcher to stitcher during the year it will take
to complete the piece.
For a preview of members needlework
skills and a calendar of upcoming club
events and classes, please view the displays
in the courtyard windows of Room 5 at
Kuentz Recreation Center. The windows are
updated monthly by Joyce Meyer and
Brenda Archambault, with different themes
and needlework techniques and the latest
calendar of club events.
Creative Stitchers welcomes both accomplished and novice stitchers to join us.
Visitors always are welcome.
Information: Cathy, 623-214-0759.

Clockwise from top left

are Vince Gransburg
with an item he had for
sale at the Stained
Glass Club Sale, Judy
Watson, president of the
club, and one of the
lamps from the sale.

DANCE FOR THE

HEALTH OF IT
Put a smile on your face and a spring in
your step by joining us for a blend of dance
and exercise. Classes are available several
times a week. The program offers exercise
through the basic fundamentals of dance
steps and rhythms such as swing, rumba,
foxtrot and more. Our instructor, Kort Kurdi,
combines his teaching techniques with great
music and a sense of humor to keep us motivated, smiling, dancing and exercising
all at the same time!
Dance for the Health of It is for individuals, so no partner is required. Four levels of
exercise are available-each one only a slight
step up. Level 2+ is from 7 to 8 Tuesday
evenings at Beardsley Rec Center, Agave
Room, and Combinations Levels 2+ and 3+
are from 7:30 to 8:30. Plus classes have the
same great routines but with less explanation. Level 4+ is at 5 p.m. Wednesday at
R.H. Johnson Social Hall. Level 1 is at 9:30
a.m. Thursday at Palm Ridge Rec Center,
Summit Hall A, and Level 2 is at 10:30.
Level 1 is at 9 a.m. Saturday mornings at R.
H. Johnson Social Hall; Level 2 is at 10,
Level 3 is at 11 and Level 4 is at noon. Come
as often as you like depending on the
amount of dancing and exercise you want.
Membership in the club is required and costs
$5 per calendar year. The cost of a class is
$4 per session for your first level with a discount on additional levels on the same day.
Our Level 4 classes are $5.
Schedules change from time to time depending on room availability, so please verify the class schedule by visiting our website
at www.scwclubs.com under Health and Fitness or by calling 602-679-4220. Hope to
see you soon on the dance floor.

DECORATIVE ART
Decorative Art in March is as busy as little bees with another exciting Beginner
Class this month! The last of our monthly
Learn to Paint series features Erma Crippen doing joyful Spring Posies on a handy
clipboard at noon Wednesdays, March 7 and
14 in Room 3 at Kuentz Rec Center. If you
have missed out on our other two beginner
classes its not too late! Call 623-544-1806
for sign-up information. Youll be glad you
did.
Barbara McCarts Advanced 8:30 a.m.
class is tackling two two-session classes this
month with the very lovely Spring project
Wednesdays, March 7 and 14 and a fun

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sweet painting project, Making Caramel
Apples Wednesdays, March 21 and 28.
Ann Clines Intermediate class meets at
noon Wednesday, March 21 for a final
hands-on to their earlier picture frame project with a special lesson on adding glistening-realistic water drops.
Meanwhile our busy bees are rushing to
and fro to get everything ready in time for
the Spring Craft Fair, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, March 24, where we will offer a
Raffle Basket of hand-painted goodies as
well as many other painted items for sale.
Saving the best for last, for our noon,
March 28 general meeting, we will have our
Annual Teacher Appreciation Pot-Luck
Luncheon hosted by our Snowbird members this year, and of course, anyone else
who would like to contribute their cooking
skills. Besides a delicious meal, there will be
door prizes. We also bid farewell to some of
our seasonal members who will be leaving
SCW please remember that we will be
awaiting your safe return with new exciting
projects and fun galore.
Information: 623-544-1806.

ENCORE NEEDLE
& CRAFT
Photo info: New officers of Encore Needle and Craft for 2012 are Sue Williams,
president, left; Melanie Parker, vice president; Terri Carneiro, treasurer; and Karol
Woodbury, secretary.
The club has started a new crochet project
at the Thompson Ranch Elementary School
in El Mirage. Our club volunteers are helping fourth grade boys and girls learn basic
stitches and techniques of crochet. Each
child is working at his or her own pace and
each week we are seeing improvement for
all the children who are participating in this
special project.
Our club will be exhibiting various charity items we are currently working on at the
R.H. Johnson Library from March 3-30.
Feel free to view this exhibit in the display
case on the left as you enter the library. We
will be featuring knitting and crocheting
handwork, jewelry bead work and card displays. Hope you enjoy the display.
The club members are also working on
various items for the upcoming Spring Craft
Fair March 24. If you want to have fun and
enjoy handcrafts, come join us at 8 a.m. in
the Kuentz Center Rooms 4 and 5.
Information: Sue Williams at 623-3374558 or Sue Lewis at 623-258-2094.

ENERGETIC
EXERCISE
For $3 per year, you have access to
a low-impact exercise program and can
make new friends as well. Come to
R.H. Johnson Social Hall and join us
from 7:55 to 8:45 a.m. Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays to get a good
start to your day. All you need are
close-toed shoes, a floor mat and a
PVC pole to get started. We even have
extras for you to borrow to see if you
like it. Drop in for a preview any time.
Information: 623-544-1251.

FITNESS
In need of some physical exercise?
The Fitness Club offers a wide variety
of low and high impact water and land
classes with energetic class instructors.
Calendar year membership is $5.
Classes with certified instructors are
available for purchase at any of the
classes for a per class ticket price.

Pictured in rehearsals for

Funny Girl
are Dave Comorre, left,
Jeanne Tarr,
Jan Rittmaster, Wayne
Kindall and in
front, Mike
Tarr.

Aqua Zumba is now available from 8:30

to 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Palm Ridge
Swim & Fitness Indoor Walking Pool. Mitzi
Cerecedes is the instructor for this class as
well as the Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
Aqua Aerobics classes from 9:15 to 10:15
a.m. at Palm Ridge. Other water classes include Deep Water Exercise with Sherry
Johnson-Traver (winter 7 to 7:50 a.m. Monday and Wednesday) at the Beardsley
Recreation Center Pool and Wicked Water
Workout with Lisa Friedman (winter 8 to 9
a.m. Tuesday and Thursday) at Palm Ridge.
Lisa also offers an ABS Workout class (winter 7 to 7:45 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday) at
the Palm Ridge.
Jazzercise and Jazzercise Lite Strength &
Tone classes also feature two new instructors: Susan Shewmake and Sandra Sanchez.
Jazzercise classes are given at the R.H. Johnson Social Hall from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (Susan
Shewmake) and at Palm Ridge Summit Hall
A from 8 to 9 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday (Sandra Sanchez). For those looking
for a less aerobic Jazzercise program, Sandra
Sanchez offers a Jazzercise Lite Strength &
Tone class at the Palm Ridge Summit Hall
A from 9:15 to 10:05 a.m. Monday,
Wednesday and Friday.
Information: www.scwclubs.com under
Health & Fitness by clicking on The Fitness Club or Shirley Miller, president, 623249-6931; Judy Kane, vice-president,
623-544-3886; or Sherry Skogrand, treasurer 623-518-3546.

HILLCREST DANCE
& SOCIAL
St. Pattys Day is on the wayweve got
a great party planned for you that evening!
Join us Saturday, March 17 at the R.H. Johnson Social Hall. The dance party begins at
6:15 p.m. with a complimentary rumba lesson from the Dance Doctors. From 7 to 10,

Michael Lawrence Carollo will entertain

with a wide variety of music for dancing.
And to top off a perfect evening, well treat
you to an ice cream social during intermission. Wearing o the green is encouraged;
dress is casual. Try us out with a two for the
price of one pass (includes optional dance
lesson) for first time visitors (call 623-5466845).
March Dance Schedule:
March 3: Rich Howard - 6:15 p.m.
March 10: Peggy Kaye - 6:15 p.m.
March 17: Michael Lawrence Carollos
St. Patricks Day Dance Party; 6:15 p.m.
rumba dance lesson included with admission; instructor from Dance Doctors.
March 24: Manuel Dorantes at the Palm
Ridge Center Summit Hall; 6:15 p.m. tango
dance lesson included with admission; instructor from Avalon Ballroom.
March 31: Danny Kealey Orchestra 6:15
p.m. rumba dance lesson included with admission; instructor from Dance Doctors.
Our dances are every Saturday evening
at the R.H. Johnson Social Hall, with the exception of the March 24 dance at Palm
Ridge Summit Hall. The doors open at 6
p.m. with dancing from 7 to 10. Free dance
lessons will be offered before the dance to
those who have paid admission to the dance.
Membership to the club, new or renewal, is
$10 per year. Membership is open to all residents of Sun City West. Admission per
dance is $4 for members and $6 for guests.
Bring your own beverages and snacks; ice,
water and coffee are furnished. Guests are
always welcome; singles are encouraged to
attend all of our events. Gentlemen: coats
and ties are optional at all dances; shorts, Tshirts or tank tops are not permitted. For information on Saturday night dances, call
623-546-6845. Please join us for a relaxing
evening of dancing and socializing.

HORSESHOES

Heres a cheer for the guys

with the horseshoes.
As we watch the irons fly.
You can bet every day they
toss them
For a six pack they will try.
Were so proud of our guys
with the horseshoes
As every day they come to
throw.
Give a cheer and watch them
plating
Theyre always on the go!
The club thanks poet Diane
To help celebrate Arizonas Centennial, the SCW
Dixon for her efforts.

Woodcarvers have created a group project depicting many of the states most popular tourist destinations, arranged in a giant letter A. The
woodcarvers are all members of the SCW Woodworking Club. About 18 of them participated in the
project, which has been entered in a competition
with other carving groups in the state, all featuring
the Centennial theme. Afterward, the group will
donate the sculpture to the SCW Visitors Center,
along with a list of members who created it and
any ribbons it wins.

The club meets from 9 to

about 10:30 a.m. at the Beardsley horseshoe pits by the minigolf course Monday through
Friday for friendly competition
among the members. We belong
to a league of other horseshoe
clubs in the area and meet these
other clubs in league competition. We are always looking for

New Rockhounds West member Jim

Cahill, left photo, shows off a find as he
and other members break for lunch
along Burro Creek Road after searching
for and finding colorful pastelite
rocks.
new members and any SCW Recreation
Card holder is welcome. Just come to the
pits and try it. If you want to join, talk to
Lew, Bob or Fred. We dont care about your
skill level; Ive been a member for years and
every time I make a ringer the club observes
a moment of silence in my honor. If I
make a six pack, (thats a double ringer) they
declare a club holiday. Youre right, Im not
very good, but I have a lot of fun. Hope to
see you there.

JOHNSON LAPIDARY
The Johnson Lapidary Club is a social
and hobby club. Lapidary is the art of cutting, forming and polishing gemstones and
other precious materials such as amber,
shells, coral, etc.
If you have visitors with youngsters,
please stop by and ask for a free bag of polished rocks. All young visitors can take their
pick of a bag of polished rocks. Youll be
surprised at how they will play with them
and its a great memento of their visit.
Our club has state of the art cutting, shaping
and polishing equipment which members
use to create their works of art. Once created
our members can set their works of art in
jewelry e.g. bolas, belt buckles, pendants,
earrings, etc.; or possibly bookends, clocks
or other decorative pieces. Our members
also wrap their works of art in sterling silver
and other wire to make jewelry enhancers
and pendants. We provide equipment to
make dichroic glass items/jewelry and we
also have faceting equipment to facet manmade or natural gems. As a member you can
purchase materials to use, settings, findings,
tools and other items from the club at very
competitive prices.
All finished products are a joy to look at,
wear, and use. They also make great inexpensive gifts!
We provide beginner and advanced
classes regularly. Visit the club at the R.H.
Johnson center for a tour and to get more information. Our winter hours - September
through May - are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday
to Friday and 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
Its fun, easy, and very rewarding. Remember lapidary - rocks!

LADY PUTTERS
The Lady Putters meet each Wednesday
at Grandview Golf Course putting green for
one hour. The times vary according to the
seasons, so please check the website. Check
in times for play during the winter months
should be no later then 9:15 a.m. We have
several activities in March: March 12 is the
date for the 11:30 a.m. luncheon at Hillcrest
Country Club; March 24, the Celebration of
Golf putting competitions will be at Grandview and is open to all, you do not have to
be a member of Lady Putters. Also, mark on
your calendars for the Outrageous Hat or
Bonnet contest which will be
Wednesday, April 4. Prizes will be paid for
the top three places. Check the website later
for more information.

Information:
623-544-6270
www.scwclubs.com.

or

LATIN & BALLROOM

DANCE
The Latin and Ballroom Dance Club will
have a St. Patricks Day Dance at Palm
Ridge Recreation Center, Thursday March
1. For theme dances, either theme or dressup attire is suggested. Light refreshments
will be provided. Admission is $4 per person
for club members and $6 per person for nonmembers. Music is by Dale Timberlake.
The second dance will be a Cabaret
Dance on March 15. Dress theme is casual
no shorts or jeans, please. Music is by Dale
Timberlake. Light refreshments will be provided. Admission is $4 per person for club
members and $6 per person for non-members.
The Monday dance lessons for March,
starting March 5, will be beginning waltz
from 11 a.m. to noon followed by intermediate swing from noon to 1 p.m. Various advanced classes will be taught from 1 to 2
p.m. at Palm Ridge Rec Center.
The Tuesday dance lessons, beginning
March 6, will be beginning rumba from 6 to
7 p.m. followed by intermediate West Coast
swing, from 7 to 8 at R.H. Johnson Social
Hall.
All dance lessons are $4 per person for
club members and $6 for each non-member.
If you would like to receive information
on upcoming activities via e-mail, send an
e-mail
from
your
account
to
SCW.Latin.Ballroom@gmail.com with the
word Subscribe in the subject and your
name in either the body or subject line.
Information:
623-584-8543
or
www.scwclubs.com, link to Latin & Ballroom.

LAWN BOWLING
Lawn Bowling is a fun, interesting and
challenging sport. We have many activities
throughout the year that include social bowling, local tournaments and great pot luck
dinners. All members are welcome to participate in any of these activities. Our greens
are well maintained and beautiful.
We offer social bowling seven days a
week and more competitive bowling in tournaments. We also have international tournaments. Most champion bowlers started with
free lessons before moving on to these tournaments.
Weekly bowling hours are as follows:
Monday through Saturday morning draws
start at 8:45 (tags up) for 9 a.m. play
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday afternoon draws at 12:45 (tags up) for 1 p.m.
play.
Events scheduled for March:
March 1: Visitation at home with El Mirage
March 2: Club Cut Throat for $$$

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March 4: Memorial Sunday
March 5: Visitation at El Mirage
March 12, 13, 14: AZ Senior Open
Pairs at JLBC (over 70)
March 17: Club Fours Tournament on St.
Patricks Day
March 21, 22, 23: Club Singles Championships: Women, Men, Novice
March 24: Spring Fling Picnic
March 26: Board Meeting at Clubhouse
11 a.m.
See clubhouse bulletin board for other
club events.
You can stop in and watch the games any
time, and members are more than willing to
explain the game and answer questions. We
offer free lessons and free use of our equipment. Our club is located inside the walking
path at the R.H. Johnson Complex. People
wear white clothing for tournaments and
Sunday bowling, otherwise casual wear is
acceptable. Smooth-soled shoes are required
when bowling to protect the greens. Any
smooth-soled shoe is acceptable. Our lesson
plan is flexible and can be scheduled
at the clubhouse.
Information: 623-584-2986 or visit
www.scwclubs.com and click on Lawn
Bowls.

LEATHER CARVERS
The Leather Carvers club has many
leather craft reference books, tracing patterns
and plastic templates for members to use. In
addition, members can purchase leather craft
kits which include precut leather parts, lacing, needles and other hardware needed to
complete the leather project. The club meeting room is in the Kuentz Recreation Center
and is open from 8 a.m. to noon, Monday to
Friday. New members are welcome and instruction for beginners is provided.
Information: 623- 546-5563 or visit
www.scwclubs.com.

LINE DANCING
Would you like to meet people in your
community, have fun and get a great workout at the same time? Join one of the largest
and friendliest line dance clubs in the country! No partner is needed. Dances are from
12:30 to 2 p.m. for beginners and 2:15 to
3:45 for intermediate on Wednesdays at the
R.H. Johnson Social Hall. Line dance workshops are twice monthly on Monday. Upcoming workshops are from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
March 5 at the Johnson Social Hall and from
2:30 to 4 p.m. March 19 at Palm Ridge
Summit Hall. Weekly Thursday evening
workshop classes are 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the
Beardsley Agave Room. Both of our instructors, Joe Varrelli (Wednesday) and Kort
Kurdi (Monday and Thursday evenings) are
experienced and will have you laughing as
you kick up your heels!
Information: 623-556-9093 or visit
www.scwclubs.com and go to Line Dancing.

Addie Willbanks, top left photo,

celebrated her birthday at the
Hillcrest Dance & Social Clubs
Jan. 28 dance. Leone and Harvey Inouye, top right photo, also
enjoyed dancing at the Jan. 28
dance. New club members
Lynda and Gary Frankenberger,
bottom left photo, enjoyed the
Hillcrest Dance & Social Clubs
Annual Black & White Ball Jan 7.

MAH JONGG
The Mah Jongg Club of Sun City West
meets from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday
and Thursday at the Beardsley Recreation
Center. All Sun City West residents with a
current rec card are welcome.
There is a monthly meeting on the first
Thursday of the month. Dessert and tea/coffee are provided by the members.
Mah Jongg lessons are offered and cost
$45 for six lessons. Call Joy Eisner at 623214-7307 or Toni Rhodes at 623-546-2845
for information.
Information: Myra Geiger at 623-5848928 or Sandy Hodes at 623-792-8410.

MENS PUTTING
Please join us at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March
6 (check-in at 9:15) for an 18-hole putting
competition at the Grandview Golf Course.
Starting April 3, the club will change to summer hours. On this date we will begin putting at 9 a.m. with check-in starting at 8:15.
These hours will continue until October,
when we return after the Grandview shutdown for overseeding.
Not a golfer? It doesnt matter, since
handicaps are developed to everyone competes within their skill level. We would like
to welcome you by making your first visit
complimentary. Stop by and see what were
all about.
Each quarter we have a Hot Putter Award.
This award is given to the putter who accumulates the most one-putts during the quarter.
The Hot Putter Award for the Fourth
Quarter play for 2011 was presented to Bob
Eastman, who accumulated 19 one-putts in
the nine events he entered in the quarter. We
consider this to be a phenomenal feat, averaging more than two one-putts per round.
Congratulations to Bob for the best of his
several Hot Putter Awards.

MENS SOCIAL
Men looking for a place to spend their

At 2 p.m. March 14, the Musicians Club of SCW presents the awardwinning Desert Aires Barbershop Chorus, under the direction of Jerry
Roland.Members and their guests are invited to share this afternoon
and enjoy the wonderful sound.

leisure time in a friendly environment are invited to the Mens Social Club. Members
engage in Social card games from 7:30 a.m.
to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
The most popular games played are different games of poker, including the ever
popular Texas Hold em. There is a range of
betting limits from nickel, dime, quarter, 50
cents and $1. This should fit almost everyones pocketbook.
Bridge also is popular. There are daily
Bridge Tables where four members agree on
a time and a day of the week to play a game
of contract or Chicago bridge. For those
members who do not have a daily table,
there are progressive bridge tournaments at
8:30 every Tuesday morning. Other card
games such as gin and pinochle, as well as
board games are also played.
Open House: The club has Open
House the first Monday of each month for
all residents with a SCW rec card. There will
be free hot dogs and drinks for residents who
would like to check out the merits of the
club.
Texas Hold em: Poker tournaments are
every Monday and Friday and 7-card stud
tournaments are the third Wednesday of the
month. All tournaments start at 12:30 p.m.
Free lunches: Lunch is served after every
Membership meeting and other occasions as
well. Other social activities also are planned.
Birthday Celebration: will begin at 2 p.m.
Friday March 30. We will serve cake to celebrate with members who have birthdays in
March.
Come to the club, check it out and take a
brochure to peruse at home. Talk to some of
our members. They will be happy to answer
your questions and welcome you to the
club. New membership is $8 and renewal
is $3.
Information: 623-544-6150.

METAL
March 24 is the big Rec Center Craft Fair
at R.H. Johnson Center. The Metal Club will
have what is probably the largest collection
of artistic works of varying sizes and subject
matter available for sale with between 1,500
and 2,000 pieces on display. You will see
metal art from some of the finest craftspeople in Sun City West. Dont miss this opportunity! Stop by and see us on March 24.
The general meeting will be at 10:30 a.m.
Thursday, March 8 in the R.H. Johnson Lecture Hall. Please plan to attend.
Visitors always are welcome at the Metal
Club during normal operating hours from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Check in with the monitor on duty when you
enter. Tours and demonstrations are available for those wishing to see the excellent
facilities and equipment. More than 300
pieces of metal art created by members of

the club are on display. Metal art may be

purchased either at the Metal Club or at the
Village Store in the R.H. Johnson Rec Center. Vacation/security mailboxes may be purchased at the SCW Village Store and
installation is available through the Metal
Club at a nominal cost. Custom sheet metal,
milling and lathe work, metal art, knife/axe
sharpening, repairing garbage container tops
and metal furniture, special welding needs,
etc. are services offered to the community
by members of the club. Visit us and let us
know your needs.
The club always looks for new members,
so if you are interested in joining the Metal
Club, stop by for a visit and a tour of the facility. No experience is needed. Many members have had no previous experience
working with metal and are now accomplished metal artists. A wide variety of new
skills may be learned from the many classes
available. Annual membership dues of $20
provide access to equipment and instruction
unavailable anywhere else. The Metal Club
also offers social opportunities and events
throughout the year which include spouses,
significant others and friends.
Information: 623-584-0150 or visit the
website at www.scwmetalclub.com.

MINI GOLF
Mini Golf Club Members will be off on
a bus trip to a casino Thursday, March 1, and
plan to be lucky and win some bucks. Members not going on the casino trip may play
golf at RHJ course. A meeting will be Thursday, March 8 in the Acacia Room at Palm
Ridge Center. Plan to be there before 9 a.m.
for refreshments; then hear about club news
and upcoming events. A Trophy Tournament (two rounds) for members will be at 9
a.m. Thursday, March 15, at RHJ course.
Golf will be played at 9 a.m. Thursday
March 22 and 29 at the RHJ course. SCW
residents may play with us as guests on
those Thursdays; just bring your current rec
card. We hope you will decide to join our
club. Annual dues are $5.
Congratulations to Rich Davis Putter of
the Month!
Information: Call 623-236-9844 or 623546-4275, read the club bulletin board at
RHJ course, or go to the website at
www.scwclubs.com.

MODEL RAILROAD
It is March already and we are starting
some of the projects that have needed to be
done since the holidays. We are doing a
major redesign of our N-scale layout. We
have downsized it so that we can install a
new table and storage area to our backroom.
This was a much needed addition. The club
also is doing spring cleaning and going
through what we have, keeping what we
need and discarding what we dont need.
Maintenance is another club activity at this
time.
Last month I wrote about a historic steam
engine coming to the Phoenix area in May.
The side trip to Phoenix was not approved
by the owners of the track due to the lack of
facilities necessary to maintain a steam locomotive and the care of the passengers, so
that part of the trip was cancelled. You may
see the steam locomotive in action by driving to Congress, north of Wickenburg. I will
try and give you exact dates and times when
they become available.
The club is operating on a winter schedule. Hours are 9 a.m. to noon Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; and 7 to
9 Tuesday evening. This schedule will run
until the first full week in June.
If you are interested in being a part of
model railroading, we would love to have
you as a member. We also have monthly social events where we meet and have a social
gathering outside of the club facilities. Al-

Scrapbooking, Paper Crafts &

More welcomes its officers for
2012: Kay Cummings, vice
president, left; Fran Mills, president; Pat Korver, safety; Cathy
Armstrong, secretary; and
Sheila Weaver, treasurer. Stop
by and say hello to this wonderful group.
though the primary scales of the cub are HO
and N, any scale modelers are welcome to
join the club. The club owns 95 percent of
what you see on the layout and as a member,
it is available for your use. The layout is state
of the art digital command controlled. The
locomotives are also state of the art with almost all of them having sound systems in
them which also make them sound real. Because we can operate the trains the same
way as a real locomotive run, we have
monthly operating sessions where the members get together and run the layout with
time schedules and actual railroad operations. Occasionally we will ask other clubs
around the Valley to join us for one of our
evenings.
To become a member, you will need a
current SCW rec center card. The cost is $30
for the first year and $20 each year there
after. You will get a really nice name badge
with your first years dues, which is cheap
for the amount of fun you can have with
truly great group of people.
The club is in the R.H. Johnson Rec Center Arts and Crafts Complex across from the
administrative offices.
Information: 623-544-6148 or visit the
web page at www.scwclubs.com/Clubs and
select model railroad under hobbies.

MUSICIANS
At 2 p.m. March 14, the Musicians Club
of SCW presents the award-winning Desert
Aires Barbershop Chorus, under the direction of Jerry Roland. The more than 70member a cappella barbershop chorus will
treat us to a variety of music that will make
the rafters ring with the wonderful blend of
voices. The program will be in the Stardust
Theatre.
Members and their guests are invited to
share this afternoon and enjoy the wonderful
sound.
Information: 623-214-1750 or 623-5840308.
Swing into Spring is the theme of the
Music Makers Big Band when they play
from 2 to 4 p.m. March 8 at the Social Hall
in Sun City West. The music of the 40s,
50s, 60s and 70s will include your favorites for dancing and listening. We have
musicians and vocalists with careers that
have taken them around the world. Come
and bring your friends. The dress in casual
and the admission is free, although donations are accepted. For information, call Jay,
623-536-6858.

ORGAN & KEYBOARD

The Organ & Keyboard Club welcomes
Bobby Freeman, well-known Valley entertainer and organist, for a concert at 7 p.m.
Monday, March 26 at Palm Ridge Recreation Center.
Freeman is the organist for the Arizona
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oughly entertain his audience. Freemans
wife, Charlene, has been singing with him
for several years. They have appeared in
clubs, at dances, private functions and many
charitable functions of the Diamondbacks.
In support of the SCW Organ Club, the
organist for April, Dennis Awe, is providing
a free DVD of music from Classical Films
(a $29 value) to each new member of the
SCW Organ & Keyboard Club. In addition,
any current member who sponsors a new
member also will receive this wonderful gift.
There is a limit of one DVD per household.
The annual membership is $20, which includes free admission to six concerts for
2012. Guests are welcome for $6 per concert
which may be purchased at the door. SCW
Organ Club Members are free. There is a
warm up organ player at 6:30pm. You are
in for a very special evening. For information: 975-0023 or 537-9092.

PALO VERDE
PATCHERS
PVP meets at Kuentz Rec Center at the
following times and places: Tuesday from 8
a.m. to noon for open quilting; noon to 4
p.m. open primarily for classes; and 5 to 8
p.m. for open quilting in Rooms 4 and 5.
Thursday from 8 a.m. to noon and noon to
4 p.m. open quilting in Room 5 only. Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon and noon to 4p.m.
open for a group of two or more and/or
classes in Rooms 4 and 5. The monthly general meeting is at 12:30 p.m. the second
Tuesday of the month in the Lecture Hall at
R.H. Johnson Recreation Center. Guests are
welcome.
Palo Verde Patchers is a quilting group
that welcomes all quilters expert to novice.
If you have ever thought you might like to
quilt, stop in and see us! PVP is a friendly,
welcoming group, and there are plenty of
helping hands that will be happy to lead you
into the wonderful world of quilting.
In addition to all the fun and socializing,
PVP takes quilting seriously by providing
Quilts for Causes. Twice a month, members
meet and prepare quilts for the New Life
Center and for our wounded veterans via the
Quilts of Valor program. Everyone is invited
to the workshops to lend a hand. As our
mothers and grandmothers taught us; many
hands make light work!
Congratulations to Geri Hruzek: Her
Crazy Quilt Creatures Large and Small
has been awarded 3rd place at the Road to
California Quilt Show.
Kudos to the Color My Quilt Challenge
Committee and all the quilters who took up
the challenge! Committee members Earlene
Houlihan, Carlyn McManus, Barbara
Shorty, Joyce Meyer, Cathy Vaught and
Patsy Taylor did a wonderful job organizing
this year-long project and presenting the entries.
Be sure to find PVP at the Spring Craft
Show, March 24 in the R.H. Johnson Social
Hall. PVP quilting skills also can be viewed
at the R.H. Johnson Library where a different quilt is displayed each month.
Sally Foshay and company are planning
PVPs Spring Luncheon which will be
March 27 in Summit Hall A at Palm Ridge
Recreation Center. Member Ann Anderson
will present a Trunk Show featuring her
beautiful appliqu and quilting. The Spring
Luncheon is in lieu of the March General
Meeting.
Classes and Workshops: PVP has a history of offering stimulating classes and programs. Karen Justus and Phyllis Samuelson
are doing a fantastic job of continuing the
tradition and beginning some new and exciting events.
All classes and workshops are held in

robins and drop-in play. Check the website

for times. Club members can reserve courts
not otherwise in use.
Information: Visit the website at
www.scwclubs.com and click on Pickleball.

room 5 unless otherwise noted.

The proof is in the pudding as you can
see. Palo Verde Patchers are a busy group
that offers the opportunity to meet several
times a week in a friendly, supportive environment where we share our work and ideas.
Interested in membership? All that is required to join is a valid rec card; membership dues are $5/year. Stop by during the
hours the clubroom is open for a tour.
Information: Pat Luhmann, club president, 623-537-5144 or visit the website at
www.scwclubs.com.

PORCELAIN PAINTERS

PAN CARD
Come and join us for an evening of cards
and fellowship. We give free lessons to new
members. This game is so much fun, we
have members that have played for 15 years
or more. We use eight decks of cards, and
the eights nines and tens are not used. If you
love cards, this game will become one of
your favorites. We play at Beardsley from 6
to 9 p.m. Thursday and at noon Tuesday in
Card Room 4.
Information: Roz, 623-975-4100.

PEBBLEBROOK
LADY NINERS
We welcomed new members while celebrating Valentines Day at a luncheon last
month. This month we have a Spring
Scramble in a new format March 20. We
play on the regulation Pebblebrook Golf
Course, which offers us a challenge, but only
nine holes at a time. We are a perfect fit for
those of you who are busy but still want to
enjoy the camaraderie of a friendly group of
ladies waiting to welcome you.
Information: Pat, 623-546-4181.

PHOTOGRAPHY WEST

Bead enthusiast Karen Bjork

gets ready for the Spring Craft
Fair.
portunities. Our trips allow members to visit
and photograph points of interest in Arizona
and other locations. Be sure to mark your
calendars for the Spring picnic on April 14.
Photography West has two competitions
each year: fall and spring. Competitions are
for prints and digital entries. There are three
classes: beginner, advanced, and master.

PICKLEBALL
Its here! Sun City Wests second annual
invitational skill level Pickleball tournament
(Fun in the Sun) will be March 12 14 at
the Palm Ridge courts. The tournament
showcases our state-of-the-art Pickleball
courts and the friendliness of our 150 club
members helping to host this event. Seniors
from around the country, including many
from our own club, will battle it out on some
of the best courts in Arizona.
Not playing in the tournament? Pickleball
is great for spectators, too. Chairs will be
provided for courtside viewing, admission
is free, and you can munch delicious sandwiches and beverages for sale by Fuzzys
Southwest Sports Grill as you watch some
terrific sports action.
Win a new golf car! Buy your raffle tickets now for a fabulous E-Z-GO RXV golf
car, gas or electric, from Discount Golf Cars
of AZ. Tickets for this club fundraiser are
$10, or three for $20. The drawing will be
March 14 at the conclusion of the Fun in the
Sun Tournament. The winner need not be
present but is responsible for taxes, title and
registration. Youll find the golf car and club
members selling tickets at many events
around town and during the tournament. To
volunteer to help sell tickets, contact Byron
Brothers at 719-291-0379.
Still havent tried Pickleball? Lace on
your tennis shoes, slap on sunscreen and
hightail it to our beginner lessons at 11 a.m.
every Monday at the Palm Ridge courts.
Lessons also are offered at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Preregistration is not required. Well
supply the paddles, balls and instructors.
The club hosts ladders, mixers, round

Oh, how lovely!

Porcelain painting is a fine old art
that has evolved into a fine new art. We
still paint pretty flowers, but we also paint
animals, scenes and modern designs on
vases, tiles and plates. Come and see what
we do at the Spring Arts and Crafts Fair
March 24. We will be by the Village Store.
Classes are from 9 a.m. to noon Monday,
Wednesday and Thursday in our studio at
the Beardsley Rec Center. Classes run four
to seven weeks. Cost is $10 per week plus
supplies.
Information: Marlene Gates at 623-5564998 or come by and visit during a class session.

RACQUET
Court reservation times in March start at
7 a.m. for one and a half hour sessions for
tennis and platform tennis. Tennis court
reservations can be made one day in advance either in person at the R.H. Johnson
tower or by calling the tower at 623-5446151. Tower hours for January are 6:15 to
11 a.m.
Joining the Racquet Club means you can
play in all tennis, platform tennis, table tennis and volleyball club sponsored functions
for $5 per year, as well as attend the monthly
social hour and catered meetings, September
through May in the R.H. Johnson Social
Hall. What a deal! The next meeting will be
March 13.
To stay informed of all the latest announcements, read the latest minutes of our
meetings, read the Smash newsletter or
see great pictures of our members participating in all the racquet club events, go to the
website at www.scwclubs.com/tennis.

Photography West (photo, digital and

video) at the Beardsley Recreation Center,
is a club for Sun City West residents who
enjoy photography. Photo/Video labs (623544-6520) and Digital lab (623-544-6521)
TENNIS
have regular hours from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Mens tennis ladder is under way but
Monday to Thursday, if there are monitors.
still accepting new players. Call Roy Wilson
Visit our labs and well show you around.
at 623-239-5971 to sign up or for more inCheck out the website at www.photograformation. They play Thursdays at 10 a.m.
physcw.org for current information and the
Sunday morning tennis is available at the
newsletter, Focus.
R.H. Johnson courts at 8:30 a.m. This is
Photography West meets at 10 a.m. every
open, fun play. Coffee is available and playFriday in the Stardust Theater at the Kuentz
ers usually bring some goodies to share.
Recreation Center from mid-September
The Swing into Spring Tournament will
through mid-May. We welcome visitors and
be March 29 to April 1. This is the biggest
guests. Join us for our Friday programs. This
tennis event in Sun City West, and brings
month features: March 2-Arizona Highplayers from all around the area to compete.
ways Photo Workshop Photos with Dave
Applications and additional information is
Halgrimson; March 9-Australia, New
available at the tennis facilities.
Zealand & Fiji with John and Carolyn
PLATFORM TENNIS
Obradovich; March 23-Digital CompetiThe platformers begin play at 7 a.m.
tion Results; March 30-Collection of 2011
Monday through Saturday and Wednesdays
Pictures with Don Loseke. Solo Shows are
at 6:30 p.m. in March. Paddles and balls are
from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Beardsley Photo Lab:
always available; play is at the Johnson
March 2: Donna Morell; March 16: Mark
courts. This is a fun and easy to learn sport.
McKinney; March 30: Mentees. Look for
For information on the early session, call
our photography displayed around Sun City
Ron Gliot at 623-584-7838 or Ron Majka at
West in the Library, Lecture Hall, Stardust
623-544-7220.
and Visitors Center. Pictures
TABLE TENNIS
and cards are available for purSingles and doubles play is
chase at the Village Store and
available daily at the Activities
the Craft Fair March 24.
Center. Call Jack Wetherbie at
Photography West is dedi623-466-5857 for information.
cated to helping its members
Free instruction is available.
become better photographers
Non-marking gym shoes are
through instructional prorequired in the table tennis
grams, workshops, and menroom.
toring opportunities. If there is
VOLLEYBALL
a class youd like to take, let us
Volleyball is available on inknow. We are always looking
side courts in Surprise. Call Ron
for instructors. Check the signMajka at 623-544-7220 or
up binders in the photo lab or
Dawn Wakefield at 623-271go to the website www.phoEnergetic Exercise Club officers are Dru Thorn, vice 8511for information.
tographyscw.org to check on
president; John Carl, treasurer; Bonnie Weider, secrecurrent news. Travel with us
RACQUETBALL/
and enjoy plenty of photo op- tary; and Dick Altop, president.

The Organ & Keyboard Club

welcomes Bobby Freeman,
well-known Valley entertainer
and organist, for a concert at
7 p.m. Monday, March 26 at
Palm Ridge Recreation Center.

HANDBALL/
WHISPERBALL
The Sun City West Racquetball/Handball/Whisperball Club will conduct its annual Swing Into Spring Racquetball
Tournament March 16-18. The competition
is open to all applicants aged 50 and above
and is divided into two age categories; 20
players age 66 and below and 20 players age
67 and above. This is the clubs signature
event and is regarded as the premier senior
racquetball tournament in the Southwest. It
is well attended by local residents as well as
visitors from other states. Trophies and
prizes will be awarded to the first four players in each age category.
The spirited but friendly competition
commences at 8 a.m. Friday March 16 and
play is continuous throughout the day. A social picnic will be March 17 which is open
to all tournament players, workers and their
guests. The courts are adjacent to the miniature golf and bocce facilities in the R.H.
Johnson Recreation Center in Sun City
West. The public is invited and encouraged
to attend the tournament and utilize the comfortable tiered seating available for spectators to view the competition. This year we
expect to introduce technology to provide
for greater enjoyment by our spectators with
televised updates and action. This tournament has been known to pique the interests
of our spectators and get them involved in a
wonderful sport that is enjoyed by players
even into their 80s. So come on down and
enjoy the fun!
Information: Bruce Cohen, 602-5503045.

RHYTHM TAPPERS
Tickets for Anything Goes USA Coast
to Coast, a dancing, singing show by the
Rhythm TappersApril 27, 28 and 29, are on
sale at Stardust Theatre from 10 a.m. to noon
Monday through Thursday, at $7 each.
Come and be entertained. Information: 623584-6648.
Club information and brochures may be
found outside the Dance Studio at Palm
Ridge as well as the Visitors Center. You
may also visit us on the web at RCSCW
Rhythm Tappers.
Information: 623-214-1152 or 623-5464946.

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RIP N SEW
Is your life better because of where you
live? Is it because of the new friends, the
clubs and the opportunity to learn something
new? Each resident is different and we are
so fortunate to live in a place where there is,
literally, something for everyone. Stop in
and see what classes are on the calendar.
The annual Spring Picnic is April 12. The
theme is Its Going to Be a Garden Party.
Tickets go on sale March 1. Tickets are
$6.50 and the final date to sign up is March
31, with no exceptions. We are asking everyone to wear a hat to the picnic.
The Spring Craft Fair is approaching, Saturday, March 24. It is a wonderful opportunity to see and buy beautiful items that were
created by Rip N Sew members.
The Wednesday evening Sunset Sewers
meet every Wednesday. This has become a
very popular time when the sewing room is
open to all members of the club until 8 p.m.
All you need to do is bring your sewing kit
and show up with your Rip N Sew membership badge.
The clubroom is open from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 4 to 8
p.m. Wednesday. Additionally, the clubroom
is open for classes that are scheduled each
month at different times, including evenings
and Sundays. The Rip N Sew clubroom is
located next to the Village Store at R.H.
Johnson Recreation Center.
To participate in the clubs projects, sign
up for classes or use the clubs equipment,
you must have a current Sun City West rec
card, join the club, complete an orientation
class and a lesson on the Juki sewing machine at the club.
Any interested person with a valid rec
card is invited for a personal tour of the clubroom during the hours the clubroom is
scheduled open.
Information: Club phone, 623-546-4050
or Ann, membership co-vice president, 623546-1518.

ROCKHOUNDS WEST
Rockhounds West is a geology club for
people who are interested in gaining knowledge of mineralogy and earth sciences as
they apply to the many spectacular areas of
Arizona and the Southwest. We collect and
study rocks and minerals and learn as we go.
Newcomers are welcome and are taught by
knowledgeable collectors.
The next meeting will be at 9 a.m. Monday, March 12, in the Acacia Room at Palm
Ridge Rec Center. The speaker for the meet-

ing will be Dave Jenkens, a member of the

West Valley Treasure Seekers. He will lecture and exhibit items of interest his group
has found using metal detectors, prospecting
on treasure hunts at local parks or obscure
desert locations.
The March field trip is to old mine sites
along Constellation Road near Wickenburg,
culminating with lunch at Williams Ranch,
a working ranch at the end of the road. The
trip is limited to members only and at present is full. However there is a waiting list for
interested members. The trip will leave from
the library parking lot at 8 a.m. March 16.

SATURDAY NIGHT
GAMESTERS
Saturday Night Gamesters meet at Beardsley and play a variety of games. Any current rec card holder may join and play any
game of their choice with their own group
from 4:30 to 8:45 p.m. Annual dues are $3.
Poker (dealers choice) is from 4:30 to
7:30, with a $5 buy-in for chips.
Double-deck pinochle starts with sign-in
at 5 and play from 5:30 to 8:45. There are
four games of six hands, and the nightly fee
is 25 cents.
If you or your group has any interest in
starting Chess, Hand and Foot or Mexican
Train or board games, give us a call,
Information: Vard, 623-584-5396.

SCRAPBOOKING,
PAPER CRAFTS
AND MORE
Scrapbooking, Paper Crafts & More Club
has a very festive month planned. You are
welcome to drop-in while the club is in session. Fran Mills, the club president, will be
happy to answer any of your calls and
may be reached at 623-594-1631. The club
meets in the Agave Room at the Beardsley
Rec Center. The craft room is closed
Wednesday, March 21.
March 24, Saturday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Spring Craft Fair at R.H. Johnson - Social
Hall.

SHUFFLEBOARD WEST
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday shuffleboard play continues at the same hours as
previously posted in past Rec Center News
articles. Thursday has been considered Red
Pin night, but anyone not interested in Red
Pin play can still come and play regular
shuffleboard as long as there are at least
three participants. Board members should
mark the change in the March meeting. It
has been rescheduled to 3 p.m. March
19 at the home of
Chuck and Joyce
Webster 13235 W.
Prospect.

SINGLES

The hand spinners of Weavers West sponsored a

Spinning Bee for West Valley spinners Feb. 22 at
Kuentz Recreation Center. There was a spinning
challenge, fiber guessing games, prizes and antique spinning tools for sale. Val Hilburgh gave a
presentation on spinning and knitting of handspun
fiber. SCW weavers from left to right are Barbara
Schaffer, Linda Matsusaka, Diane Wolf, Pauline
Schultz (standing), Val Hilburgh, Jan Crane (standing), and Eugenia Dunn.

Thursday, March
1 at 11 a.m.: Bocce
at R.H. Johnson Rec
Center. Were always looking for
new players. Come
play with us, we
play for fun. Call for
more info. Hosted
by Betty T. 623-4339882.
Tuesday, March 6
at 4 p.m.: Meet at Library to carpool. 5
p.m. Bryons in
Cave Creek for
BBQ. Call Lillie L.
at 623-566-1790 for
reservations
and
info.

Thursday, March 8 at 4:30 p.m.: Las

Fuentes Mexican Restaurant, for Happy
Hour and dinner. Next to the UltraStar Cinemas at 13621 Litchfield Road, Surprise.
Special Buffet from 5 to 9 p.m., or order
from the menu. Limited to 45. Hosted by
Don Middleton and Mary Ann Harris, Call
Don M. for reservations 623-546-2744.
Thursday, March 15 at 11 a.m.: Bocce at
R.H. Johnson Rec Center. Were always
looking for new players. Come play with us,
we play for fun. Call for more info. Hosted
by Betty T. 623-433-9882.
Friday, March 16 from 4 to 7:30 p.m.: St.
Patricks Wine Party. Bring an appetizer and
wine of your choice. Limited to 30. Hosted
and in the home of Diane M., address will
be given when you sign up or call for reservations. Call Melanie V. at 623-256-4785.
Monday, March 19 from 9:15 a.m. to
5:15 p.m.: Cliff Castle Casino. Bus will
leave at 9:30 a.m. and will depart the casino
at 3:30 p.m. for the return trip. Meet bus at
Aisle 19 & 20 in the Sundome parking area.
We will receive $10 voucher for spending at
the casino. We will have our own bus, so
you may invite guests if you wish. Call
Carol S. for reservations 623-255-4965.
Wednesday, March 21 at 1 p.m.: General
meeting at Palm Ridge Rec Center; arrive
by 12:45 for sign in and to sign up for
monthly events. See you there.
Wednesday, March 28 at 5:45 p.m.: Mexican Train Dominoes at Carol S., easy to
learn. Bring a snack to share and BYOB.
See additional instructions on Sign Up sheet.
Limited to 20 players. Call Carol at 2554965 for address and information.
Friday, March 30 at 5 p.m.: Brookside
Sports Bar & Grille, 15170 W. Bell Road.
(Near Reems) Happy Hour plus bar food or
dinner. Hosted by Jane A., 623- 594-0041
and Vel U. 623-214-6727, call either number.

SOFTBALL
There is still time to join the fun and excitement at the tail end of our Official Softball Season. Current teams play until April
5, and summer games run through September. You can join right now or any time.
Youll love our beautiful, all-new AstroTurf
infield.
Any SCW resident can sign up for good
times and great fellowship, even if you
havent played for many years. Youll be assigned to the American or National league
according to your skill and abilities. Generally, the National league is more recreational
whereas the American league is more advanced. If youre ready to play, fine, or the
Farm Team will get you warmed up.
National and American League play continues on Tuesdays and Thursdays alternating between the Sun City West and Sun City
fields starting at 8:30 a.m. Covered bleachers provide weather protection for the fans.
Our 400-member league plays year around
and players come and go all the time, making it easy for you to jump in at your convenience.
There are 26-28 teams of 12 players each
in official season. Eleven play at a time including rover and four outfielders. Emphasis
is on fun and camaraderie. The cost is $25
per year (plus $50 the first year). This gets
you a full uniform plus excitement, hundreds of potential new friends, exercise and
the pure joy of playing ball again. Wait until
the kids, grandkids and relatives hear about
this or receive one of your professionally
taken individual baseball cards or team photos. You may even get your name in the
local newspapers through our reporters.
All youll need for senior slow-pitch 12inch softball is a bat, glove and softball shoes
(no metal spikes) and well help you get
them. The league supplies a full uniform.
There are lots of safety rules to protect you,
including no sliding, and even suggested

Musicians Club officers for 2012

are Craig Lee, treasurer, top row
left; Maureen Lansing, 2nd vice
president/publicity chair; Mary Lee,
president; and Don Richards, secretary. Linda Roach, membership
chair, bottom row left; Tony Miller,
1st vice president/program chair;
and Judy Moreland, Sunshine
Lady.
warm-up exercises.
Our Friday Coed league also started in
October. There are six teams with each carrying about 12-15 players. Its a fun league
with no stats or standings kept.
Some very special events occur throughout the year like our fantastic Annual Tin
Cup Golf Tournament and Dinner that takes
place April 1 on two courses. You can sign
up now. There are many other events including Annual Softball Banquet, where new
members of our Hall of Fame are honored
for all their contributions; Cardiac Kids and
Bosom Buddies fund-raising games plus
more than a dozen other special ball games,
tournaments, breakfasts or barbeques.
Open practices, tournaments and Farm
Team play are on Friday, Saturday, Sunday
and Monday.
Information: Ken Skinner, 623-5468983 or website www.azsrsoftball.com
Womens Softball: The Sun Cities have
one team this season - the Hot Flashes. They
compete against a team from Sun City
Grand and one from Surprise in the NW
Womens Softball League. Games are
arranged in October and played on Saturdays. Some were played earlier in January
and February. The next game is March 10 in
Sun City and March 31 in Sun City West.
Skilled volunteers provide training at Monday practices. We are always looking to add
to the roster and encourage any woman to
join us.
Information: Carol Bowden, 623-3375131.

ginning classes, and started the Destinos

class many years ago. She is also a past
president of the club. Tiffany said that she
still finds it exciting to learn about Spanish
history and culture, as well as learning the
language.
Club Espaol has great fiestas too. In
February there was a fun Valentine Tapas
gathering (appetizers) at Palm Ridge Rec.
Center. The next fiesta will be an
end-of-the-year picnic in Beardsley Park
at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 12. Fliers will be
distributed in class and members will receive information by e-mail. If members not
in a current class do not have e-mail, they
can call Spanish Club President Dan
Mesch at 623-444-8483 for information.
SCW residents with questions or interest in
the club are also invited to call Dan.

SPORTSMANS
The Sportsmans Club is for residents
who enjoy outdoor activities and social
events with people of similar interests. We
are collecting our annual dues of $5 now.
For membership information, call Jim at
623-556-1377.
The club offers birding, fishing, hiking,
horseback riding, back-road trips, trap/skeet
shooting, fly-tying, rafting, mens and
womens target shootings, travel opportunities and numerous social events. Meetings
are held September through April and feature speakers with interesting programs relating to Arizona.
The March general meeting will be at 1
p.m. Monday, March 19, in the R.H. Johnson Social Hall. Join us at the meeting, socialize, have cookies and coffee and enjoy
our Alamo Lake presentation by the fishing
group.

BIG WHEELS
The Big Wheels Group is composed of
members who enjoy traveling back roads.
Trips leave from the SCW Library parking
lot on R.H. Johnson Boulevard. For information call Kent at 623-546-4053 or Tom or
Judy at 623-214-6212.

BIRDING
You need not need to be an expert birder
to belong to this group. You will learn a lot
about the Arizona birds. To find out the birding schedule times and what to bring along
the day of the event, make sure we have
your e-mail address, or call Gail at 623-9756611, so you can be added to our e-mail list.

FISHING
For information on black bass, crappie
and striper fishing, camping and boats call
group leader Ron at 623-455-9969.
Fly-fishing enthusiasts are invited to call
Al at 623-256-6948 for information.

HIKING

SPANISH
Hola amigos! La primavera est aqu.
(Hello friends! Spring is here.)
Sun City West has a very active Spanish
Club or Club Espaol. It has been a chartered club within the Rec Centers of SCW
for more than a quarter of a century. To obtain information about Club Espaol, go online to www.scwclubs.com. Scroll to the
category Social Clubs and click on Club
Espaol. The menu bar for the club will appear, and it will contain several options including:
Membership,
Classes,
Events, Photo Gallery and Nuestros Maestros (our teachers). The club has classes at
beginning, intermediate and advanced levels. A library of Spanish books, including literature, is provided by the club at Beardsley
Rec Center, where the clubs classes are
weekday mornings.
Club Espaol is fortunate to have such
excellent maestros. Tiffany Coleman has
been added to the spring teaching roster and
is currently teaching a new class: Introduction to Spanish. Tiffany has been a club
member for 12 years, has taught other be-

The following descriptions of hikes are

offered:
Beginners Hike Easy (generally flat),
less than 3 miles.
C-Hike Easy to moderate (some inclines), 3-5 miles.
B-Hike Moderate (some steep/challenging terrain), 5-8 miles.
A-Hike Strenuous (steep or challenging
terrain), 8-12 miles.
Those who plan to join C and/or Beginners hikes should be on the lookout for an
e-mail from DeNae Stafne 623-556-5355,
Marilynn Shaw 623-541-980-4444 or
Vickie Huska 847-702-5922.
Those who plan to join A and B hikes
should contact Les at 623-975-3632 or Tom
at 623-239-7132.

HORSEBACK RIDING
For information, contact Judy via e-mail
at judy@marian-tours.com or Bill Van Horn
at sciedworks@cox.net. The next trip will
be announced via e-mail.

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For details on the 188-mile, 6-day Colorado River Rafting trip scheduled for May
4-10, please call Mort at 623-546-3695 or email at: mfrank@futureone.com.

TARGET SHOOTING
The Womens Target Shooting Group
does not have a leader. To keep the women
interested in shooting, they participate with
the Mens Target Shooting Group.
The Mens Target Shooting Group goes
to the Wickenburg Sportsmens Club, in
Wickenburg for target shooting the second
and fourth Wednesday of the month. We
leave the Library parking lot at 10 a.m. The
Wickenburg Sportsmens Club is private
and one must join to shoot there. Check out
the web site at www.wickenburgsportsmensclub.com to see what other types of shooting are available there. For information, call
Bill at 623-214-1508

MOTORCYCLE GROUP
If interested in joining, contact Harald
Johnsen at haraldtjohnsen@msn.com or call
623-215-3355.

STAINED GLASS
Stained Glass Club had a sale in February
at the Palm Ridge Recreation Center. There
were more than 200 beautiful items of
Stained Glass available for sale which received a warm welcome from the customers. The club would like to extend our
appreciation to Tom Seng, Joenne Galipeau,
Jean Yankowski and Kathy Cassidy for handling the preparation work associated with
the sale and all the artisans who worked so
hard to prepare their pieces for sale.
On March 24, club members look forward to participating in the Arts and Crafts
Fair at the R.H. Johnson Recreations Center.
We will be located outside the Village Store
so you can see the full effect of the sun on
our artistic creations and be able to visualize
their beauty in your window. Please make a
note on your calendar and come by to see
us.
Club hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Saturday at Palm Ridge Recreation
Center.
Information: 623-544-6586.

THEATRE WEST
General meetings are the third Tuesday
of each month at Stardust Theatre. Meetings
start at 1:30 p.m., and are followed by an entertainment program. This months program
is the first act from Neil Simons Plaza
Suite, which will be directed by Jamie
Gunyuz. This very funny production will
definitely entertain all Theatre West members and their invited guests.
Tickets are on sale now for Theatre
Wests third main stage production, Funny
Girl. This musical marks the return of Mike

Tarr as director. Funny Girl was written

by Isobel Lennart, Jule Styne and Bob Merrill with music and lyrics by Bob Merrill and
Jule Styne. Evening performances are at 7
p.m. Friday, March 16; Saturday, March 17;
Tuesday, March 20; Wednesday, March 21;
Friday, March 23; Saturday, March 24;
Wednesday, March 28; Friday, March 30;
and Saturday, March 31. Matinee performances are at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 18; Sunday, March 25; Thursday, March 29; and
Sunday, April 1.
Tickets may be purchased at the Stardust
Theatre Box Office from 10 a.m. to noon
Monday through Thursday. Tickets cost $7
and may be purchased with cash or a check.
Information: 623-584-7025.

TOY-KI SILVER
Here it is, March already. Its not too late
to join Toy-Ki Silver. Classes are still being
offered, the open house was success, and the
Winter Fling was lots of fun. Members are
looking forward to the Art and Craft Fair
March 24, another opportunity to buy a oneof-a-kind piece of jewelry and meet its designer.
Toy-Ki Silver is open to all residents of
Sun City West with a valid Rec Card. Information: 623-584-8153.

WATER FITNESS
The class is low impact aerobic exercise
and gentle stretching to a CD. We meet from
9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
at the Beardsley pool. We also meet from 8
to 9 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at
Palm Ridge indoor pool during the cooler
months. Water exercise gives lots of opportunity to do something for yourself, your
heart and joints and have fun doing
it.
We will be going back to R.H. Johnson
pool in mid-March or when the work is finished on the construction. The times will be
9 to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday. All
Sun City West rec card holders are welcome.
Annual dues are $5, payable by check.
The club will have a luncheon/meeting
March 28 at Palm Ridge. The cost is $3 for
members, $5 for guests. Menu is sandwiches and fixings, salad, chips and desert.
Information: Gail Garcia, 623-975-1336
or Bob Knight, 623-466-0346.

WEAVERS WEST
New weavers completed their initial class
during January and are ready to begin Beyond Basics. Rag rug students created colorful rag rugs using the floor loom. Double
Weave class projects were the focus in February. Now onto Intermediate Lace and
Southwest Weaving! Kumihimo braiding is
scheduled for April. Check the class book
for details.
Our next guild meeting is at 9 a.m. March
2. Fix it Fridays are the second Friday of the

month at 9 a.m. March 9 will be step by step

warping and dressing the loom from the
front.
The Spring Luncheon will be April 13.
Fibers Through Time will be in April at the
Forum as a part of the State Federation of
Weavers. Day-long workshops are available.
The Spinners group meets Thursday afternoons and they welcome members interested in learning the art of spinning fiber.
Feb. 22 our spinners hosted an all day Spinning Bee for six other Valley guilds.
The weaving rooms are open from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Monday to Saturday; 8 a.m. to 8:45
p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; and noon to
3 p.m. Sundays. The yarn store is open Friday mornings for purchases. A library of
books on weaving techniques and a collection of magazines with patterns for projects
also is available for members.
Visit us at Kuentz Rec Center where you
can watch us in action and view the display
of finished products. Tours are 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. Monday to Friday.
Information: Call 623-544-6515 or visit
the website at www.scwclubs.com and click
on Weavers West.

WESTERNAIRES
Where has the time gone? Its already
March with only six weeks remaining before the Westernaires Spring Concert, (What
I Did On) My Summer Vacation! Janet
Hochstatter, director, is pushing the chorus
to its limits to give the audience a show full
of toe-tapping music familiar to everyone.
Remember when you or your children had
to tell your class about your summer vacation? Was it a ballgame? Was it Disneyland?
Of course, at one point you had to be on
Route 66 going somewhere. Or, maybe it
was to see the circus that came to town. All
of these places had wonderful music connected to them. The chorus hopes to bring
back memories of these times. Gather your
friends and family and join the Westernaires
in remembering their vacations.
Monday, March 5 first day only tickets
go on sale beginning from 9 a.m. to noon in
the lobby of the Stardust Theatre. The remainder of the week, Tuesday through
Thursday, tickets will be sold from 10 a.m.
to noon and sale hours will continue each
week Monday through Thursday. Tickets
are $7 and are reserved seats. The performances are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
April 13, 14, 20 and 21; and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 15 and 22 in the Stardust Theatre.
See you on our Summer Vacation!

WOMENS SOCIAL
The Sun City West Womens Social Club
meets from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to
Saturday in the Kuentz Rec Center, 14401
R.H. Johnson Blvd. The club is open to all
residents with a valid rec card. Dues for new

More than 50 members of the Rip n Sew Club attended the Phoenix Quilt, Craft and Sewing Festival. In
the left photo are Jan Nastasi, left, Jean Sinchak, Nancy Fagan and Patsy Graves. In the right photo are
Gina Kopp, left, Therese Van Hoesen, Sheela George and Ann Palmer. The club boarded a chartered bus
for the day and the field trip.

Weavers West beginning weavers class of 2012 are front row

Carol Byrne, left, Carol Johnson, Kathryn Palmer and Lorraine
Dunlop. In the back row are teacher Diane Conery, left, Dianne
LaCombe, Judy Raczak, Betty Cool, Karen Richotte, Deeann
Parsons and Maryanne Edens.
members are $15, which includes a name
tag; renewal is $10 a year.
Every Tuesday is No Partner Progressive
Bridge starting at 12:30 p.m.
Every Thursday at 12:30 is Game Day
when members can learn new games that
are being offered.
Mah Jongg will be taught at 12:30 p.m.
starting March 1 and will continue March
15, 22, and 29.
The third Monday of the month is Salad
Luncheon Day. You must bring a dish or
dessert to feed 8-10 people in order to attend
the club on this day.
The club will open at 1 p.m. for those not
attending the luncheon. Corned Beef will be
the meat of the month in March.
The general meeting will be Wednesday,
April 11. Check the bulletin board for time.
The Spring Luncheon will be Thursday,
April 26. Check bulletin board for time and
place.
Be sure and check the bulletin board for
all info and updates.
Information: 623-546-4236.

WOODWORKING
General meetings of the Woodworking
Club will revert to the usual time of 1 p.m.
at the Johnson Lecture Hall.
We are all still learning, and improving
our skills. Some new members are new to
woodworking as well. The club offers
classes from time to time on basic woodworking, making bowls on the lathe and pen
turning. A class on bowl making with the
ringmaster is in the planning stage. Upcoming classes will be announced via email, and
signup sheets are on the club bulletin board.
Dont hesitate to ask another member for
help.
In our constant dedication to a super-safe
shop, we will have occasional, unannounced
safety meetings. The shop will be shut down
for a short time, while a member with expertise in the topic at hand will demonstrate
or talk about safe working procedures.
Every Thursday evening, a group of
some 25 members meets at the shop to pursue a special interest in woodcarving. They
may create a single object, such as an animal, or an entire three-dimensional scene.
The carvers have recently completed a
group project celebrating Arizonas Centennial. In it, a variety of relief wood sculptures
depict the states top tourist attractions.
These are all arranged in the shape of a large
letter A, and embellished with other sculptures, such as a roadrunner and cactus. The
beautifully detailed creation can be seen at
the Visitors Center, where it will be on display with a list of the artists who worked on

it. For information on the carving club, contact Bill Holmes at 623-243-5477, or drop
by the shop on Thursdays between 6 and 8
p.m.
We always welcome visitors and new
members. Please take a tour of the club at
the Kuentz Rec Center. Orientation classes
for new members begin the first Monday of
each month.
Information: 623-546-4722.

YOGA
Did you know that the Sun City West
Yoga Club offers a variety of classes for all
ability levels and needs? Included in the offerings is a stretching class from 7:20 to 8:20
every Tuesday and Thursday morning in
Multipurpose Room 6 at Beardsley Recreation Center. This class, taught by Bob
Milne, offers a method of stretching based
on yoga. The class is popular with male residents, but is beneficial to anyone. Check it
out. For those looking for a class at the end
of the day, there is a DVD class in the same
room every Tuesday and Thursday evening
from 5:30 to 6:30. There are many other
classes being offered at different times of the
day. Annual membership is just $5. Some
classes are free and others cost from $1 to
$3 per session. You decide when you want
to attend, according to your schedule.
Information: Joan at 214-6760 or
www.scwclubs.com.

ZYMURGY
The SCW Zymurgy Club is a new craftoriented club with a fun social bias. Zymurgy itself deals with the biochemical
processes involved in fermentation, with
yeast selection and physiology, and with the
practical issues of brewing almost anything.
The clubs educational interests are beers,
ales, wines, meads and ciders and also include many other cordial drinks. We also
delve into the many interesting and unique
foods that when paired together, totally enhance the gastronomical phenomenon. We
strive to learn how to create them. As connoisseurs, we are dedicated explorers of the
fermentation process, searching out unique
flavor combinations that will enhance our
palates. We endeavor to seek them out, craft
them up and bring them together in a social
environment of fun, friendship and education. The fact that we also encourage and
seek out contemporary style entertainment
is purely coincidental, but one which further
enhances our overall experience.
Information: visit the website at
www.scwzymurgyclub.com.

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All States Club

Submit All States Club
news by the first day of each
month (for the next months
publication) to azsunmama@cox.net. All submissions for April 2012
are due by March 1. If you
do not have a computer,
please print and mail to
22211 Lobo Lane, Sun City
West, AZ 85375.

ALL STATES
You still have time to sign up for
the round trip 7-night Coastal
Cruise April 28, but hurry as cabin
space is very limited. Prices are still
good, you receive $50 shipboard
credit and honorably discharged
veterans can qualify for an additional $100 shipboard credit. Many
other amenities are included in the
pricecall for information, 623214-8150. Hurry! Dues are due for
all States Clubs, call Peggy ONeil
at 623-546-6554 to make sure yours
are paid.

CANADIAN
The Canadian Club of the West
Valley will have its next Coffee
Morning Thursday, March 1 at the
Crooked Putter Restaurant at the
Grandview Golf Course. No reservations are required, just drop by.
Look for the Canadian flag on the
table.
Later that evening, the Calgary
Flames will take on the Phoenix
Coyotes. For tickets, call Orest
Baron at 623-977-6374 for great
seats at a great price: $20 for upper
level, $50 for lower level.
Our farewell get together this
year will be at Rancho de los Caballeros near Wickenburg on March
15. Join us for a sumptuous Western
Barbeque, followed by line dancing
lessons. You can participate in the
dancing or sit and watch the fun.
The event starts at 11:30 a.m. with
lunch served at noon. Please note
that this is a self-drive event. Cost
is $25 for members, $28 for guests.
If you enjoy the activities put on
by the Canadian Club, please consider volunteering a few hours of
your time to help organize an event.
For information about volunteering
with the club, call John at 623-7423911.
For information about the club
and its activities, including registration forms for our events, visit the
website
at
www.scwclubs.com/canada.

IDAHO
Special events coming up for the
Idaho Club include:
March 6: Day at the Surprise
Ballpark. Half price day at the park
to see the Kansas City Royals vs the
San Diego Padres, $12.50 per person.
In late March, the group will visit
Rancho de los Caballeros for brunch
in Wickenburg. An enjoyable gathering at the resort includes libations
followed by a grand buffet.
In April, well have a picnic at
Beardsley Park with hamburgers,

hot dogs and condiments. BYOB

and drinks.
For those members here in September, well enjoy a play or movie
at Stardust Theatre.
In October, well welcome back
the Snowbirds with an ice cream social.
The December Christmas party
will probably be at the usual place,
I&J Fountain at El Mirage and Bell
roads.
The regular schedule of activities
includes breakfast at 8:30 a.m. the
second Saturday at My Favorite
Martins in Surprise. Call 623-5846083 for reservations.
Ladies bridge, backyard bridge
and lunch at My Favorite Martins
begin at 10:30 a.m. the first and
third Fridays October through May.
Call 623-584-6083 for bridge or
623-523-4407 for backyard bridge.
January through April couples
card games: call 623-242-8343 for
marathon bridge and 623-523-4407
for Hand and Foot.
Information: Joe, 623-266-0404.

IOWA
Great news for the Iowa Club! We
are reorganizing our club with great
ideas for events and trips, and we
invite all Iowans to be a part of it.
Our kick-off meeting will be Saturday, March 24 at the beautiful new
Colonnade, 19190 N. Palermo St.,
in Surprise. It is behind the Hampton Inn. We have reserved a large
room and have arranged for a buffet
breakfast at 9 a.m. This will be followed by entertainment and a meeting. The price is $5 for Iowa Club
members and $7 for guests. All
guests are welcome. For reservations, call Jan at 623-876-1630. She
will send you a flier and a reservation form to return. We invite your
input for planning for the future of
the Iowa Club. Plan to reconnect
with your old friends from Iowa and
make new friends to enhance your
retirement experience in the Valley
of the Sun.

MICHIGAN
Michiganders are people who
have fun getting together and enjoying what Arizona has to offer.
March 17 event will be a trip to the
Diamondbacks vs. Texas Rangers at
Surprise Stadium, 15960 N. Bullard
Ave., in Surprise. The game starts at
1 p.m. and ticket sales are on a first
come basis. Cost is $19.50 per person. Checks made out to Michigan
Club of SCW may sent with the
coupon to Tiger Tague, P.O. Box
5666, Sun City West, AZ 85375.
Information: Tiger, 623-5463926.

MINNESOTA
As the Minnesota Club continues
to have a most successful season
and March has two big events.
The annual Pizza Party will be
Thursday March 15 at the Sun City
West Foundation Building, Del
Webb Room, 14465 R.H. Johnson
Blvd. Social hour will begin at 4:30
p.m. Wine and beer, at no charge.
Five kinds of pizza along with salad
and cookies will be served starting

at 5. The cost is $10 for members

and $12 for guests. Reservations
must be made by Monday, March
12. Information or reservations may
be made by calling Jean at 623-5460557. Membership dues for 2012 at
$5 per person are due.
The Spring Training game to see
the Texas Rangers play the San
Diego Padres at the Surprise Stadium 15960 N. Bullard Ave., is always a fun time. Game time is 1:05
p.m. Tuesday, March 27.The infield
tickets are half price at $11 each.
Tickets are first come basis.
Information: Gil, 623-544-7387.
Save Thursday, April 12 for the
Minnesota Club picnic at noon in
Beardsley Park. Once again, Gary
Sprague and his horse Dusty will
be there to entertain you. More details next month.

MONTANA
Montana Club 16th Annual Big
Sky Golf Scramble & Social will be
Friday, March 9 at Hillcrest Golf
Club. Shotgun start will be at 1 p.m.
Cost is $60 per golfer, and includes
18 holes of golf, golf cart, dinner,
free range balls and door prizes.
Non-golfers may join us for
South of the Border dinner for
$12. Deadline for registration is
March 1. Mail entries to Larry Holman, 14805 W. White Horse Drive,
Sun City West, or call Larry at 623544-1958, or e-mail questions to:
ebay@att.blackberry.net.

NEBRASKA
The Nebraska Club of the Sun
Cities will attend a spring training
baseball game at 1:05 p.m. March
27 at Surprise Stadium with the
world champion Texas Rangers
playing the San Diego Padres. Tickets are $12.50. Call Donna at 623214-0698 to learn if tickets are still
available.
Nebraska Mens breakfast is at
6:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Hole in One
Restaurant. Co-ed breakfast is at 9
a.m. Saturdays at Tivoli Gardens.
Bridge luncheon is at 11:30 a.m. the
third Friday monthly at My Favorite
Martins Restaurant. Call 623-3222442 or visit scneclubnaz.com for
news and pictures.

NEW ENGLAND
Club members and guests will attend A Day at the Races at Turf Paradise Race Track Friday March 16.
We will enjoy the formal but casual
atmosphere of the Turf Club to view
the races. In preparation for St
Patricks Day, we will enjoy a traditional Corned Beef and Cabbage
lunch. There will be a race in our
honor and several members will be
chosen to participate in the Winners Circle. May the luck of the
Irish be with you! This is always a
fun event. Watch for newsletter for
time and date.
April 13 will be our Patriots Day
lunch at the Sun City West Foundations Quail Room. We join Paul
Revere and others to celebrate this
memorable time in our countrys
history as well as to celebrate the return of the Boston Red Sox and the
Boston Marathon.

To all New Englanders who are

interested in joining: We offer a
warm welcome. Yearly dues are $8
per person. Information 623-9753482.

NORTH DAKOTA
The annual Spring Picnic is from
3 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 25
with the meal served at 4 at the Sun
City Country Club. Reservations for
the picnic may be made until March
14 by mailing $15 per person with
names (make checks payable to ND
Club) to Barb Larson, 13327 W.
Ballad Drive, Sun City West, AZ
85375. Annual dues of $10 per person (if not paid for 2012) can also
be mailed with the picnic reservations. Make any checks payable to
ND Club. Club news and event details are mailed and e-mailed to all
paid members.
Information: e-mail Patricia
Berglund at patricia_berglund@hotmail.com.

OHIO
Monthly breakfast at Lous Tivoli
Gardens in Sun City will continue at
8:30 a.m. the first Monday of each
month. March date is March
6. Everyone pays their own check.
Brunch at Martins Restaurant in
Surprise is at 10:30 a.m. on the third
Wednesday of each month. The
March date is March 21. Everyone
pays their own check.
A spring training baseball game
has been scheduled for March 13 at
Surprise Stadium, 15850 N. Bullard
Ave. The game begins at 1 p.m.
Tickets are $11 per person (half
price.) Teams will be the Cincinnati
Reds vs. the Kansas City Royals.
We have only 30 tickets, so get your
reservations in before its too late!
For information, call Ronnie or
John, at 623-975-0789. For membership information in the club, call
Richard at 623-214-6201.

WASHINGTON STATE
April 7 is the next outing and it is
really a fun evening. We will have a
great Western Cookout in the desert.
We will bus to our desert location
where we will leave the bus and hop
on a hayrack for a ride out to a great
area where we will don hats and
bandanas and enjoy great steaks
grilled over an open pit, along with
slabs of baby back ribs, chicken,
etc. With that we will have cowboy
beans, baked potato, old timers
bread, hot apple pie, hot cups of Joe
(coffee), iced tea and lemonade.
After eating, we will gather around
a bonfire and roast marshmallows
while being entertained by cowboys
telling their stories of life on the
range. There will be western music
for listening or dancingwhichever
you prefer. So come on and join us,
I have even ordered a full moon for
this event( hopefully it will happen) so dont miss itthe price is
$67 for members and $69.99 for
guests, and a real bargain for an entire evening with all the trimmings!
For information and reservations,
call 623-214-8150.
Several of our members will be
going on the April 28 round trip 7-

night coastal cruise on the beautiful

Sapphire Princess. There are some
cabins left, so hurry if you are interested. Prices are good and of course
among other amenities you receive
a $50 shipboard credit and if you
are an honorably discharged veteran
and qualify you will receive an additional $100 shipboard credit from
the cruise line. For information call
623-214-8150. Guests are welcome
and no airlines involved, we will
bus both ways to the port in San
Pedro. Calif. Prices vary depending
on type of cabin you select.
May 7 is our annual end of the
season picnic in the park. This is a
no-charge event, just bring your
dish for eight people and all of your
own silver, dishes, drinks, etc.
Nothing is furnished, just come and
enjoy being with your fellow members for a tasty supper. We have
some great cooks in our club, come
find out for yourself at Ramada 7 at
5:30 p.m.
May 12-19 is the Coastal Wine
Cruise to Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Astoria, Oregon, Seattle, Victoria. BC, Vancouver BC and then
bus back to Seattle, where those
from Washington may stay for the
summer, and those who want to
come back to SCW will fly back.
This is a great cruisethere are
some spaces still open, dont miss
it!
Many amenities included.
Guests welcome.

WISCONSIN
Driving is better in the winter in
Wisconsin because the potholes are
filled with snow. We also like our
Fish Fry on Friday, and speaking of
fish - all who went to our fry enjoyed it. Next year we will have to
try for a Door County fish boil if
someone can come back with a very
large pot.
Leap year St. Patricks corned
beef/cabbage luncheon will be
March 15. For information, call
Linda at 623-399 8237.
The Wisconsin Club will go to the
spring training baseball game between the Brewers and Texas
Rangers March 19. Get out your
Wisconsin shirts, flags, etc., as we
will have a big tail-gating party in
the parking lot before the game.For
information, call Paul at 623-546
8297.
There will be a golf scramble at
7:30 a.m. April 5 at Desert Trails
Golf Course. Food and many prizes
will be given out. To reserve a spot,
call Paul at 623-546 8297.
An exciting trip to Hotel/Casino
Resort Edgewater in Laughlin, NV
will be April 19-20. Lots of perks
will come with that trip. For information, call Joanne at 623-4863734.
Wisconsin breakfast is at 8:30
a.m. the second Monday of the
month at the Garden Cafe in the
Sundome Plaza near Safeway on
Camino del Sol and R. H. Johnson
Boulevard. To reserve a seat, call
Carol at 623-214-6661.
We would like to invite anyone
interested in joining our club to contact our president, Bob, at 623-3998237. When you say Wisconsin,
youve said it all.