absolutely all unwanted behavior, do not feed me!!...fireplace, granite slab counters & much...

November 2019

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Please Absolutely do not feed me!!

I am not cute and cuddly and I smell awful. I will eat your flower and cactus blossoms and uproot your new plants and knock over and break your flower pots.

Have you heard the saying “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you”? Well I did just that this month.

I also came right up on a residents patio and put my nose up against their screen door. With a little effort, I could have pushed my way right into their house.

Don’t entice me to come into your Community.

Please help me to not be relocated!

All unwanted behavior, such as the previously mentioned examples, of actual events or in-dications of someone feeding the wildlife creates an unsafe envi-ronment for our entire community.

Game and Fish asked that we post the num-ber for MBV residents to report every unusual wildlife behavior or the name and address of residents that continue to feed the wildlife.

The number to report wildlife incidents is

800-352-0700

Jerry Prunty Holiday Show

The energetic Jerry Prunty and his band are returning to MBV on Wednesday, December 18 for a Holiday Concert featuring their Back to the Fifties music. This special Rock n' Roll production will feature favorite, memorable 50's versions such as Paul Ankas’ Silver Bells, Elvis' I'll Have A Blue Christmas, Brenda Lee's Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree and Chuck Berry's Run, Run Rudolph!

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Mountaineer November 2019

Come Dance With Us by Lynnel Cochrane

At this time of year, many cultures throughout the world have a custom of illuminating their homes using various candles, lanterns, strings of lights or luminaries. Light Up The Night is our dance theme for Friday, December 13, and the Superstition Center will be all aglow as we welcome back the popular band called Imagine to 'light up'

the dance floor. This dance party is a perfect opportunity to gather a group of friends or neighbors to enjoy an evening of merriment, laughter and celebration. Tickets are already on sale and availa-ble at the Activity Office. The Dance Committee hopes you will join us at this most wonderful time of the year and wishes you a memorable holiday season.

Welcome to our winter visitors. It’s nice to see old friends again.

There is a correction to the Walls, Walls, Walls… article in the October Mountaineer. The article incorrectly stated that the outside and tops of HOA owned walls would be painted. It should have stated outside only.

The October Board meeting was busy. The following items were approved:

• Sunset Center

Replacement of both the water heater and ice maker;the ice maker was no longer working, and the water heater was leaking. Recall the committee recom-mended at the time of renovation to NOT replace items that were working until they failed.

Audio package. Again, the decision at remodel time was to wait until building completion before deter-mining audio requirements. This motion approved the Communications Committee recommendation for new speakers, a new lectern and HDMI cables. Al-ready replaced under this committee recommenda-tion were handheld microphones.

• Counter tops in the Fired Arts Center are completeand final installation payment was approved.

• The request for seed money from Village Voices fortheir Christmas Concert was approved.

• The following recommendations from Buildings andGrounds were approved:

• Jeff Dendy was added as a steering committee mem-ber to fill an existing vacancy.

• Additional funding was approved for the “Adopt aTree” project This funding will cover the cost, plant-ing, fertilizing and wiring of another 10 more 24” boxtrees in the common areas to replace trees lost in the2017/2018 monsoons. The homeowners adoptingthese trees agree to water them for two years untilthey are established. Thank you so much to the home-owners who are participating in this program.

The Board reviewed the Best and Final Offers from three painting contractors and has selected Unforgettable to re-pair and paint the walls that are the responsibility of the HOA. More communication will follow once the contract is finalized and a schedule determined.

The Board was notified by our attorneys that the HOA must apply for an Arizona Department Liquor License and Control BYOB Exemption for MountainBrook Village Homeowners. This exemption is required if the HOA wants to continue to host BYOB events and is necessary to protect the HOA by minimizing our risk of alcohol re-lated lawsuits. This exemption covers HOA sponsored events only. More information will be sent out regarding this issue. A motion was approved directing the HOA President to sign the exemption on behalf of the Board of Directors and the HOA.

Highlights Submitted by Janet Christopherson

Caring Corner Sandy Collard, Caring Corner Chairman

Illness: Dick Ronan, ER Pam Kitchener, IWIII Mary Gay Twa, ERII

In Memory: Ray Heyse, former resident Brodie Broderson, IWIII Ray (Pat), Calihan, SS Ed Sessler, PV41

If you should hear of someone who has passed away or is ill,

please email [email protected] or call or text Sandy Collard

at 480-227-7271. Thank you.

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A VETERAN’S STORY Written by Peggy Malsom

Fire on Me Told by Dennis Malsom

We were flying a night recon mission on an AC-130 Gunship in Laos. It was 1971. It was getting close to the end of that mission so we were low on fuel and completely out of 40 mm ammo, having only some 20 mm left. We got a request to assist with a TIC which means Troops in Contact. It also means someone was in trouble. We left Laos and flew just over the border into Viet Nam.

We overheard someone on the ground. I don’t remember how he contacted us or how we got the coordinates. I assume Moon-beam sent us the coordinates and gave him, the guy on the ground, our radio frequency. Moonbeam was the C-135 which flew above us directing strikes.

We were orbiting over him not knowing what was happening on the ground. He was whispering to us. He was in trouble and needed our help. We learned he was an Army Ranger with the call sign “Idaho”

Our pilot, Lt. Colonel Bennie Castillo, had the communication on hot mike so all the crew could hear the conversation even though it was a whisper. The Ranger on the ground, Idaho, was surrounded by Viet Cong troops asking for help. He said he was going to key his mike and make a run for it. Once he keyed his mike we could follow him. When he did that, we could start firing.

He keyed the mike and started running through the jungle yell-ing, “Fire on me! Fire on me!” We started firing on his signal saturating the area. We had no idea if we were helping. We were trying to stay up with him as he ran.

I don’t know how long that lasted or whether we ran out of ammo or he stopped running first. We kept circling after we ran out of ammo. He whispered, “Don’t leave me. They know you are up there. As long as you are there, I’ll be okay.” We continued to orbit the area without any ammo.

We got the message that Army helicopter gunships were com-ing in about fifteen minutes if we could hold our position. We circled until the navigator told Colonel Castillo we were down to our minimum on fuel. The Ranger kept whispering, “Don’t leave me.”

The navigator said, “Sir, we are below minimum fuel.”

Colonel Castillo informed Idaho, “I’ve got to go. I’ve got four-teen SOBs (souls on board). I can’t lose them. We are out of fuel.”

Idaho pleaded, “Please don’t go. Please don’t go. They haven’t left.”

I was standing at the door by the empty 20mm gun as we pulled away. There was total silence on the plane. I don’t know why we didn’t or couldn’t land at a base in Viet Nam. Maybe there wasn’t one close by. As the fuel was being depleted on the re-turn trip to Thailand, the Colonel started shutting down engines. The first to go was the #4 engine, then the #1 engine, then soon after the #3. As this was happening we were throwing out the spent brass, ammo cans and anything that could be thrown out of our plane to lighten the load.

The Colonel told us to get our parachutes ready and prepare to bail out. He waited until we were back in Thailand, but at that point we weren’t about to jump out of a plane that was still fly-ing. We landed with one engine barely keeping us in the air.

At debriefing we found out the Army helicopters had arrived. They recovered the body of the Army Ranger known to us as “Idaho.”

Dennis Malsom enlisted in the Air Force February 14, 1968, in Boise, Idaho. He retired as a SMSgt in May 1988. He served two tours in Southeast Asia during the Viet Nam conflict. The second tour he was a gunner on the AC-130A Gunships as-signed to the 16th Special Operations Squadron (Spectre).


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BECOMING A BOARD MEMBER

Alex Willingham, Assistant General Manager, Covenants Coordinator

The association will soon be holding elections for Board members and we are looking for dedicated homeowners, like yourself, to help us shape and implement our govern-ing rules, handle association finances, make important decisions that affect our entire community, and much more. If you are considering running for the Board of Di-rectors, we ask you to read and consider the following:

Do I have the time? As a Board member, you will need to devote at least several hours each month to association business. In addition to regular Board meetings and work-shops, you will have occasional special meetings. During special projects, you may need to devote additional time and most Board members spend extra time working with a committee.

Can I make difficult decisions when it is required? The Board’s primary role is to conduct association business. This is not just approving the budget but developing and enforcing policy. Board members are required to step out-side their immediate circle of family, friends and neigh-bors to make decisions based on the greater good of our entire community.

Can I do all this and have fun too? It isn’t all about pol-icy and tough decisions. Our community is only as good as we make it. Establishing and maintaining a sense of community is a part of every Board member’s responsi-bility. Attending MBV functions such as dinners, shows, special events, etc., and being a presence in the communi-ty are as important as any decisions you will make. There may be times of frustration, but it will also be one of the most rewarding ways you will find to volunteer your time.

All applicants must be members of the association in good standing and must abide by the Candidate Code of Con-duct. There are currently 3 positions up for election on the MBV Board of Directors in the upcoming 2020 election. If you would like more details about Board responsibili-ties or becoming a Board Member, please contact your General Manager, CW” Liam” Jordache at (480) 983-5555 or email [email protected].

Applications to become a Board Member Candidate can be found on the MBV website starting November 14 through December 13. Or you can pick up a paper appli-cation in the Activity office.

The deadline to submit your paper application to Alex Willingham, the Assistant General Manager in the Activi-ty Office is December 13, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.

From Your Manager

Hello MountainBrook Residents,

What a welcome relief the cooler weather is for the year-round residents of MountainBrook Village. With these cooler temperatures, it also brings the opportunity for more outdoor activities. Unfortunately, this year we have had reports of an unusual number of mosquitoes to deal with. I recently found out from our friends at Cemex Con-trol that Phoenix made it to number 18 on the Terminix list for top 50 mosquito cities in America.

This report mentions the following important health cau-tions- While many in the United States think of mosqui-toes as little more than nuisances that cause itchy red bumps, they can transmit serious diseases — including West Nile virus — and globally, they are vectors for deadly illnesses including malaria. In fact, according to the World Health Organization, mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest animal.

While we as a community are doing all that we can by spraying and trapping these pesky flying creatures, we ask that each homeowner do their part to help control this in-fectious flying monster.

Mosquito larva only need about a bottle cap full of water to fully develop. The water need only be left undisturbed for 48 hours to incubate. So, this means – please check around the outside of your home for any small pools of water such as plant watering emitters, potted plants, bird feeders and even the hose reel attached to your home. If we can eliminate or even reduce the places these mosqui-toes lay their eggs, we will have gone a long way towards protecting the health, safety and comfort of all the resi-dents here at MountainBrook. Have a safe and wonderful Holiday season.

C.W. “Liam” Jordache, General Manager

mailto:[email protected]

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Lighting up MountainBrook is set for Monday, November 25th. We are counting on our volun-teers to help. We will meet at 8:30 in the Super-stition Center. Sign up in the office –or –just show up.

On Saturday, January 4th at 10 AM. The lights will come down. The volunteers that show up to help are most appreciated.

We are always in need of extension cords. If any-

one would like to donate - new or used- cords

(any length) there will be a collection bin at the

office.

Sometimes Santa is not Enough

Wednesday, December 25th

Christmas Social Superstition Center

4:00 pm Doors Open - 4:30 pm Social

Bring an Appetizer or Dessert

Just show up for some Christmas Cheer!

Some Halloween Dance Photos

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I am MountainBrook Village 2005

My Sunset Room hosted Bridge and Poker, Mahjong and Rummikub, a Tai Chi group that filled the room, the Wednesday noontime cookout, and even had a television with a VHS player to show a movie on Sunday nights. Residents enjoyed popcorn, patiently waiting while an-other resident fiddled with the player to get the movie started. Yes, successfully … eventually.

My Superstition Center hosted concerts by the Village Voices and the MBV Band, plays with talented resident actors, Tuesday morning Coffee and News, the Tuesday evening Social, but do you remember the Pajama Parties? Village women donned their pajamas and enjoyed an evening trying new makeup, enjoying a seated massage, being introduced to Tai Chi in the area behind the stage. The urinals in the men's room were decorated with plas-tic flowers. Does anyone remember why the women's room could not be used?

Those were the days … there were four billiards tables, the sound of men playing horseshoes, a room devoted to computers with Wi-Fi, Thanksgiving dinner being pre-pared in two kitchens.

What am I and how did I come to be? I am the wall hang-ing pictured here. I was created with fabric ordered from Internet quilt shops. As my creator found more and more interesting fabric displayed on her computer, she couldn't resist placing an order. I kept growing until I became 81 inches wide by 71 inches high.

To make me, fabric was ironed onto a double-sided sticky backing, items were cut out, then ironed in place onto a larger piece of fabric. Ninety hiking boots were cut from one fabric. Hamburgers and hot dogs, animals and birds, golf carts and antique cars, golfers, dancers, and fashion show models were cut from other fabrics. I LOVE those ladies in the pool!

Luckily, I found a wall large enough for me to be dis-played. If you visit me, look for my Silly Mountain hiker, a senior citizen as you pictured her when you were in elementary school. Not at all like today's MBV hikers, dressed in UV protected clothing, large brim sun hats, hiking boots, and always carrying water.

You should also look for my computer nerd, cacti and mountains, rabbits, quail, roadrunners, the hard-to-find hummingbirds. Yes, those are coyotes hiding in wolves' clothing. The golfers, some having a bad day, along with all the other MBV residents participating in various ac-tivities, are happy to be in the best place to live by far, then and now.

Come to see me on Tuesday, November 19, Wednes-day, November 20, or Thursday, November 21, be-tween 1:00 and 4:00 at Barbara Rowe's house, 6119 South Jojoba Court.

MBV Sunset Center Second Annual Art Decor

Last year the Sunset Center was remodeled and many of the talented MBV artists provided the wall décor. This dé-cor has been on the walls for almost a year and it’s time to exchange it with new art.

If you work in oils, watercolors, wood, metal, photography, or any other medium and would be willing to share your talent with the community we would love to hear from you. Along with wall décor, there is available a display cabi-net that holds a limited amount of three-dimensional works. Each piece of art will be juried by a three-member pan-el of the MBV artistic community to maintain a high standard of artistic work and suitability for display in the Sunset Center.

If you are interested in letting MVB use your artwork to decorate the Sunset Center, please contact us at [email protected] or call Jan or David Larsen at 307-632-1703 for details, rules and entry form.


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Attention all theatre goers!!

MountainBrook’s Theatre Group presents the Imagine Theatre production of LOMBARDI, the story behind the Green Bay Packers legend, Vince Lombardi

A one-time performance Saturday, November 16

10:00 AM Multipurpose Room Free of charge, no tickets required

Come support your MountainBrook Theatre Group.

Come Dance With Us by Lynnel Cochrane

Join us for the first dance of the New Year on Friday, January 10, with the group called Come Back Buddy. This band specializes in Rock and Roll music from the 50's and

they will definitely have you bopping across the dance floor! It will be as much fun to watch the show, as it will be to dance to the music. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, December 4 at the Activity Office.

MountainBrook Travel Group

With “Millions of Sparkling Lights”, “Hundreds of Dazzling Displays”, Festive Food and Drink, and, new this year, “Wildlife Lantern Safari” what’s not to delight the senses at the Phoenix Zoo as we morph into the holiday season?

Come join the MountainBrook Travel Group on Monday, December 9th as we go to the Zoo. We will start with pizza at Organ Stop Pizza then ride in style to the Zoo for $99.

You can sign up on the Free Spirits website at [email protected] or call (480) 926-5547. (If we have at least 10 people going, the Free Spirit bus will pick us up at MountainBrook.) More information can be found at the Activity Center.

Don’t forget to look at the Rose Parade trip (if there is any room left) leaving Dec. 31st and returning Jan. 2nd, 2020! What a way to celebrate the New Year!

Christmas Eve Luminaries

If you have seen the MBV Luminar-ies on previous Christmas Eves, you can attest to the beauty and awe that they inspire. Well, what is not so

inspiring is the two days before where 2,500 candles are assembled during day one and on day two, Christmas Eve, put in place and lit. It takes a lot of Angels to get to the point of admiring them on Christmas Eve.

All volunteers are invited to help assemble the Luminar-ies on Monday, December 23, starting at 7:00 am in the Superstition Center. Our hard working volunteers al-ways get it done in a couple of hours. On Tuesday, De-cember 24 at 2:00 pm, we need volunteers to load the Luminaries into their vehicles and golf carts. Using the buddy system, we place them along the streets and light them.

Please take a drive and enjoy MountainBrook Dr., Mountain Vista, Whispering Mesquite and other side streets that are lit as far as the candles last.

All good things come to an end early Christmas morning. Like everything else in life, if you make a mess you have to clean it up. Our volunteers need help for an early Christmas morning pick up. We could use the early birds help that are out walking before dawn, yes, we see you. Please come out with a large garbage bag and pickup what you can.

This event preparing for the Luminaries on Christmas Eve seems to create such a wonderful sense of com-radery throughout the pro-cess. We welcome anyone to come join us for even a short time. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

Diana Jensen


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MountainBrook Village

Artist of the Month

On Exhibit in Library

Ever since I can remember I have had a passion for art in all forms and medi-ums. Even as a young child I always loved getting new crayons or paints and paper so I could create pictures. My

parents told me I began drawing around the age of three.

My interest in drawing and painting continued to grow throughout elementary and high school, even winning a few local art contests. I took several art courses in college where I learned about techniques in oil painting and pastels. After col-lege, during my 32-year teaching career, I often incorporated art projects to enhance my lessons.

As a busy wife and mother of three boys, I still managed to

enjoy making things to decorate my home like holiday decora-

tions and tablescapes for entertaining my dinner guests. Now that my husband Richard and I have moved to MBV from up-

state New York, I have had the marvelous opportunity to ex-

plore other avenues of artistic expression. I have joined the pottery club and discovered the art of hand building pieces and

glazing. In addition, I am also a member of the ceramics club where I have experimented in combining paint, pastels, and

stain to bring out the texture in my pieces. I attend the monthly

acrylic painting class which has given me a whole new outlook on using different brushstrokes, tools, and even my fingers to

paint. Art has been, and always will be an exciting facet of my

life and I hope I can continue to find ways to express my artis-tic creativity.


Carole Robins

Let There Be Light - but make sure it’s the right light!

Pinal County's Outdoor Lighting Ordinance is patterned after the International Dark Sky Association's guidelines to encourage designs that provide for the proper quality and quantity of nighttime illumination, while managing energy consumption and minimizing light trespass and negative impacts on the surrounding areas and the night sky. We have developed our guidelines for lighting based upon this same intent, and they are specifically stated in paragraph 3.3.8.4 of the MBV Architectural Standards.

With the Holiday Season rapidly approaching, lights may be displayed from mid-November to mid-January. Lights for other holidays are limited to 30 days prior, and 7 days after the holiday. No colored bulbs or reflectors are permitted in front yards at other times. Garage and front entry lights need to have ce-ramic or hooded fixtures with a maximum of 40 watt bulbs. Glass fixtures must use translucent or opaque glass. Motion or thermally triggered security flood-lights are permissible as long as the light falls totally within your property. A single bulb shall not exceed 75 watts, while a double fixture is limited to 40 watts per bulb. Pathway lights along driveways and sidewalks that connect to driveways, are permitted as long as they are not taller than 12", are limited to 10 watts halogen or 4 watts LED and are used to define the location of the edge of the driveway and walkway. Rope lights, lan-terns and regular lights are not permitted on top of any wall, adjoining pillars or posts. They may be mounted on the inside of the wall if they are integral to the wall and provide the proper shielding. Bulb wattages are specified in terms of incandescent bulbs and other types of bulb equivalent wattages will be the responsibility of the homeowner. Sodium and mercury vapor bulbs are not permitted, and all lights must be positioned or shielded to provide illumination only on the subject property.

Please remember that any change to your exterior light-ing requires approval from your Architectural Review Committee. Requests forms for changes are available at the office or over the MBV website (mbvaz.org), and the Committee meets every other Thursday.

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In the Territory... “Tse Bii Ndzisgali” in Navajo is “Valley of the Rocks”, which is what they call Monument Valley. Located on 92,000 acres of land on the Navajo Reservation in north-east Arizona and southern Utah, this area features numer-ous sandstone creations of gigantic red buttes. The moun-tains stretch from 400 to 1,000 feet above the desert floor and have been created over millions of years by volcanic pressures pushing the land up from below the surface. The wind and rain then creates erosion which causes the different shapes. While the area has become quite a tour-ist attraction, many of the Navajo medicine men continue to believe that the area is like a Holy Land and place of worship, so they still have their daily ceremonial rituals there.

Monument Valley is a Navajo National Park so it is gov-erned by their laws which includes no climbing, no drones, no hiking without a Navajo guide and no dumping of human cremains. It is a part of the Navajo Reservation which stretches over 25,000 square miles (16 million acres) in parts of Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexi-co.

The Monument Valley Visitor Center and Museum in-cludes the only lodging facility in the area, “The View Hotel”, a full service restaurant and snack bar, a large Trading Post with original Navajo crafts plus your typical T-shirt selections, and several museums including one forthe Navajo code talkers from World War II. There arealso spectacular vistas from the Center for taking photo-graphs. In the surrounding area is a village of hooghans(also called hogans) which are Navajo log houses coveredin clay, a trailer park, campgrounds, tour guide headquar-ters, hiking trails and the setting for several John Waynemovies. He called the area “God's Treasure”. It is anoth-er magnificent geological masterpiece located about sevenhours away, and is truly worth a trip to expand your ap-preciation of this wonderful country of ours. For addition-al information check out www.NavajoNationParks.org.

Submitted by Mike Karr

Summer Pickleball Highlights for

MountainBrook Pickleball Club Members

Welcome back to all of our returning residents. While you were away, your MBV pickleball club continued to grow.

There was spirited play on our courts each day, despite the high temperatures. In addition to the regular play here at MountainBrook, many club members took part in play at neighboring facilities. This is always fun as it allows our members to meet and play with pickleballers from outside our village.

Several of our members traveled and played in tourna-ments around the US and in Canada. As usual, your club members showed they have the right stuff. This list is not complete but shows you the type of talent your club members possess.

• LAS VEGAS OPEN -

silver medal in Men’s and bronze in Mixed.

• NORTH DAKOTA SENIOR GAMES -

3 gold medals, 1 silver, and 1 bronze.

• PRESCOTT GAMES -

1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze.

• BEND OREGON -

1 silver medal in Men’s.

• PALOMA INDOOR -

1 gold and 1 bronze in Mixed and 1 Silver in Men’s.

• MIDDLE STATES REGIONAL-

2 bronze medals.

• SURREY GRIP N RIP -

1 gold in Women’s and 1 silver in Mixed.

• ABBOTSFORD -

1 gold in Women’s.

• DOUGLAS PARK -

1 gold in Mixed.

• CANADIAN NATIONALS -

1 silver in Women’s.

• SSIPA WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS -

1 gold in Men’s.

http://www.NavajoNationParks.org/

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Village Voices Offer “Snow” to MountainBrook!

Residents are invited by the MountainBrook Village Voices and the Village Voices Orchestra to join in a celebration of “Snow” to begin the 2019 holiday season! This year’s concerts will be at 7:00 pm on the evenings of Friday, December 6, and Saturday, December 7, at the Superstition Center. New this year is a dress rehearsal “pre-concert” on Wednesday, December 4, at 7 pm., doors to open at 6:15. Unreserved seat tickets for this more relaxed “beauty but maybe some bloopers” BYOB performance are priced at $5.

New and “seasoned” residents alike will be treated to a wide variety of songs from the silly to the majestic: “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” to “What Child is This.” As the Voices love to sing medleys, the concert will begin with “Christmas on Broadway” and conclude with “Irving Berlin’s Christmas,” with an Olde English “Here We Come A’Caroling” medley wedged into the middle of the program. And throughout the evening will be sprinkled lots of mentions of the white stuff we all love (from afar).

Reserved seat tickets ($10 including refreshments) are for sale now at the MountainBrook Activi-ty Office. Tickets may be available for purchase at the door on the evenings of the concerts, but the Village Voices Christmas concerts usually sell out each year so purchase of tickets before the concert dates is strongly suggested. Doors will open at 6:30 pm for the Friday and Saturday shows. Come join us for a “White Christmas!”

New Year’s Eve w/Outside the Line

Tuesday, December 31st

Superstition Center

Doors Open 6:30 Dinner 7:00pm

Dancing 8:30pm-12:30am

Tickets - $40

On Sale 11/27

Menu: Prime Rib, Salmon, Vegetable Lasagna,

Oven Roasted Potatoes,

Steamed Vegetable Medley, Mixed Green Salad,

Fruit Salad & Sliced French Bread

Black Forest Cake

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MBV Events

12/4 (W) & 12/6 (Sat)-12/7(Sun)

Village Voices Concert

“White Christmas!” This year’s con-certs Doors open at 6:15pm, concert starts 7:00 pm on the evenings of Friday, December 6, and Saturday, December 7, at the Superstition Cen-ter Reserved seat tickets ($10 includ-ing refreshments) . New this year is a dress rehearsal “pre-concert” on Wednesday, December 4, at 6pm., doors to open at 6:15. No reserved seat tickets for this more relaxed “beauty but maybe some bloops” BYOB performance are priced at $5.

December 13th (F)

Light Up The Night Dance Party Superstition Center. 6:30-9:30pm.

The Superstition Center will be all aglow with candles, twinkling lights and luminaries as we Light Up the Night for our December dance party. The often requested IMAGINE band will be on stage to provide a variety of your favorite danceable music. Lighting up the Night in a festive fashion is a big part of the holiday season, so it will be a bright time and the right time to join friends and neighbors at this most wonderful time of the year.

Tickets on sale Advanced purchase $7 per person At Door $10

December 18th (W)

Jerry Prunty Holiday Show & Cookie Exchange

Superstition Center 6:00pm Doors Open 7:00pm Concert

Jerry Prunty and his band consistent-ly provide an exhilarating live per-formance that covers an extensive repertoire of Christmas songs in the style of your favorite 50's entertain-ers such as Elvis, Brenda Lee, Paul Anka and Chuck Berry. You will experience a highly entertaining show with lots of spontaneous fun, laughter and nostalgia.

Tickets for reserved table seating start 11/13

$12 per person

December 25th (W)

Christmas Day Social Superstition Center 4:00 Doors Open Desserts and Appetizers 4:30pm

Join MountainBrook Friends by bringing a dish to pass and celebrate Christmas together!

December 31st (Tues)

New Year’s Eve Dinner & Dance Superstition Center 6:30pm Doors Open Dinner 7:00pm Dance 8:30-12:30pm

Menu: Prime Rib, Salmon, Vegeta-ble Lasagna, Oven Roasted Potatoes, Steamed Vegetable Medley, Mixed Green Salad, Mixed Fruit Salad & Sliced French Bread with Black For-est Cake.

Entertainment by Outside the Line Dance Band

Tickets on Sale 11/27 Must RSVP $40 per person

January 10th (Fri)

Come Back Buddy Dance Party

Superstition Center 6:30-9:30pm

Join us for the first dance of the New Year with the band called Come Back Buddy. Their music specializes in Rock and Roll from the 50's and they will have you bopping across the dance floor all night long! This dance party will be as much fun to watch, as it will be to shake, rattle and roll and twist the night away.

Tickets on sale 12/4 $7 PP in Advance $10 at Door

January 18th (Sat)

Ryan Ahern Orchestra & Piano Concert Superstition Center Doors open 6:30 Concert 7:00pm

Las Vegas Show Piano sensation Ryan Ahern and his 8 piece pop orchestra are guaranteed to put on an extraordinary, multi instrumental performance featur-ing iconic Broadway hits, Boogie Woo-gie and legendary musical classics of Queen, Ray Charles and Liberace. This high energy, action packed show will surpass your expectations.

Tickets for reserved table seat-ing go on sale 12/11


The Prospector Welcomes Back MountainBrook!

It’s time to become a Prospector and discover the Treasure!

By: Pam Burks

Come on “Prospectors” take the opportunity to “dig” into the great food, and great Happy Hours. The food is hot, yummy and plentiful, you will want to “Explore” the breakfast, lunch & dinner menus, be-cause they have something for everybody, and they aim to please. If you have-n’t been there for the “Happy Hour” appetizers and drink specials, then you will want to “discover” them before everyone else does.

So, jump in your vehicles, golf carts, or walking shoes and head for the “Prospector” and discover the “Treasurer Chest” of fine food and libations that is awaiting you. See you there neigh-bor!

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Ladies Bridge (Year Around) Meets every Monday at 1:00 in the Sunset Room. Potluck at noon on the first Monday off the month. Sign up one week ahead and walk-ins are welcome. We pay 50 cents for small prizes. Questions call Barbara Osborn @ 982-9408. Winners this month were: Marty Robison, Janeane Miller, Barbara Os-born and Marion Schroeder.

Mixed Bridge (Year Around) Both couples and singles, no partner necessary. We meet every Thursday at 1pm in the Sunset Center. You can sign up one week in advance and walk-ins are welcome. Call Bonnie Dick-son @ 480-671-3359

Duplicate Bridge (Year Around) Meets the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month in the Mesquite Room 12:30pm to 4pm. Bring a partner and $3 each for cash prizes. Suzy Cavoto, 847-302-4806

Canasta (Year Around) Come join us. We play every Monday and Friday from 12:45pm – 4pm in Sunset. Call JoAnn Skow at 671-3298 questions.

Hand, foot and toe (Canasta) (Year Around)

We play every Wed. and Thursday at 9am to noon in the Sunset Room. This card game is easy to learn, and we will be happy to teach you the game. Interested call Joan Archer at 480-288-0891

Texas Hold’em (Year Around) Texas Hold'em is played in the Sunset Center daily. Mixed play is Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Tuesday and Thursday are ladies only. Omaha 8 is played on Wednesday. Mixed games start at noon. Interested ? Call Jim Welch @480-212-2209.

Deep Water Aerobics (Year Around)

Wednesday and Saturday 8am East Pool. Bring a noodle.

Pinochle Report (Year Around) by Barb Hofmeister

The Thursday evening group starts to gather in the main room of the Sunset center about 6:30 and play begins at 7 p.m. If you would like to learn the game or brush up, please call me at 602-284-6379 and I will meet you there at 6 pm and we will have aclass and practice before play starts. We are a fun and veryfriendly group. Highest scorers in October were Nellie Moore682 and Rich Huseman 616 and 505. But there were plenty ofother high scores. Marilyn Wilson 592, Sharon Hanson 579 and543, Ray Mauzey 551. Everyone is welcome and we do play forrewards. We pay $2 to pay and all the money is returned to thetop winners.The Tuesday Daytime Pinochle group is now open for men

and women and meets at 1:00 PM in the Gold Room of the Sun-

set center. We are a friendly group and welcome new members.

Contact Sharon Hanson at 480-415-0859 if you have any ques-

tions.

Low Impact Aerobics and More (Year Around) We are here year round! Come join us for low impact aerobics in the MPR from 7-8am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Joann J. 983-9620.

The Abrams’ Men’s Golf (Year Around) The Abram’s Men Golf Group Plays Wednesday mornings at MountainBrook Golf course. Players of all skill levels, or lack of, are welcome. Group rates and cash games. Contact Lonnie @ 972-352-9654 or [email protected].

Famous Cooney Men's Golf League (Year Around) Plays every Monday morning at MountainBrook Golf Course. We have group rates. Chet Haines at 671-1066 or email [email protected]

Classes, Groups &Clubs • 150 words or less email to the Mountaineer at:

[email protected].

• All Classes, Groups & Clubs are responsible for submit-ting information when leaving and returning for the sea-sons

• All Classes, Groups & Clubs are responsible for anyupdates throughout the season.

• Using the email address [email protected] will also notifythe office and the website of any changes applicable toClasses, Groups & Clubs





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Tuesday National Mah Jongg (Year Around) The Tuesday Mah Jongg group welcomes anyone and everyone to join us in the beautiful Sunset Room. You can play in the mornings around 9:30, afternoons at 12:30, or bring a lunch and play all day! We use the National Mah Jongg League card and rules. You are also welcome to come and observe the game any-time and see how interesting and challenging Mah Jongg can be. We promise to make it a fun time for all. We hope to put to-gether lessons for beginners or new players soon. For any ques-tions about the game or lessons, please call Janie at 480-258-2336.

Oriental Mah Jongg (Year Around) Oriental MahJongg meets twice a week on Sundays and Wednesdays in the Sunset Room! We contribute $5 each time. We can play with 3 to 5 players per table, so everyone is welcome. If you have no knowledge of the tiles, we can teach you and we have sheets with the tile names to refer to. It's easy. We meet at 12:50 to draw chips to see who we play with. Please join us. Kathy 530-263-1188

Tennis Talk (Year Around) by Carol and Marilyn

What do you call a girl standing in the middle of the tennis court? "Annette" Temps are slowly coming down and we are excited about our upcoming tennis season. Hoping everyone is having a great summer. Believe it or not some of our members are actually playing in 100 degree + temperatures, albeit at 6:00 am. We are looking forward to seeing you back at MBV. Mark your calendar for November 16th, 5:30 p.m. for our welcome back dinner. Our 2019-2020 Officers are: Carol Austin, Presi-dent, Lee Alberts, Vice President, Deb Thompson, Treasurer, and Carol Elrod and Marilyn Johnson, Secretaries. Any interest in playing tennis, please call anyone of the above officers. Why should you never fall in love with a tennis player? To them "Love" means "Nothing" See you on the courts!

Pickleball News (Year Around) by Elisa Howard

Welcome back to all our winter residents. As you know, on No-vember 1 we returned to our standard hours for A/B court allo-cations. A’s play from 7-9 AM; B and B+ players play from 9-12. Courts can be reserved after 12:00 by signing up at the bul-letin board. Our current membership stands at 180 – this is thelargest club in all of MBV! This season, we will again haveleague play as well as a weekly session for women’s open play;the time and day of week has not yet been set. Announcementswill be posted on the bulletin board and via email.

Knitting (Year Around) Welcome to knitting! We are a group that meets every Tuesday at 10am in the Mesquite Room. We welcome all levels of knit-ters and even people who think they might like to learn how to knit. We offer help in understanding patterns and learning new stitches. Feel free to join us any Tuesday morning, meet our knitters, and decide if the Knitting Group appeals to you. If you have any questions, please call Judi at 314-435-1552.

Book Discussion by Peggy Malsom

It’s winter. Deep in the forest the struggling community of Beartown has seen better times. Everybody pins their hopes, their dreams, their very future on the junior hockey players if only they can win. Until that cold, fateful night and then the community must decide the verdict and the future of “Beartown.” Join us Wednesday, December 11 at 2 pm in the Mesquite Room as Fredrik Backman, author of “A Man Called Ove”, brings us another “dazzling, profound novel about a small town with a big dream-and the price required to make it come true.” Bubbly, of course, will be served.

MBV Ceramics and Glass Arts (Year Around) New and interesting Glass and Ceramics projects continue to be in the Fired Arts Studio. Sign-up sheets with pictures of the pro-jects are available in the office. Be sure to look for the tab la-beled “Ceramics” in the binder labeled “Classes” to sign up. Classes are limited to 12 unless otherwise noted. The Tuesday/Thursday schedule is as follows: Tuesday afternoons are re-served for Ceramics with instructors available; Thursday morn-ings the studio is open to all techniques unless a class is sched-uled; Thursday afternoons are open to all techniques. During the Winter Season, Tuesday mornings are reserved for Bottle Slumping and Glass Fusion.

MBV Pottery Club (Year Around) Check out the lighted windows of the Fired Arts Center on the way to the pool or fitness facility. All of the displayed art has been made by your friends and neighbors. Our club’s mission is to promote and support MBV residents in the pursuit of artistic expression in the art and craft of pottery. Volunteer instructors conduct half-day introductory, intermediate and advanced clas-ses, in an open, welcoming environment. Pottery Club hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Stop by and take a tour of the studio to see if pottery is something you would like to try. Our class schedule will be released November 1 and class sign-ups will begin on December 1, either in person or by email. Annual membership in the club is $40 and classes are $20. The funds generated keep the studio supplied with glaz-es and specialized tools. Questions? Contact Pierce McIntosh at 480-244-7080, or email at [email protected].

LIBRARY NOTES (Year Around)

Welcome back to MountainBrook returnees. Hope you man-aged to avoid some of the nasty weather the north country has had. There have been a few changes at the library, nothing too drastic. Our meetings have been changed to the first Wednes-day of the month at 1:00 in the office conference room. We welcome any and all volunteers, so if you'd like to join us come to a meeting. Since MBV is no longer doing the big recycling, we ask for donated magazines to be no older than 3 months. There is no longer any sign out books for any materials. If you have paper grocery bags with handles, the library could certainly use them. They could be left in the donation box. Puzzles re-main under the window - we are no longer keeping puzzles with missing pieces. Read on!!


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Supper Club (Year Around) Ruth Parker

The annual Supper Club potluck will be held Sunday, November 3 in the Sunset Room. Social hour at 5 pm., dinner at 6 pm. The $2 cost covers paper goods, coffee and lemonade. BYOB if you like. Along with good food and sociability, this is the opportuni-ty to find out all the ins and outs of Supper Club. We're hoping that a lot of new couples and singles join us this season for din-ners consisting of dishes like Kentucky Brown Tart, Dill Pickle Pasta Salad and Mozzarella Puffs. Please sign up in the office for the dish you would like to share. Questions please call Ruth Parker, Pat Patt, Audrey Morganegg or Linda Cody. We're all in the book. "All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt." Charles M Schulz.

Social Hour (Year Around) Every Tuesday night year ‘round, there’s a long standing, very popular, free MountainBrook event in the Superstition Center. Residents gather at 5:00 PM to enjoy an evening out with old and new friends. The LAST Tuesday of the month is a POT-LUCK which is meant to be a full meal. The fare on “regular” Tuesdays could be classified as snacks/appetizers or desserts. As always BYOB. Tableware provided. The Chairperson main-tains a schedule of weekly volunteers to ‘Host’ the Social Hour. These volunteers set up the food tables, organize the food as it arrives, make the welcome announcements with a little clean up afterwards. Don’t be afraid. There are usually others who join in helping. Please consider joining the group on a Tuesday night; singles and couples are welcome. We try to keep an eye out for new faces and welcome them to join a table of ‘veterans’.

Whine and Cheese for the Ladies (Year Around) Meets every Monday at 4:00pm for the ladies, in the Supersti-tion Center. Just bring $1.00, your beverage of choice and sit and enjoy the cheese and crackers that are there to enjoy. Call Nancy Bilensky @ 480-982-3686

MBV Veterans Group (Year Around)

Are you a military veteran? Did you know we have an informal group of veterans here in MountainBrook that meets in the Mes-quite Room every 3rd Monday of the month at 1600 hours. Our next meeting is Monday the 18th of November. Our main goal is to put out information and the sharing of information that is ben-eficial to the veteran with regards to getting their VA benefits, a rating or a rating increase. We stress that getting registered in the VA system is the most important thing a veteran can do. Once registered the options available to you within the VA are end-less. If you’re interested in having a little social time with other veterans, hearing more about your VA benefits and where to go for help why not try one of our meetings. If you’d like more information about the group and what we do call Dennis Mal-som, 425-315-6035.

Helping Hands (Year Around) by Loretta Milton

We are a group of volunteers who live in MBV and help our residents on a temporary basis. We have been assisting with medical transportation, grocery shopping and caregiver support for many years. We also have a list of medical equipment and child care equipment for loan. There is a card holder in the of-fice with resident’s names and numbers for you to contact. If you would like additional information, please call Loretta Milton and leave a message at 480-474-9958.

Fairway Vistas HOA by Verna Aure, Pres. (Year Around)

The new management group is still hard at work compiling FV

HOA financial records. Blue Marble Landscape has completed

the weed control application of pre-emergent for the year. The plants and trees are flourishing despite the drought and extreme-

ly hot temperatures. The next FV HOA Board Meeting is sched-

uled for October 24th at 10:00am in the Sunset Bldg., Gold Room. Hope your summer has been enjoyable as we look for-

ward to a cooler autumn season.

Wii Bowling (Year Around) Every Thursday at 1:00 PM in the MPR Enjoy friendship with fellow Wii Bowlers.

Ladies Bible Study (Seasonal) Inviting all ladies to join us in a Bible study beginning October 21 at 9:00 am in the Mesquite Room. Please call Sandy at 480 227-7271 if you have any questions.

Bible Study Class (Seasonal)

Did you ever ask yourself: Who Am I? What Am I? Why am I? What does Scripture say regarding topics such as: Overcom-ing Depression, Anger, Verbal/Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, Handling Stress, etc. If you are interested in answers to any of the above questions and in receiving more in-depth information about God's Word, this FREE non-denominational weekly Bible Study Class is for you! Classes being on Nov. 4th in the Sunset Room A from 9am-11am. If interested and any questions should be directed to Howard Schneider: cell: 262-573-4288, email [email protected]

MBV Republicans (Seasonal) (GCR) Meets the 2nd Saturday of the Month – September – April 9AM – 11:30AM, Sunset Center. Meet & Greet starts at 9AM, with coffee & treats, the first guest speaker begins at 9:30AM. We are a social group of like-minded Republican Conservatives. Our Club consists of MountainBrook Residents. Call Pam Burks, GCR Chairman, 480-214-5555, for more information and a list of guest speakers

Bingo (Seasonal) Bingo has started and would like to invite all residents and any-one who would like to come for a night of fun and a chance to win money. Bingo is every Monday night and starts at 6:30PM Cost is $10 plus $1.00 for the special game. Join us in the fun at MBV in the Superstition building. Contact Joan Arch-er if you have any questions at 480-288-0891

Pilates (Seasonal) If you are interested in improving your breathing, spinal align-ment, strengthening your deep abdominal muscles, and invigor-ating your mind and spirit, then Pilates is for you! Men and women of all levels are welcome. Classes are Monday and Thursday 9 am in MPR. Bring a mat with you. Contact Jan Grant 605-929-8719.

Coed Water Aerobics (Seasonal)

If you like to exercise to music come join us in the West pool at 10:00 Monday through Thursday. No equipment needed. Ques-tions please call or text Ann Rasmussen at 651-249-6958 or email at [email protected]




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MBV Hiking (Seasonal) There are four weekly opportunities to hike with fellow residents and friends:

• All Levels, Tuesday – 7:00AM hike to Silly Mountain fromSunset Center parking lot and back, returning in time for9:00 coffee and news at Superstition Center.

• Level 1, Wednesday – Hike of 2 hours in/out on gentle ter-rain with elevation gains up to 500ft.

• Level 2, Friday - Hike of 3 hours in/out on varied terrainwith elevation gains up to 1500ft.

• Level 3, Thursday – Hike of 5 to 7 hours and 6 to 15 mileson varied terrain with elevation gains up to 2500ft. Theremay be sections that include steep uphill and downhill, in-cluding loose rocks and boulders.

Levels 1 & 2, optional stop at a local eatery after the hike. For level 3, bring your own lunch and eat on the trail. Level 3. Sign up for these hikes at the office so you can be added to the weekly mailing of scheduled hikes and meeting location for carpooling. Questions, call or email Keith at 480-288-4338 or [email protected]

Stamping Up with Carol (Seasonal)

The monthly all occasion card classes will be on Thursdays. The dates are November 14th, December 12th, January 16th, Febru-

ary 13th, March 12th, April 16th and May 14th. The classes are

in the Ocotillo Arts & Craft Room at 1:00. The cost of the regu-lar classes is $16.00. You will create 4 all occasion cards using

Stampin Up products. This is an ideal class for new stampers to

experienced stampers. All products except for adhesive & scis-sors will be provided. The signup sheet will be in the office for

the next class until the Saturday before. If you need to sign up

after that or have any questions, please contact me. I can be reached at 708-612-9112 or email at [email protected].

Beading & Jewelry Group (Seasonal)

The Beading & Jewelry Group meets monthly on the first Tues-day from 1:00 - 3:00 pm, November 2019 - May 2020. We meet in the Ocotillo Arts & Crafts Room (OAC) across from the Fired Arts building. Anyone can attend. Bring your own beads and supplies or use mine at cost. Instruction in designing rings, bracelets, necklaces and earrings. Make fun jewelry for your family and friends. Call Celeste Parcell at 415-225-6848 for de-tails.

Hour Glass Belly Dance Class (Seasonal)

Fun, Fitness and Femininity! Experience the beautiful artform of Raqs Sharqi, the Dance of the East. With the basics of belly dance, we will use our curves to create mesmerizing and body strengthening moves. Not only is belly dance easy on the joints and good for the spine it is also for any age, shape or dress size Music of the Middle East inspires our moves as we first learn the art of isolation and then practice simple combinations. And no, you do not have to show your belly! Comfortable leggings, T shirt and socks are recommended. Bring a lightweight scarf or piece of fabric large enough to tie around your hips. We meet in the Ocotillo Center /Wednesdays 12:30-1:30 pm / beginning Nov. 13 Walk-ins welcome each week. Call or text Barbara at 414-573-8126 or email [email protected]


MountainBrook Democrats (Seasonal) Mountain Brook Democrats will resume meeting on the fourth Saturday of the month from 10-12 in the multi purpose room starting January 25th. Contact Lisa Abbott, 480-347-7736

Aerobics for the Mind/Me and My Music 2019/20, W. Paul Cechovic (Seasonal)

Date Presenter Subject

11/2/2019 Ross Gilcrist What happened at Mount St. Helens

12/7/2019 Jim Burni Acupuncture and Chinese Med

12/21/2019 Suzanne Lansford Violin and Vocals

1/4/2020 Tim Ralstone Copper Mining

2/1/2020 Kent Volkmer Pinal Cnty Attorney

2/15/2020 TBA TBA

3/7/2020 ElSayed/Schoneberger Biomimicry ASU

4/4/2020 Carl Kuehn Building Hot Rods

4/18/2020 Dr. Liz Buch Professor of Flute

All events are in the Sunset Room at MBV

Music at Sunset (Seasonal) Welcome Back musicians, singers, and listeners! Announcing our winter schedule for our monthly music get togethers in the Sunset Room from 6-9 pm on the following Wednesday eve-nings. Bring your voices, instruments and/or clapping hands and join in the music fun! Nov 27, Dec 18, Jan 22, Feb 26, Mar 25, & Apr 22 in the Sunset room 6 to 9 PM BYOB - Everyone is Welcome! For more information: Call Greg Anderson@ 612-385-5986 or Rick Robbins@ 518-755-8792


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State Time

State Potluck Time is Coming — The Mountaineer

Staff wants to remind everyone sending in State Potluck

information that we can only accept 150 words or less

and no pictures. Please send your email to :

[email protected] - Thank you

North East Potluck - Save the Date!

Sunday, January 26, 2020 - Sunset Center - Doors open at 5:30 pm - Dinner at 6pm. More details to follow.

Pacific Northwest Potluck Sunday, February 9, 2020 from 4:00pm to 6:30’ish! You are welcome to what we are now calling the “Pacific Northwest Potluck”. It will be held in the Sunset Room. Anyone who lives in, has lived, or has been to and loves the Pacific North-west, you are welcome! Please join us to meet new friends and enjoy a fun social event. Social time (BYOB) will start at 4:00. Potluck begins at 5:00. We will need appetizers, main dishes, and salads. Dessert will be provided! Sign up in the Activity Office, and at that time please check to see what is needed most so we aren’t overwhelmed with one particular item. Bring an adequate amount to share, along with your own serving utensils. A fee of $2.00pp will be collected at the door for dessert, coffee/tea, and paper products. Questions or sug-gestions - contact Elaine Dowell 360-333-8044 or Pam Kitche-ner 425-478-8896.

OOPS, sometimes we forget, and sometimes new owners or renters

don’t know.

So, here is a quick FYI

MountainBrook Village also has the following CC&R regarding parking on the street: 2.9.2 Recreational Ve-hicles, Boats and Mobile Homes No mobile home, mo-tor home, boat, recreational vehicle, trailer, truck, camper, or other vehicles of similar kind may be parked or stored on any public street or right of way or on any residential lot for a period exceeding seventy-two (72) hours for the purposes of loading, unloading and clean-ing such vehicles; refer to Paragraphs 10.3 and 10.11.2 in the CC&Rs. If for any reason, mechanical or other-wise, one of the above type vehicles must exceed the seventy-two (72) hour limit, please contact the Manage-ment Company. Recreational vehicles shall not be oc-cupied by guests or any persons while parked in streets at houses. As a matter of safety, all slide outs shall be pulled in before dusk. At all times, RVs shall be parked so as not to create an obstruction for emergency re-sponse vehicles. Streets shall be protected with suitable wooden blocks or shocks to prevent damage by leveling devices or jacks. Overnight parking of visitor/guest RVs is not permitted.

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For Sale Magnificent Gold Canyon Raw Prop-erty: 3 1/4 acres with majestic views of the Superstition Mountains in Mesa Del Oro Estate. Asking $315,000 Nicole 602-885-9230.

Add Pizazz To Your Fire Table: Ori flame 38” diameter top with 22” center opening. Terra cotta style and color. $50 480-671-4675.

Standard Patio Heater: Bronze 48000 BTU. New, in original box. $80.00. Call 480-288-2126 and leave message.

Beautiful: Norman Rockwell Christmas Village. Including accessories. Mint con-dition. $50 OBO 519-341-4960.

Shutter: Fits Bradshaw Master Bath. $20. Screens for Bradshaw model. 5 for $25. 480-474-9393.

Golf Clubs: Ping Irons 3-9/Wedge. Woods 1-3-5-7- Putter. Bag/Pull Cart.

Graphite Shafts. 480-671-8363.

Portable Evaporative Coolers: 2009 Ultracool model CP35 - $50. 2012 Kuulaire KA45 - $75. 480-288-1235.

Utility trailer: 4' x 8', folds, stores up-right in garage. Hauled motorcycle, brush. GVWR 1180#. Removable sides, spare. 612-532-1112.

MBV Home: 3 BR 2BA, 2 ½ extended garage. New windows & 18 SEER a/c. Many upgrades, loads of storage. 480-671-9619. Leave message.

For Rent

MBV home: 2BR, 2BA, Totally renovat-ed, extended patio, w/phenomenal views. No smoking/pets. Dec 2019; May 2020 going forward. 30-day min. 651-238-0471.

MBV Golf Course Home: 2BR/2BA Lge patio w/BBQ. No Smoking or pets, RO. Nov 1 thru Jan 10. 30-day min. 303-204-3722.

Service

We will house sit your home. Frequent visits and always after every rain and windstorm. Call Chuck/Diana 630-546-4018.

PET SITTING: I’d love to care for your pet(s) while you’re away. Please call for details and visitation. Nancy C. 480-474-1200.

Have a flat tire on your golf cart? Same day repair. Annual check-ups, repairs, updating, or questions. Call Chuck 630-546-4018

Medicare questions? Need help? Call 480-686-4653.

Need computer help? I fix them and can coach you. Chris/Conquering Com-puters 480-577-4309.

Need help with caring for a loved one? Cheri CNA. 480-982-8312.

Handy Woman. Afraid to let just any man into your home to help with house-hold needs? Call me first. Jesika 480-980-0548.

Experienced Cat Companion: Daily visit includes feeding, clean up, and playtime. I make cat toys too. Low Rates. Celeste 415-225-6848.

Cleaning: Carpet, upholstery, windows. Dry foam carpet cleaning. Pick up availa-ble for area rugs. Senior discount. Joe 480-288-5012.

It's holiday decorations time: Call me to help you, I even do outside lights! Call Jesika 480-980-0548

Learn French: From a retired Mesa Public Schools French teacher. Your house or mine. Betty 480-304-2448.

Wanted

Helping Hands in need of infant and childcare equipment from those willing to loan to their neighbor. Log in the Ac-tivity Office. 480-474-9958.

Helping Hands in need of volunteers willing to transport clients to the doctors or shopping. Available? Call 480-474-9958.

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• One free ad of 20 words or less, for30 days for MBV residents only.

• Must be resubmitted each month.

• Classified ads are to be submitted tothe MountainBrook Activity Officeor emailed

• Ads may be subject to editing.

• Rental ads must meet CC&R Guide-lines (i.e., 55+ & 30 day minimum).

• Deadline for all ads is the 25th of themonth

Business/commercial ads for residents and nonresidents are available for purchase from Ray’s Printing.


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Mountaineer MOUNTAINEER STAFF

Diana Jensen, Editor; Marilee Pritchard, Classi-fieds; Pam Burks, Business Articles; Sandy Collard, Caring Corner; Various Proofreaders and Consultants.

*Articles 500 words or less & all photos (no DVDs) should be emailed to :

[email protected]

MBV personal ads, (i.e., for sale, for rent, wanted) can

be emailed or left at the office. MBV resident/

commercial ads must be placed through Ray’s Printing.

DEADLINE FOR ALL ARTICLES AND

ADS IS THE 25TH OF THE MONTH.

*Mountaineer articles and photos may have to be

edited or eliminated as space allows.

*Editor will edit for proper content when necessary

Any changes to this page - - - please email : [email protected]

STANDING COMMITTEES:

Board of Directors Last Tuesday 9:45am-SC

Activities Committee Second Monday 9:00am MR

Architectural Committee Alt. Thursdays 9:30am PV

Budget & Finance Thursday. before BOD 2:00pm PV

Buildings & Grounds First Tuesday 12:30pm PV

Communications Committee First Thursday 9:00am LCR

Planning Committee Second Monday 2:00pm MR

Committee Chairs Second Wednesday 1:00pm LCR

Board Workshop Tuesday before BOD 9:45am SC

For Your Convenience

Janet Christopherson, President……….…. (651) 341-3648

Janna Lea Olm, Vice President ……..……. (480) 620-2752

Janet Swaim, Secretary ………………….… (509) 594-0022

Tami Tack, Treasurer, Non-Director …..… (480) 982-8299

Peter Cavoto, Director ………………..…... (847) 989-1564

Chris Bukovac, Director…………….….….. (480) 577-4309

Jack Guthrie, Director ……………….……. (402) 405-5857

Audrey Morganegg, Director …………...… (480) 671-3507

Mountaineer Editor - Diana Jensen ….…... (630) 546-4018

Activity Office ……………………….….….. (480) 983-5555

Lifestyle Director - Jennifer McGraw …..... (480) 983-5555

Community Manager - CW Jordache…... (480) 983-5555

Alex Willingham - Asst. Mgr/Covenants .... (480) 983-5555

Fairway Vista Mgt - Wendy Burton…..…. (480) 983-1010

Pinnacle Vista Mgt - Wendy Burton……... (480) 983-1010

Activities Committee - Claudia Vaughan .. (480) 983-3425

Architectural Committee - Janet Swaim…. (509) 594-0022

Budget & Finance Committee - Tami Tack (480) 982-8299

Building & Grounds - Larry England …… (480) 474-9180

Communications - Greg Anderson ……… (612) 385-5986

Planning Committee - Bill Yeager, ………. (480) 773-2788

Caring Corner - Sandy Collard ……....….. (480) 227-7271

Activities and Clubs


Aerobics of the Mind Paul Cechovic (480) 288-6976

Aquacise (8 am) Cayl Lang (480) 288-4799

Aquacise (9 am) Isolde (480) 671-1439

Artist of the Month LeAnn Juenemann (480) 982-5423

Astronomy Bill Frazer (480) 983-7440

Band Donna Read (480) 671-9828

Billiards/Pool Dick Brennan (480) 983-8168

Bingo Bob/Joan Archer (480) 288-0891

Bocce Ball Carol Adkins (303) 881-4857

Book Discussion Peggy Malsom (425) 327-0811

Bowling (Tues) Janice Ratcliff (480) 671-0141

Bridge, Duplicate Randy Ratcliff (480) 671-0141

Bridge, Ladies Barb Osborn (480) 982-9408

Bridge, Men’s Rich Huseman (480) 288-5378

Bridge, Mixed Bonnie Dickson (480) 671-3359

Canasta JoAnn Skow (480) 671-3298

Caring Corner Sandy Collard (480) 227-7271

Ceramics and Glass Art J. Christopherson (651) 341-3648

Chess Bill Vallicella (480) 288-6727

Darts John Kloosterman (480) 288-2388

Game Day Penny Broadley (480) 474-1126

Genealogy Rick Peters (480) 980-7131

Hand, Foot, Toe Joan Archer (215) 237-6189

Helping Hands Loretta Milton (480) 474-9958

Hiking Keith Charpentier (480) 288-4338

Jewelry/Crafts Celeste Parcell (415) 225-6848

Knitting (Tues) Judi Clinite (314) 435-1552

Hand, Foot, Toe Joan Archer (215) 237-6189

Library Ruth Parker (253) 278-2759

Line Dancing Jan Pitts (256) 218-1765

Low Impact Aerobics Joann J. (480) 983-9620

Mah Jongg (Mon-N) Sharon Penrod (602) 320-2278

Mah Jongg (Tue-N) Judy Bieganski (480) 671-8363

Mah Jongg (Wed&Sun-O) Kathy Kirkpatrick (530) 263-1188

Mah Jongg (Thurs-O) Carol Perez (303) 588-3041

Mah Jongg (Thurs-N) Gail Street (605) 949-4534

Mah Jongg (Fri-N) Ginny Rauguth (480) 288-0579

MBV Pottery Club Pierce McIntosh (480) 244-7080

MBV Democrats Lisa Abbott (480) 347-7736

MBV Republicans Pam Burks (480) 214-5555

Mexican Train Carol Perez (303) 588-3041

Pickleball Bud Morrison (317) 407-9786

Pilates Jan Grant (605) 929-8719

Pinochle Barb Hofmeister (602) 284-6379

Pinochle, Tue. Co-Ed Sharon Hanson (480) 415-0859

Poker Ken Amundsen (480) 671-1643

Quilters Superstition Mt. Alice Watkins (480) 671-8663

Social Hour Audrey Morganegg (480) 671-3507

Softball 55/65 Myles Ginther (480) 298-3761

Stampin Up w/Carol Carol Cramer (708) 612-9112

Supper Club Pat Patt (708) 990-3153

Tai Chi Lovena Warren (480) 671-7444

Tennis Carole Austin (480) 603-6300

Texas Hold’em Charlene Wenzel (480) 288-7171

Village Players Kathy Buelow (480) 227-8524

Village Voices Kristina Evans (541) 788-8965

Water Volleyball Dawn Wagner (480) 982-0108

Website Chris Bukovac (480) 577-4309

Whine & Cheese Nancy Bilensky (480) 982-3686

Wii Bowling William Sandell (623) 698-9600

Wine Club Paul Cechovic (480) 288-6976

Woodcarving Wesley Stevens (480) 982-3809

Yoga Elfrieda Rost (602) 363-0108


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Did you know? The Welcome Back Breakfast was started in 2007 by Larry England who still con-tinues to efficiently put the event together every year. Each year he asks different Committee members, Board members, miscellaneous unsuspecting volunteers and staff members, including Coy Landscaping and Lobos Cleaning, to grab spatulas and fry up 75 lbs. of pancake mix and 1200 sausages. Thanks Larry! and everyone that continues to volunteer for this yearly event.

Larry England

R E S E R V E D

This page is reserved for MBV Event photos. Please email any photos you take of future events and dances to [email protected]. Any and all contributions (wildlife, etc.) would be appreciated. Thank you.

Not sure if it’s Finger Licking Good! Or just sticky

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Announcing the Waffle On Inn By: Pam Burks

Now Open! Dine in or on the Patio

6822 S. Kings Ranch Rd., Ste 5,

Gold Canyon AZ 85118

480-983-5861

Waffle on Inn features 15 waffles ranging from sweet to savory. Waffles served all day long with a combo that includes 2 eggs and choice of meat.

Breakfast is served Monday through Saturday 6am to 11pm, lunch 11 to 2pm.

So, what are you waiting for? Just waffle on over and enjoy the bright and casual setting, with great food and friendly service! Look for their grand opening event in December.

Something to Roar about! By: Pam Burks

Your Gold Canyon Lions have new Leadership for 2019-2020, and many of your MountainBrook neighbors are step-ping up to serve.

Outgoing Gold Canyon Lions’ President, Ed Butler and MountainBrook resident, passes the Leadership to Pam Burks, also a MountainBrook resident. Many of your Moun-tainBrook neighbors are Lions: Secretary, Loretta Milton, Treasurer, Terry Strobakken, Membership Chairman, Larry Bartozek, Board of Directors, Linda Storbakken, Mike Heitz, Larry & Jackye Berger

Special awards

“Melvin Jones Awards” presented to Pam Burks and Marie Bracki, by Treasurer, Terry Storbakken, and Membership Chairman, Larry Bartoszek

Why is a Melvin Jones award so special? The Melvin Jones Fellowship Award is the highest form of recognition and embodies humanitarian ideas consistent with the nature and purpose of Lionism. It is named for its founder, Melvin Jones.

More Lions honored for their dedication and Leadership, Treasurer, Terry Storbakken and Secretary, Loretta Milton

Want to become a Lion? Call, Membership Chairman, Lar-ry Bartozek, 480-982-8898 or President, Pam Burks, 480-214-5555. Gold Canyon Lions Serve

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated on various dates

in Canada, the United States, some of the Caribbean islands, and Li-

beria. It began as a day of giving thanks and sacrifice for the bless-

ing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Similarly named festi-

val holidays occur in Germany and Japan. Thanksgiving is celebrat-

ed on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth

Thursday of November in the United States,

and around the same part of the year in oth-

er places. Although Thanksgiving has his-

torical roots in religious and cultural tradi-

tions, it has long been celebrated as a secu-

lar holiday as well.

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ARTISTS OF THE SUPERSTITIONS

HOLIDAY ART SHOW

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2019 9 AM TO 3 PM

It’s that beautiful time of year for Art Lov-ers to view and select original, unique and

juried art for the holiday season or for yourself. Artists of the Superstitions invite you to a Fine Art Show to be held at the Towne Hall at the beautiful Gold Canyon Golf Re-sort in Gold Canyon. The show is offered free to the pub-lic. Please join us for this wonderful event.

A diverse selection of artwork: ceramics, fiber, glass, gourds, jewelry, painting, photography, woodworking and more will be represented by local members whose art

will be presented at the show and some examples are pro-vided here. In addition to the art show, a collection of canned goods and cash will be accepted for the Apache Junction Food Bank to assist those less fortunate in our community.

The Gold Canyon Golf Resort is located at 6100 Kings Ranch Road, Gold Canyon, AZ 85118 off Hwy 60. Look for access to the show at the entrance to the golf course.

Artists of the Superstitions members welcome everyone for the opportunity to view and purchase all of the beauti-ful art creations presented. Information is also available at our website www.artistsofthesuperstitions.com

For additional information please contact Sharon Comstock, [email protected]

ANNOUNCING The Grand Opening Event of The Natural Healing Center

Gold Canyon LLC Cheryl Husslein RN, Holistic 6832 S. Kings Ranch Road #3

Within Gold Canyon Embroidery Gold Canyon, AZ 85118

602-321-9456

LEARN-EAT-CELEBRATE-REPEAT! BY: Pam Burks

Come to celebrate and come to learn, from Holistic Nurse, Cheryl Husslein RN, how CBD can work for you.

When: November 23, 2019 - 3PM-6PM

Where: At the Natural Healing Center of Gold Canyon, located within Gold Canyon Embroidery. 6832 S. Kings Ranch Rd., Gold Canyon AZ 85118 (Across from Walgreens)

Entertainment: Live Music by: The Canyon Band

Food: Available from Ma’s Kitchen, Mount Athos Greek Food of Florence: Menu: Gyros, Spicy Chicken, Beer Brats, beverages and more, all at popular prices.

Ma’s Kitchen Food Truck

Cheryl will be giving out free samples of CBD while sup-ply lasts!

So come for the chance to learn about CBD, or for the food, or for the fun grand opening event! See you there!

The MountainBrook Village MOUNTAINEER is owned by MBV and is published for the MBV community by Ray’s Printing:386 S. Ironwood Dr. Apache Junction, AZ. To place business/commercial ad in the Mountaineer, please contact:

Ray’s Printing: Mailing address: PO Box 5400, Apache Junction, AZ 85278 | (480) 982-3087 | [email protected]

Neither the Community nor the publisher has in any way endorsed the advertisements or advertisers in this publication andno such endorsement is implied. The Community is in no way responsible for the advertising portion of this publication.

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