Hello everyone, it is hard to be-

lieve that it is December already.

Wow how time flies when you’re

having fun! If you are not having

fun come and let me know and

let’s see what we can do to change

that. I am happy not to be facing

the freezing temperatures, scrap-

ping ice off my windshield and

shoveling snow in Ohio. It is so

much better being in the sunshine

of Arizona and Desert Shadows.

Have you completed your Christ-

mas shopping? Or do you have

your Christmas cards ready to be

mailed? If not time is slipping

away and Christmas day will be

here before you know it. And

don’t forget the most important

part, baking cookies!!!

CHRISTMAS PARTY:

The Christmas party will be on

Wednesday Evening, December

19th. We will start out at 6:15pm

with the choir singing followed by

a Christmas Carol sing-a-long.

The show will start at 7:00 p.m.

and our entertainers are the Short

& Sweet Dancers. I am sure you

will enjoy them and it should

prove to be a fun evening for all.

There will be cookies and drinks

after the show that you can enjoy

while visiting with friends. Tick-

ets are needed and can be pur-

chased at the activities office for

$4.00 each. Hang onto your ticket

stubs because while you are en-

joying your cookies and beverage

there will be drawings for door

prizes.

CHRISTMAS DINNER:

Christmas dinner will be Tuesday,

December 25th at 1pm. Desert

Shadows will provide HAM and

there will be a sign up sheet

posted on the board in lobby, you

need to put one name on each line

and list the item each person will

bring to the dinner table set for 16.

Coffee and Tea will be provided,

but please bring your own table

service. Volunteers are appreci-

ated to help clean up after dinner.

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Volume 35, Issue 3

December 2012

ACTIVITIES OFFICE HOURS

TUESDAY– SATURDAY

9:00 - 12:00

1:00 - 3:00

ACTIVITY OFFICE PHONE

623-869-9224

FRONT OFFICE HOURS

WEEKDAYS 8:30 am – 4:00 pm

SATURDAY 8:30 am – 4:00 pm

SUNDAY 10:00 am –4:00 pm

Closed for lunch Weekends 12-1

OFFICE PHONE 623-869-8178

DANCES FOR DECEMBER:

Dec. 1st Dance with Gary Lloyd

Dec. 8th Dance to Johnny K & Kompany Band

Dec. 15th Dance to Debbie & Double Eagle Band

Dec. 22nd Dane to Michael on The Keys

Dec. 29th NO DANCE

Dec. 31st *Monday* JK & Company Band

DANCE TICKETS:

Don’t forget to get your dance tickets for

New Years Eve early while there are seats

still available in the front auditorium. The

ticket prices will be $9.00 for park residents

and $12.00 for non-residents, this covers the

band, food, and snacks, bring your own

drinks.

DANCE HOSTS:

Still in need of volunteers to sign up to be a host for the

dances. Get a couple friends together and check out the

date’s dance hosts are needed and sign up, remember if

you host you don’t have to pay for dance tickets that

night. Your help is greatly appreciated.

DECEMBER 1st:

Saturday the 1st will be a busy day. PANCAKE

BREAKFAST 7:15AM, and then at 1:00 you can join

us in the lobby for the Christmas Tree Trimming event.

There will be cookies and punch after the tree is deco-

rated or we decide to take a break, which ever comes

first. Should be a jolly time. HO-HO-HO!

NOON POTLUCK LUNCH:

Thursday, December 13th, there will be a sign up sheet

posted on the board in the lobby. This will be the only

potluck for the month. Come and Share and Enjoy!

VENDOR’S DAY:

Friday, December 14th at 10am. This will

give you a chance to shop and have lunch

before Christmas. There has been a few

NEW vendors requesting tables, so I hope

we have a good turn out and a bigger vari-

ety of items for sale. I am sure you can find something

for that special person on your gift list.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST:

Saturday, December 15th will be our second pancake

breakfast for December. Come and enjoy a good break-

fast prepared by our exceptional chef’s.

NEW YEARS EVE:

Monday, December 31st the dance will start at

8:15p.m. and end at 12:15p.m. We will also have

snacks, and food provided during the course of the

night. Come and celebrate the arrival of the New Year!

VOLUNTEERS:

We need volunteers in the kitchen on Monday, Decem-

ber 31st to assemble food trays for that night. Please

come to activity office and let me know if you are in-

terested in helping, I need about 6 or 7 in the kitchen.

And as ALWAYS I appreciate your help very much.

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December Activities

T HE DES ER T S U N

Computer Users Group

There has been no planning meeting held thus

far BUT watch for signs when we will start

meeting. There may be some informal meetings

in December and hopefully we can get a sched-

ule of topics out in the January newsletter.

Meetings are usually held on Wednesdays at

10:30 a.m., in the Back Auditorium. The Computer

User Group is open to everyone. We usually have a

30-45 minute presentation on a computer-related topic

each Wednesday, which is always followed by group-

generated questions and answers. The group is very

informal, with an easy give-and-take atmosphere.

Within the group, there are “experts” on both

Windows-based computers (Dell, Acer, HP, To-

shiba, Sony, etc) and Mac (Apple) based com-

puters, who can help with questions. Meetings

generally last from 1 to 1-1/2 hours.

(Stay as long as you can.) If you would like

some personal help, please come to one of our meetings

to make contact with an “expert”. Bring your laptop to

the class!

Please come and check the group out. It’s FREE and

FUN and often there are hand-outs for you to take

home!

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Announcements

PARK PLAY:

Paul Lepage will take charge of the play this season

and he would like to have an initial meeting on

Wednesday, December 5th at 3:00pm in front audito-

rium to discuss this year’s play and assign parts. All

those interested or curious should attend. No acting

experience is necessary. Also need volunteers to work

on set and behind the scene.

LIBRARY:

A request for DVD’s from the library. If you have any

DVD’S you would like to donate please put them in the

RETURN box and they will put them out. Remember

once you donate the DVD it will not be returned to you.

There were about 90 on the shelf but when they are

taken out and used there are some that don’t come

back, so now they are short on inventory. The library

staff thanks you for your help.

ORANGEWOOD VENDOR’S DAY

Jane from Orangewood came over for some help on

finding venders for Orangewood’s FIRST vendor’s

day. Orangewoods sale will be on Saturday December

8th, from 9:00am to 1:00pm. Not far to go so if you are

interested I am sure they would be glad to have you

stop over and check it out.

DECEMBER 21ST

Larry and I are leaving Desert Shadows for a week and

going to visit family in Tennessee and Ohio. The Activ-

ity Office will continue on as Cliff and Char Simpson

and Gary and Kathy Miles will be manning the office

in our absence. I am counting on all of my WONDER-

FUL VOLUNTEERS to help them out as they contact

you for help. We will return in time to get New Years

Eve underway. I hope all of you have a very WON-

DERFUL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY and we will miss

everyone of you.

We are so THANKFUL to have ended up in such a

wonderful park with the most wonderful people to call

our extended family. Each and every one of you are

very special to us and we would not want to live any

place else.

Sadly, Dawn (who worked in my office) will not be

coming back this season. She is taking care of her par-

ents in Arkansas. When we return I will have Char and

Kathy working in the office with me, allowing Larry to

once again retire from his office duties.

Guy’s and Gal’s Golf

The annual fall couples golf tournament

was held Nov. 16th at Bellair Golf

Course. Thirty five golfers enjoyed the

beautiful weather and good company

for a great day of golf. About 45 peo-

ple attended the awards dinner held in

the Desert Shadows auditorium.

Cash awards were presentd to the winning teams:

1st place: Doris Kelly, Grant White, Bill Pudlik and

Richard Heried

2nd place: Lynn Cunningham, Ken Williams, Ron

Musgrave and Paul Newton

3rd place: Barb Musgrave, Marlene Theyerl, Ralph

Spiva and Eldon Durham

There were awards for "closet-to-the-pin" on two

holes each for the women and for the men. Ron Mus-

grave and Ken Williams won for the men, and Jill

Switzer won for the women. Sadly, not one lady man-

aged to get on the green for the other award.

Putting contest: Three players managed to get the ball

in the hole-- Chris Sellars, Eldon Durham and Wanda

Cormack performed that miracle.

Sign-up for the spring tournament will be on Satur-

day, March 2nd and the tournament will be held on

Friday, March 15th.

We would like to say a big "THANK YOU" to all

those who donated their time, prizes and to those who

participated. We look forward to seeing even more of

you at the spring tournament

Pet “dog” Area

96 Cavco, furnished, paved covered drive, shed,

washer/dryer, AC, lots of tools, $27,500 (Space

397)

91 Skyline, new heat pump, fridge and water

heater, covered parking/ shed, $14,500 (Space 413)

85 Excalibur, furnished, W/D, shed, large covered

deck, paved covered parking, electric sunshade,

AC, $24,800 (Space 434)

87 Skyline, 2 bedroom, new carpet, blinds, deck,

AC, W/D, paint, pvd covered parking, shed,

$25,900 (Space 473)

92 Skyline, part furnished, shed, W/D, AC,

$24,500 (Space 525)

85 Excalibur, 2 ext rooms, new AC/evap, W/D

tile/lam floor, covered deck and parking, shed,

$17,950 (Sp 536)

95 Cavco, AC, covered parking and deck, extra

room, lam floors, shed, W/D $15,000 (Space 555)

85 Excalibur, partial furn, A/C,cov pkg&patio,extra

room, attached shed $9,000 (Space 567)

88 Skyline, extra room, new A/C covered parking /

patio, shed, W/D, Dishwasher $25,500 (Space 576)

83 Traveleze, unfurnished, AC new carpet, covered

patio, $3,599 (Space 10)

85 Maverick, newA/C, newpaint & lam floors, ex-

tra rm, furnished, w/d, deck, shed $19,500 (Sp 22)

Skyline,furnished, w/d, new a/c, paved drive and

covrd deck, extra rm, shed, dswa $24,500 (Sp 48)

85 Redman, lam floors, AC, W/D, shed, covered

parking, new blinds $6,500 (Space 90)

86 Cavco, A/C, large coverd deck, shed, furnished,

includes hide-a-bed, OBO , $4,500 (Spc 104)

89 Skyline, Firnished, new AC, shed, W/D covered

parking, $8,900 (Space 116)

86 Skyline, part furnished, wood floor, paved cov-

ered drive, deck, shed, w/d $11,600 (Space 205)

85 Skyline, unfurnished, covrd prking/deck, shed,

cooler, lrg lot $5,000 (owner financing) (Sp 208)

84 Traveleze, part furnished, extra room, AC/Evap,

covrd prking/drive, shed, W/D $18,500 (Sp 225)

90 Cavco, new laminate floors, covered parking,

two sheds, W/D Reduced! $11,900 (Space 230)

88 Skyline, furnished, covered parking, AC, extra

room, shed, carpet tile floors $18,430 (Sp. 303)

84 Torcamp, new AC, new lam floors, covered

parking and deck, shed, $9,700 (Space 329)

Homes For Sale — New Salesperson Afton Leaton - (480) 267-1326

We have some Special Services for the Holiday Season.

Everyone is welcome to attend so please join us at one

of these wonderful times of fellowship.

Dec. 2 – Communion Sunday, First Sunday of Advent

Pastor- Dr. Terry Young

Lay Leader- Patti Carman

Dec. 5- Bible Study (back of Auditorium)

Rev. Roger Withee

Dec. 9 – Second Sunday of Advent

Pastor- Rev. Roger Withee

Lay Leader- Shirley Jordan

Dec. 12- Bible Study (back of Auditorium)

Rev. Roger Withee

Dec. 16 – Third Sunday of Advent

Pastor- Rev. Lyle Ekleberry

Lay Leader- Harry Goerz

Dec. 19 - Bible Study (back of Auditorium)

Rev. Roger Withee

Dec. 23 – Fourth Sunday of Advent & Christmas

Pastor- Dr. Douglas Wright

Lay Leader- Carlyle Davidsen

Dec. 26 - Bible Study (back of Auditorium)

Rev. Roger Withee

Dec. 25 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!

Dec. 30 – New Year’s

Pastor- Rev. Roger Withee

Lay Leader- Chick Jordan

Desert Shadows Church News

We have a new salesperson at Desert Shadows. After doing a great job selling homes at Desert Shadows,

Ken Williams is moving to back to the East Coast. The Desert Shadows Sales Office has hired Afton Leaton to

take over as the new salesperson. Many of you already know Afton, who has lived here at Desert Shadows for

many years and even worked for us in the past. We are confident she will do a great job! Give Afton a call at

(480) 267-1326 if your interested in selling or purchasing a home in Desert Shadows.