WELCOME HOME

The activity office welcomes eve-

ryone back. Each week we see

more and more of our residents

returning. We are happy to see

you home again, and looking for-

ward to your joining the activities.

I hope you all had a nice summer

with lots of fun adventures. I am

looking forward to getting back to

work, as is my granddaughter who

I so proud to report just found

work back home after what

seemed like an eternity of search-

ing! Everybody here at desert

shadows has been hard at work in

the off-season making improve-

ments and renovating the facili-

ties. Once you get settled in come

on down and take a look around at

all of the changes.

ACTIVITY OFFICE HOURS

The activity office hours has

changed a little. We will be open

from 9:00am to 3:00 pm. Tuesday,

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and

Saturday and closed for lunch

from 12:00pm to 1:00pm each

day. We will be closed on Sunday

and Monday. If there are any other

changes in office hours they will

be posted on the door.

RESORT IMPROVEMENTS

There have been many improve-

ments made but keep watching as

more projects are completed. We

are proud to be able to continually

work to maintain Desert Shadows

at the highest level. We’ve re-

modeled the lobby and the rest-

rooms with new flooring, sinks,

faucets and countertops. The li-

brary and card room got a face lift

with new carpet and freshly

painted walls and ceiling. We

also added new furniture in the

lobby, and purchased new pads

for the chairs/lounges on the pat-

ios around the pool building. We

restriped the parking lot around

the main building. We repaired

many sections of the roads around

the Resort and are finishing up the

street signs project we began re-

placing last year. We are also

looking forward to the addition of

a new computer workstation in the

library this month.

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Volume 35, Issue 2

November 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 8:30 am –4:00 pm

Closed for lunch 12:00 to 1:00 pm

OFFICE PHONE 623-869-8178

Remember November activities will start for the sea-

son as soon as the volunteers who oversee and run

those events have returned and are ready to start.

Watch for updates in the lobby.

DANCES AND SHOWS FOR NOVEMBER SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE 7:00PM TO 10:00PM

Nov. 3rd

LIL BIT CRAZY BAND

Nov. 10th

JK & COMPANY BAND

Nov. 17th

AMERICAN KOUNTRY BAND

Nov. 24th

THE FOUR 50’S BAND

WEDNESDAY EVENING SHOW

Nov. 14th

7:00 PM one you don’t want to miss!

BOBBY FREEMAN (the organist for the Diamond-

backs baseball team since 1998) Bobby’s Musical tal-

ents are truly enhanced by his engaging personality

and ability to thoroughly entertain his audience. He

and wife Charlene will play a variety of music includ-

ing REQUESTS. He will show us how he makes the

sounds on the keyboard and will talk about his job as

the Diamondbacks organist. He will also bring his

2001 World Series Ring and his 2011 All Star Ring

for everyone to see. We are going to have a BASE-

BALL THEME so you can wear your favorite base-

ball shirt or hat to the show. Come and enjoy a very

entertaining and fun evening.

DARTS

Nov. 5th 6:30P.M. MONDAY Thanks to Marvin Lee,

he will organize the Dart games on Mon-

day evenings in the back auditorium.

Please try to arrive around 6:15 so teams

can be set up, and the games can start on

time at 6:30 PM. Darts are set up and

played as a baseball game therefore

there are 9 innings with two teams each

dart board, a fun way to play so come and join in.

SHUFFLEBOARD

TUESDAY, Nov. 6TH at 1:00PM and again FRIDAY,

Nov. 9th at 10:00AM. A BIG THANK YOU TO

Marvin and Joan Lee who will over see the shuffle-

board games. There is still room for additional volun-

teers to assist and your help is greatly appreciated. If

you are interested in playing Shuffleboard please use

the sign in sheet that is posted in the card room.

BOCCE BALL

Louise Webb will have Bocce ball started and will

play on Mondays at 1:00pm and Thursdays at

10:30am. Sign up sheet posted in card room. Please

sign up if interested in playing.

ADVANCED LINE DANCING

The advanced line dance group will continue to meet

on Fridays at 1:00PM in the front auditorium. The in-

structors will be Louise Webb and Val Crump.

REGULAR LINE DANCING WITH JANIE

Line dance classes every Monday and Thursday 9:00

am. She will also have a special BEGINNERS class

on Wednesday’s at 9:00 am so watch bulletin board

for starting date.

VOLUNTEER SIGN UP SHEET

Remember to stop in the activity office to sign up on

the various sheets to be a volunteer this season, as al-

ways your help is greatly appreciated and very much

needed. Without your help these activities would not

be possible. Thanking you in advance for your help.

CHURCH

Nov. 4th 9:00 AM will be the first CHURCH SER-

VICE of this season. Come and be blessed. (Or, come

for the worship and fellowship, stay for the salvation)

VENDOR’S DAY

FRIDAY, Nov. 9th FROM 10:00AM TO 1:00PM will

be our first vendor’s day. It looks like another good

variety of vendors to attend. The food tables will con-

tinue to be in the back auditorium for your purchase of

donuts and hot dogs, with seating available. Hot dogs

are 75 cents, chips 50 cents. We have a new soda ma-

chine on the back patio by the ice machine. The old

machine sold bottles for $1.25, but the new machine

will sell cans for only 75 cents. What a deal!

DONUTS

Donut are available in the lobby on the following Sat-

urdays: -Nov.3rd, Nov.10th and Nov. 24th- Donuts

are 75cents, and of course the coffee is always free!

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November Activities

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PATIO SALE

SATURDAY, Nov. 17th 8:00am till?? This will be the

first Patio Sale of the season. The pancake breakfast

will be held right before this, so after you have your

pancakes you can go shopping and visiting. Now is the

time to do your fall cleaning and get those closets and

cupboards cleaned out of your unwanted items. And of

course we all go around to those sales and always find

something we think we can’t live without. Maybe we

should rename this day to, “Lets exchange stuff day.”

Regardless of what we call it, it’s fun to visit with eve-

ryone. Come on out!!!

WELCOME BACK DINNER

Wednesday, Nov. 7th 5:30P.M: The main dish will be

provided by Desert Shadows, and there will be a sign

up sheet in the lobby for the potluck side dishes. Please

list one name each line with the dish you will bring.

The tables will be set up to seat 16 people. You need to

bring your own table service and beverage if you want

anything other than coffee.

POTLUCK LUNCH

There will be NO potluck lunches this month due to

Thanksgiving. Look forward to more in December!

PANCAKES

SATURDAY, Nov. 17th is the first pancake breakfast

of the season. Tickets go on sale at 7:15am to 8:15am

with serving from 7:30 to 8:30. (If we have enough vol-

unteers to work in the kitchen.) Come and enjoy a

good breakfast cooked by our resort’s finest chefs!

Pancakes, eggs, sausage---YUMMY! You need to

sign volunteer list if you would like to help out with the

breakfast. Pancake breakfast is still a bargain for

$3.00, and the coffee is always free!

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Activities Continued

BINGO

Bingo has started and will continue for the season on

Thursdays at 6:45pm. Due to the Holidays there will be

some Thursdays it will be cancelled. Please watch your

calendars for details.

BAND Sometimes people ask me if a band has performed here

before: THE FOUR 50’S BAND was here once last

season and had great reviews. We are pleased to an-

nounce that they will be performing twice this season!

The first performance will be on November 24th, be

sure to get you tickets in advance. The second date has

yet to be determined, be sure to keep an eye out for

that, and don’t miss a beat!

TICKET REFUNDS

As last season, if you have purchased your ticket and

you cannot attend the dance Saturday night, you need

to come to activity office for a refund. Refunds can

ONLY be given until 3:00 PM on Friday. Sorry, no

refunds can be given on Saturday (NO EXCEPTIONS).

Also no tickets will be sold for the back auditorium

(EXCEPT FOR NEW YEARS EVE DANCE.) Tickets

will be available for sale for the ENTIRE MONTH of

shows on the first of each month. You can only sign

dance sheet when you purchase the ticket for the dance.

INFORMATION FROM SANDRA JONES:

There is a white cabinet in back auditorium that some

had exercise items in, Sandra cleaned out this cabinet

over the summer and has all items at her home. She is

not sure who all they belong too, if you had things in

the cabinet please get a hold of Sandra so she can re-

turn them to you. Her phone # 602-539-3311. She will

not be having any classes this season.

Elaine Stauffer who does the out of

the park travel and events will be in

the front lobby on Thursdays from

10:00 to 12:00. You can check out

her bulletin board in the card room or

stop and see her in the lobby.

Call 623-581-8331 for any other questions.

Travel

Pet “dog” Area

96 Cavco, furnished, paved covered driveway,

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)

85 Elega, AC, covered parking, covered deck, part

furn, shed, dishwasher, W/D, $10,900 (Space 524)

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

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

$17,950 (Space 536)

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 parpet, 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, cov park-

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

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

includes hide-a-bed, OBO , $7,000 (Spc 104)

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, unfurnished, new laminate floors, cov-

ered parking, two sheds, W/D Reduced! $11,900

(Space 230)

84 torcamp, new AC, new lam floors, covered

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

GUYS & GAL’S GOLF

Homes For Sale Ken Williams (602) 821- 2096

SIGN UP IS SAT. NOV 3RD

@9:00am IN THE CRAFT ROOM

The annual fall couples golf tourna-

ment will be held on Friday, Nov.

16, 2012 at Bellair Golf Course.

This tournament is for everyone who

plays golf. The only requirement is you must sign up

with someone of the opposite sex. This does not

mean you will be in the same foursome. The play

will be scramble format. Registration is $8.00 for

golf and $7.00 for dinner per person.

Non-golfers are welcome to attend the dinner @

$7.00 per ticket. Prizes will be awarded to the teams

with low gross (1st, 2nd, & 3rd places) and individ-

ual awards for closest to the pin for both men and

women on designated holes.

The awards dinner will be held following the tour-

nament in the Desert Shadows auditorium. If you

are not able to sign up on Nov. 3rd, contact us and

we will be sure you are included.

Ken Williams 602-821-2096 Grant White 623-580-

9768 Afton Leaton 480-267-1326 Doris Kelly 623-

581-8672

Best Thanksgiving Poem

Thanksgiving is here, so our minds have turned

To what time has taught us, to what we've

learned:

We often focus all our thought

On shiny things we've shopped and bought;

We take our pleasure in material things

Forgetting the pleasure that friendship brings.

If a lot of our stuff just vanished today,

We'd see the foundation of each happy day

Is special relationships, constant and true,

And that's when our thoughts go directly to you. We wish you a Thanksgiving you'll never forget,

Full of love and joy—your best one yet!

By Joanna Fuchs