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FEBRUARY 2018
Sweetheart Dinner & DanceA Night to be Remembered!
• Want to enhance that romance?• Need to add some excitement to your relationship?
For a fun-filled and romantic evening, bring that special someone to our annual Sweetheart Dinner & Dance this Valentine’s Day, Wednesday, February 14 at the Pioneer Center.For only $30 per person, enjoy fine dining catered by the 1880 Grille. Dinner begins promptly at 5 p.m. and consists of carved chateaubriand, roasted Brussels sprouts with caramelized onions and bacon, horseradish buttermilk mashed potatoes and Caesar salad. Top this off with a dessert of strawberry shortcake with homemade whipped cream. Prosecco will be served with dessert.In addition, everyone gets a box of chocolates plus the ladies receive a rose.Space is limited, so sign up at the front desk today!
No refunds after February 5.
February 1 & 15** ARC Meeting Dates February 2 Happy Hour
February 2 Coffee Chat with Donna Eads February 5 Musician club Acoustic Showcase February 8 New Tax Law Seminar February 9 Wiser Lunch - Nevada Hearing and Balance February 10 UNLV vs WYO Basketball Game
February14Sweethearts Dance
February 16 Sun City Night
Desert Dogs Basketball February 19
United Blood DriveFebruary 20Eureka Slot TournamentFebruary 22National Margarita Day
February 23Estate PlanningTodd BaumanFebruary 26Bingo & SubsFebruary 27Cooking Class - Chinese New Year HarmonsFebruary 29Understanding Medicare
February Events
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As we approach February, you’ll notice we are busier than ever. We have many upcoming trips planned. They include: UNLV vs. WYO 2/10
Cooking at Harmon 2/ 27 Love Never Dies 3/25
3-day Laughlin Trip 3/11
Cubs vs Indians 3/18
Cirque Du Soleil “O” 4/11
Brian Wilson 4/21
Alaska Cruise 5/10
Cirque Du Soleil Beatles LOVE 9/25
Cinderella at Tuacahn 10/8 Hotel California Eagles Tribute 11/3
We are always adding new trips to see new things based on de-mand and requests. In addition to our trips we have many pre-sentations, parties and events. February’s activities and events include: Happy Hour in Lob-by, Friday, February 2. New Tax Laws will be presented by Chad Parker on February 8. Ne-vada Hearing and Balance will be here on February 9. United Blood Services blood drive will be February 19. We will be cel-ebrating Margarita Day on Feb-ruary 22. Learn everything you need to know about estate plan-ning by Todd Bauman on Feb-ruary 23. Understanding Medi-care presented by Todd Walker will be February 28. For further details on any activity or event, please refer to your website at www.suncitymesquite.orgAlso, the Smith Center is not selling group tickets to Ham-ilton. If you want to purchase tickets, go to www.thesmithcenter.com.
A message from your Lifestyle Director Deborah Demos
Pet Corner: Thumbs up if You Love Leashes!
Wave If You Love Sun City And Give a Thumbs-Up if You Love Leashes! Residents and visitors alike frequently remark about the friendliness here characterized by the “Sun City Wave,” which has become a wonderful part of our community culture. It’s offered almost universally by everyone who is out and about riding or walking, many of us with our dogs.
Another wonderful part of our culture is the spirit of responsibility and respect for our neighbors offered almost universally by everyone who keeps their dogs leashed when they aren’t confined to the safety of home or yard. Thumbs-Up Sun City dog owners! Everyone has a right to enjoy being out in the community without being confronted by loose dogs. By using your leash at all times, you are not only showing consideration for your neighbors, but you are also keeping everyone safe, including your own dog.
Even the most well-trained dog can be overcome by his instincts and take off to investigate something of interest. Here are some convincing reasons why your choice to use that leash is so positive and important: ● Leashing your dog builds a physical bond between you and your dog and boosts communication. When connected by a leash, the dog and you are part of the same family or pack.● Not all other dogs, particularly those who are leashed, want to be greeted by another dog. Some dogs are fearful, some are elderly and/or physically challenged, some may be recovering from illness or surgery, some may be inexperienced in dog to dog manners.● Not all people want to be confronted by a loose dog, or even a leashed dog for that matter. Some people are fearful, some are older and/or physically challenged, some may be recovering from illness or injury, some simply may not be dog people.● Both people and dogs can be injured very quickly in an unplanned, unmanaged interaction as dogs can move quickly and without regard to those nearby.● A leashed dog is less likely to stick his nose in something and get harmed by things like snakes, scorpions, thorns, discarded food and/or food wrappers, dead birds or rodents.● A leashed dog can’t chase rabbits, chipmunks, chukars, birds, other dogs, bikes, golf carts, visiting children and other people.● A leashed dog can’t run into the path of an oncoming vehicle.● And, by the way, leashing your dog is a community rule as well as a city law.
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Strawberry Salad With Balsamic-Cardamom Dressing
• 3 tablespoons balsamic vine-gar• 2 tablespoons agave nectar or honey• Miniscule pinch of ground cardamom (It’s strong stuff!)• Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper• 1 pound strawberries, hulled and quartered• 1 pint blackberries• 1 large sprig mint, leaves roughly torn
Directions
Whisk the balsamic vinegar, agave nectar, cardamom, a pinch of salt and a few generous grinds of pep-per in a medium bowl. Tumble in the strawberries and blackberries, sprinkle the mint over them and gently toss, being careful not to bruise the berries. Taste and adjust the seasonings to your palate.
Recipe Corner In the Spotlight: Tim and Donna Castille
Tim and Donna met in Vancouver, Washington, in 1993 through an old-fashioned way of communication: newspaper personal ads. They were married in 1994. Tim is a retired electrical engineer and Donna is a re-tired nurse with a Bachelor of Science Nursing degree. Tim hails from New Orleans and Donna comes from New Jersey. Tim has one son named Sam from a pre-vious marriage. The Castilles are looking forward to Sam’s wedding in April 2018 in Seattle. They have two Maltese dogs named Chloe and Willow.
Tim has worked for Tektronix, The Bonneville Power Administration and his own company as a consultant. Donna worked as a nurse at Muhlenberg Hospital in New Jersey. She then worked for Merck. Her sales area was New York City. She is proud of her connection with cholesterol lowering drug Lovastatin. Tim and Donna were living in Portland and Seattle. They sold their house and were searching for a dry and warm spot. When they camped in Mesquite, and looked at a few homes, they decided this was the place and purchased an Aster in 2011. Tim is the president of one of our chartered clubs, Desert Fossils. Donna likes Zumba. They participate in a neighborhood birthday club, play bingo and slots. They have a house in Oregon, love to hike in all nearby states, and enjoy clamming and crabbing. They have a trailer, and Tim just started as a member of the Jeep/Off-road Vehicle Club. Donna was a Jets fan and loved Joe Namath. She trav-eled on public transport from New Jersey to get to ice cold Shea Stadium and managed to get a standing room only ticket. She was thrilled to see him. Tim and Donna enjoy living here and have wonderful friends with whom they share dinners, clubs and net-working.
Welcome New Residents
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Covenant Corner: HOA Comparision
Are We Killing the Critters with Kindness?
Ground squirrels, rabbits, chukars, foxes and larger animals have been spotted in our yards and in the area. Many people mistakenly believe that by feeding these critters they are helping the animals survive. Un-fortunately, the opposite is true.
There are many good reasons not to feed wildlife including:1. When young wild animals are taught to depend on a human-pro-vided food source, they may not fully develop essential foraging skills. When the human stops feeding them, they are likely to starve.
2. Wild animals who are used to being fed by humans commonly lose their fear of people. An instinctive wariness of people is important to a wild animal’s survival.
3. The food humans usually feed to wild animals is not nutritionally complete. Most people will feed animals food from their pantry. People food bears no resemblance to what the animals eat in the wild; it really is junk food to the animals.
4. A constant, human-provided food source may attract many more wildlife to the area than would normally be found there. When food is readily available, animals will gather in abnor-mally large numbers. This means that if one animal in the group has an illness or disease, it can spread throughout the group.
5. Reproduction rates may also be affected when an artificial food source is readily available. In the wild, the number of animals born and surviving is often directly related to the amount of natural food available. This is nature’s way of keeping a balance.
6. There can be a neighborhood impact. Many people do not think about the neighborhood impact when they start feeding wildlife. Wild animals do not discriminate between humans and will often start pestering neighbors. The animals may also cause damage to homes and property because they expect to be fed and have lost their fear of people.
Please be a true friend of wildlife and keep your food to yourself.
A real community with the fictitious name of “Pen Place” (PP).
PP is huge, and has over 4000 homes. It was designed as a summer retreat from New York City, but be-came a year round permanent home for those who could not afford housing near the city. The community has no age restrictions. They have annual dues of $1,400. The homes in PP were built in different years. There might be a beautiful new home right next to an older deteriorating one. The colors of the houses are not consistent. Many of the homes are built to a very low stan-dard. There is no uniform leveling of the ground and this results in occasional flooding due to drainage problems. PP has its own police force. They give out speeding tickets and assess fines for various violations without first asking for the owner to correct the situation. Because PP is in the Northeast, snow blankets the area in winter. The roads that lead to the community are only two lanes and there are many traffic jams. The PP administration building is mostly set up as a collection station. PP residents must have a new ID card and photograph every year. When you want someone to come to visit, they are not allowed in unless you have notified PP that a guest is coming. If not, PP will call you for your permission. There are only 3 clubs; seniors, cancer fighters and gardening. They also have some activities such as aerobics, sewing and yoga. PP has no indoor pool, hot tub or exercise area. They have no golf courses, no concierge, no lifestyle director, no landscaping, very few events and a staff that is polite but mechanical.
Think about your choice of Sun City and rejoice!
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Festival & Events: Mesquite Western Roundup
In late 2006, the Virgin Valley Artists Asso-ciation sponsored a workshop in writing and reciting cowboy poetry at the Mesquite Fine Arts Center. This subsequently led to the first Cowboy Poetry Hootenanny in April 2007. Later renamed the Mesquite Western Round-up, it is now in its twelfth year at the Mesquite Community Theatre and features both Cow-boy Poetry and traditional Western music. You can trace the history of Cowboy Poetry back to the massive cattle drives following the Civil War. After a hard day in the saddle, cow-boys would unwind around the campfire and
entertain each other with stories. This pastime even-tually evolved into a peculiar style of poetry which relies on its own distinctive style of rhyme and ca-dence to convey descriptive images. Unique Western vocabulary is also incorporated, but it is still pre-sented in a way that we can all understand. Much of Cowboy Poetry is based on experiences or historical events, while some is a reflection of the poet’s cre-
ative mind and vivid imagination. Mesquite Western Poetry organizes the Roundup each February to preserve the tradition of the cowboy through stories, poetry and music. Comprised of poets from various parts of Nevada and Utah, they hold monthly meetings from October through February with the purpose of giving a forum for local poets to perform. The group is open to new poets who want to learn and perform. The Mesquite Western Roundup has developed such a loyal audience over the years that an additional show has been added to the 2018 agenda. Performances will be at the Mesquite Com-munity Theatre on Friday, February 23 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, February 24 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets may be obtained at the door or at select Mesquite businesses. For further information, visit www.mesquitewesternpoetry.com.
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Best Kept Secret: VJ’s BBQ and Sports Bar
Come join us for our monthly Prime Rib Dinner Buffet
When: Sunday, February 25Time: 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.Price: $21 per personNote: Seating is available for 80 guests at 5 and 6 p.m.
Reservations can be made in advance at the 1880 Grille or by phone at 702-346-4292.
Conestoga Golf Club
Come join us for another Ladies Golf-Tini, 2-Person ScrambleWhen: Saturday, February 10Time: 7:30 a.m., Shotgun StartPrice: $60 per person, or $30 for Pass HoldersNote: Price includes lunch and cocktails
Sign up in the Pro Shop, or by phone at 702-346-4292
VJ’s BBQ Sports Bar
The new restaurant in town, VJ’s BBQ Sports Bar, takes over from Playoffs after they closed about a year and a half ago. What does VJ stand for you may ask? They are the initials of Valsa John, wife of Matthew John, who manages many restaurants here in Mesquite. She has put her own spin on some of the delectable dishes offered in the restaurant. The menu contains everything you might want for lunch or dinner: from appetizers such as chips and salsa and VJ’s famous on-the-bone wings, to dinner selections that include BBQ ribs, jambalaya and catfish. The build your own burgers and pizzas are a favorite of the many customers who patronize VJ’s. All dishes are plentiful and tasty. Check out the daily lunch and dinner specials as well.When you want to watch the game with other like-minded customers, VJ’s offers 11 televisions to watch any sports game available. The banter is fast and friendly at the bar and the selection of beers and cocktails is extensive and delicious. VJ’s BBQ Sports Bar is open every day from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and the entire menu is available for take out. The restaurant is located at 551 West Mesquite Blvd. in the Sun Valley Plaza. You can reach VJ’s BBQ Sports Bar at (702) 345-2448.Give them a try for a meal with quick service, reasonable prices and a friendly atmosphere.
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Best Changes or Enhancement of HOA
A New Form Available for Changes or Enhancement of HOA
Thanks to the Finance Committee, a new form is available to any homeowner wishing to request a change or enhancement of HOA services/facilities. The form is available at the front desk and is easy to complete.Your name, address, phone number and email are required to start the form. A descrip-tion of the request with an estimate of cost is needed as well as ten additional signa-tures from other homeowners who support the project. These signatures are required to continue the process, but do not guarantee approval. Turn in the completed form to our Community Manager Phil Crapo.
The community manager will read the request and assign it to the appropriate commit-tee for investigation, analysis and recommendation. The committee may ask for your presence to further investigate the project. After the committee has recommended this project to the Board of Directors, it would be voted on in a duly noticed Board meeting.
Events
February Events :
Mesquite’s Music Festival---February 5-7
Mammovan ---February 6
Valentine’s Golf Tournament (Palms)---February 11
14th Annual Mesquite Heart Walk --- February 16
Mesquite Western Roundup---February 23-24
Las Vegas Pizza and Beer Festival (Henderson)---February 24
Pahrump (NV) Balloon Festival---February 23-25
Sun City Stage: Outstanding Reviews “Murder’s in the Heir”
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Phil CrapoGeneral Manager
Deborah Demos Lifestyle Director
702-346-6005435-640-6650
Mike FitzgeraldFacilities Director
Margo DeshlerAdminstrative Assistant
Lorraine DeshayesDirector of Compliance and Standards
Lori ArnoneConcierge Supervisor/
Communication Coordinator702-346-6006
Pioneer Center, Concierge702-346-6006
Board of Directors:
John SchippertPresident
Jim KarrasTreasurer
Donna EadsSecretary
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EditorsMariann EstesRob GardnerMark Guertin
Jerry HollowaySteve MowadChuck Dickie
Debbie KinahanGuest Writer Ellen Gilmore
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By Donna Eads
2016 will be an exciting year for both the board of directors
2016 BOD Meetings
March 8 5PMApril 12 1:30May 10 1:30June 14 1:30July 12 1:30Oct 11 1:30
Board of Directors Corner by Donna Eads
The January Board of Directors meetings were jam-packed with information and thoughtful decisions. A summary of the actions will show that the Board is working hard for our homeowners:• All financials were noted as of the end of November in the green.
• Expenditures passed were repairs to the courts, replacement of a spa heater and improvement of the pool table lighting.• Two were sent back for addition research which included the bathroom handicap door and the Bocce ball carpet.• Resolution 17-02 which established a re-painting time line was suspended at this time so that more research could be done. The Board thanks all the homeowners who spoke during the meeting and the research that they did regarding this issue.
• The update to the Design Guidelines is still a work in progress, so the approval of this update was moved to our next meeting.• Committee appointments included homeowner replacements for both Finance and Communications, no additions or changes for the Covenants and three additional members to Architectural. Finally, the Landscape Committee was suspended at this time so that their charter, tasks and committee process could be re-defined.• Official approval of the ratified actions done by the Board were the Landscape contract and repair of both the Branding Iron gates and Overland Trail Road.• Resolution 18-01 which revises our investment policy was passed.• Two new clubs were approved. They were the SCM Jeep and Off-Road Vehicle and the Hebrew Text Study.
At the end of the Anthem Mesquite Master Board meeting, our Treasurer and Vice President of Pulte Jim Karras discussed the Pulte issue regarding the sale of the golf course and the proposed water features to be added to the AMM common areas. He noted that in the history of all Sun City developments, water features have played an integral part. Thus, these water features have always been a part of AMM, not just part of the golf course. Since the golf course does gain value from these features as well, any negotiation of the sale would include a $2,000 per month payment to AMM. At this time, there are some interested parties looking at the golf course.Join me for the February Coffee Chat on Friday, February 2, either at 9 a.m. or 3 p.m. Next scheduled Board of Directors Meeting is Tuesday, April 17 at 1:30 p.m.
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