Sunscape Weekly Activities
February 8 – 14, 2015
Office 520-723-9533
FAX 520-723-8689
www.sunscapervresort.info
The Activity Office hours this week:
Monday and Friday - 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4.
Tuesday – 9 to noon. Wednesday - 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday - Closed.
Calendar:
CC – COMMUNITY CENTER; CH – CLUBHOUSE; AC – ACTIVITY CENTER;
CR – COMPUTER/CRAFT ROOM CO – CONFERENCE ROOM
DAILY (Monday through Friday)
AM
PM
7:00 Walking with Leslie Sansome Exercise – AC
12:30 Minnesota Canasta – AC
8:00 Walking with Leslie Sansome Exercise – AC
12:30 Pokeno – CH
10:00 Water Aerobics
7:00 Poker – AC except Monday
SUNDAY, February 8th
AM
7:00 to 1 p.m. Sunscape Café Breakfast - CH
8:50 Sunscape Christian Fellowship – CC
PM
12:30 Minnesota Canasta – AC
2:00 Ice Cream Social – CH
2:00 Dutch Oven Gathering at Northview
6:00 Play Practice - CC
6:30 Passing Pinochle – AC
7:00 Trivia - CH
MONDAY, February 9th
AM
PM
8:00 Iowa Breakfast at Tag’s in Coolidge
1:00 Ladies Pool Play – AC Billiards Room
8:30 Men’s Pool League Qualification
1:00 Genealogy Club – AC CR
8:30 Men’s Golf at Tierra Grande
2:30 TOPS – AC CR
9:00 Beginning Line Dancing – CC
4:30 to 6:00 Ticket Sales Table Open - CH
9:00 to 11:00 Mixed Round Robin Pickleball Play
4:30 to 6:00 Sunscape Café Dinner – CH
9:00 to 11 Computers available for use – AC CR
6:30 Double Deck Pinochle – CH
10:00 Intermediate Line Dancing - CC
7:00 Card Bingo – AC Main - Bring 3 quarters,
10:00 Open Shuffleboard – bring 3 nickels
15 dimes, a dollar bill and a deck of cards
10:00 Hearing Health Care Seminar – AC CO
TUESDAY, February 10th
AM
9:00 Lessons and Beginners Pickleball
9:00 to noon Private Function – CC
10:00 Ladies Bible Study – AC CR
10:00 Shuffleboard – learn/play – bring 3 nickels
10:00 Bowling at Cottonwood Lanes
10:00 St. Anthony’s Monastery tagalong leaves
10:00 to noon Men’s and Ladies Pickleball
10:15 Ladies Golf at Tierra Grande
PM
12:00 Potluck Lunch – CH
12:30 Pool League Play – Billiards Room
1:00 Cut-Up Quilters – AC CR
1:00 Communication Committee Mtg – AC CO
1:00 Cribbage - AC
1:00 Water Volleyball – pool
2:00 Private Function - CC
6:00 Play Practice - CC
6:30 Polish Poker - CH
WEDNESDAY, February 11th
AM
8:30 Men’s Pool League Practice
9:00 Annual Member Meeting at Fairgrounds
9:00 to 11:00 Mixed Round Robin Pickleball Play
10:00 Bible Study – AC CR
10:00 Open Shuffleboard – bring 3 nickels
PM
1:00 Ladies Pool Play – AC Billiards Room
1:00 Sunscape Quilters – AC CR
1:00 Bridge – AC
1:00 Texas Hold’em Game – AC
6:30 Darts – AC
6:30 Euchre – CH
7:00 Jam Session - CC
THURSDAY, February 12th
AM
8:00 Hiking Group leaves park
9:00 2500 Card Game – AC
9:00 to 11:00 Mixed Round Robin Pickleball Play
9:00 to 4:00 Sunscape Quilters – AC CR
10:00 Senior Resource Expo - CC
10:00 Shuffleboard – learn/play – bring 3 nickels
10:00 Bloodmobile - CH
10:33 Co-ed Golf at Arizona City
11:00 Sunscape Café Lunch – CH
11:00 to 1:00 Ticket Sales Table – CH
PM
1:00 Cribbage – AC
2:00 Finance Committee Meeting - CC
7:00 Bingo - CC
FRIDAY, February 13th
AM
7:00 Fritter Friday – CH
8:00 to 11:00 Sunscape Café Breakfast - CH
8:30 Men’s Pool League Practice
9:00 Bookmobile – south of CH
9:00 to 11:00 Mixed Round Robin Pickleball Play
10:00 Choir Practice – CC
10:00 Open Shuffleboard – bring 3 nickels
PM
1:00 Colloidal Silver Class – AC CR
1:00 Ladies Pool Play – AC Billiards Room
2:00 Scarlet Darlin’ Tea - CH
6:30 Pinochle – AC
7:00 Partners Pegs and Jokers - CH
SATURDAY, February 14th
AM
8:00 to noon Vendor/Craft Sale – CC &CH
8:00 to 11:00 Book Sale – AC CR
8:00 until gone Bake Sale - CH
PM
12:30 Minnesota Canasta– AC
7:00 Texas Hold’em Tournament – CH
Upcoming Special Events
Saturday, February 7th there will be park-wide yard sales from 8 to noon. If you can’t sell your items
at your yard sale, drop them off at lot 269 or at lot 440 for the Park Party Garage Sale. No TV’s or
electronics. Items need to be clean and in working order.
Saturday, February 7th we’ll enjoy the comedy of Dan St. Paul, finalist in of the nation's toughest
comedy competition, The San Francisco International Stand-Up Comedy Competition. Dan has
appeared on several episodes of "An Evening at the Improv", plus numerous shows on VH-1, MTV, and
Comedy Central. He has also opened for such superstars as Jerry Seinfeld, Natalie Cole, Dwight
Yoakum, Smokey Robinson, and Vince Gill. He appeared in the movie "Flubber" with Robin Williams,
and signed a recording deal with MCA records. His CD, "Natural and Good for You" contains one the
most requested comedy pieces on radio, "The First Baseball Game". Tickets cost $8 and are available
now for this 7 p.m. show in the Sunscape CC.
Sunday, February 8th come enjoy the ice cream social in the CH at 2 p.m. Ice cream varieties
available are no-sugar-added Vanilla and chocolate, reduced fat varieties of chocolate, chocolate
revel, vanilla and strawberry revel. Regular, sugar free and reduced fat toppings available. $1 a
scoop, $3 for a root beer float (available in diet) and $4 for a banana split.
Sunday, February 8th The Dutch Oven Cast Iron Pot Luck will be held at 2 pm. If the weather is nice,
we will meet at the North View Park. If bad weather, we will meet at #231 (Alabama). Any questions
call (520)840-4436 or stop by at #231.
Monday, February 9th come have your hearing checked by Dr. Shepel. He will conduct a Hearing
Health Care Seminar then answer your hearing related questions before individually checking
attending residents hearing. Sign up now for this free informational workshop to be held from 10:30 to
noon in the AC CO.
Tuesday, February 10th the Cut-up Quilters Guild will meet at 1:00 pm in the AC CR. For the past few
weeks we have been working on a quilt block with Ede Trockels. Starting this Tuesday, we will learn to
make the Southwest designed block with Peggy Jones. Fabric will be available for this project.
Peggy will also have instructions for the “hot dog” pillowcases and the pillowcase dresses. In her
home town, Peggy teaches beginning quilt classes. We will have "Show and Tell" at 2:00. If you have
any questions, please contact - Naomi Rigas at lot #327 or phone 702-683-6846.
Tuesday, February 10th Sunscape residents are invited to join the tour of St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox
Monastery south of Florence. See the beautiful wood, brick and tile work. We start off with a guide
who explains some of the details on the origins of the monastery and the interior of St. Anthony’s
Church. Tour four chapels and the Phaili Courtyard on your own. See the dress requirements and
more information on the board in the CH kitchen hallway. Everyone must wear long sleeves and
cover their legs. The tagalong leaves from outside the Sunscape gates at 10 a.m. for the 10:30 tour.
Sign up in the CH.
Wednesday, February 11th the Sunscape Annual Meeting will take place at 9 am at the Pinal County
Fairgrounds. Meeting will take place in the south building. All members should plan on attending
this meeting. This is where the results of the Board of Directors election will be announced.
Remember to bring a towel or cushion to put on the cold metal chairs.
Thursday, February 12th the Senior Resource Expo will be back. This is your opportunity to meet face
to face with the people responsible for our local products and services. Representatives from RV and
property repairs, health services and many more will be here. Prizes will be award so come check
out the vendors from 10 to noon in the CC. Prize drawings at 11:50.
Thursday, February 12th the United Blood Services Bloodmobile will be set up in front of the CH from
10 am to 2 pm. Arizona needs 500 blood donors every day to meet the needs of our hospital
patients. Please help us by making an appointment or dropping by the blood drive to donate.
Donors please bring I.D. Donors get points they can use to collect prizes. You can sign in online and
avoid some of the paperwork before your appointment. Visit www.bloodhero.com.
Friday, February 13th the Scarlet Darlin's Monthly Tea will be held at 2 pm in the CH. Scarlet Darlin’s is
open to any women wanting to participate in activities with other ladies in the park with a goal of
establishing new friendships. Scarlet Darlin’s has been organizing such functions since 2002. We were
originally a Red Hat Chapter & had many great outings. We no longer belong to the national
organization and do not claim Red Hat status. However we are still a group wanting to provide fun
gatherings and outings for our members. We are asking for your participation to help us determine
our direction for the future. We are extending an invitation to all the ladies in the park to come and
share their ideas with us. Refreshments will be provided. Refreshment will be available.
Friday, February 13th there will be a Colloidal Silver Class at 1 p.m. in the AC CR. Learn about
colloidal silver. How to make it demo. Benefits, uses etc. Bonus – Learn about CAR CAMS.
Saturday, February 14th the Vendor/Craft Sale, Friends Helping Friends bake sale and book sale will
be held starting at 8:00 a.m. The Vendor/Craft Sale will be in the CC and CH. The bake sale will be
held in the CH and the book sale will be in the AC CR. Friends Helping Friends are requesting baked
good donations be delivered to the CH around 7:30 a.m. Hamburgers, chili and hot dogs will be
served from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the CH.
Sunday, February 15th J.C. Penney is having a Fall in Love Fashion Show at noon at the Promenade
store. Sign up in the CH.
Monday, February 16th a bus will take you to Wildhorse Pass or Lone Butte Casino for a day of fun.
Wildhorse Pass has their Club 55+ day on Mondays with cash drawings hourly. Lone Butte will have
their President’s Day Grand Slam Must Go Bingo with prizes as high as $5,000! If shopping is your thing,
Wildhorse Pass has a shuttle bus from the casino to the outlet mall every 20 minutes. Sign up by
Tuesday, February 10th. Please include your card number and indicate which casino at which you
would like to be dropped off.
Two tours are still available of the Maricopa County Tent City Jail. Monday, February 16th at 10 a.m.
and Friday February 20th at 3:30 p.m. Sign up in CH. Attendance for each tour is limited to five
people. Signup sheet will be taken down on one week before the event and sent to Maricopa
County so they can do a background check on the people signed up. If you signed up, you are
expected at the date and time you signed up for.
Tickets for the Sunscape Players' play, a comedy that still has the cast laughing, are now on sale at all
the ticket sales events. Play times are: dress rehearsal is Tuesday the 17th at 2:00, matinee is Thursday
the 19th at 2:00, and evening performances on Friday the 20th and Saturday the 21st at 7 p.m. At
other times you may contact Marilyn Fritch #355. Tickets are $7. All proceeds will be used to fund
approved projects within the park.
Wednesday, February 24th a Shamrock Farms tour has been scheduled for 1 p.m. Past Sunscape
visitors have been fascinated by this farm’s cleanliness and the cow’s milking routine. Cost for the
farm tour is $8. The tour is given in an open-air tram that takes you around a working dairy farm. The
tour lasts approximately 1 hour. Plan on arriving no earlier than 12:30 and no later than 12:45 so we
can keep our “herd” together. After the tour we will visit the Welcome Center Barn where Shamrock
Farms’ Premium ice cream, hot dogs, pretzels and more are sold at Roxie’s Ice Cream Parlor. You’re
welcome to enjoy a brown bag or picnic lunch that you’ve brought in Roxie’s Welcome Center Barn.
Seating is limited so sign up and pay by February 9th.
February 27th Ben Crane, one of western entertainment's best-kept secrets, will be here at Sunscape.
This unique performer is a sought-after singer and songwriter as well as an award-winning and topselling western cartoonist with western greeting card giant, Leanin' Tree. His blend of both humorous
and serious music is decidedly western, with flavors of swing, bluegrass, country, blues and gospel.
Tickets available now in the Activity Office or at the ticket sales tables for $8.
Saturday, February 28th The Canadian BBQ will be held at 11:00 a.m. at the C.C. Bring any meat for
your meal, a dish to share and your table setting. Red and white clothing, etc. is appropriate. We
have prizes for contests plus seating will be done by drawing numbers so you get to meet other fellow
Canadians. See you there.
Saturday, February 28th to Saturday, March 7th are the dates for Park Party events. Keep your eye on
the Bulletin Board at the south entrance to the CH for Park Party schedules, posters and sign-up
sheets. Park Party Minnesota Canasta sign-up sheet is in the AC.
Saturday, March 14th CrossStrung, a family band that performs modern folk music including Celtic,
bluegrass, country and gospel, will be here at Sunscape. They are winners of the National Family
Talent Search and are champion fiddlers, as seen on RFD TV’s Shotgun Red Show. Tickets available
now for $7.
Wednesday, March 18th seats have been reserved for the Seattle Mariners – Oakland Athletics spring
training game at the Peoria Sports Complex. So far only 12 tickets have been purchased on the first
level (Section 10) between home base and 1st base. This group, led by Lanney Wixson, will be renting
a van to get to the game. Seats, van, gas and parking are included in the price of $49.75 per
person. Please sign up ASAP if you are interested in this trip. There is another signup sheet for those
interested in making the trip if we have enough interest for a bus load. We will be purchasing tickets
and contracting for a bus if we get at least 40 people signed up. Seats for a later purchase will not
be as good but the price for the trip may be lower.
For Your Information
If you bought a ticket for the Friday performance of the play at last Monday’s sales table, the date is
incorrect. The ORANGE tickets are for Friday, Feb 20th at 7PM. (They read Saturday Feb 21st - should
read Friday Feb 20th.) Your tickets will still be honored. Any questions please call the producer
Marilyn Fritch @330-720-5566. Sorry for the inconvenience!
The doubles shuffleboard tournament was held on Thursday January 29. Although the weather
included showers we were able to complete the event. The winning team was Skip Custer and Dale
Murphy. Thank you to all the participants.
The 2016 Sunscape men's calendar is now available for sale at all ticket sales events. At other times
you may contact Dorothy Schultz #318, Carole McGhie #514 or Yvonne Lacoursiere on lot
#240. Cost is $12. All proceeds will be used to fund approved projects within the park.
Sunscape Café meals: Supper will be served Monday night from 4:30 to 6:00. Sign up in the CH
kitchen hallway as soon as possible since the sheet will be taken down after breakfast on Sunday.
Dinner on February 2nd will be plate tacos. There will be a special Prime Rib or Shrimp dinner on
February 7th. Cost is $16. Sign up ASAP and make it an early Valentine’s Day treat. Lunch is served
on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday breakfast is served from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Breakfast
served from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sundays. Order lunch and breakfast from the menus, which can be
found in the CH kitchen hallway. Wait staff needed for all meals. Sign up on volunteer list in CH
Kitchen hallway or see Diane, the Sunscape Cafe cook. Please do not bring bills larger than $20.
Gift certificates are available from the kitchen.
Park Party Updates:
We’re looking for talent for the Park Party Talent show! Are you a good storyteller or comedian?
What about doing a skit or poetry reading? Please contact Ken McCarthy on lot 60 (607)342-0662 for
information.
Attention all pet lovers, Park Party's PET-tacular is going to be fun. Don't 'paws', dress up your dog
and/or cat and bring them to the grassy area beside the Club House at 10:00 am on March 7th. For
a mere $2.00 your pet can pose for a portrait and there will be a Pet/Owner Basket raffled off. A prize
will be given to the BEST DRESSED and lots of "SURPRISE" awards. You know ....... YOUR PET CAN LICK
ANYONE!!! Entry forms at the CH.
Park Party Garage Sale – Remember to donate your items. If you can’t sell it from your patio sale,
drop it off at lot 269. No TV’s or electronics. Clean clothing please.
Sunscape Park Party Poker Run: For anyone that wants to take part in the poker run we want to let
you know it is for motorcycles, trikes, cars, trucks and vans. You do not have to live in Sunscape to
take part, so invite your friends and families from other parts of the area.
Registration is from 11:30 a.m. until noon. Sunday, March 1st, outside the gate, on the road in front of
the Welcome Center. Everyone that wants to draw poker hands has to pay $10 at the time of
registration. You will draw your first and last cards at Sunscape and the other three at the following
locations: McMashers Bar & Grill (Casa Grande), Tumbleweed Café (Eloy), Tags Restaurant
(Coolidge). You will also be given a chance to redraw one card for an additional $1.
At the time of registration, you will receive addresses for all three stops, along with the times that
cards may be drawn. Pay close attention to the time line so you don’t miss out on a card draw.
Once you return to Sunscape you will draw your final card in the mail box area. You will also have a
chance to purchase a hot dog (big ones from Costco), chips and a drink for $5. These will be
available from the kitchen with lots of seating inside and out. If you have questions please contact:
Claudia Gathercole (lot 511) 515-229-9228, Mike Strachan (lot 393) 540-894-3768
Corky Quirk (lot 502) 515-231-8016
The Amazing Challenge is a timed course. This course is a no running event where the team
completes some easy challenges. Last year those challenges were a water bottle toss, a corn-hole
toss, a matching game and an easy trivia question. This challenge is completed in the street for the
enjoyment of the team members and the Sunscape cheering section.
The Golf Cart race isn't a race but a death defying timed contest where the driver navigates around
an “S” shaped obstacle course while blindfolded. Oh, by the way, the navigator provides the eyes
and gives steering directions at the breakneck speed of .00236 miles per hour. This “race” easily
overshadows any excitement that you have had at the national NASCAR tracks.
What? You say no food? It’s Sunscape of course there is food. The food events require a prior ticket
purchase except ice cream sales. There will be Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Pulled Pork, Baked Beans,
Chips, Drinks, Ice Cream, Donuts, and the always popular Bake Sale.
The Mystery Dinner comes with some additional instructions. Mainly bring an empty plate and your
drink but nothing else!!!!!! You will be searched for contraband utensils. This is a four course meal.
The sequence is up to you (that’s the mystery). The seating is very limited so be sure to purchase your
tickets early! They are available in the Activity Office.
The Casino Night is the Grand Finale on Saturday. You must sign up for the Texas Hold’em ahead of
time. See Pat Walther to sign up Lot 214. The Casino is Black Jack Tables. You need to purchase
tickets in advance. You will not need money that night!!!!!!! You will receive $500 worth of poker
chips at the door. You do not need any previous knowledge with gambling. If you can add to 21,
you are good. Our dealers will be there to show you the ropes. Food & drinks are included in the
ticket price.
Of course, Do Not Forget to Purchase Raffle Tickets. They are available at all the ticket sales table
times. All other Park Party tickets ( Mystery Dinner, Thursday grill lunch, Saturday Pulled Pork Lunch
and Casino Night) will be available at all ticket sales tables and the Activity Director’s Office.
Keep your eye on the Bulletin Board at the entrance to the Club House with schedules, posters and
sign-up sheets.