December 7, 2005

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We are Short!

We are in dire need of residents to adopt the remaining children from the Angel Tree that is on display at Anthem Center. About 70 names out of the 110 names that were requested still do not have a sponsor willing to purchase a gift to be returned to the Center for delivery to Hinman School for Christmas.

The procedure for obtaining a name is a little different this year. Anyone wanting to select a child's name needs to stop at the membership desk. You will be given the book containing names, ages and interests and you may select a child from that list. Your name will be written by the child's name so your gift can be marked off when it is delivered by you to the Center.

Del Webb/Pulte has organized this activity in the past with great success and wonderful appreciation by the children, families and school staff. With the change to Association Control we should be able to carry on this thoughtful tradition started by the builder. Even though it is quickly nearing Christmas, please consider fitting in a shopping trip that would include purchasing a gift for a child that would otherwise not be receiving something special for Christmas.

Many reasons may have contributed to the slow response to the tree this year, but with time rapidly vanishing we are hoping for a quick and positive response. Even a small gift or an item of clothing will be appreciated. There are sometimes several requests from a child but the resident may use their judgement when deciding what to purchase and how much to spend on a gift. Usually there are several suggestions so you can decide which one you would like to provide.

Thank you for considering this urgent request and thank you to all who have already adopted a child's name. Please urge your friends and neighbors to consider doing so, also.

Mary Ann Brim
2nd Vice President, SCA Sewing & Quilting Club

Jingle Bell Walk & Breakfast
Saturday, December 10, 2005 at 8:00 a.m.
Independence Center

Join us for a 1 mile or 3 mile walk or run around Anthem followed by a big breakfast in the Multipurpose rooms.

Sign up at the Fitness Desk or at the Independence Center before Friday December 9th

$10.00 per person.

You will receive your long sleeve T-shirt the morning of the event. After the walk we will meet for a big breakfast and entertainment.

Meg Poulson
Fitness Director

Performing Arts
Organ Grinders Holiday Concert & Sing-A-Long
December 13, at 7:00 p.m.
Independence Center's Multipurpose Room

Free Admission
Free Hot Apple cider and Cookies after the concert.

Anthem Choraliers Holiday Concert "Something Doing"
December 15 & 16 at 7:00 p.m. each day.
Anthem Center's Delaware Room

Tickets $5 per person. Purchase tickets at the Independence Center ticket booth Monday Wednesday and Friday between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m.

Sun City Anthem Web Site!

If you are traveling, don't have Cox Communications Cable TV service here in Henderson, you can still watch Channel 99. Log in and click on Channel 99.

Tips and login instructions? Click here.

http://www.suncityanthem.org

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The Minuteman Foundation
Transportation Survey form

Many have not been returned. Did you lose your form? Please print one and return it today. Click here.

More on Passports

Dave McGovern, a resident of Sun City Anthem and proprietor of the UPS Store at 10624 S. Eastern, Ste. A, sent me a note indicating that the City of Henderson charges a $30 processing fee for assisting you with a passport.

He provided the following link to determine all nearby facilities that offer passport services. The U.S. Postal Service locations do not have that additional fee.

Enter your ZIP Code, and the site will return the facility name, address, phone number an approximate distance from your ZIP location. Click on the Facility name and a page will be returned showing the hours it is open.
Click here: Passport locations 

Sun City Anthem Community Association, Inc.

There will be three Sun City Anthem Board positions up for election.

As a member in good standing of the Sun City Anthem Community Association, you are eligible to register as a candidate for one of those positions.

If you wish to be a candidate, please contact Terry DaSilva at 614-5802.

An informational meeting will be held on January 5, 2006 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. for all resident who want to run for the board.

Registrations will close at 4:00 p.m. January 9, 2006.

2006 Election Calendar

Upcoming Sun City Anthem Activities
at home and about town

• Day Trip — Ethyl M Factory and Cactus Garden
  December 20. Bus departs Anthem Center at 4:00 p.m.
  $10 per person.
  See the December Spirit, page 13.
• Film — It's a Wonderful Life.
  December 15. 3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
  $2 per person. Freedom Hall
  See the December Spirit, page 14.
• Film — Prancer. December 22. 3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
  $2 per person. Freedom Hall
  See the December Spirit, page 14.
• E-Z Blackjack by Dr. Henry Tamburin.
  January 10, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
  $12 per person ($15 after 1/9). Anthem Center
  See the December Spirit, page 16.
• Day trip — Wynn Las Vegas
  January 31. Bus departs Anthem Center at 9:30 a.m.
  $10 per person ($12 after 1/25)
  See the December Spirit, page 16.
• Day trip — Mesquite.
  January 18. Bus departs Anthem Center at some as yet to be determined time.
  $8 per person ($9 after 1/15)
  See the December Spirit, page 16.
• Show — Silver Legends
  January 28. 7:00 p.m.
  $25 per person (27$ after 1/13)
  Freedom Hall
  See the December Spirit, page 16.
• Show — Las Vegas Tenors
  January 20 at 7:00 p.m.
  $15 per person, ($17 after 1/13)
  Freedom Hall
  See the December Spirit, page 16.
• Dance — Valentine's Big Band Dance
  February 11 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
  $15 per person
  Hanneman Hall
  See the December Spirit, page 17.
• Show — Sunspots
  February 17 at 7:00 p.m.
  Freedom Hall
  $15 per person ($17 after 2/3)
  See the December Spirit, page 17.
   

Notice of New SCA Board of Directors Meeting Date

The public meeting originally scheduled for December 8 for the Search Committee to report its findings and recommendations for our new management company has been rescheduled to the following date/time:

Thursday, December 15
1:30 p.m.
Independence Center — Freedom Hall

David Berman
Ed. Note: See agenda for the 15th meeting below.

Sun City Anthem Community Association, Inc.
Lifestyle Committee Workshop
Anthem Center, Delaware Room
December 13, 2005

A special open workshop

All residents are invited to attend

Topic: Guest policy

As stated in the following documents: available on the Community Web site

• Policy and Procedures Manual for Facility Usage
• Chartered Club Guidelines
• Shared Interest Group Guidelines
• Special Interest Group Guidelines
• SCACAI Rules and Regulations—will review in January 2006. Not yet on website

Purpose

To study the existing guest policy for possible revision

Attendees will be given time for public comment and questions.

Please plan to attend

Kay Dwyer
Chair

Sun City Anthem Choraliers presents
Concert of the Seasons
December 14 and 15, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. each evening
Freedom Hall

Tickets will be on sale at the Freedom Hall ticket booth beginning November 30, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday through December 14, at that time. Choraliers Seasonal Concert ticket sales are now on sale Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 1:00 p.m. til 4:00 p.m. through December 13th.Ticket price is $5.00. The Choraliers are trying something different this year with a setting of a glitzy New Years Eve party filled with favorite songs of the seasons of the year ending with the audience joining at the concerts end with Auld Lang Syne.

Yvonne Cloutier
Director

The Choraliers need extra accompanists to help out Minnie Beley, our present, so faithful, accompanist. 'Many hands make light work.' Come and join the fun. For further information, please call Yvonne Cloutier, 263-9028 or e-mail her at dcyc2@aol.com

Sun City Anthem Community Association, Inc.
Board of Directors Regular meeting
December 15, 2005, 1:30 p.m.
Independence Center, Freedom Hall
2460 Hampton Road
Henderson, Nevada 89052
 

AGENDA

1. CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. ESTABLISH QUORUM
   Board of Directors:
   Dave Weil President
   David Berman Vice-President
   Favil West Secretary/Treasurer
   Bob Berman Director
   Dea McDonald Director
   Lyndall Ruiz Director
   Robert Sansing Director
   
   Management:
   Wendy Linow, CMCA, AMS Community Association Manager
   Terry DaSilva, CMCA Assistant Community Association Manager
3. MEMBER COMMENT PERIOD (Comment Cards)
4. MANAGEMENT COMPANY SELECTION COMMITTEE (Jack Silas)
   1. Presentation of report and recommendation of new management company
   2. Question and Answer Period with Board
5. OPEN MICROPHONE
6. ADJOURNMENT

Holiday Hours

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The Minuteman Foundation, Inc.        Tax ID # 48-1256766
2505 Anthem Village Drive, Suite E-480
Henderson, NV 89052

The Minuteman Foundation is the organization which provides the funding needed to support the activities of the Community Service Club. The Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) charity.

The goal of the The Minuteman Foundation is to fund the many and diverse needs of the elderly in each and all of our growing communities.

Pursuant thereto we have allied with the Community Service Club to provide free assistance to SCA residents. The services included are:

Transportation: To local area medical providers or supermarkets. Three (3) business days notice required to arrange for your ride.

Equipment: We will loan you (on a temporary basis) a wheelchair, walker, crutches, cane, or other durable medical equipment.

Home Maintenance: Assistance with minor home maintenance chores such as: cleaning or replacing overhead air filters, replacing batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors, or changing overhead light bulbs.

Home Assistance: Resource Directory of information on fee-based, discount, and many other services available to seniors. Volunteers will also shop and deliver groceries or prescription medication to residents who are temporarily homebound.

Support Groups: CSC sponsors several support groups to assist the residents of Sun City Anthem. These groups are:

• Living “Well” with Disabilities (physical mobility)
  2nd Tuesday, 1—2:30 p.m., Anthem Center

• Alzheimer’s Caregivers
  3rd Monday, 6:30—8:30 p.m., Former Sewing Room

• Bereavement (non denominational) Former Sewing Room
  1st Saturday, 4—5:30 p.m.
  2nd Wednesday, 4:00—5:30 p.m.
  3rd Tuesday, 7—8:30 p.m.
  4th Wednesday, 4:00—5:30 p.m.

• One on one guidance through Jewish bereavement protocol

• One on one grief counseling for loss of a child

• Friends of Bill W. (for recovering alcoholics)
  Every Monday, 7:00 p.m., Anthem Center

• Home Caregivers (for those caring for a loved one at home)
  Every third Monday 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Anthem Center

Volunteers are the backbone of the CSC. We need your help!
HELP US NOW AND WE WILL HELP YOU LATER!

Call 614-5862 to volunteer or for further information.
Our business hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday — Friday.

The Minuteman Foundation has received a donation in memory of Mrs. Dora Tote who recently passed away. Her daughter Phyllis Washburn, lives on Olivia Heights Avenue. Though it's hard to see the reason, may it comfort you to know that loving thoughts go out to you...

Please make your dollars count, mail your check to:

The Minuteman Foundation, Inc.
2505 Anthem Village Drive, Suite E-480
Henderson, NV 89052

Please do not send mail for the Foundation to the Sun City Anthem Community Association. Use the above address.

It's easy to make a financial donation to the Foundation with your credit card. Click here. All transactions are via a secure link to PayPal, a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay. Your donation may be fully deductible. Contact your tax advisor.
 

Chuck Davis
Co-founder and Treasurer
The Minuteman Foundation, Inc.

The Anthem Compendium is brought to you by Chuck Davis
A personal service of mine.
Not related to Sun City Anthem Community Association, Inc. or any of its Charter Clubs

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