December 10, 2005

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Holiday Open House — This morning!!

Get in the Holiday spirit by stopping at the Anthem Center to delight in the Holiday festivities!

Find out about club activities in booths featured by Sun City Anthem Clubs, and shop at the Holiday Club Fair!

THANK YOU Sun City Anthem Residents!

Every child that was on the Hinman School Angel Tree List has been adopted! Your quick response to the emergency call for sponsors is impressive and greatly appreciated. Thank you for your generosity at this special time of the year.

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

Anthem Choraliers Holiday Concert "Something Doing"
December 15 & 16 14 & 15 at 7:00 p.m. each day.
Independence Center's Freedom Hall
Anthem Center's Delaware Room

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

Sun City Anthem Web Site!

Del Webb's 2006 Home Maintenance Seminar's are now on the site. Login and click on "DW Customer Relations"

Tips and login instructions? Click here.

http://www.suncityanthem.org

Please share this issue of the Compendium with your neighbors.

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.

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 Ethel 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 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 below.

Assemblywoman Invited to Discuss Ballot Initiatives

Nevadans still requesting permanent constitutional tax relief

HENDERSON, NV - Assemblywoman Sharron Angle (R) Reno has been invited to speak to the residents of the Sun City MacDonald Ranch Community in Henderson about the ballot initiatives including her Angle Property Tax Restraint Initiative (Nevada-style Prop 13) this Monday December 12 at 5:30 PM. The public is invited to attend the forum.

"A recent Interim meeting at the Legislature now has lawmakers claiming that their temporary measure for tax relief is somehow better for taxpayers than a constitutional measure" said Mrs. Angle, a conservative Republican known for her tough stand against taxes and excess spending. "Special interest bureaucrats first argued that my Property Tax Initiative would choke the coffers which allow them to keep growing government. Taxpayers weren’t buying it, so now the same self-appointed prophets are trying to convince Nevadans that their temporary measure is somehow better for taxpayers. They will say anything in an effort to distract taxpayers from having real permanent relief."

Angle noted that the subcommittee appointed to study the taxation of real property would continue to have several meetings during the next year as they translate and construe the effects of Assembly Bill 489. That bill, which passed in April, only provides temporary measures that limit property tax increases on owner-occupied homes to 3 percent per year and places an 8 percent limit on rental, commercial and other types of property. "Taxpayers have witnessed their property taxes skyrocket. There is not anything in the recent passage of AB489 that guarantees this will not continue to happen."

Angle continued that without permanent constitutional relief, lawmakers will change the rules at anytime to continue soaking the taxpayers. "Taxpayers understand this," said Angle. "They saw this same game strategy stretched out beyond the ninth inning in California, and after they sickened from waiting for their own legislators to shelter them, they took matters into their own hands and voted in their own protection. The threat of my Property Tax Restraint Initiative and the Taxpayer Bill of Rights forced the Legislators to control themselves this last session, which is why we saw a some tax relief and a spending plan that was curtailed to population growth plus inflation. The hard-working taxpayers want these actions to become stable and permanent.

Angle added that the signature gathering by volunteers has been going smoothly, but cautioned that obstructionists will continue to try different tactics to thwart a constitutional passage that protects taxpayers.
 

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

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

Sun City Anthem Community Association, Inc.
Emergency Preparedness Committee meeting
December 12, 2005, 3:00 p.m.

AGENDA

1. CALL TO ORDER/ESTABLISH QUORUM
2. APPROVE MINUTES
3. OPENING REMARKS Elaine Berg
4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
   1. EOC                   Elsy Padilla-Pagan
   2. Medical              Dr. J.J.McCarthy M.D.
                               Mr. Peter Davis M.D.
      Nursing              Susan McCourt
   3. Finance              Phil Barad
   4. Communication  Carol Tank
   5. Webpage           Dave Riccio
   6. Training             Dick Cancellier
5. NEW BUSINESS
   1. January CERT course dates Mondays, 6pm Anthem Center
                          January 23rd and 30th
                          February 6th and 13th
      Saturdays 8:30 am Hend. Fire and Training
      February 4th and 11th
   2. Training Session Dick Cancellier
                                Jim White
      30-minute session today on communication and use of walkie-talkies.
      Walkie-talkies will be available to Block Captains and other EP personnel
      Upon a $20 refundable deposit.
6. PUBLIC COMMENTS/OPEN DISCUSSION
7. NEXT MEETING IS MONDAY January 9, 2006 at 3 pm
   Tentative training session – MTA set-up and triage
8. ADJOURNMENT

Holiday Hours

Spam filters regarding the eMail Bulletins from the Community Web site! http://www.suncityanthem.org

Since eMail Bulletins (newsletters) from the Community Association are sent from the AtHomeNet servers in Atlanta the Web Administrator cannot simply reply to the automatic notification. You must include these Mail Server IP addresses as if they were e-mail addresses in your "Good Guys" or "White List."

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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.

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.