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Encanto, Casita, Golf Course! $459,000 2361sf 23044 N. San Ramon Dr. FOR SALE! Decorations Included (Corte Bella Stringers) Fabulous Figueroa! Golf San Marco w/Solar! Course! $549,000 2784sf $309,000 1904 sf 22523 N. Del Monte Ct. FOR SALE! 12727 W. Nogales Dr. FOR SALE! San Marco w/Casita! Encanto w/Courtyard! Those Real Estate Ladies $316,500 2115sf $298,000 2095 sf 23317 N. Arrellaga Dr. FOR SALE! 13811 W. Figueroa Dr. FOR SALE! Alameda, Fenced Yard! Arcada! Custom Finishes! $383,000 2726sf $272,500 1636sf 12820 W. La Vina Dr. FOR SALE! 22916 N. Las Positas Dr. FOR SALE! 15543 N. Reems Rd., Suite 139, Surprise, AZ 85374 CONTENTS COMMUNITY INFORMATION 6 Numbers to Know What’s Inside ASSOCIATION December 2015 8 Board Talk: Community Progress 10 Upcoming Corte Bella Events 12 Emergency Phone Numbers 13 Upcoming HOA Events for 2016 14 November 2015 Calendar CULINARY 16 Tantalizing Your Tastebuds for the Holidays COMMITTEES 8 20 Why the Extra Gate Stop Signs? 20 Financial Summary - Nine Months Ended Sept. 30, 2015 COMMUNITY 22 Bits & Bytes 22 Touched by Angels 24 Holiday Humor: Stressed is Desserts Spelled Backward 25 Corte Bella Vets Focus on Safety 26 Benevilla Provides Free Holiday Meals at Birt’s Bistro 14 26 Changes Coming to Our Community Fitness Center HEALTH & FITNESS 28 Golfing Pinehurst 30 Center Court Highlights 32 Happy Holidays from the Corte Bella Golf Club! SOCIAL 34 Club & Interest Groups CB Times Magazine is the official community magazine of Corte Bella, brought to you by the Corte Bella Country Club Association, Inc. and published by Lion Tree Communications. 18 Editor | Sharon Orlopp Publication Coordinator | Dave Johnson On the Cover: Contributing Writers | Jeff Ablin | Stoney Amerine | Allie Bowling Steve DeBoer | Jodell Dodge | John Eakins | Dan Haywood Seasons Greetings Jeff Lane | Larry Leighton | Michael McVeigh | Donna Norton Joel Piaskowski | Jeff Stuart | Muriel Valle | Raymond Valle Photographer Jim Laskowicz Jim Williams | David Wright | Linda Wright captured this image of a another Photography | Mike Biggs | Jim Laskowicz perfect morning at Corte Bella. Best wishes for the coming To advertise in the CB Times, please contact Jonathan E. Himlin at 480.636.6670 or season! [email protected]. Reproduction in whole or in part of any text, photographs or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. Trademarks, logos and content provided by advertisers, sponsors and partners are owned by the respective companies and all rights are reserved by them. The views, statements, and claims of advertisers or other CB Times contributors do not necessarily represent those of the publisher, Corte Bella Country Club Association, Inc. or its employees. Printed in the USA. ©2015 CB Times Magazine. All rights reserved. Please recycle. 4 | CB Times | The Official Community Magazine of Corte Bella Medicare Made Easy! We take the time to thoroughly explain your Medicare health plan options and help you to better understand how to maximize the benefits of the plan you choose. We can help you if you are: • Turning 65 • New to the Area • Losing Group Coverage • Receive “Extra Help” for Prescription Costs We offer most Medicare Advantage Plans, Medicare Supplements & Prescription Drug Plans. Plus, special plans are available for Medicare Beneficiaries living with Diabetes or Chronic Heart Conditions. No Fee for our Service. In-Home Appointments Available. Allen Underwood Senior Health Plan Advisor 602-518-6082 [email protected] www.azmedicareinfo.com December 2015 | CB Times | 5 COMMUNITY INFORMATION Board of Directors Community Resources Corte Bella Administration Bill Blake Guard House, 623-544-3906 Association Office Director Fax: 623-544-3911 22155 North Mission Drive [email protected] Email: [email protected] Sun City West, AZ 85375 Gate Hours: 6:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Daily Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 A.M.-4 P.M. Walt Kearns Roving Patrol: Monday - Friday, 8:00 A.M. 623-328-5068 Ext. 221 Asst. Treasurer; Liaison to Government to Noon, and 10:00 P.M. to 11:30 P.M. Affairs Committee Saturday – Sunday, 2:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M., Michael Arrington [email protected] and 10:00 P.M. to Midnight HOA General Manager, 623-328-5068 Patrol Cell: 623-256-2907 [email protected] Larry Leighton Guards are present from 5:00am- 8:00pm, Secretary; Liaison to Golf Club, Homeowners can call the Mobile phone between Paula Coudright Long Term Planning Committee, 8:00pm & 11:30pm Mon -Fri and until midnight Sat Operations Coordinator Neighborhood Awareness & Safety & Sun- Guards will return immediately to the gate 623-328-5068 ext. 236 Committee house for admittance. Fax: 623-328-5319 [email protected] [email protected] Anacapa Restaurant, 623-455-9045 Dan Luparello Hours: Lunch: 11 A.M. - 3 P.M. Jodell Dodge Vice-President; Liaison to Anacapa; Tuesday – Saturday Spa & Fitness Manager, Ext. 225 Architectural Review Committee Dinner: 4:30 - 8:00 P.M. Tuesday – Saturday [email protected] [email protected] Sunday Buffet: 8:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Closed Mondays Fred Hernandez Mike McVeigh Food & Beverage Mgr. Ext. 233 Treasurer; Liaison to Finance Committee Fitness Center, 623-217-2018 [email protected] [email protected] Hours: Monday-Friday, 5 A.M.-9:00 P.M. Sat & Sun, 6 A.M.-9:00 P.M. Dan Haywood Donna Norton Children’s Pool Hours Anacapa Executive Chef, Ext. 232 Director; Liaison to Building & 10 A.M.-1 P.M. & 5-7 P.M. [email protected] Grounds Committee Day Spa, 623-217-2018 [email protected] 8 A.M. to 7 P.M., By Appointment Heather Chavez Administrative Supervisor, Ext. 222 Jim Williams Corte Bella Golf Club, 623-556-8951 President; Liaison to Technology Hours: Monday-Sunday 6:30 A.M.-5:00 P.M. Stella Stellings Committee [email protected] Administrative Assistant, Ext. 221 [email protected] Corte Bella Website Stoney Amerine Community Website: Facilities Manager, Ext. 223 www.cortebella.net [email protected] Residents & Visitor Registration: www.cortebella.org CB Events Group Volunteers [email protected] FirstService 24-HOUR EMERGENCY (480) 551-4300 Photo by Michael Biggs 6 | CB Times | The Official Community Magazine of Corte Bella House Cleaning Corte Bella Administration Association Office Specialist Inc. 22155 North Mission Drive Sun City West, AZ 85375 Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 A.M.-4 P.M. 623-328-5068 Ext. 221 Offering Michael Arrington cleaning: HOA General Manager, 623-328-5068 [email protected] • Once a week Paula Coudright Operations Coordinator • Every 2 weeks 623-328-5068 ext. 236 Fax: 623-328-5319 • Every 4 weeks [email protected] EILEEN STOMSKI REALTOR® • CORTE BELLA RESIDENT Jodell Dodge Spa & Fitness Manager, Ext. 225 (623) 398-4077 CELL [email protected] (623) 384-1776 OFFICE FREE ESTIMATES! [email protected] Fred Hernandez Food & Beverage Mgr. Ext. 233 [email protected] Dan Haywood CALL TODAY! Anacapa Executive Chef, Ext. 232 IN BUSINESS [email protected] 19232 N RH Johnson Blvd. Christina Aguirre Sun City West, AZ 85375 SINCE 1997 Heather Chavez Operated by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. www.AZmoves.com Administrative Supervisor, Ext. 222 602-618-3458 Stella Stellings Administrative Assistant, Ext. 221 Stoney Amerine Facilities Manager, Ext. 223 [email protected] Don’t Let Diabetes WHEN: Every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. Dictate Your Life starting January 12, 2016 WHERE: ENROLL IN OUR 8-WEEK DIABETES Sun Health Center for EDUCATION SERIES STARTING IN JANUARY! Health & Wellbeing 14719 W. Grand Ave Sun Health Center for Health & Wellbeing’s Diabetes Self-Management Surprise, AZ 85374 Education Program will help you live life well by teaching you to effectively manage your diabetes. Led by a certified diabetes educator and an exercise COST IS COVERED BY MOST physiologist, our interactive classes encourage behavior modification and INSURANCE PLANS. promote nutrition, exercise, monitoring, medication management and more. Program accredited by: Space is limited, so register today!* Call 623-832-WELL (9355). *Physician referral and completed registration paperwork are due 5 days prior to class start date. SunHealthWellbeing.org December 2015 | CB Times | 7 ASSOCIATION Board Talk: Community Progress Happy Holidays to each of you! Many of you The contract for the next phase of granite installation will start have recently returned from your summer next year. This phase includes Common Area #7 (next to Nogales, hiatus, or have been vacationing, or visiting Junipero, and Gaviota Drives; and Caleta Ct.). with friends and family. Quite a bit has transpired at Corte Bella and I thought it Recent or In-progress: worthwhile to update you. The Long Term Planning Committee (LTPC) has picked up where SCP left off and continues their effort to plan the community’s future by building on our vision, mission and previously defined Jim Williams, President, goals and objectives. Board of Directors The Anacapa wedding fountain and pool furniture (lounges) will be replaced in 2016. Bid packages should be released in December and procurement contracts in January 2016. Summer (June to August): EPCOR filing of their wastewater consolidation proposal has been We approved the 2014 formal audit and the 2016 Budget delayed until April/May. Our Government Affairs Committee (GAC) Guidance. is pursuing wastewater/water rate and street light concerns, is A second opinion streets evaluation was completed and a “town working with RUCO, ACC and other communities, and will keep hall” was held to present study results, along with a proposed Corte Bella updated on status. alternative pavement management approach. An additional Q&A ARC will update the plant list in December (includes removing was held and the “new” approach remains under study. Sissoo tree) and revise the Design Guidelines in early 2016. Fall (September to November): Anacapa is performing well: Six consecutive months of excellent The 2016 Budget presented to the community was approved.