February 2013 • Green Valley Recreation News Dream! Discover! Play! Dream!Page  Discover! Play! February 2013 Volume 11 • No. 2 • 20 Pages www.gvrec.org Street Corner Meet Your Renaissance New Board Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 7PM, West Social Center Street Corner Renaissance is coming back to Green Valley. Candidates Audiences raved about these five amazing voices from Los Angeles. Street Corner Renaissance offers the unique sound in Splinters of a professional a cappella doo wop group that has delighted audiences at venues throughout the country. These gentle- from the men can flat out sing and their infectious energy and soulful voices transport their audiences to another place and time. Board, Not just another singing group, Street Corner Renaissance offers “food for the spirit as well as the soul.” Whether it’s a soul-stirring tribute to the legendary Sam Cooke, street Page 3 corner crooning for the ladies, or a rousing gospel celebra- tion, their superb vocal skills shine through! CR# 26870. Members/ $22, Guests/ $25, General Public/$28. Tickets increase $1 at the door. 2013 GVR Live! is proud to announce Winter the 1st Annual Member Assistance Program Fundraiser Course Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 7:30PM, West Social Center Green Valley Tap Club Presents Follies Still Kickin’ Catalog Join Green Valley Recreation for the 1st Annual Member Thursday, February 7-Friday, February 8, 2013 at 7PM Assistance Program Fundraiser. This premiere event will be and Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 2PM, West Social Center Available a wonderful night of entertainment that supports the Green Valley Recreation Member Assistance Program (MAP). Your The Showgirls, Tap Dancers, Desert Star Line Dancers, Caliente Cloggers and Stud Now! Find attendance is a great way to show your support for fellow Muffins are back for another great show at Green Valley Recreation! For 25 years, your members of the Green Valley community. The Green Valley friends and neighbors in the Green Valley Tap Club have been bringing their diverse and Recreation Member Assistance Program assists those members comical talent to Green Valley audiences. From the spirited opening number to the patri- out how to who are faced with financial hardship and need assistance pay- otic finale, the 2013 Spring Follies are sure to, once again, be an audience favorite. All the ing their dues. For every ticket purchased to the concert, $2 talented ladies in the dance groups will be performing to the best songs from Broadway, get your will be donated to this program. country, rock and pop. The men will leave you laughing and yelling for more. Add in The evening begins with a silent auction in the West Center a guest vocalist, an entertaining skit, a sing-along and a tribute to tap dancing and you copy on lobby. Browse through a collection of beautiful items donated have an unforgettable evening of fun! With all this great entertainment, you will leave by local artists, vendors and restaurants. Take a chance and the auditorium convinced that these folks, like the title of the show, are Still Kickin’. CR Page 8 bid on a treasure while helping a worthy cause. All funds col- #27272/27273/27274. Members/$12, Guests/$14, General Public/$16. lected from the silent auction will go directly to MAP. At 7:30PM, Tucson Symphony Orchestra takes the stage. TSO Pops! “A Night at the Movies” is a concert not to be missed. Join Green Valley favorite Bob Bernhardt and the Tuc- Inside son Symphony Orchestra for a musical night at the movies, with classic film favorites and new hits. “Old Hollywood” will President’s Message...... 2 include My Fair Lady and Tara’s Theme from Gone with the Splinters From Wind. “New Hollywood” will include selections from Chica- go, the beautiful Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission and music The Board...... 3-4 of the incomparable John Williams. Volunteer Roundup...... 5&7 For a completely unique concert experience, purchase a seat in the Premiere Seating section. By purchasing a seat in the Fall Classes...... 8 Premiere Seating section, you are guaranteed a seat in one of the first five rows of the auditorium. Premiere Seating can be Arts & Entertainment.....9-12 purchased in addition to the cost of your ticket for $10. The trouble with the curve entire $10 will go directly to MAP. There are only 60 Premiere Friday, February 1, 2013 2pm (open captioning) Calendar...... 11 Seats available so this seating is extremely limited. Premiere Building Services Seating will be available on a first come, first served basis. & 7pm, West Social Center Corner...... 13-14 You will choose your specific Premiere Seat on the night of Starring Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams the show. Club Connection...... 16-18 Come out for an entertaining evening at GVR and help sup- 2012; Rated PG 13; 111 minutes port your friends and neighbors in need! The silent auction Warner Bros. Pictures; Directed by Robert Lorenz Around GVR...... 19 bidding begins at 5:30PM. Doors open at 7PM and the con- Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel cert begins at 7:30PM. takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of Ticket prices are $36 Members, $38 Guests, $40 General his career. Along the way, the two renew their bond, and she catches Public. CR#27668 the eye of a young player-turned-scout. CR#27670/27671. Tickets are free to members and their guests. Concessions available.

(Tickets are required for admission to all movies. It is recommended Follow us on Facebook! that tickets be reserved in advance. Members can obtain tickets at all major social center offices and Member Services Center.) Page  Dream! Discover! Play! Green Valley Recreation News • February 2013 GVR’s Mission GVR offices will be closed on “To provide recreational, social and leisure Monday, February 18, 2013 education opportunities that enhance the quality of our members’ lives.” in observance of the President’s Day holiday. The Las Campanas Member Code of Conduct All users of GVR facilities are required to language and behavior; such actions shall not office is open from comply with published rules and regulations. be tolerated. All users are expected to show common Members are responsible for the conduct of 10am to 2pm courtesy to employees, directors, volunteers, their guests. Any violation of the above Code and other members and guests. of Conduct may result in a member having his on weekends and holidays. All users shall refrain from using offensive or her rights and privileges suspended.

For your convenience, GVR offices are open seven days a week. To better serve our members, Las Campanas is open on weekends and holidays from 10am-2pm! The West Social Center box office is open on program nights from 6pm – 8pm. Below is a list of upcoming dates you can find us at West Social Center in February: Rose Theisen Friday, February 1 Tuesday, February 5 Thursday, February 7 Friday, February 8 Saturday, February 9 Tuesday, February 12 Thursday, February 14 Tuesday, February 19 Thursday, February 21

elcome to our winter residents and visitors! As an ex-Minnesotan (and GVR Social Center Office Hours: ex-Washingtonian) I know how great it is to spend the cold months in our beautiful desert climate. This is the time of year when GVR is humming The following major social center offices will be open for business from 8:00am to W 4:00pm each Monday through Friday as follows: with activity, so be sure to enjoy everything this great organization has to offer! While I know you are busy having fun in the sun, I also want to ask you to be an Member Services Center – 625-3440 – 1070 S. Calle de Las Casitas active member of your organization. In March 2013, GVR members will be voting (Office hours 8am to 4pm) on Board candidates as well as suggested Bylaw changes. There are a few important Canoa Hills Social Center – 625-6200 – 3660 S. Camino del Sol dates coming up in February and early March that you might want to put on your (Closed for lunch from 11:30am to 12:30pm) calendar now. East Social Center – 625-4641 – 7 South Abrego Drive * February 20, 9:00 AM – Meet your Board candidates at Santa Rita Springs (Closed for lunch from 12:30pm to 1:30pm) * February 21, 5:00 PM – Meet your Board candidates at Las Campanas Las Campanas Recreation Center – 648-7669 - 565 W. Belltower Drive * February 25, 1:00 PM – Participate in a Q&A Bylaws Forum at West Center (Closed for lunch from 11:30am to 12:30pm) Open weekends and holidays from 10am to 2pm. * March 15 – Last day to mail in (or drop off) your GVR ballot West Center – 625-0288 – 1111 S. Via Arcoiris * March 26, 9:00 AM – GVR Members Annual Meeting (Closed for lunch from 11:30am to 12:30pm) I want to take this opportunity to thank the chairpersons and members of the The following major social center offices are open from 8am to 1pm. Nominations, Elections, Board Affairs and Bylaws committees for the countless Desert Hills Social Center – 625-5221 – 2980 S. Camino del Sol hours of selfless sacrifice they have given to ensure GVR remains a vibrant and viable organization. Not only have these individuals volunteered their time, they Santa Rita Springs – 393-0360 – 921 W. Via Rio Fuerte have produced excellent results as evidenced by the well-qualified Board candidates NOTE: The Canoa Ranch office will remain closed until further notice. The facility is and thoughtful Bylaw changes. open for member use. Great work, everyone! Rose Theisen How Can I Contact A Staff Member? If you would like to contact any member of our staff, please call (520) 625-3440 and enter the appropriate extension number. You may also contact staff at the e-mail address listed below. Any written correspondence should be mailed to: P.O. Box 586 • Green Valley, AZ 85622. www.gvrec.org. Board Hotline (for board questions or comments)...... x 7500...... [email protected] - New Member Orientation: Thursday, February 14, 9am, West Social Center – Rm. 2. Administrative Services - Volunteer Staff Coordinator Meeting: Wednesday, February 13, 9am, East Social Center Executive Director...... Lanny Sloan...... x 7203...... [email protected] – Auditorium Executive Assistant...... Marilee Taber...... x 7204...... [email protected] * New - Conversations over Coffee: Due to Candidate Receptions, Conversations over Cof- (Board Information) fee will not be held in February. Administrative Assistant...... Sue DeKoker...... x 7213...... [email protected] - Fitness Orientation*: Signup for an orientation at your nearest major social center. Avail- Public Relations Representative ...... Shelly Jackson...... x 7222...... [email protected] able dates are listed in the “Volunteer Roundup” section. *GVR highly recommends members (Keeping Current) complete a fitness orientation class before using the exercise equipment. Finance/HR Director...... Kim Akers...... x 7205...... [email protected] Free Blood Pressure Checks: Aristocare will be providing checks on the 1st and 3rd Thurs- Human Resources Associate...... Nancy Mackel...... x 7218...... [email protected] day of each month, 9am -11am – Canoa Hills Lobby. Building Services Building Services Manager...... Guy Sundvik...... x 7207...... [email protected] Administrative & Fitness Supervisor...... Melanie Stephenson...... x 7229...... [email protected] (Repair or maintenance requests) Maintenance Supervisor...... David Jund...... x 7212...... [email protected] Custodial Supervisor...... Dan Freeman...... x 7358...... [email protected] Landscape & Pool Supervisor...... David Coy...... x 7234...... [email protected] Member Services IT/Member Services Manager ...... Kim Steinhilb...... x 7209...... [email protected] Administrative Assistant ...... Cindy Folsom...... x 7208...... [email protected] Membership Coordinator...... Cindi Miller-Newman...... x 7220 ...... [email protected] About Keeping Current Senior Member Services Supervisor...... Karen Rans...... x 7216...... [email protected] Keeping Current is owned by Green Valley Recreation, Inc. Keeping Current is published for Green Valley (Club Liaison, Lectures and Community Events) Recreation, Inc. by the Green Valley News & Sun and is inserted into the 4th Wednesday of the month’s issue Recreation Supervisor ...... Carolyn Hupp...... x 7226...... [email protected] of the newspaper. The Editor, Shelly Jackson, is available by e-mail at [email protected] or can be contacted by (Classes and Tours) Recreation Supervisor...... Maureen McCarthy...... x 7224...... [email protected] telephone at (520) 625-3440 extension 7222. For advertising information or questions about deadlines, please (Volunteer Liaison) call the Green Valley News at 625-5511 or by fax at 625-8046. The deadline for all news items is the last Senior Member Services Supervisor...... Julie Vance...... x 7225...... [email protected] Friday of each month. News items and articles will be published as space permits. GVR does not endorse any (Concerts, Special Events, Movies and Social Center Offices) of the products or services advertised in this newsletter. Recreation Coordinator...... Jody Crawford...... x 7202 ...... [email protected] Published by: Editorial Committee: (Facility Reservations) Green Valley News & Sun Shelly Jackson, Lead Sound & Lighting Technician...... Shelly Freeman...... ext. 7219...... [email protected] 18705 S. I-19 Frontage Rd., Ste. 125 Public Relations Representative Sound & Lighting Technician...... Arline Fass...... ext. 7219...... [email protected] Green Valley, AZ 85614 (Technical support for A/V and Theater) To Advertise, please call Kelly, If you have an emergency and or maintenance issues after normal business hours or on Saturday or 625-5511 Sunday please call (520) 547-5390. February 2013 • Green Valley Recreation News Dream! Discover! Play! Page 

2013 BOARD CANDIDATES years, I would like to bring my varied experiences in building talker. I believe these qualities to be extremely important for RON WOODROW business and business management to the GVR organization. the GVR Board, a governing body elected by its membership Desert Ridge Estates to professionally serve only its membership. I have been married for 47 I look forward to serving you, the membership and “own- years to my beautiful wife, DOUG FITZ ers” of GVR. It is in this spirit that I ask to serve you as a Mary Ann and we came to San Ignacio Heights Director on the GVR Board. Green Valley 23 years ago I attended undergradu- from Grosse Pointe, Michi- ate and graduate schools gan. I was retired at 46 af- at Drake University in Des GUNNAR ter being very successful in Moines, Iowa. Over the next several business adventures. 35 years I enjoyed a very sat- BONTHRON My experience sitting on the isfying career in the Print Las Campanas (Soledad) boards of multimillion dol- Manufacturing/Distribution My wife Peggy and I have lar companies would be very industry. While employed, I been residents of Green Val- beneficial in developing and gained business experience ley for 8 years after living in improving the over all Green Valley Recreational organi- into senior executive posi- San Bernadino, CA Moun- zation. My two sons and daughter have been very success- tions as a business owner and tains for 14 years. ful in the careers they have chosen. The three of them have positions in a large Fortune I was born and raised in strong educational backgrounds from University of Michigan, 100 International Corporation. Additionally, I have pro- Stockholm, Sweden and after Michigan State and University of Arizona. When we came to vided my leadership to numerous non-profit organizations, having completed my Masters Green Valley in 1989 and saw the wonderful weather with the to include Boy/Girl Scouts of America, YMCA, Rotary in Mechanical Engineering, I abundance of activities provided by the GVR facilities, it was Club, United Way, and numerous industry related govern- came to the U.S. in 1963 and love at first site. I was persuaded into becoming a real estate ing boards, councils and focus groups. On a personal level, joined a Vermont company, which was developing advanced sales person. In the years following, I achieved on getting a I enjoy time spent with my family, now spread across the computer controlled machine tools for U.S. manufacturing GRI, (Graduate Real Estate Institute School) and real estate country, travel, cooking and all collegiate sports. companies. This work took me all over the world to sell our Brokers designations. I’ve sold hundreds of homes throughout While I miss the excitement of the career I have left, I must superior technology to domestic and foreign companies. Af- Green Valley, including Quail Creek and Sahaurita for three now remain active by moving forward in service to the com- ter an assignment to run a Swedish company in Chicago, my different builders. munity. With GVR having I believe the largest impact on the wife and I moved to California where she became an author- In 1998, I was honored to be offered a position as a broker growth and prosperity of our community, I am seeking elec- ity in the California water industry. I am a U.S. citizen. in Arizona for U G L Equis which has been bought out by an tion as a director on the board where I can best transfer busi- I have worked with and managed different teams all my Australian company that has now grown into one of the larg- ness and leadership skills previously gained. Above all, I en- professional life and feel that I can use this experience to the est commercial real estate companies in the world. I am proud joy meeting and working side by side with high functioning benefit of GVR. to be their broker here in Arizona to this day. As a real estate individuals toward a common goal. My personal approach is Green Valley is a town that is unique in the world, and broker, owner of a cattle ranch and lodge, president of the one of mutual respect, non political, stability, honesty, open it is so very important that we keep it that way, for us and racquetball club the past two years, volunteering for the ten- communication and moral responsibility. I deeply value the future retirees. nis, pickle ball and racquetball seniors games for the past five views of all and find my style to be a better listener than a I have been a board member for 6 years and have done my best to work with the board to maintain and improve our ex- cellent organization. GVR is a great organization that main- tains superior facilities at a bargain membership fee. It will continued, next page february 2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS CALENDAR All GVR members are invited and encouraged to attend. GVR Board of Directors Rose Theisen Jerry Belenker Thursday, February 7, 2013 @ 9:30 AM Board Affairs Committee Meeting President Member-at-Large Tuesday, February 19, 2013 @ 2:00 PM MSC Annex [email protected] [email protected] Fiscal Affairs Committee Meeting (1070 Calle de las Casitas) MSC Annex Joyce Finkelstein Russ Carpenter (1070 Calle de las Casitas) Tuesday, February 12, 2013 @ 9:00 AM Vice President Member-at-Large Planning & Evaluation Committee Meeting Wednesday, February 20, 2013 @ 9:00 AM [email protected] [email protected] MSC Annex Candidate Forum (1070 Calle de las Casitas) Santa Rita Springs – Anza Room Linda Sparks Chuck Catino (921 W Rio Fuerte) Secretary Member-at-Large Thursday, February 14, 2013 @ 1:30 PM [email protected] [email protected] Elections Committee Meeting Thursday, February 21, 2013 @ 5:00 PM MSC Annex Candidate Forum (1070 Calle de las Casitas) Joyce Bulau Marge Garneau Las Campanas – Ocotillo Room Treasurer Member-at-Large (565 W Belltower Drive) Monday, February 18, 2013 [email protected] [email protected] GVR Offices will be closed in observance of Tuesday, February 26, 2013 @ 1:30 PM Presidents’ Day GVR Board of Directors’ Meeting Jim Burt Mark Haskoe Las Campanas Office will be open to assist you West Center Auditorium Member-at-Large Member-at-Large between the hours of 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (1111 Via Arcoiris) [email protected] [email protected] All facilities will remain open All dates and times are subject to change. Check our website at: www.gvrec.org for the most current information. Blaine Nisson Mike Banks Member-at-Large Member-at-Large [email protected] [email protected] Page  Dream! Discover! Play! Green Valley Recreation News • February 2013

continued from page 3 skills that helped to build consensus among divergent groups responsible for building and executing was a strategic plan- be subject to many challenges over the years to come. Having of people, formulate sound and forward looking policies, ning cell responsible for the planning of the drawdown of an engineering background, I will continue to apply a logi- and foster cooperative learning atmospheres. U.S. Army installation support activities, the Army Career cal, reasonable and conservative approach to future plans I am a problem solver and a life-long public servant. I continue and Alumni Program, and was commandant of the U.S. and costs. That includes serious consideration for members that service with many volunteer activities here in GV. My work Army Management Staff College, Europe. on fixed incomes, who cannot afford frivolous projects. and personal experience have prepared me for the challenges I had many command and management assignments while that face GVR. I appreciate your support of my candidacy. in the Army. I served as Vice Moderator and Chairman of the Finance Committee for my local church in Denver. RON SILLS For the last 16 years I have conducted seminars and train- JOSEPH A. ing in Constitutional Law and federal financial management Springs at Santa Rita courses for federal agencies. GUNTON, JR. My wife, Cece, and I live in Green Valley for nine months I am Ron Sills, candidate for of the year and spend the heat of the summer in Grand Lake, the GVR Board. My wife of Foothills II Colorado. 40 years, Patricia (Patsy) and I bought our home here in Green I moved to Green Valley The five candidates listed above were presented to the Valley in 2008. We are from from Franktown, Colorado Board of Directors at their November 27, 2012 Board Meet- rural Maine. We thought about nine years ago. Besides the ing. The order of the above candidates was drawn by lottery several places to retire to, in var- weather and some good friends on November 30, 2012. The candidates provide their own ious states, but when we looked who lived in Green Valley, biographies. here and saw what GVR had to the facilities and programs at offer us, it was “game over” for GVR played a big part in my all the other options. decision to move here. I retired That is why I seek to become a member of the GVR Board. from the U.S. Army after 22+ Splinters from the Board I simply love what GVR offers all of us and I want to lend my years of service with the grade of Lieutenant Colonel. After re- time and talent toward helping GVR to continue to be the tirement from the Army, I attended law school at the University Green Valley Recreation’s Board of Directors and its unique and wonderful organization that so enriches our lives. of Cincinnati. I hold an MBA from the University of Okla- committee’s took the month of December off and have My life’s work was in public education. I served as teacher, homa and am a graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College and nothing to report at this time. athletic coach, and high school administrator. I hold degrees the Army Management Staff College. The 2013 election ballots are scheduled to be mailed in economics and political science from Colby College, and After law school, I accepted a position in the United States on February 19 and the deadline for ballot return is have Masters Degrees in education and administration from Army Europe headquarters, responsible for many new pro- March 20. A return envelope will be enclosed with the the University of Maine. I have considerable experience in grams. In each position I developed, trained and executed ballot for mailing or you may drop your completed bal- fiscal matters, such as developing and overseeing publicly these new programs, as the U.S. Army was reducing their lot at any GVR Center office. supported budgets. I have developed strong communicative footprint in Europe. Among the new programs that I was Environmentally OUR PRODUCTS ARE And Consider DOORS • GATES celebratIng SINCE it CLEAN!2004 21 YearS In House Cleaning Services for the DiscriminatingSAFE Homeowner AILINGS House Cleaning Services for the Discriminating Homeowner R reen alleY Environmentally g v OUR PRODUCTS ARE And SOLAR SCREENS 18745 S. I-19 Frontage Rd, Suite A111 • 520-648-2555 Consider it CLEAN!SINCE SOUTHWEST ACCESSORIES EnvironmentallyHouse Cleaning Services for the Discriminating HomeownerSAFE 2004 Fall Inlove WIth YourneW Do!  
 


 

 

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New Volunteer Training February 19 Volunteer Staff Coordinators Meeting Over 140 volunteers met at 12 GVR cen- To learn how you can participate as a GVR ters in December at Table Talks to discuss volunteer, please join us at a New Volunteer improvements to our Volunteer Program at Training session on Tuesday, February 19, 2 February 13, 2013, East Social Center, 9AM pools and fitness centers. They agreed the pm, at the West Social Center. Snowbirds new Flex Program (which allows volunteers are always welcome! Refreshments will be We have openings for Volunteer Staff Coordinators (VSC) at Abrego North pool, to be “on duty” during their regular work- served. Canoa Ranch pool, East Center pool, Madera Vista pool, Santa Rita Springs pool, outs and for more than one volunteer to be Please register at any social center or and West Center pool. VSCs act as a liaison between the volunteers at their facili- on duty at the same time) is a solution for contact Volunteer Supervisor Maureen Mc- ties and GVR’s Volunteer Supervisor. It is lots of fun and not a lot of work! They people who want to “give back,” but are too Carthy at 625-3440 x7224 or at maureen@ make sure their schedules of pool and fitness center monitors are full. VSCs also busy to commit to a specific schedule. gvrec.org. Reference CR # 26154. keep volunteers up to date with all the latest information needed to help keep mem- bers safe while enjoying GVR facilities. If you are interested in learning how much fun you can have and how simple it is, please attend the meeting on Wednesday, February 13 at 9 am at the East So- cial Center or contact the Volunteer Supervisor, Maureen McCarthy, at 625-3440 Fitness Orientations x7224 or at [email protected]. Fitness Center orientation sessions are free and provide information on the value of exercise and how to properly use equipment. To reserve a spot in a class, members must pre-register at any open social center, at Member Services Center, or by calling 625-3440.

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Strong bones help resist falls! Volunteer Safety Update Meeting February 14, 2 pm AED Class Feb. 12 GVR volunteers are invited to at- ity of life and stave off the frailty that GVR has AED (automated external defibrillator) tend a Midseason “Safety Update” used to be considered a normal part machines at all of our centers. Anyone can save a life on Thursday, February 14 (Valentines of getting old. At the meeting, volun- by combining continuous chest compressions (no res- Day) at 2 pm at the West Social Cen- teers will learn from GVR’s personal cue breathing necessary) with the use of an AED. No ter. trainers how easy and fun exercises certification is required! They will be treated to an impor- can help improve health and indepen- The next free training class will be Tuesday, Febru- tant presentation on “Building Bone dence! ary 12 at 2 pm in the Fiesta Room of the Santa Rita Strength” which helps reduce the like- Refreshments and a variety of bever- Springs Social Center. The Fiesta Room is next to the lihood of falls that result in hip frac- ages will be served. We will also have Clay Studio across tures. a drawing for prizes, and everyone from the pool. Mem- A frightening statistic is that almost will leave with something special! bers may register at 24% of people over age 50 who have Please register in advance at Mem- any social center. hip fractures die within a year! And ber Services Center or any GVR ma- Please reference CR # a Yale University study found approximately 30% of elderly jor social center. Reference CR #26111. If you have any 25972. For informa- people who live independently fall each year. questions, please contact the Volunteer Supervisor, Maureen tion, contact Mau- An increase in bone strength at any age can improve qual- McCarthy, at 625-3440 x7224 or at [email protected]. reen McCarthy at 625-3440 x7224 or at [email protected]. The new “Fountain of Youth” Research shows exercise counteracts the effects of aging! Water Aerobics! Exercise can slow down--and in some cases even prevent--some and narrower, causing a rise in blood pressure and more work for of the physiological effects of aging. “A lot of the things that we the heart. The blood vessels don’t dilate or expand as effectively, Water Aerobics (Swimnastics) classes are FREE drop-in ac- thought were just inherent to the aging process, and were going to resulting in reduced blood flow and more limited performance. We tivities. You need not register for the classes – just come and join in on all the fun! Stop by and see what it’s all about! happen no matter what, don’t really have to happen if you maintain know that aerobic exercise can reduce the risk of cardiovascular dis- an appropriate lifestyle,” says Jim Haber, a professor of kinesiology ease. Pool...... Days of the Week...... Time at the University of Maryland in College Park. 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Please plan active people, versus highly trained athletes, the heart rate decreases “Exercise, it turns out, is probably as powerful as any other kind your use of the swimming pool to avoid conflicts with the start about 5-10 beats per minute per decade after the mid thirties as does of prevention strategy or treatment that has been assessed so far,” or conclusion of water aerobics classes. the ability to carry oxygen to the muscles (a decrease of about says researcher Seals. Water exercise courses are offered at several of our pools. 10% per decade.) This reduced aerobic capacity results in a decline For more information on how to dip in to this “Fountain of Please check the latest issue of Keeping Current for dates and in endurance performance --decreased pace, duration and intensity Youth,” contact Shelley Whitlatch, MS Exercise Physiologist and times. The swimming pool may be closed during those classes. If you have any questions regarding the guidelines for swim- of exercise. 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Green Valley Recreation, Inc. Winter Course Catalog D J Over 70 New Classes Off R ered Registration A Th is Year! begins Monday E N December 10 A U What will you be winter/spring 2013 course M A doing this winter? Scuba Lesssons ! R on page 28 Y D / I A S P C R catalog AVAILABLE now! O I V L E R 2 ! 0 Registration is going on now so sign up today at Canoa Hills, Desert Hills, East Center, Las Campanas, Santa Rita 1 P 3 L Springs, West Center or Member Services Center. Members can also register online at www.gvrec.org. Non-members A

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The fast pace could be difficult for ar- thritic hands. Techniques taught include the basic loop, spiral coil cage and free The 2nd class is now from 1-5pm, same as the 1st class. ** NEW** Advanced – Beginner Single Step Swing form wrapped pendant with wrapped bail. Gauges and properties of wire will Page 39: Singing is Fun (This course replaces the March class of Beginning Single Step Swing) be discussed. Bring the following tools: Chain nose, flat nose and round nose Class begins later than stated, now runs from 2/19 - 3/26. Instructor: Donna Green — Add fun to your Single Step Swing with jewelry pliers, flush cutters, 12 inch ruler, and a fine tip permanent marker. Page 39: Beginning Piano more advanced moves that will enhance your dancing pleasure. You must have Material charge is $25 payable at class. (Tools are available for purchase). Class begins later than stated, now runs from 2/19 - 3/26. taken Beginning Single Step Swing or know the basics. This level will definitely Course Fee: Member $30 for 1 class/Non-member NA bring smiles, plus a yearning to get out on the dance floor! Come join me and 1-4PM, East Center, Studio Arts and Crafts have a great time! Wear non-stick, smooth soles shoes. Couples and singles CR#27692 – Tuesday, February 12 welcome. CR#27693 – Tuesday, March 12 **NEW** Flower Arranging for Fun - I Course Fee: Member $32 for 4 classes/Non-member $42 CR#27694 – Tuesday, April 2 Instructor: Carol Pfister — What to do with the flowers you buy or grow 5-6PM, Canoa Hills, Palo Verde Room in your garden? All design styles are covered from vases to high style. Each CR#27690 – Wednesdays, 3/6-3/27 week you will take home a professionally designed floral arrangement. You will also learn care, handling and the names of different flowers and foliage along with basic design techniques. You are guaranteed a fun time with each Language and Writing Would you like a 2013 Fall or 2014 class. 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trips and tours BE SURE TO PICK UP A winter course catalog GUIDE AND CHECK OUT ALL OF THE WINTER/SPRING TOURS! 2/9 Saturday: World Championship Hoop Dance Contest 200 entries in the world’s largest non-motorized parade. En- We will be making a stop at the Tempe Marketplace for you to and Pueblo Grande Museum Tour —Join us as we travel to joy the view from grandstand seating. Lunch will be the buffet choose a spot among the many restaurants to enjoy a no-host the Heard Museum and the 23rd annual World Champion- at Desert Diamond Casino on Old Nogales Highway then we lunch before we head to the 1:10pm start of the game. Sign up ship Hoop Dance Contest! Dancers from across North Amer- take our reserved seats at the rodeo. The rodeo, which will cel- soon - we’ll have a lot of interest in this outing! Fee for GVR ica will showcase their skill and talent as they compete for ebrate its 88th year, features bareback and saddle bronc riding, members is $83 and bring a guest for $88. Fee includes trans- the prestigious World Champion title. During performances, steer wrestling, calf roping, team roping, barrel racing and bull portation, services of a tour director, ballgame ticket, bus re- dancers will incorporate speed and agility as they manipulate riding. Current and former world champions compete in this freshments and driver tip. Bus departs from Desert Hills upper their bodies through one to more than 50 hoops. Accompa- nationally televised event. ‘’The Fiesta de los Vaqueros’’ ranks parking lot at 8:30AM and returns at 6:15PM. Return time is nied by either Northern or SouthernR drums, the performers among the top 15 professional rodeos in North America and approximate. Deadline to purchase tickets, 2/12. No refunds express distinct culturalTO traditions,U as they are judged on a va- is honored in the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame. Fee for GVR mem- after 2/12. CR#27664. winter/spring 2013 course riety of categories. Enjoy some time exploring the exhibits in bers is $98 and bring a guest for $103. Fee includes transporta- the Heard Museum which feature the best in traditional and tion, services of a tour director, parade bleacher seating and 3/15 Friday: Barleen’s Arizona Opry Tour — For over 30 contemporary American Indian art.D Grab some fry bread or reserved rodeo seating, buffet lunch (tax & tip), bus refresh- seasons the Barleen family has fed and entertained folks at lunch in the café. NextSOL we visit the Pueblo Grande Museum ments and driver tip. Passengers are welcome to bring cushions their 500-seat Apache Junction dinner theatre. We will enjoy catalog AVAILABLE now! and Archaeological Park which is located at a 1500 year old or stadium seats to use at both the parade and the rodeo. Bus a hearty, home-cooked lunch (savory chicken entree) and then Hohokam village ruins site in modern day Phoenix. Enjoy departs from Desert Hills upper parking lot at 7:15 AM and re- a Grand Ole Opry style show. Some of your favorite country their easy trails that linkO theU excavatedT! ruins and spend time turns at 5:30PM. Deadline to purchase tickets, 2/7. No refunds tunes will fill the theatre along with musical variety, side-split- in the museum with its interesting exhibit galleries. Enjoy their after 2/7. CR#27663. ting comedy, yodeling and just plain fun. This is good, clean visitor’s center and time to examine the grounds before we 3/11 Monday: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Chicago Cubs family entertainment which will highlight all of your favorite travel back to Green Valley. Fee for GVR members is $77 and Spring Training Baseball Tour — Today we are heading to the tunes. Come along and enjoy a trip to the Arizona Opry with bring a guest for $82. Fee includes transportation, services of new Spring training home for the Arizona Diamondbacks at us! Fee for GVR members is $92 and bring a guest for $97. Fee a tour director, admissions to 2 attractions, bus refreshments the Salt River Fields. This 11,000 seat capacity ballpark is the includes transportation, services of a tour director, show ticket, and driver tip. Bus departs from Desert Hills upper parking lot 1st major league baseball spring training facility to be built on lunch (tax & tip), bus refreshments and driver tip. Bus departs at 8:15AM and returns at 6PM. Deadline to purchase tickets, Indian land in the nation. Enjoy the game and the spectacular from Desert Hills upper parking lot at 9AM and returns at 2/1. No refunds after 2/1. CR#27662. landscape of Camelback Mountain, the McDowell Mountains, 5:45PM. Deadline to purchase tickets, 2/28. No refunds after 2/21 Thursday: Tucson Rodeo and Parade Tour — See over Four Peaks, the Superstition Mountains and Red Mountain. 2/28. CR#27665.

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GVR Live! is proud to announce the REGISTRATION 1st Annual Member Assistance Program Fundraiser Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 7:30PM, West Social Center Registration for classes, trips, movies, concerts, special events and dances is available to our members Join Green Valley Recreation for the 1st Annual Member ies, with classic film favorites and new hits. “Old Holly- in the following forms: Assistance Program Fundraiser. This premiere event will be wood” will include My Fair Lady and Tara’s Theme from • online at www.gvrec.org a wonderful night of entertainment that supports the Green Gone with the Wind. “New Hollywood” will include selec- • in person at any major social center office during Valley Recreation Member Assistance Program (MAP). tions from Chicago, the beautiful Gabriel’s Oboe from The normal business hours (see schedule on page 2) Your attendance is a great way to show your support for Mission and music of the incomparable John Williams. • over the telephone by calling any of the major so- fellow members of the Green Valley community. The Green For a completely unique concert experience, purchase a cial centers Valley Recreation Member Assistance Program assists those seat in the Premiere Seating section. By purchasing a seat members who are faced with financial hardship and need as- in the Premiere Seating section, you are guaranteed a seat in • by mailing a registration form to GVR, PO Box sistance paying their dues. For every ticket purchased to the one of the first five rows of the auditorium. Premiere Seating 586, Green Valley, AZ 85622. concert, $2 will be donated to this program. can be purchased in addition to the cost of your ticket for However, mailing your registration in does not The evening begins with a silent auction in the West Cen- $10. The entire $10 will go directly to MAP. There are only guarantee that space will be available. All tickets ter lobby. Browse through a collection of beautiful items 60 Premiere Seats available so this seating is extremely lim- and registrations are on a first come first served -ba donated by local artists, vendors and restaurants. Take a ited. Premiere Seating will be available on a first come, first sis. Members may purchase items on their own ac- chance and bid on a treasure while helping a worthy cause. served basis. You will choose your specific Premiere Seat on count only. All funds collected from the silent auction will go directly the night of the show. to MAP. Come out for an entertaining evening at GVR and help At 7:30PM, Tucson Symphony Orchestra takes the stage. support your friends and neighbors in need! The silent auc- TICKET PURCHASES TSO Pops! “A Night at the Movies” is a concert not to be tion bidding begins at 5:30PM. Doors open at 7PM and the missed. Join Green Valley favorite Bob Bernhardt and the concert begins at 7:30PM. Ticket prices are $36 Members, Individual single tickets are available on the des- Tucson Symphony Orchestra for a musical night at the mov- $38 Guests, $40 General Public. CR#27668 ignated “on sale” dates. Tickets for events from Sep- tember through December go on sale on September 1. Tickets for events from January through April go on sale on December 1. We encourage you to pur- chase your tickets in advance. However, tickets to CALENDAR OF EVENTS concerts and some special events are available at the door at the West Social Center Box Office one hour class musicians playing over twenty instruments on stage, is prior to the event. Tickets purchased at the door will CONCERTS a fantastic spectacle. From start to finish you are captivated be $1.00 more. Sold Out event tickets are not avail- Street Corner Renaissance by a wonderful fusion of musical genres in the Irish music able at the door. Members may purchase up to four family and the various forms of Celtic music from around Eu- rope and the rest of the world. It is grand performance unlike guest tickets per household at the guest price. Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 7PM, West Social Center Street Corner Renaissance is coming back to Green Valley. anything you have seen in Green Valley and it is sure to bring Audiences raved about these five amazing voices from Los audiences to their feet. CR# 26871. Members/ $24, Guests/ Angeles. Street Corner Renaissance offers the unique sound $27, General Public/$30. Tickets increase $1 at the door. REFUNDS/EXCHANGES of a professional a cappella doo wop group that has delighted Refunds for season or general public tickets are audiences at venues throughout the country. These gentle- not available. Refunds and exchanges for individual men can flat out sing and their infectious energy and soulful member and guest tickets may be refunded if the re- voices transport their audiences to another place and time. fund request is made prior to refund date listed on Not just another singing group, Street Corner Renaissance the ticket. Cash refunds are not available. Refunds offers “food for the spirit as well as the soul.” Whether it’s are issued as a check through the mail or credited a soul-stirring tribute to the legendary Sam Cooke, street back to your credit or debit card. Please allow at least corner crooning for the ladies, or a rousing gospel celebra- tion, their superb vocal skills shine through! CR# 26870. fifteen business days to process the refund. You may Members/ $22, Guests/ $25, General Public/$28. Tickets also choose to leave the credit on your GVR account increase $1 at the door. to be used at a later date for your next purchase. Credits must be used before the end of the calendar year. (Please see Class Catalog for information re- garding refunds for classes, trips and tours.) If you have any questions regarding a refund please call (520) 625-3440 extension 7208. Swing Fever Thursday, February 14, 2013, 7PM, West Social Center Swing Fever is dedicated to the music of the Swing Era. The band treats Swing Era music as a living, breathing form to which the players bring fresh excitement, new arrangements and unusual instrumentation. Clever, fun, romantic, moody, witty – here is wonderful, classic music presented in its full emotional range. This music is their passion. Swing Fever has been performing jazz of the 1930’s and 1940’s for the past 33 years. Led by Bryan Gould, Swing Fever features top musi- HAIRCUTS cians from the swing jazz era and female vocalist, Denise Per- BARBER SERVICES 10% off Haircuts rier, who sings deeply in the tradition of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah for Active Military & First Responders Celtic Crossroads Vaughn and Billie Holiday. The band has toured and recorded FACIALS Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 7PM, West Social Center two albums with renowned Count Basie, Duke Ellington WAXING Just when you think that you have seen the best that Irish trumpeter Clark Terry, who received a lifetime achievement MANICURES music has to offer, a fresh new show from Ireland is tak- award at the 2010 Grammys. As Jazz Now said, “Swing Fever ing the art form to an entirely new level. Celtic Crossroads keeps its music alive without turning it into a museum piece.” SHELLAC presents Irish music like never before, set to do to Irish music If this is the band’s mission, it is a successful one- as demon- PEDICURES what Riverdance has done to Irish dance. strated by the band’s notable longevity and popularity. PERMS 140 W. Duval Mine Rd, Ste 150, This concert is a spectacle of talent, displaying how Irish Rhythmic, romantic, torrid and witty…this is Swing Green Valley, AZ music influenced the global birth of a multitude of musical Fever’s music and they’re crazy for it. Watch out, you may COLOR genres. This show is redefining Irish music by going right to catch Swing Fever too. CR# 26872. Members/ $18, Guests/

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS lectures continued from page 10 first-time listeners into instant fans. Dala is equally en- Our Lectures Series is FREE and open to all tertaining between songs, telling funny and down to earth GVR Members and the General Public. Addi- stories that make every show unique. CR# 26873. Mem- tional information is available on flyers posted on bers/ $16, Guests/ $19, General Public/$22. Tickets in- GVR bulletin boards. crease $1 at the door. •2/1 Parkinson’s Group presents “Elderlaw Legal Issues--What We All Need to Know,” Phoebe Harris, Frank Ferrante Elderlaw Attorney. East Center, 1pm •2/5 Whipple Observatory presents “Mayan Dooms- “An Evening With Groucho!” day and Other Ends of the World,” Mr. Dan Brocious, Tuesday, March 5, 2013, Whipple Observatory. West Center, 9am 7PM, West Social Center •2/5 Sonora Lung C.A.R.E. presents “Do you have Award-winning actor/di- Shortness of Breath?” Desert Hills, 11am rector/playwright Frank Fer- •2/7 Northwest Medical Center presents “Shoul- rante recreates his PBS, New der Arthritis and Rotator Cuff Tears” with Dr. Dara York and London acclaimed Chafik. East Center, 9am portrayal of legendary come- •2/7 Green Valley Gardeners presents “Cactus and dian Groucho Marx in this Care,” B & B Cactus. Desert Hills, 9:30am Dala fast paced 90 minutes of hi- •2/7 Pima Council on Aging presents “Immunity Thursday, February 21, 2013, 7PM, West Social Center larity. The two-act comedy and Aging,” Anne Wertheimer, PhD, Arizona Center Juno nominees and winners of the 2010 Canadian Folk consists of the best Groucho on Aging. Canoa Hills, 9am Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year, Amanda Wal- one-liners, anecdotes and •2/14 Green Valley Gardeners presents “Effective, ther and Sheila Carabine of Dala write and sing in harmo- songs including “Hooray low water irrigation for desert landscapes,” Desert ny best described as angelic. These two best friends met for Captain Spalding,” and Hills, 9:30am in their high school music class in 2002; they have since “Lydia, the Tattooed Lady.” •2/14 Tucson Orthopaedic Institute presents TBA. released five albums and toured extensively across North The audience literally be- East Center, 2pm America. Darlings of the Canadian music scene, Dala is comes part of the show as •2/19 Whipple Observatory presents “White Dwarfs: now poised to bring its fresh brand of acoustic pop music Ferrante ad-libs his way throughout the performance in Extreme Dancers,” Dr. Emilio Falco, Whipple Obser- to the world. Drawing upon influences like The Beatles, grand Groucho style. Accompanied by his onstage pianist, vatory. West Center, 9am Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Bob Dylan, Dala writes Jim Furmston, Ferrante portrays the young Groucho of stage •2/19 U of A Neurologist presents “Meet your Uni- songs that are both catchy and insightful. Amanda’s ethe- and film and reacquaints us with the likes of brothers Harpo, versity Neurologists,” featuring David Labiner, MD, real soprano voice blends seamlessly with Sheila’s velvety Chico, Zeppo and Gummo, Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, Bruce Coull, MD, Steven Rapcsak, MD, Scott Sher- alto, creating the lush harmonies that have become their Greta Garbo, Marx foil, Margaret Dumont and MGM’s man, MD and Katalin Scherer. West Center, 12pm - trademark. Their voices have been described as “beautiful Louis B. Mayer. A show perfect for all ages! CR# 26874. 4pm. flights of melody and harmony, reminiscent of the Everly Members/ $26, Guests/ $29, General Public/$32. Tickets •2/20 Green Valley S.A.V Scam Squad will be dis- Brothers, the Louvin Brothers and Emmylou Harris.” The increase $1 at the door. cussing preventative measures against scammers. East sheer joy with which they perform is infectious, turning Center, 9am continued, next page •2/21 Green Valley Gardeners presents “University of Arizona Campus Arboretum,” West Center, 9:30am •2/21 Sarver Heart presents “Keeping the Beat: What’s New in Drugs to Treat Arrhythmias?” Peter SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Ott, MD. Canoa Hills, 10am •2/26 Whipple Observatory presents “The High En- 1 2 ergy Universe as seen from Fermi,” Dr. Pascal Fortin, Movie - VERITAS. West Center, 9am Trouble With •2/28 Green Valley Gardeners presents “Native Grasses,” JimVerrier, Desert Survivors. Desert Hills, the Curve 9:30am •2/28 University of Arizona Center presents John 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Szivek, Ph.D. Canoa Hills, 10am Concert - Event - Event - Event - Street Corner Follies Follies Follies Renaissance “Still Kickin’” “Still Kickin’” “Still Kickin’” “We do it all with quality 4 less!” 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 520-399-3200 Concert - Concert - Celtic Swing Fever Crossroads Acra Construction LLC Repair



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CALENDAR OF EVENTS exhibition center schedule continued from page 11 SPECIAL EVENTS Whenever you visit Canoa Hills, Desert Hills, East Cen- Frank Ferrante Workshop “Career, ter, Las Campanas or West Center, we encourage you to Green Valley Tap Club Presents take some time to browse in the art exhibition area. Come Comedy and the Marx Brothers” see what your talented fellow-GVR members are doing in Wednesday, March 6, 2012, 9AM, West Social Center “Follies Still Kickin’” the arts! If you would like information on how to exhibit In this 60 minute workshop, Frank Ferrante discusses his Thurs, February 7-Fri., February 8, 2013 at 7PM your artwork, please contact Jody Crawford in Reserva- tions, 625-3440, ext. 7202, or [email protected]. two-decade plus career and journey involving his New York and Sat., February 9, 2013 at 2PM, West Social Center and London stage successes, PBS special and intimate con- The Showgirls, Tap Dancers, Desert Star Line Dancers, Canoa Hills Clay Studio Exhibit nection to the comedy of the legendary Marx Brothers and Caliente Cloggers and Stud Muffins are back for another the Marx family. The audience is encouraged to participate great show at Green Valley Recreation! For 25 years, your Desert Hills Edith Heberer-Lauterbach Exhibit in a question and answer session and the end of the discus- friends and neighbors in the Green Valley Tap Club have sion. CR# 26875. been bringing their diverse and comical talent to Green Val- East Social Center Jan Will’s Art Students Exhibit ley audiences. From the spirited opening number to the pa- triotic finale, the 2013 Spring Follies are sure to, once again, Las Campanas Richard Paige Exhibit TSO Masterworks presents be an audience favorite. All the talented ladies in the dance groups will be performing to the best songs from Broadway, West Social Center Camera Club “Mendelssohn’s ‘Italian’” country, rock and pop. The men will leave you laughing Thursday, March 7, 2013, 7:30PM, West Social Center and yelling for more. Add in a guest vocalist, an entertain- From Rossini’s comic opera La Scala di seta (The Lad- ing skit, a sing-along and a tribute to tap dancing and you der of Silk), this sparkling overture will set the stage for a have an unforgettable evening of fun! With all this great will transport the audience back to a familiar and entertain- delightful musical trip to Italy: Respighi’s shimmering Trit- entertainment, you will leave the auditorium convinced that ing past. The show is full of your musical favorites from the tico Botticelliano, inspired by three paintings by the Flo- these folks, like the title of the show, are Still Kickin’. CR 1940’s like That Old Black Magic, Blues in the Night and I’ll rentine painter Botticelli and Gli uccelli (The Birds) tran- #27272/27273/27274. Members/$12, Guests/$14, General Be Seeing You to mention a few. scribes birdsong into music for orchestra. The journey ends Public/$16. Tickets increase $1 at the door. Spend the evening with great local talent and a highly ex- with Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 (Italian), a joyful work perienced crew. Together, they bring this production to life inspired by the color and atmosphere of Italy. Join George for the audience. Hanson and the TSO for this sunny concert that you won’t Dance with The Realtones Join Valley Players for a tribute to all WWII Veterans and want to miss! CR# 26876. Members/ $34, Guests/ $36, those who lived through this remarkable and unforgettable General Public/$39. Tickets increase $1 at the door. Friday, February 22, 7-10pm, Canoa Hills era. This pre-show slide presentation begins 15 minutes Do you remember the 50s and 60s when life was so much prior to curtain. CR # 27275/27276/27277/27278. Mem- easier? Do you remember poodle skirts, the local malt shop bers/$12, Guests/$14, General Public/$16. Tickets increase and sock hops? The RealTones can bring you back to that $1 at the door. American Jukebox time in history, by helping you to recall the great music of that Thursday, March 21, 2013, 7PM, West Social Center era. You’ll hear great songs by Dion and the Belmonts, Chub- American Jukebox is a unique and by Checker, and those great girl groups like The Chiffons, The exciting concert experience designed Shirelles, Ronnie and the Ronettes. Dance the night away to MOVIES just for Green Valley. Audiences have the greatest hits of rock and roll! Doors open at 6:45PM. (Tickets are required for admission to all movies. It their own musical tastes and this show Snacks and set ups are provided. CR #27702, Members/$10, is designed to give audiences what Guests /$12, General Public/$14. Advance ticket sales only. is recommended that tickets be reserved in advance. they want. Imagine a cast of NY’s Tickets will not be available at the door for purchase. Members can obtain tickets at all major social center top vocalists and musicians creating a show specifically for Green Valley. offices and Member Services Center.) Wouldn’t that be a dream come true? Valley Players Presents “The 1940’s Well, the dream can now be a reality. American Jukebox lets the audience Radio Hour” By Walton Jones Trouble With The Curve vote all season long on the songs they want to hear. These Thurs., March 14-Fri., March 15, 2013 at 7PM and Sat., Friday, February 1, 2013, 2PM (Open Captioning) top choices will be put together in exciting ways in order to bring Green Valley a customized show featuring the music March 16-Sun., March 17, 2013 at 2PM, and 7PM, West Social Center Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout of their choice. On the night of the performance, the audi- West Social Center Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out ence will also choose among three titles for the song to be Valley Players bring music and come- the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew performed as the grand finale. No one onstage or in the dy to the stage with this new production their bond, and she catches the eye of a young player-turned- audience will know the winning song until it is announced. of “The 1940’s Radio Hour.” The show scout. Starring Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams. Directed American Jukebox brings this unique opportunity for you is set in December 1942 on the final holi- by Robert Lorenz. Rated PG 13, 111 minutes, Warner Bros. to play an active part in the show. With over 100 songs to day broadcast of radio station WOV in Pictures, 2012. CR#27670/27671 . Tickets are free to mem- choose from, vote for your favorite songs this season. Let’s New York City. A cast of zany charac- bers and their guests. Concessions available. create a Jukebox that is distinctly Green Valley! ters brings the chaotic nature of live ra- CR# 26877. Members/ $24, Guests/ $27, General Pub- dio to the stage. Live radio comedy skits lic/$30. 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How Do I Inform Staff of a Maintenance Concern? Have you ever visited one of our centers, 3. Fill out a Maintenance Issues form possible. Other issues fall into a priority FITNESS CENTER HOURS Sunday - Saturday, 5:30 AM to 9 PM and found something you felt was a main- – available in each center. This is the same status, dependent upon urgency of need, tenance concern, wondering how you could form used by our monitors. funding availability, or time allowance, if relay this to GVR staff? 4. Fill out a GVR Member Comment / it is a low priority item. Well, you are not alone, as this question Suggestion card, and drop it in the box. Large, expensive projects have to be POOL & SPA HOURS has been periodically posed by a few of our Please keep in mind these are normally researched and brought before the GVR SUMMER: members. picked up from our centers on a monthly Board, only after they are approved by the April 1st – Oct. 31st, 5:30 AM to 9AM There are various ways you can express basis. Planning & Evaluation, as well as WINTER: your concerns, and believe it or not, we like 5. Send us an e-mail. The key contacts Fiscal Affairs committees. Nov. 1st – March 31st, 7AM to 7PM to receive your comments. You are also for each department in question, are listed This process can be very welcome to contact us if you are pleased right here in keeping current. time consuming. CHILDREN’S HOURS with the way our centers appear; we like 6. Give us a call. As with e-mail, our Please be (All Pools Except West Center) those comments too! J key contacts are right here in Keeping Cur- aware that our 11 AM to 1 PM Daily Here are the best ways to contact us: rent, at your fingertips. Please note that as m a i n t e n a n c e 4 PM to 6 PM Daily 1. Inform GVR Staff (i.e. Custodian or we approach our busy season, our phones department pro- West Center Pool Center Coordinator) at the center in ques- can get extremely busy. Please leave a mes- cesses hundreds SUMMER: tion. They will follow-up by generating a sage, containing a detailed description of of work April 1st – Oct. 31st, NOON to 9 PM M-F web requested work order, sent via our in- the concern, along with your name, and a orders a WINTER: tranet system. This comes directly to our means of contact, in case we need to fol- month, so Nov. 1st – March 31st, NOON to 7 PM M-F Maintenance staff for review. low-up. it can some- Weekends from Opening to Closing 2. Inform a Monitor. If there are no We take your concerns seriously, and times take GVR staff on-site, the Monitor will gladly review all requests. Safety issues take time to address Canoa Ranch Pool Open 5:30 AM to 9PM Year-Round pass the information to our staff. top priority, and are addressed as soon as your concern.

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La Tienda Winner Is Bruce Moulton Of the 120 slips in the treasure box at La Tienda this month, by Judy Kasper who also makes appetizer server sets, wine the winning entry chosen was from a gentleman named Bruce stoppers, and her lovely Gracie Hats, named for her first Moulton. When I called his home, I hoped he would answer grandchild. The hats come in child and adult sizes and are the phone and thought he could use the lovely stainless steel made of the softest yarns in beautiful colors. Come to see Ju- serving set as a present to his wife. But his wife answered so dy’s handiwork at the shop any day of the week. We are open I told her the good news about Bruce being the winner this daily from 9-4 and Saturday and Sundays from 10-2. Those month. She was happy for him and both came into the shop are our winter hours through March, and we are conveniently to get the gift and have the photo taken just outside the shop. open 7 days a week for your shopping pleasure. Don’t forget Bruce is presently a full-time Green Valley resident but to buy a Valentine’s Day gift for your special someone! lived for many years in Colorado and a short time in the While in the shop, sign up for the La Tienda drawing and state of Washington. He is into volunteer work at his church read about our winners monthly in Keeping Current. We with their many sales and is known there as a ‘tool special- have new members that are very talented and we have lovely ist’, said his wife! He is also involved with Friends of the ceramic and pottery pieces, silk items that are stunning, raku, Library. This town prides itself on all the giving volunteers jewelry that is chunky, eye-popping, or delicate, and many to keep it humming. new purses and children’s things. Our wooden bowls with The donated gift, a stainless steel serving set, was made turquoise inlay are flying off the shelves! Come catch one! Desert ScrapRats Eastern States Club Green Valley Forum The Desert ScrapRats welcomes all quilters and fiber art- The Eastern States Club presents a Green Valley Exclu- Weekly presentations that are mind-expanding, informa- ists. Meetings are at Las Campanas Recreation Center, in sive “An Evening of Music by Aldona” at their February tive and challenging. Wednesdays, 9:00am to 10:00am, the Juniper Room, starting at 1 pm on the second and fourth meeting on Monday February 18, 2013. Social Hour begins Desert Hills Social Center, Dues are $2.00 per year, no need Tuesday of each month. The Tuesday, February 12th meet- at 5 PM (BYOB) and snacks, a fully catered sit down Pot for ticket or reservation. Bring your GVR card and sign in ing will feature show and tell. The February 26th meeting Roast dinner by “Sweet Peas” begins at 6PM and our feature at the door. will include work time, show and tell along with a short entertainment begins promptly at 7PM •February 6: “Henry Ossian Flipper: West Point’s First meeting. Stop by Las Campanas and admire some of the If you think you’d enjoy joining a friendly club with month- Black Graduate” Jane Eppinga, historian and author will tell quilting projects that are on display in the east hallway. All ly meetings, which includes a catered dinner and profes- the story of a young man born to slavery on the eve of the Civil Desert ScrapRats members are welcome, as well as any GVR sional entertainment, call today and get more information! War, and his struggle for recognition. At his West Point gradu- member who would care to join. Due for the year are only Regular meetings are generally held each month from Octo- ation in 1877 he seemed destined for a long military career, $5.00. Check us out! ber through April. “SINGLES ARE MOST WELCOME”. four years later he was on military trial at Fort Davis, Texas. The cost for the evening is only $21.00 per person and the •February 13: “Columbus’ Real Discovery - New Crops evening ends around 8:00 p.m. Club dues are still only $7.00 for the Old World” Art Quinn, Ph.D. in Plant Genetics and Green Valley Dance Club per year! A performance only option is available to all GVR Plant Breeding will discuss a different way to look at Co- members for $5.00. More information is available by call- lumbus’ New World discovery and how it impacted the “Old Join us for a fun filled evening of dancing, listening to good ing Bob Ogus at 908-7317 or Kathy Cerame at 399-3524. World”. Crops found in the New World became essential to music and socializing. Music provided by TOM PATRICK, on Visit our website for more information http://sites.google. feeding workers for the industrial revolution 200 years ago. Saturday, February 23, 2013, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Canoa com/site/easternstatesclub/. •February 20: “An Ink Slinger’s View of the World” Da- Hills Recreation Center. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. vid Fitzsimmons, Cartoonist and Columnist for The Arizona All GVR members and eligible guests are welcome. Janu- Daily Star will cheerfully demonstrate the history of political ary Special --First Timers, $10.00 per couple! Dance Club Green Valley Hiking Club cartooning, humor theory, political values and more. If you Members -- $10.00 per couple, GVR non-dance club mem- missed him last April, you won’t want to miss him this time. Hiking is our main focus, but the Green Valley Hiking bers -- $20.00 per couple, Non-member guests -- $15.00 per •February 27: “The Fourth Wife” Carolyn O’Bagy Davis, Club also has three pot lucks a year, with one scheduled for couple. Water, ice and cups will be provided. Bring your own author of western history, will tell the story of Julia Call, the February 10th at the West Center. Members of the hiking set-ups, soda and snacks. Formal attire is suggested for the fourth wife to a Mormon Bishop during the early 1900’s. club and their eligible guests are welcome – don’t forget to December dance. For additional information contact Paul Julia’s story offers a look into a polygamous family that RSVP. The speaker will be Cathy Hufault, the author of Williams at 625-0794. struggled in their Mexican home amidst political turmoil Death Clouds on Mt Baldy who will talk about the 1958 Boy and the intolerance toward polygamy in the United States. Scout tragedy in Madera Canyon. Wright-Patterson Mah Jongg Club Every Thursday, the Green Valley Hiking Club offers hikes at three levels of difficulty. The easier “C” hikes are typi- If you’re looking for an inexpensive but enjoyable way to cally 5 to 6 miles long with an elevation gain of 600 or 700 Green Valley Tennis Club spend an afternoon, this may be your answer. The Wright- feet on generally good trails, sometimes with bushwhacking. Patterson Mah Jongg Club meets every Tuesday from The pace is geared to the hikers. The “B” and “A” hikes Join us on Sunday Feb 10, Green Valley Tennis Club 12:30pm to 3:30pm in the Ironwood Room at the Las Cam- move at a faster pace with longer distances, more difficult Meeting and Potluck, 5:30 to 7:30 PM at the Desert Hills panas Recreation Center. The club encourages mixing of trail conditions and greater elevation gain. Auditorium. George Vukovich, former Philadelphia Philly players by drawing for player tables just before 12:30. The New hikers are welcome, but must first attend one of our and Cleveland Indian, will be sharing his major league base- club also welcomes observers so you can determine if you’d weekly orientation sessions, which are held at 8:00 a.m. ev- ball experiences. He was a member of the 1980 World Cham- like to learn this version of Mah Jongg. For further informa- ery Monday morning in February at the East Center. No pion Philadelphia Phillies. In 1984 George was top 10 in the tion, call Club President Judy Cunnyngham (625-9671), or reservation is required. Visit our web site at www.gvrhc.org American League, batting an impressive .304 while with the Vice President/Instructor Lois Wilhelm (818-1600). for more information. Indians. He then won 2 titles in Japan in just 2 years. George has agreed to lots of Q&A, so come prepared with questions on February 10th to meet and greet George and his wife Car- The Green Valley Arts & Crafts Association Presents... ol! Arrangements were made by Dr. Lisa Lang. More information is available at http://www.gvtennis.com/ SCOTT GUERIN Th e Green Valley pot-luck/ Free for all GVR Tennis Club members or for any Heating & Cooling GVR member who can join the tennis club and get free access Arts & Crafts Festival 2013 for the rest of the year for just $10. You can sign up at the Package or Split AC Join Us door. The Tennis Club is run by tennis players and provides Free Clinics, Senior Quickstart instruction, Drop-in Leagues, 13 - Seer March 1 & 2, 2013 • West Social Center INSTALLED PRICE 9 AM — 4 PM Friday fun tournaments, and many social events. The club also facil- 3-Ton - $3,700 9 AM — 3 PM Saturday itates USTA (United States Tennis Association) involvement. In Green Valley we have a total of 17 courts located at 6 recre- 648-2504 4-Ton - $4,400 • Unique Gifts • Door Prizes • Refreshments ation centers. Ten of the courts are new post-tension concrete ROC#252995 5-Ton - $4,700 100+ tables of unique gifts • All items hand-crafted by talented local artisans courts and all courts are a joy to play on. Membership in- Catered breakfast and lunch available. formation Katy Banks, membership ([email protected]) or

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Alaska Club Camera Club Clay Studio All current or former Alaskans who are GVR members It’s February already and the first few classes of the ten The Clay Studio at Santa Rita Springs, 921 W. Rio Fuerte, are invited to join us for our February Ice Cream Social and week course (Better Photography is a Journey, not a Desti- will be holding an OPEN HOUSE on Saturday, January Potluck. Bring a dish to share and your own beverage, place nation), have been presented but you still have time to catch 26, 2013 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Mardi Gras is this settings and eating utensils. The Alaska Club will provide the final classes. The price would still be $25 for materials year’s theme and everyone attending will receive Mardi Gras ice cream and toppings for dessert! Come join us at Desert and you have to be a member of the Camera Club. It’s never beads. If you are curious about what Studio members do or Hills Social Center, Tuesday, February 19 at 5:30pm. Club too late to learn. would like to be part of it, we will have a tour as well as dues are $10 per person per year. For more information call One of the bigger events for February is the February 21st, exhibitions in the Clay Studio. Demonstrations will include Barb Jackson, Secretary at 625-3213 or Larry Koch, Presi- 2013 seminar presented by Canon Camera and Greg’s Cam- throwing pots on a wheel, hand-building and sculpture. dent at 207-5305. era Shop of Tucson. The program is titled: Special Afternoon Class instructors will be available to give you a preview of with Explorer of light. Guest lecturer is world renowned future classes offered at the Studio. Next door in the Fiesta speaker David Hume Kennerly. This event will take place Room members will have their pottery and sculpture for sale GVR Argentine Tango Club at Las Campanas from 1:30 to 3:30PM and is free to all if you are interested in purchasing a unique art piece that is Camera Club members but reservations are mandatory. Visit functional, decorative, or both. Everyone will receive a 20% The GVR Argentine Tango Club is welcoming new mem- our website and sign-up for this event. Be sure to print your off coupon good for one purchase only. Also, in the Fiesta bers. Join us in learning more about this sensuous style of ticket and bring it to the event. “No ticky, no entry”. Room, beverages and refreshments will be served. This spe- dance and its intoxicating music. Our next Milonga (Argen- As you are aware, our photographs are well displayed cial event is free and open to the public. tine Tango Social Dance) will be held on Saturday, Febru- throughout the community. To continue the success of this The Clay Studio of Green Valley presents its annual ex- ary 9 at the Santa Rita Springs Anza Room and will feature program, we are always in need of metal framed photo- hibit at Canoa Hills Recreation Center beginning February live music by ¡Guerrilla Tangueros! GVR members and au- graphs. If your framed photo is larger than 15 X 18 check 2, through February 26, 2013. There will be an opening thorized guests are invited to dance and/or enjoy the music. with Jerry Marrion. No glass and no fancy wooden/carved artists’ reception on Monday, February 4 from 3:00 p.m. to A free Tango lesson is available at 6:00 pm with the dance frames. 648-1315 gvcameraclub.org 648-1315 Look for 5:00 p.m. at Canoa Hills Recreation Center. Please join us starting at 6:30 – 9:30. Thanks to the GVR Arts and Crafts us on Facebook! at the reception to meet the artists, enjoy refreshments, and Club for helping to make live music possible at our events. delight in samples of the wonderful art produced at the stu- Argentine Tango classes are available by professional in- dio. Pieces on display will include wall hangings, pots, and structors Dave & Shelli Little through GVR. The next class Canadian Club of Green Valley sculpture. Call 399-2755 for more information. starts Friday, February 1st from 6:00 - 7:30 pm at the Santa Rita Springs Anza Room. Singles, GVR Member drop- The Canadian Club of Green Valley is holding one of their ins and observers are welcome. Non-GVR members must most popular events, their annual Potluck Supper, on Sunday, Colorado Club contact GVR in person to attend the class. The club spon- February 17, 2013 between 5-8pm at the West Center. This year sors free weekly Argentine Tango Practicas (informal tango the event will include entertainment and a 50/50 draw. Please The Colorado Club meets the first Saturday of each month. dancing) on most Sundays from 3:00 – 5:30pm. Experience BYOB, your own plates and cutlery and a food dish item that If you’ve ever lived in Colorado and belong to GVR, please and a partner are not required. Free lessons in Argentine will serve 8-10 people. The Canadian Club will provide nibbles join us Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Las Campanas, 5:00 Tango Basics are provided by our members. prior to dinner, and coffee and tea during dessert. Please reg- P.M. This month will be a Pie Fest Potluck with Tucson For more information, watch for posters in the recreation ister by Monday February 11, 2013 with Barb Schultz at 520- Wildlife Center as entertainment. Bring your own table set- centers or go to our website at http://groups.yahoo.com/ 305-4906 or email [email protected] ting, beverage and your GVR card! For further information group/GVRTango/ , Facebook page at http://www.facebook. contact Ron at (520) 399-3774. Mark your calendars for com/groups/GVRArgentineTangoClub1/ or by phone to the March 2, 2013, as this will be Irish Night with a Barbershop Club President, Beverly Tobiason, at 625-3488. Canasta Club Quartet at Las Campanas Rec Center, 5 P.M. Winter means chilly afternoons spent inside with friends Computer Club of Green Valley GV Arts & Crafts Association playing cards. The Canasta Club invites you to join the fun on Sunday and Friday afternoons at 1:00 pm in the East CCGV offers its 1,500 members the use of updated PCs, The February program will be a “Make and Take” featur- Center Lounge. MACs and iPads to use as they wish, during the following ing Bonnie Bachmann and some magic she is going to help Most recent winners were Nancy Griffin, Margaret Moen, hours: (November-April) Monday-Friday, 8am to 4pm, Sat- you do with gourd shards. Sound interesting? Join us Feb- Ray Asbjornson, Barb Weix, Mary Lee Feller, Gary Schil- urday, 8am to noon; (May-October) Monday-Friday, 8am- ruary 6 at the GVR Desert Hills Social Center auditorium ling, Judy Bowen, JoAnn Jones, Jan Marchiniak, Betsy Han- noon, Saturday, closed. February 8 at 1 PM. Everyone is welcome to attend as we son, Glo Taylor, Barbara Tams, Art Feller, Bill Strube, and The $25/year member fee ($35 family) includes dozens of would like to introduce you to our club and activities. Light Pia Fest. Congratulations to All! classes at no extra charge, ranging from Beginners Q&A to refreshments will be served. For further information contact hands-on instruction on word processing, spreadsheets and Iris Sapovits, President 648-1214. advanced digital photo editing. You can convert old slides to The 2013 Arts & Crafts Association Festival is scheduled Ceramics Club of Green Valley digital images, and LPs and VCR tapes to DVDs. for March 1 & 2. Registration for new vendors (and those We’re housed in modern, clean facilities in the Anza Building who forgot to mail in their contract) will be held at GVR Our Studio hours are from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm with a in Santa Rita Springs, newly refurbished in 2012. Stop in for a West Center Lobby (behind Continental Plaza), February 8 monitor present. Questions or just want to check us out? visit and tour - you’ll be welcomed by our volunteer monitors, from 8 AM to 10 AM. Your current GVR card and AZ tax Come by Desert Hills Social Center, upper level, and talk to and you may find you want to join their ranks. The club holds license is required. Please Note: To sell at this Festival your any one of our talented people. Phone: 399-2818. Website: general meetings, open to all GVR members, in the Anza Room product must be handmade by you and not purchased from https://sites.google.com/site/ceramicsclubgvr on 3rd Tuesdays, October-April, at 1:30pm featuring outside someone else. For further information contact Louise Mar- Studio News: At our annual Christmas party in Decem- and in-house speakers on a variety of timely and interesting tin, Chairman, 399-4611 or Joyce Lambert, 777-6530. ber, we collected over $550 for the local food bank. In Janu- topics. Door prizes, too! All GVR members welcome. ary, we reached our goal of making 200 bowls for the Empty Whether you’re an experienced computer user with the Bowl project, which will be held February 16 at Valley Pres- ability to help others, a frustrated new user, or are simply Green Valley Bocce Club byterian Church on Camino Del Sol. Members have donated considering the addition of a computer to your family, the items to the Silent Auction that is a part of this fund raising Computer Club of Green Valley has something for you! For The Bocce Club had their Christmas Party on December event. The studio is in full swing with classes and workshops complete information check out our web site: ccgvaz.org. 12, 2012. The party was at the Canoa Hills Recreation Cen- on techniques and styles for working with glazes and paints. Questions? Call the Club at (520) 625-4508. ter and was attended by 50 members of the Green Valley Bocce Club. The club provided ham and rolls and all the members brought a side dish to share. Many good cooks of GVR Chess Club Minnesota Club the club mixed up their very best and delicious recipes of a variety of dishes and desserts. The GVR Chess Club meets every Wednesday from 1 to 5 The Minnesota club will hold its annual Pizza Party at Richard & Rita Dreslinski, outgoing Vice President, were PM in the East Social Center, 7 S. Abrego Drive at the inter- Canoa Hills Social Center, Saturday, February 9th 2013 at recognized for all their hard work for the last 3 years for section of Abrego Dr. and Esperanza Blvd. All GVR mem- 5:00 PM. Dinner & Entertainment will be featured. Cost for the planning and hosting of the pizza and other parties for bers are welcome. Join us for a pleasant afternoon of brain the Party is $8.00 for members and $9.00 for non-members. the club. Officers for the year 2013 were announced. Rich- exercise. If you are a beginner, we will teach you. If you are Reservations and checks are due by Wednesday, February ard Melchiorre returning President, Barbara Royalty, Vice an expert, you can teach us! Dues are a whopping $1.00 per 6th. Mail by the deadline to: Minnesota Club. PO Box 83, President, Elton Waack returning treasurer, and Sally Ryan, year. For more information, call Jim Clark at 648-9988 or Green Valley, AZ 85622-0083. For additional information, Secretary. send him an email at [email protected]. please call Butch Wittman at 245-1029. Page 16 Dream! Discover! Play! Green Valley Recreation News • February 2013

Fabric Painting Club GV Lapidary and Silversmith Club Pacific Northwest Club of GV We invite GVR Members and their Guests to stop by and Lapidary club members are busy attending the Tucson The Pacific Northwest Club of Green Valley will hold their see what we have to offer! Gem and Mineral Shows held at various times the first two February Potluck on Saturday, February 9 at the Desert Hills Drop in on any Thursday from 12:30pm-4pm and Friday (Jan- weeks of February at many venues in Tucson. Many loca- Social Center starting at 5:00 PM. Members A-M are asked uary – April) from 9am to 12 Noon. We are located in the Des- tions are open to the public but a number of shows are only to bring a main dish and members N-Z a salad or vegetable. ert Hills Art Room, upper level. Fabric Painting opens up end- open for wholesale buying to people with sales tax licenses. We recommend that you bring your own place setting and less opportunities for transforming not only your wardrobe but Many of our members buy their supplies of rocks, gems, find- if you are so inclined the adult beverage of your choice. The also your home. It enables you to create one-of-a-kind pieces of ings, and new tools for the entire year at these shows. Great Club provides coffee and soft drinks. Don’t forget to bring wearable art (t-shirts, jackets, purses, scarves) or to design some bargains can be available but it is “BUYER BEWARE” with your name tags if you have them. This meeting is open to all special cushion covers, curtains, or wall hangings. Personal cre- all purchases and best to be well informed about the nature past and/or present residents of Idaho, Oregon and Washing- ations also make perfect holiday gifts for family and friends. of what is bought. Information regarding the shows, dates, ton who are members in good standing of GVR. For informa- The club provides all painting supplies and patterns, as venues and locations can be found at http://tucsongemand- tion contact Fred Taylor at 625-2308 or [email protected]. well as helpful monitors who are available to assist with your mineralshows.net/. The size and number of these shows is project if necessary. Simply bring an item you wish to trans- overwhelming and it is best to make a plan before going. form and an eagerness to learn. Our yearly dues are $10 per There are free shuttle routes available, parking is limited. Pickleball Club year. For more information or if you have any questions at Valentine’s Day is coming and all three locations, East, all, please contact Mabel Acri at 393-1164. West and Desert Hills will be well stocked with gifts. The 40 years of tennis and just when I thought my days of play- shops are open 8 AM to 4 PM, Monday through Friday and ing court games were over, a friend suggested I give pickle- some centers are open on Saturdays. Check posters at each ball a try. Whoever heard of a sport named after a garnish? Green Valley Table Tennis Club But then I tried it and absolutely loved it. A hybrid of tennis, center for Saturday hours. Our classes are ongoing, check badminton and table tennis, pickleball is played on a court The Green Valley Table Tennis Club invites you to join our your GVR catalog for schedules. a quarter the size of a tennis court. The smaller area and club, enjoy the fellowship and get an excellent workout at the slower pace are perfect for seniors who want to stay active same time. We normally play at the West Center two to three - much easier on the joints and lungs than tennis. It’s an easy times weekly. Playing time is usually 8:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. GVR Men’s Poker Club sport for novices to pick up, a lot of fun and a very social The club has seven tables for play and many levels of players both Do you like to play Poker? Do you enjoy the camaraderie of social- game because you’re in a small area with a lot of interaction. men and women and husbands and wives. Our club provides izing with other players? Then come out and join us! We play Texas Pickleball also can be challenging, requiring quick reactions paddles and balls so you do not need to buy any equipment. The Hold’em, Omaha, Stud, 4 by 4 and Crazy Pineapple. You might not as players trade rapid-fire shots at the net. dues are only $10 per year and they are used for purchase of balls be familiar with some of these games, but they are easy to learn. We Classes - - - A Course consists of three (3) lessons given over and other equipment and our annual pot luck dinner. The club will teach you. All games are High/Low Split, so your chance of win- a period of three consecutive Mondays - 12:00-3pm at East play schedule can be viewed on line at greenvalleyttc.com or pick ning is pretty good. The stakes are small, but the fun is LARGE. Center). (February 4, 11, 18) (March 4, 11, 18) (April 1, 8, 15) up a hard copy at the West Center when we are playing. Mem- We play at Desert Hills, lower level in Room C, Monday thru $15/course and limited to 36 students. Pickleball paddles sup- bership is available to GVR members. Come join the Fun!!!!! Friday. We play from 12:55 to 4:30 in the afternoon. Signup to plied. Please see GVR Course Catalog and register with GVR Contacts for the Green Valley Table Tennis Club include: play and drawing for tables is done between 12:30 and 12:45 Main Office, East, Canoa Hills, Desert Hills or Las Campa- Henry Sprehe, President 399-3058, Randy Drenning, Vice PM. There is no commitment to play every day or any day. Play nas Centers. See Club website - http://www.greenvalleypick- President 481-5187 and Jolene Roesler, Secretary 625-9786. when you feel like it. Come out and watch us to see if you like it. leball.org/. Questions? Call- Paul May 648-2151. If interested in joining, dues are $5 to join and $2 per year. Membership is open to GVR members and guests only. Call Iowa Club Bob Hyden (625-1355) or Bob Northrup (207-6745) if you want more information…or better yet, stop by and see for yourself. Michigan Club Back by popular demand, the Iowa Club is pleased to wel- Build lasting friendships while enjoying an afternoon of poker. come the country-western band, Moonstruck Coyotes. A fa- Hello to all our Michigan family. The Michigan Club has put vorite, not only for the Iowa Club, but all around Arizona, together an exciting year of dinners and entertainment. We can we’re excited to offer our members the opportunity to enjoy GVR Tuesday Men’s Bridge Club look forward to a whole array of diverse fun filled evenings. their musical talents. Come tap your toes to the two-step beat Our February 6th catered meeting will feature a delicious on February 27th at the American Legion Post 66 on Duval The Tuesday Men’s Bridge Club meets every Tuesday, year round meal of Chicken Jardiniere. Afterwards, the entertainment will Mine Road. Social begins at 5pm followed by dinner at 6pm. in the Desert Hills Recreation Center, Room A. We start playing be the Mariachi Sonido De Mexico. To make your reservation Pre-paid reservations are required for all dinners. We must at noon and finish before 3 PM. It is advisable to show up by 11:45. for this meeting, please send a check with your GVR number receive your check by Feb 20th. Members will receive additional We play 5 progressions, consisting of 5 hands, of contract bridge. on it to: Michigan Club, PO Box 232, Green Valley, AZ 85614. details by email. If you’re not on our membership list, please Prospective members can play the first week without paying the For further information, please call 393-0381. Reservations contact President Bob Barnett at [email protected] or call Jerry annual dues of $2, which covers the cost of playing cards and sup- are due by February 1st. Also, don’t miss our March 6th meet- Ferris at 520-625-4116 so you don’t miss out on all the fun. plies. There is a $1 playing fee each week that goes toward the weekly ing with entertainment from Catalina Foothills Steel Band. prizes. We offer our winter visitors, as well as year round residents, The Michigan Club holds monthly meetings the first Wednes- an opportunity to meet our regular bridge players to test your bridge day of each month from November through April with reserva- Green Valley Squares skills in a very relaxed atmosphere. The bridge may not be World tions due the Friday before the meeting. All Michiganians who Class, but the camaraderie can’t be beat. Please contact Jim Ch- are GVR members are welcome to attend. The cost for each GVR’s square dance club has over 100 members, making it isholm @ 625-1288 or Ted Strasser @ 399-3913 for more info. monthly meeting is $20. Cost includes entertainment and a de- the largest club in Southern Arizona. Some of our members licious catered meal. Come and get together with other Michi- are round dancers as well as square dancers. We offer all lev- ganians...renewing old friendships and making new ones. els of workshops for both forms of dance, starting in October Green Valley Hearts Club and January of each year, and you will find an official GVR course in Modern Square Dance in the class catalogs. The Hearts Club would like to welcome back all of our mem- Singles Club of Green Valley Modern square dancing is very well organized, with a bers who have been away for the summer and to encourage national organization outlining levels of dance and defining anyone interested in playing (or learning to play) Hearts to join Here we are in the cold of winter and no place to go, and moves so that all callers can teach the same moves, and their our club. Why play only on-line or against a computer when nothing to do. Boring! Well, well well do we have a surprise students will be able to dance with any other club, world- you can enjoy the fellowship of dozens of Hearts players? We for you. Join the singles club and get to know what other wide, to English-language calling. This is the familiar eight- meet Wednesdays from 1:00 -3:00 p.m. at Las Campanas. single men and women are doing to keep active. If you are to-a-square, do-si-do, grand-right-and-left type of dancing The origins of the game of Hearts as currently known are a member of Green Valley Recreation and are a single per- that you probably dabbled in in high school. almost three centuries old and originated with a family of re- son, living in Green Valley, join us. We have a long list of Round dancing is choreographed ballroom dancing, with lated games called Reversis, which became popular around activities to choose from and we appreciate your input for the couples dancing around the floor executing ballroom 1750 in Spain. There have been many permutations of the new places to go. Come and sign up on Monday morning dance figures and being cued when to perform each figure. game over time. The current popular version of passing at Desert Hills and see what we are all about. The weekly Though the man still leads the lady, the burden of ad-lib cards, breaking Hearts, and leading with the two of Clubs fee is a mere $1. The snack table is available to all members choreography is left to the cuer. You, as a GVR member, are actually more recent additions from the 1950s! without cost and includes home baked goodies, store bought are welcome to visit our club dances to inquire and watch To join in the fun, just show up on Wednesdays 1 p.m. at Las goodies, coffee, tea and juice. both forms of dance, and to have all your questions an- Campanas! If you are new to the game or haven’t played in a Our group is fun loving, active and friendly. You don’t swered by our professional caller and cuer free of charge. while, we will be happy to arrange a short practice session, re- know what you are missing! For more information call Car- We meet every Monday night at 7:00 at Canoa Hills Rec view or lesson one-half hour before game time. For more infor- ol at 625-1731. If I am not home to take your call, just come Center. mation contact Dave Ahern (232-3115) or Lou Doll (393-1782). to the meeting and meet new friends. February 2013 • Green Valley Recreation News Dream! Discover! Play! Page 17

New England Club Santa Rita Art League Green Valley Rubber Stampers Club The New England Club offers membership to any person SRAL’s meeting is on February 14th at 1:00PM in the VALENTINES anyone? You just might have time to who is a GVR member and has lived in any of the six New Anza Room at the Santa Rita Springs Center. Watercolor make one or two before the big day arrives. Come join us England states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Demonstration by Donna Lane; Board Meeting is February at the GVR Desert Hills Social Center Art Room on Tues- Hampshire, Rhode Island or Vermont. Club dues are $10 per 21st at 1:00 PM in the Studio. SRAL Studio hours: Monday days; 9 AM - 4 PM (these hours are thru April only) then year. One of GVR’s largest and friendliest clubs meets once a – Friday 9:00 – 4:00PM. Monitors are on hand to assist. we will be there from 1 PM - 4 PM. The Art Room is on month during the winter for dinner and entertainment. Join All GVR Members can join; dues are $25.00 and are due on the upper level above the pool between the Lapidary and us for a relaxing night of good food and entertainment. January 1st 2013. Ceramics studios. You do not need any prior experience The next club meeting will be held on Saturday, February All activities & exhibits are open to members: Still Life with rubber stamping or card making, as our members 23 at the West Center. Social hour, (BYOB) with setups pro- Painting - Tuesday 1-3; Pastel Group-Monday 9-12; Por- are more than willing to help get you started. On the last vided, begins at 5:15 p.m. Delicious and varied appetizers, traiture Group-Thursday1-3 (need models); Plein Air Paint Tuesday of each month we hold a workshop highlighting prepared by some of the members, will be offered before din- Outs, February 7 & 21st; Live Model Drawing, 1st Saturday new products or techniques. Yearly dues are $5.00 which ner. A plus for the hors d’oeuvres table is Vermont cheddar 9-12; Design Work Shops; Classes & critiques. The Abstract entitles you to use all the rubber stamps, inks, pens, em- cheese. There is a drawing for several door prizes. “Sweet Briggade will meet on February 15th at 9:30 in the Studio. bossing powder, machines and punches we have available. Peas” caters the dinner and a choice of three entrees is avail- The Ninth Annual Eva Briggs Abstract Competition is There are also cards to be purchased in our window for a able. You get all this plus the entertainment for a price of $18 February 2 – 28 at CPAC, Reception February 2, 1 – 3 pm. small donation. Don’t see what you like? Come in and one for members and $20 for guests. Following the dinner, the All paintings must be 36” x 36” and abstract. The public is of us will try to find it for you. Come join us -- you may entertainment will be Desert Harmony. Sign up now for the invited. The 4th Annual Members’ Juried Art Show, held find a new hobby. For more info contact Donna Hickok, March 23, 2013 dinner with the Desert Mountain Brass. in December at CPAC was a great success. Results were in President 829-5159. Mark your calendars now and give yourself a chance to renew the December newsletter “Happenings”. SRAL members’ acquaintance with old friends, meet new friends and have an en- paintings are featured in the Saguaro/Palo Verde Rooms at joyable evening of good food and excellent entertainment. Mem- Canoa Hills, Conference Rooms A & B at Desert Hills and Valley Players Club bers are encouraged to invite other New Englanders. Contact the offices of Sunstreet Mortgage & Copper View Realty Bob Stevenson 625-3570 or Pat Finnegan 625-2276 for informa- near Duval Mine Rd. Valley Players has just celebrated 30 years of presenting tion. The club’s email address is [email protected]. Information on all activities, dramas, comedies and musicals to Green Valley. Get your exhibits & show applications are tickets now for the March 14-17 performance of the 1940s available on our website . For questions or more infor- ley Players, would like the opportunity to perform a short mation on current activities visit reading for your club, HOA, or church group. Many read- ings are humorous vignettes written by local playwrights Would you like to learn to play pinochle? Or have you the SRart.org website or call Skip and presented by trained performers “in character.” Recent played before but need a refresher lesson? The Green Val- Perkins at 648-1785. venues include the Elk’s Auxiliary, the Arts and Crafts As- ley Pinochle Club invites you to join us for free lessons on The attached Photo is “Divided sociation and church groups. February 4,11,18,25 from 1pm-3pm at Las Campanas. You Space” by Joan Cawthorne, 3rd Contact Lee Curtis at 520-334-7807 or email gvplayers@ will learn meld and point count, bidding and playing Prize in the Juried Show. gmail.com for more information about having Strolling Val- strategies. You will learn at a fast paced rate so it is strongly ley Players provide entertainment for your group - or if you recommended that you attend all four classes! would like more information about joining Strolling Val- The yearly fee of $5.00 per member can be paid on club Shuffleboard Club ley Players. Regular meetings are the first Thursday of each play nights. The Club plays Single Deck on Tuesdays at the month from 9:00-10:00 a.m. at the West Center. East Social Center, on Wednesdays at Las Campanas and Shuffleboard is a game for everyone. It’s not just for cruise on Thursdays at East Social Center Auditorium. The Club ships or the elderly. The GVR Shuffleboard Club has about 100 also plays Double Deck on Wednesdays and Thursdays at active players, and GVR provides 54 well-maintained courts Volleyball Club Las Campanas and on Thursdays at East Social Center. All at the major rec. centers. GVR also provides all the necessary games begin at 6 PM and all levels of players are welcome. equipment without charge. You don’t have to be a Club mem- Volleyball takes many forms in Green Valley. There’s the For more information contact Gary Morris, Club President at ber to play GVR Shuffleboard - just come out to the courts. traditional outdoor game, played on the sand court every 207-2475. We will be happy to arrange a short practice session However, by joining the Club you can also participate in one Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings at 9 am at the or quick review prior to play for anyone returning to the game. of the 12 teams, and profit from regular competitive play and East Social Center. very pleasant social interactions - with refreshments!!! Then there is the somewhat less traditional, often rau- Although the game is easy for beginners, it’s a challenge to cous water volleyball, where you will find yourself standing Midweek Progressive Bridge Club master, requiring mental changes in tactics and strategy, a bit in waist deep water trying your best to keep the ball from like chess. The physical requirement is a modest capability of splashing down on your side. This is played most Tuesdays at On Wednesday evenings at East Center, and Thursday eve- hand-eye coordination. Some of our best players steady them- 1pm in the South Abrago pool (weather permitting). nings at Desert Hills starting at 6:30pm, we meet for Progres- selves with canes! We suggest that those interested in learning On Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays at 2 pm. it’s “wal- sive (party) Bridge. You must have a partner and be a GVR to play contact John Tams (625-2226) for lessons. He teaches lyball,” so named because the ball can be played off the walls Member to join us. Five rounds are played, with each round at West Center on Mondays at 9 AM. It only takes one lesson of the Las Companas racquetball courts. This can be a bit consisting of five hands. You start with your partner for the to qualify for having fun and making new friends. more serious than the other games, but really a great way to first round and then change partners for the remaining four Anyone can join us for round robin on Thursday from get some spirited exercise with a congenial group of people. rounds. Please arrive by 6:15pm and start playing at 6:30pm. 8:30 to 10:30 AM at West Center or South Abrego. See We welcome anyone who wants to join us. If you decide Each round takes approximately 30 minutes, and we usually how the Club operates by coming to the weekly matches on you want to continue playing the dues are all of $10 a year. end by 9pm. If you are interested please call Cathy or Joe Saturdays from 9 to 11 AM December thru February at West So come check us out, there’s volleyball everyday of the week Musacchia at 648-1373; or better yet show up with your part- Center and other locations. For more information about the except Sundays, at any one of our three venues. ner on Wednesday or Thursday evenings. Dues are $2.00 per Shuffleboard Club, check out our web site at GVR or call person per year and 50 cents per person per night. Fran Kane, President at 399-0722. Kansas Club of Green Valley Barbara Pickens Designs Acupuncture in The Kansas Club of Green Valley (the newest GVR Club) welcomes anyone who was born, lived, worked or has any ties Green Valley to Kansas to join in our annual golf tournament and banquet, February 4, 2013. Golf at The Country Club of Green Valley, Interior Design Services for: Is Acupuncture right for you? then dinner at The Lavender Restaurant at the Country Club, Color Consultation 77 E. Paseo de Golf, Green Valley 85614. Golf is an 8:30 a.m. Rearranging Call Today for a FREE shotgun start, with cocktails at 5:00 p.m. and dinner at 6:00 Real Estate Staging 15 Minute Consultation! p.m. If you not already registered, contact Bobby Ann Bonar Accessories / Furniture at 520-207-0434 today as time is running out. Floral Design Rene Parke, L.Ac. 520.404.1274 Faux Painting 175 S. 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