December 2011 Vistancia Living Magazine
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Presort Std ECRWSS U.S. Postage PAID Postal Customer Permit #271 Tucson, AZ VISTANCIA LIVING • December 2011 CONTENTS Phone: 623.215.8646 / Fax: 623.215.8647 / www.myvistancia.com Office Hours: Monday – Friday 8am to 5pm. Additional hours available by appointment. 10 Michael Middendorf Studios / 623.810.7745 Vanessa Torre Community Manager [email protected] David Terzich Covenants Coordinator [email protected] Carrie Lienhart Assistant Community Manager [email protected] Michael Brooks Maintenance Director of VMC 12 13 [email protected] Lauren Stephan FEATURES ESSENTIALS Lifestyle Director 10 WINTER WONDERLAND EVENT 06 MANAGER’S MESSAGE [email protected] 06 DEVELOPER’S CORNER Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Vistancia James Conrad once again becomes a Winter Wonderland 07 COVENANTS CORNER Maintenance Coordinator for snow play, sledding and more on 08 EVENTS [email protected] Saturday, December 10th from 11am-2pm. 12 HOLIDAY RECIPES Come join in the cool winter fun! 13 HOUSE & HOME April Alvarez 14 CITY OF PEORIA Administrative Coordinator 12 EGGNOG: MORE THAN [email protected] JUST A HOLIDAY DRINK 15 TRAVEL Eggnog is arguably America’s favorite 16 POLICE BEAT holiday drink. But it’s also great as an 18 TEE TIME AT TRILOGY Jake Monday ingredient for other foods. Here’s a recipe 20 BLACKSTONE Community Services Patrol for basic eggnog, but also for eggnog 21 CALENDAR Vistancia Living Magazine is the official community magazine of Vistancia, brought to you cranberry muffins. Enjoy! 22 CLUBS/RESOURCES by the Vistancia Village Association. It is published monthly by Lion Tree Communications, [email protected]. Reproduction in whole or in part of any text, 23 LANDSCAPES photographs or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited 13 HOW DO I MAKE MY POINSETTIAS by law. Trademarks, logos and content provided by advertisers, sponsors and partners On the Cover: Vistancia resident are owned by the respective companies and all rights are reserved by them. The views, LAST ALL YEAR LONG? Logan Middendorf. Photo by Michael statements, and claims of advertisers or other VLM contributors do not necessarily Poinsettias are a beautiful holiday decorating Middendorf Studios, mmdorf@hotmail. represent those of the publisher, Vistancia Village Association or its employees. Printed in plant. But you don’t have to toss them out com / 623.810.7745. the USA. ©2011 Vistancia Living Magazine. All rights reserved. Please recycle. after the New Year. Certified horticulturalist For advertising opportunities, please contact Charlotte Smith tells you how to enjoy your Jonathan E. Himlin at 480.636.6670, or email: Poinsettias all year long! [email protected]. December 2011 • VISTANCIA LIVING VISTANCIA LIVING • December 2011 MANAGER’S MESSAGE Do You Have the Bad Signal Blues? n the aftermath of Steve Jobs passing and the launch of the I new iPhone4S, I have been getting a lot of questions regarding the cell tower that was discussed and planned for the Mountain Vista Club. I know a lot of residents are Vanessa Torre very anxious for better coverage for Vistancia Village their new devices and I am too! In Community Manager light of that, I wanted to provide an update to help everyone stay dialed in, so to say. As you may know, AT&T was the driving force behind the cell tower site which was slated for the tower by Building A. AT&T had agreed to pay for the tower and lease the space from the Association. Work on formal contracts and documents, including engineered drawings went underway. What that means for us is that AT&T is focusing on completing If you’ve been following technology news, you may have heard the merger and is not able to focus on infrastructure such that AT&T, shortly after the work on the documents began, decided as cell sites until the Court has made a decision regarding to merge with T-Mobile. As a result of the merger, AT&T put all cell the merger. I understand how frustrating this must be for towers on hold so that they could focus on the business model residents who invested so much time and energy with us in and examine what new coverage needs exist given the T-mobile learning about the cell tower project and providing us input existing infrastructure and the expanded number of clients. and those waiting for better coverage through AT&T. Unfortunately, we saw an additional slowing in the project after We are continuing to monitor the AT&T/T-Mobile suit and to look the Federal Government stepped in to block the merger saying for additional carriers that may be interested in moving forward that the merger should not be allowed as it violates antitrust with a cell site here that ATT&T could eventually move into and laws and significantly lessens competition in the wireless provider lease. We will keep you updated as any news regarding the arena. A suit has been filed in the U.S. District Court. cell tower is received. Thanks for your patience! DEVELOPER’S CORNER Community Spirit Prevails at Vistancia Festival s a follow-up to the 2011 Sunbelt Holdings seeks to offer experiences and events Vistancia Music and that will enrich the lives of our residents and showcase the A Wine Festival held on vibrancy and beauty of the Vistancia community to those Saturday, November 5th seeking a place to call ‘home’. Special thanks to the CCMC I would like to thank the event team and event partner, Community Music and Wine Events Bob Bambauer sponsors, vendors, volunteers LLC, for their hard work and effort to ensure the event was a Vice President and more than 1,000 attendees great experience for residents and guests of our community. Sunbelt Holdings for making our second annual event a great success. As the The day of fun-filled music and spirits began with a developer of the community, presentation of colors by Sgt. Jason Raith and the Peoria December 2011 • VISTANCIA LIVING COVENANTS CORNER Holiday Safety & Compliance oliday festivities bring Publication CPSC-611 of the U.S. Consumer Product excitement and joy to Safety Commission H many of us. It’s the time • LIGHTS – Use only lights that have been tested for safety of year to give thanks for what we by identifying appropriate labeling when purchased, lights that have and to reach out to those have been checked and are free of broken or cracked sockets, who aren’t as fortunate. The frayed or bare wires, or loose connections. David Terzich common practice of decorating • ARTIFICIAL TREES – When buying an artificial tree, look for Covenants Coordinator for the various fall and winter a statement specifying that it’s fire resistant. holidays allows a visual reminder • FRESH TREES - Ensure proper water absorption by cutting to us of the holidays and what they represent. With Halloween off about 2 inches of the trunk to expose fresh wood. Simple and Thanksgiving now behind us, many of you are familiar indicators of a fresh tree are when the trunk butt is sticky with with appropriate decorating practices in relation to the CC&Rs resin, the needles do not break when bent or needles are not of Vistancia Village as well as those that help minimize safety easy to remove when pulled away from a branch. Remember hazards for your family and neighbors. to keep trees away from heat sources and maintain sufficient water supply within tree stands while tree is inside. The greener The Associations policy on Holiday Decorations can be the tree, the fresher the tree! found in Section 4.2, (cc) under Article IV in the CC&Rs. As a reminder, holiday decorations may be displayed in **Reminder** Please do not dump fresh trees within the season only from November 1st to January 31st. Located community after holiday use. Contact the City of Peoria Solid below, you will find a few holiday safety tips mentioned in Waste Division at 623.773.7160 to make arrangements for pick publication CPSC-611 of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety up if you are unable to properly dispose of fresh trees. Commission, Holiday Decoration Safety Tips. Please feel free to contact our office at 623-215-8646 or e-mail me at To find all holiday decoration safety tips listed in publication [email protected] if you have any questions in regards CPSC-611, visit the U.S. CPSC website at www.cpsc.gov to either of these subject matters. or type in http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/611.pdf to go directly to the publication. Police Department Honor Guard, followed by the singing that has a mission of supporting the men, women and families of the national anthem performed by Patrick McDermott, a of Luke Air Force Base. “We are pleased to be a part of a great Fighter Country Partnership board member and drummer for community event where we have the opportunity to further the Screaming Javelinas. Mesquite District Councilmember educate the public about the great work we do for the Airmen Cathy Carlat and Fighter Country Partnership Executive and their families,” said Ron Sites. A charitable donation of Director Ron Sites also delivered welcoming remarks to event $1,250 was raised in support of Fighter Country Partnership attendees. Throughout the remainder of the day, attendees as a result of the 2011 Music and Wine Festival. enjoyed live music from eight local bands ranging from jazz to classic rock and over 50 food, spirits and lifestyle vendors. As an attendee myself, I was amazed at the community spirit One of Vistancia’s own, residents and Liberty High School and engagement throughout the day. I hope to see you all student, Cameron Hobbs had his community singing debut next year! on the performance stage.