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thethe VViiieeewww September 2016 Our Bowling Club Story on Page 16 Photo by Beth Bolduc Contact Information SUN CITY SHADOW HILLS Sun City Shadow Hills Community Association COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 80-814 Sun City Boulevard, Indio, CA 92203 Hours of Operation www.scshca.com 760-345-4349 Association Office Monday – Friday · 9 AM – 12 PM, 1 – 4 PM Homeowner Association (HOA). Ext. 2100 First Saturday of the Month · 8 AM – 12 PM Montecito Clubhouse . Ext. 2120 Montecito Fitness Center . Ext. 2111 Lifestyle Desk Daily · 8 AM – 5 PM Santa Rosa Clubhouse. Ext. 2201 Shadow Hills Golf Club South . Ext. 2305 Montecito Clubhouse Shadow Hills Golf Club North . Ext. 2211 Daily · 6 AM – 10 PM Shadows Restaurant . Ext. 2311 Montecito Fitness Center Ceasar Larrach, General Manager Daily · 5 AM – 8 PM [email protected] . Ext. 2102 Santa Rosa Clubhouse Richard Smetana, Assistant General Manager Daily · 5 AM – 10 PM [email protected] . Ext. 2104 Shadows Restaurant David Archer, Community Safety Director [email protected] . Ext. 2202 Monday · 2:30 – 8 PM (Monday Night Football) Ozzie Lopez, Facility Maintenance Director Tuesday – Thursday · Closed [email protected] . Ext. 2402 Friday · 11 AM – 8 PM Chris Fizer, Lifestyle Director Saturday – Sunday · 10 AM – 8 PM [email protected] . Ext. 2124 Happy Hour · Friday – Sunday · 2:30 – 6:30 PM Chet Sheehan, Fitness Director [email protected] . Ext. 2112 Montecito Café Liz Gutierrez, Lifestyle Coordinator Closed [email protected] . Ext. 2123 Santa Rosa Bistro Veronica Moya, Lifestyle Coordinator Daily · 6 AM – 1 PM [email protected] . Ext. 2122 Golf Snack Bar Gus Ramirez, Communications Manager Closed [email protected] . Ext. 2204 Rolland Vaughn, General Manager of Shadow Hills Golf Club All hours are subject to change. [email protected]. Ext. 2301 Visit www.scshca.com for the latest hours. Jefferson Front Gate (Phases 1 & 2) . 760-345-4458 Avenue 40 Front Gate (Phase 3) . 760-342-4725 SCSH Community Association Board of Directors Joan Dzuro, President [email protected] . 760-347-6496 Barbara Stocky, Vice President The View is published monthly by the Sun City Shadow Hills [email protected] . 760-347-5785 Community Association. This publication is copyrighted and may not be reproduced or reprinted without the written permission of SCSHCA. Carey Thompson, Treasurer Mission Statement [email protected]. 503-551-3442 To promote the community and recognize the individuals Agi Kessler, Secretary who contribute to the identity of the community, and to impart [email protected]. 805-469-6050 information relevant to the community as a whole. Erica Hedlund, Member at Large SCSHCA Communications Advisory Committee [email protected] . 760-200-1939 Linda Aasen; Beth Bolduc; Arnold Choy; Tom Hutson; Lee Powell; Bill Singer For warranty or customer service needs concerning Staff Editor-in-Chief: Ceasar Larrach, General Manager your home, please email: [email protected] Lifestyle Director All warranty issues and questions must go through this email. Production Manager: Chris Fizer, You will receive an auto-reply stating your email has been received. To inquire about articles, content, and advertising – or to submit stories for publication – please email [email protected] or contact Gus Mailbox Repair . Ozzie Lopez, Ext. 2402 Ramirez, Communications Manager, at 760-345-4349, ext. 2204. 2 September 2016 theView President’s Sometimes when things aren’t going as we Report would like, we can let our frustrations manifest themselves in calling people names, yelling, and harassing people. We are a community that is BY JOAN DZURO better than this. Our General Manager and PRESIDENT Board members want to hear all your concerns. Many a time we on the Board hear rumors of As we get ready to start a new season soon, what people may be concerned about, yet neither I want to address how all of you can help your our GM nor any Board member has received Board serve you better. any communication on that issue. No one person has all the answers to any The Board works hard to evaluate all information question or problem. Our community is blessed before making a decision. Will you always get the to have such a wealth of knowledge in all types answer you want? Probably not. We have 6,500 of areas: landscaping, finance, communications, residents; and pleasing them all, all the time, is and beyond. Getting recommendations from just not possible. We do try to do the things we our great residents on how to improve our believe benefit the community as a whole, and News from the Board community is very helpful. hopefully the majority of you agree. When you see or hear of a concern, please tell We are excited about our new season and either our General Manager, Ceasar Larrach welcoming everyone home from their summer ([email protected]), or a Board member. vacations or their seasonal home. Once back, If you have any ideas about how to address the please help the Board serve you by attending or concern, please let us know that as well. All watching videos of Board meetings (they are ideas are evaluated by the appropriate advisory available on the SCSHCA website), reading the committee, and then recommended actions are View magazine and the website, signing up for presented to the Board. our Monday morning email blasts, and letting Your Board works hard, for free, to keep our the Board know what you like and what you may community financially sound and beautiful. We have concerns about. Together we can continue want everyone, including those of us who serve to make our great community even better. on the Board, to enjoy our community for decades to come. Joan HAPPY LABOR DAY Next Board Meeting: In this issue: Date: Monday, Sept. 26, 2015 News from the Board . 3 Time: 2:00 pm Association News . 6 Feature Stories . 10 Location: Ballroom Lifestyle Update . 26 Please join us! Food & Beverage . 39 Golf & Fitness Update . 42 Club News . 46 Advertising . 62 Log on to www.scshca.com September 2016 3 Treasurer’s Report BY CAREY THOMPSON TREASURER 4 September 2016 theView News from the Board Log on to www.scshca.com September 2016 5 People Who Make Our From the Lives Better General Manager BY CEASAR LARRACH GENERAL MANAGER Summer is in full swing. The HOA project is complete and the road slurry-sealing program is beginning throughout the community. Check the weekly e-blast for the list of roads to be paved. Our facilities crews are busy sprucing up your little piece of paradise getting ready for the season to arrive. Many thanks to those residents for their patience while the slurry seal renovation is completed. Several loads of slurry will be brought to the site and the work will be finished shortly. In other news, our Lifestyle department plans many Photo by Beth Bolduc great day trips and events; I would encourage you to review the events calendar and purchase your tickets soon, before they sell out. Sarah Amaya I would like to ask for your help. Please remind your contractors that all trailer/truck loads carrying debris Employee of the Month should be covered to prevent the debris from blowing. August 2016 We hope this will have a positive impact on the amount It’s with great honor that we announce this of loose trash blowing out of vehicles on Sun City Blvd. month’s employee of the month, Sarah Amaya. Sarah is the administrative assistant for the Facilities Maintenance department and has been Ceasar with us since February 2015. Her responsibilities include: overseeing payroll for 27 employees, inputting and coding invoices, assuring all utility bills are paid, and administering all the office tasks for the Maintenance department. Sarah also manages IMPORTANT BILLING NOTICE the daily fuel usage for Security and Maintenance In order to assure timely posting of your vehicles. In the last two months, Sarah has assessment payment, all assessment payments done a fantastic job with the changes to the should be mailed to: Strongroom account system. It was very PCM of California challenging at first since we were new to P.O. Box 51412 Strongroom, but Sarah managed to implement Los Angeles, CA 90051-5712 the system successfully. These are just a few tasks that Sarah performs The Association office CANNOT accept on a daily basis for the Facilities Maintenance assessment payments. Please do not mail or department. We want to thank her for her hard deliver payments to the HOA office. work, efforts, patience, and willingness to go above and beyond. 6 September 2016 theView COMMITTEE REPORTS · COMMITTEE REPORTS Design Review Committee (DRC) BY JIM WIEBORG Staking Trees Most newly planted trees need to be supported by stakes when the top of the tree is too heavy From The Library for the trunk to hold it up straight. This means BY CINDY DEGRAF that most new trees do not require staking; however, here in the desert, new trees are staked Believe it or not, fall begins this month! That because of the strong winds. means our snowbird volunteers are on the way If the wind blows a tree over or breaks the top back, and we can start to accept your generous Association News off a new tree, the homeowner will expect the book donations again as of September 1. company that installed the tree to replant it or Please review the list below to determine which replace it. Since this gets expensive, it is easier to books we can use. Kindly do not leave books that stake the trees when they are planted and avoid are not on the “acceptable” list like cookbooks, this problem. self-help, etc.