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Camera Club Wins Big at Date Festival Story on Page 18 “Desert View Morning” Photo by Don Paskewitz Contact Information SUN CITY SHADOW HILLS Sun City Shadow Hills Community Association COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION 80-814 Sun City Boulevard, Indio, CA 92203 www.scshca.com · 760-345-4349 Hours of Operation Homeowner Association (HOA) ...... Ext. 1 Association Office Montecito Clubhouse ...... Ext. 2120 Monday – Friday · 9 AM – 12 PM , 1 – 4 PM Montecito Fitness Center ...... Ext. 2111 First Saturday of the Month · 8 AM – 12 PM Santa Rosa Clubhouse ...... Ext. 2201 Lifestyle Desk Shadow Hills Golf Club South ...... Ext. 2305 Daily · 8 AM – 5 PM Shadow Hills Golf Club North ...... Ext. 2211 Shadows Restaurant ...... Ext. 2311 Montecito Clubhouse Jefferson Front Gate (Phases 1 & 2) . . . . . 760-345-4458 Daily · 6 AM – 10 PM Avenue 40 Front Gate (Phase 3) ...... 760-342-4725 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 – 8 PM [email protected] ...... Ext. 2104 Tyler Ingle, Controller Shadows Restaurant [email protected] ...... Ext. 2203 Daily · 6 AM – 6 PM Mark Galvin , Community Safety Director Breakfast: 6 AM – 11 AM [email protected] ...... Ext. 2202 Lunch/Small Plates: 11 AM – 6 PM Ozzie Lopez, Facility Maintenance Director Happy Hour: ALL DAY [email protected] ...... Ext. 2402 Connie King , Lifestyle Director Montecito Café [email protected] ...... Ext. 2124 CLOSED Chet Sheehan, Fitness Director Santa Rosa Bistro [email protected] ...... Ext. 2112 Daily · 6 AM – 1 PM Liz Gutierrez, Lifestyle Coordinator [email protected] ...... Ext. 2123 Golf Snack Bar Veronica Moya, Lifestyle Coordinator CLOSED [email protected] ...... Ext. 2122 All hours are subject to change. Gus Ramirez, Communications Manager Visit www.scshca.com for the latest hours. [email protected] ...... Ext. 2204 Rolland Vaughn, General Manager of Shadow Hills Golf Club [email protected] ...... Ext. 2301 SCSH Community Association Board of Directors Kim Fuller , President [email protected] ...... 760- 342-3538 Joan Dzuro, Vice President The View is published monthly by the Sun City Shadow Hills [email protected] ...... 760-347-6496 Community Association. This publication is copyrighted and may not be reproduced or reprinted without the written permission of SCSHCA. Carey Thompson , Treasurer [email protected] ...... 503-551-3442 Mission Statement 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 Tom Hutson, Chair ; Linda Aasen; Beth Bolduc; Arnold Choy; Lee Powell; Bill Singer For warranty or customer service needs concerning Staff your home, please email: socalservice @delwebb.com Editor-in-Chief: Ceasar Larrach, General Manager All warranty issues and questions must go through this email. Production Manager: Connie King, Lifestyle Director 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 June 2017 theView The answer is the same as for all the other items. We are paying a subsidy because all these items are conveniences that are supported by our President’s monthly assessments. We don’t expect the swimming pools to make money, yet we pay to Report have them available. We don’t expect the fitness facilities to make money, yet we pay to have

BY KIM FULLER them available. We pay a subsidy for the Lifestyle PRESIDENT programs so that we have them available. When we pay to subsidize the restaurant, it is no different than the subsidy for all the other Once again as the first light breaks across the amenities. We are paying a small cost for the horizon, and a neighbor greets me with a “good availability of the restaurant; we are not paying morning,” I smile and reflect on the gift of this to use the restaurant. So, don’t think the paradise. It is a pleasure meeting, talking, and restaurant will ever break even, it won’t, just like working with so many of you. Feel free to contact all the other items; they, too, don’t break even. me anytime with your questions or concerns. They are all part of a whole picture that One question that has come up quite often is: contributes to the life experience of enjoying how is our monthly assessment spent? I thought living here at Shadow Hills. So, as you look at I would take a moment and explain our forecasted

the list, you can see that the restaurant is actually N monthly expenses. These amounts are based on one of the lowest cost amenities we have. the 2017 budget. As you know, our monthly And because of all the terrific things I get to assessment per homeowner unit is $255. Of this do, I will reflect on this beautiful day, the good amount, $45 is credited to the Replacement morning greeting, all of the kind people who e Fund – this is the savings account we use to pay make me smile, and say to myself, “It doesn’t get w for future items that need to be replaced, any better than this.”

repaired, or renovated. The balance of the s monthly assessment, or $210 per homeowner unit, is forecasted to pay these estimated monthly Kim f operating expenses: Contact Kim Fuller at [email protected]. r

• $47 for Facilities Maintenance o • $44 for General/Administration m • $28 for Golf • $27 for Property Protection

• $19 for Landscaping t

• $13 for Recreation/Lifestyle h •

$12 for Utilities e • $10 for Fitness

• $7 for Food/Beverage B • $6 for Capital Improvements • $5 Common Area Improvements • $5 for Contingency Fund In this issue: o You may notice that the expenses I listed total News from the Board ...... 3 $223 per homeowner unit per month. The a Association News ...... 6 difference ($223 vs. $210) is paid from other r income that we anticipate earning during the year. Feature Stories ...... 11 d In funding the list above, we are paying for the amenities and lifestyle we enjoy. Not one of the Lifestyle Update ...... 24 items listed above makes a profit, and that is why Food & Beverage ...... 31 we pay the monthly assessments. All of these Fitness & Golf Update ...... 32 items are subsidized by our monthly assessments. So, I am asked, why doesn’t the restaurant Club News ...... 38 make money? Why are we paying a subsidy for it? Advertising ...... 54

Log on to www.scshca.com June 2017 3 Treasurer’s Report

BY CAREY THOMPSON TREASURER

The following reports have been approved by the Board, subject to audit and any 2016 audit adjustments.

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and review the recommended revised Location: Ballroom r d documents. Send the Board your feedback Please join us! at [email protected]

Log on to www.scshca.com June 2017 5 People Who Make Advisory Committees Our Lives Better Communications Advisory Committee [email protected] Chair: Tom Hutson Design Review Committee [email protected] Chair: Jim Wieborg Finance Advisory Committee [email protected] Chair: Bill Wethe Food & Beverage Committee [email protected] Chair: Rod Wenger Golf Advisory Committee [email protected] Photo by Stephanie Walton Chair: Dave Bakshy Information Advisory Committee Evy Dominguez Jaimez [email protected] Employee of the Month Co-Chairs: Erin Smith & Scott Buchanan May 2017 Landscape Advisory Committee The F & B department would like to nominate [email protected] Esbeydi (Evy) Dominguez Jaimez from the F & B Chair: Chris Stevens outlets for May 2017 employee of the month. In this month, Evy has received multiple compliments Safety Advisory Committee on her service and great attitude. During the [email protected] recent F&B committee, she was mentioned by one Chair: Ed Chavez of the committee members on her outstanding presence and service at the Montecito Café. She has stepped up and helped out while training new hire employees – always getting them up to speed with their assignments. Evy is always ready and prompt when she starts her shifts and does so with a smile that residents have grown accustomed to. She is one of the key components to the outlet’s operation, resulting in an improvement in services this season. Our service level has risen because of her efforts. Great job Evy and thank you for your continuous hard work!

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DROP where you are, onto your hands and knees. This position protects you from being knocked down and allows you to stay low and crawl to shelter if nearby.

COVER your head and neck Emergency Preparedness Sub-Committee with one arm and hand. If a sturdy table or desk is nearby, (EPSC) crawl underneath it for shelter. BY JEFF KIRKPATRICK If no shelter is nearby, crawl Drop, Cover, and Hold On next to an interior wall (away from windows). Stay on your knees; bend over to protect vital organs.

HOLD ON until shaking stops. Under shelter: hold onto it with one hand; be ready to move with your shelter if it shifts. No shelter: “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” when the earth shakes. hold onto your head and neck Taking the proper actions, like this, can save lives and with both arms and hands. reduce the risk of injury. Everyone, everywhere, should Attribution to Earthquake Country learn and practice what to do during an earthquake, Alliance at www.earthquakecountry.org. whether at home, work, school, or traveling! In MOST situations, you will reduce your chance of Please join us and become prepared! injury if you: It really is quite easy! Did You Know? Get to Know Sun City Shadow Hills Staff Guess who likes pens? Veronica Moya, Lifestyle Coordinator, is a collector of colorful pens and markers. She has been known to spend lavishly on her collections and continues to add vibrant colors to her cache when she sees something fun and unique. You might ask why? Simply because she likes to express her written skills in color.

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Design Review Committee (DRC) BY VICKI L B ERG , C HAIR Now that our community is 12 years old, we are starting to see Home Improvement Applications (HIAs) that From The Library request approval from repainting doors to a home’s entire BY CINDY DEGRAF exterior. Pulte originally required that each individual Summer is almost upon us! Tablets and Phase (1, 2, and 3) adhere to the complete color scheme other electronic devices can be a wonderful that was designated for each individual Phase. Your DRC way to read a terrific book. However, they changed that requirement in November 2015 to allow may be difficult to use around the pool, homeowners to use any complete color scheme as long or in the heat of the summer months. as it is not the same as the one main house color used And some folks just like the feel of a book on an adjoining lot – although shutters and doors may in their hands! For these and many other be the same color as a neighboring property. reasons, our Montecito library is one of our Based on what we see on HIAs, our committee often most popular amenities. Stop in frequently

discusses updating our Design Rules. We consider ideas A to see what is new. that will help our residents and community improve We also have a small supply of large-print overall appeal while still maintaining the visual character books, audio books, movies, magazines, of the community.

and puzzles available. s Pay Attention to Your Watering Schedule

Since many of our volunteers leave the s As I am preparing this article on May 2, it is a lovely 102

valley during the summer, we will suspend o degrees outside; and it will probably be a bit warmer all book donations beginning June 1. when you read this. Remember to adjust your watering Please continue to hold your donations c schedule accordingly. Pay attention to your plants’ needs. until September. Your cooperation is very i a Pay Attention to Your Pet’s Paws much appreciated. If you have artificial turf and allow your animals outdoors Thank you for supporting our library. t i

when the sun is shining directly on your turf, be aware If you have questions or comments about o that it can overheat and be too hot for four-footed the library, Please contact Barbara Perler n creatures. It cools quickly when not in direct sun. If it at 760-772-4484 or [email protected]. is too hot for your bare feet to remain on the turf, it is Don’t forget…Please hold your book definitely much too hot for the four-footed pads. donations until September! N

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palm fronds are not removed until June through w late July. By then all the seed stalks that will be produced for the year should be mature enough s to be cut off and eliminated. Trimming the trees Landscape Advisory Committee earlier will lead to seed stalks coming out afterward BY DICK FREIMAN and then dropping onto sidewalks, curbs, and Pruning of Mexican Fan Palm Trees streets, creating quite a sticky mess. Mexican Fan Palm trees (Washingtonia There is always a chance that a late stalk will pop Robusta) are quite majestic and add significant out, but it is pretty rare with Mexican Fan Palms.

Log on to www.scshca.com June 2017 9 Yard of the Quarter Winners

1st Place: House #4 · Marcia & Mel Sarowitz

2nd Place: House #2 3rd Place: House #5 Christina Krag & Joseph Mungo Margrit & Fred Battig

Photos by Don Stenson.

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The 6th Annual Drive Against Hunger Charity Golf Tournament on Friday, March 24, 2017, was another huge success: over $30,000 was proudly donated to the Galilee Center in Mecca, CA. This tournament is sponsored by the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians and run by a small team of dedicated volunteers from SCSH. The Center has annually provided food, clothing, financial aid, and facilities to over 18,000 families; all accomplished with dignity, love, compassion, and respect. In total, the tournaments have raised over $156,000 to help various organizations better accomplish their mission, goals, and objectives of serving and supporting our Coachella Valley neighbors in need. If you are interested in volunteering, contact Merlina June’s tireless Donor Committee, l to r, Barrie Allison, Julie Kelly, Tina Tate at [email protected] or 509-641-0537. Forster, June Nautel, Joyce Johnson, Karen Roche. Missing is Ann Falk.

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o L A Quiz to Celebrate Father’s Day BY DENNIS SHEEHAN As many of us were growing up while television broadcasting was also coming of age, fatherhood was celebrated with several favorite shows and movies. Do Some men can make rather spectacular observations, you remember who played the role of the father, though? predictions, and prognostications; but all fathers are hon - Try answering these questions. ored in our society, especially during the month of June. 4. Father Knows Best ran for many years and starred this Here are some quotations about fathers that are worth male actor in the title role: repeating – can you identify the authors? A. James Stewart C. Bob Newhart 1. “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I B. James Whitmore, Jr. D. Robert Young could hardly stand to have the old man around. But 5. My Three Sons ran on a different network and starred: when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the A. Fred MacMurray C. James Arness old man had learned in seven years.” B. Steve McQueen D. Hugh O’Brien A. U.S. Grant C. Charles Dickens B. Abraham Lincoln D. Samuel Clemens 6. Frank Galbreth was the father of 12 children, and the (Mark Twain) feature comedy film Cheaper by the Dozen depicted their lives growing up. In real life, Galbreth made a 2. “The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents. The living as: second half by our children.” A. a physician C. college professor A. William Jennings Bryan C. Theodore Roosevelt B. a dentist D. an efficiency expert B. William Howard Taft D. Clarence Darrow 7. All in the Family ’s Archie Bunker was played by which 3. “We wondered why when a child laughed he belonged to actor? Daddy, and when he had a sagging diaper that smelled A. Rod Steiger C. Carroll O’Connor like a landfill, he wanted his mother.” B. Rod Serling D. Shelley Berman A. Ann Landers C. Margaret Mead B. Erma Bombeck D. Eleanor Roosevelt All quiz answers may be found on page 30.

CONGRATULATIONS, TOM HUTSON! A 10-year resident of Sun City Shadow Hills, Tom received the prestigious 2017 Veterans Service Award for the 28th California Senate District. According to State Senator Jeff Stone, the honor recognizes Tom not only for his 22-year military career but also for his many inspirational philanthropic and volunteer activities locally. These include: • Two terms on the HOA Board of Directors, including as President. • President of our Veterans Club. • Founder of the Veterans Club’s annual Memorial Day Flagraising Ceremony, now in its ninth year. • Communications Advisory Committee Chair. • Member of the City of Indio’s Finance Advisory Committee. Thank you, Tom, for everything you do to make Tom at the 2015 Memorial Day Flagraising Ceremony Photo by Robert DeLaurenti our community a great place to live!

14 June 2017 theView A Man’s Home is His Castle BY ED DECKER

Whoever says a man’s home is his castle either sitting there shoveling some 10,000 calories of has a grand misconception about men or a ice cream mush into his mouth. Do you find that strange understanding of the definition of castle. unusual, Ed?” Her hands were now on her hips. My “castle” is an easy chair with side table in one “Not at all,” I replied. “The program is very corner of the family room. stressful and you know that when I get stressed, My control of castle functions lasts only until I need comfort food.” Sounded pretty reasonable my wife walks in and asks, “Isn’t there anything to me. else on TV?” It does not matter what the score is, “What were in the dishes you have piled up on F how many seconds are left in the game, or what the side table under the crosswords puzzles and program I have been watching for the last 50 the Louie L’Amour book?” She moved in closer. minutes. We go searching until she finds what I Not good. e am supposed to be watching. “Oh, those,” I shot back. “They were for the cheese a

Take the other night, for example. I was and crackers and the cookies…and stuff.” t watching a program and she came into the family “When did you eat those?” u

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blocking my TV line of sight. I leaned around to away when I got the ice cream.

watch. She moved. I leaned. She moved. I gave “Do you want to watch House Hunters?” I asked S up. I didn’t want to fall out of the chair or drop as I offered up the clicker.

my bowl of ice cream. If I did, she would have She sighed deeply and held out her hand. I t an automatic win. leaned out and surrendered the clicker. Another o

“What are you watching?” she asked. “The crisis averted. My “castle” was still intact and r

Biggest Loser,” I replied. She looked at the TV, peace would reign throughout the kingdom once i then back to my dish of ice cream. “What is that more. Long Live the King! e stuff on the top of your bowl of ice cream, under s all the chocolate syrup?” “Crushed up pretzels,” I smiled. She frowned. “What is wrong with this picture? An Contact the author at overweight man is watching a program about [email protected]. overweight people struggling to lose weight,

Log on to www.scshca.com June 2017 15 Remembering Our Dads BY THE VIEW STAFF

Tin Can Sailor water. They even tied him to another sailor to keep him BY LINDA AASEN from slipping away, as sharks circled. Experiences such as these are not easily left behind. Despite my Dad’s best efforts to be a loving husband and father, he sometimes found it difficult to hold it together. Pain (both physical and mental), guilt, and flashbacks followed him throughout his life. He and other WWII soldiers really needed emotional and psychological support to cope with the ravages of their wartime experiences. Unfortunately, the military did not “diagnose” PTSD until 1980; and these soldiers were left to cope the best they could. It was not always easy to be a member of the “Greatest Generation.”

Dad to the Rescue BY BETH BOLDUC

Bob Billie in his Navy uniform 18 years later (photo provided by the author) As a child, I thought I had the best father in the world. He was always the life of the party. My sisters and I were the envy of the neighborhood because our father was so involved in playing with us. Because I was the eldest, and a tomboy, we spent even more time together working on projects. What I didn’t fully understand is Often “kids” don’t appreciate thoughtful acts parents how he suffered from his WWII experiences. do for them until they become parents themselves. My My father was on