TheThe ViewViewView October 2019 Marie Booth: Soprano, Actor, Entertainer Story on Page 22 Photo by Robert DeLaurenti 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 Homeowner Association (HOA). Ext. 1 Monday – Friday · 9 AM – 12 PM, 1 – 4 PM Montecito Clubhouse Fax . 760-772-9891 First Saturday of the Month · 8 AM – 12 PM Montecito Clubhouse . Ext. 2120 Lifestyle Desk Montecito Fitness Center . Ext. 2111 Daily · 8 AM – 5 PM Santa Rosa Clubhouse Fax. 760-342-5976 Montecito Clubhouse Daily · 6 AM – 10 PM Santa Rosa Clubhouse. Ext. 2201 Shadow Hills Golf Club South . Ext. 2305 Montecito Fitness Center Daily · 5 AM – 8 PM Shadow Hills Golf Club North . Ext. 2211 Santa Rosa Clubhouse Shadows Restaurant . Ext. 2311 Daily · 6 AM – 9 PM Jefferson Front Gate (Phases 1 & 2) . 760-345-4458 Shadows Restaurant Avenue 40 Front Gate (Phase 3) . 760-342-4725 Sunday – Thursday · 8 AM – 6 PM Rich Smetana, General Manager Friday & Saturday · 8 AM – 8 PM Breakfast · 8 – 11 AM [email protected] . Ext. 2102 Lunch · 11 AM – 5 PM Tyler Ingle, Controller Dinner · 5 PM – 8 PM [email protected]. Ext. 2203 Happy Hour · 3 – 6 PM Bob Pantanella, Community Safety Director Golf Snack Bar [email protected] . Ext. 2202 Daily · 6 – 11 AM Jesse Barragan, Facilities Maintenance Director Santa Rosa Bistro [email protected] . Ext. 2403 Daily · 6 AM – 3 PM Connie King, Lifestyle Director Montecito Café [email protected] . Ext. 2124 Closed Desiree Porras, Fitness Director All hours are subject to change. [email protected]. Ext. 2112 Visit www.scshca.com for the latest hours. Liz Gutierrez, Lifestyle Coordinator [email protected] . Ext. 2123 Veronica Moya, Lifestyle Coordinator [email protected] . Ext. 2122 Gus Ramirez, Communications Manager [email protected] . Ext. 2204 General Manager of Shadow Hills Golf Club The View is published monthly by the Sun City Shadow Hills Rolland Vaughn, Community Association. This publication is copyrighted and may not be [email protected]. Ext. 2301 reproduced or reprinted without the written permission of SCSHCA. Mission Statement SCSH Community Association Board of Directors To promote the community and recognize the individuals Kim Fuller, President . [email protected] who contribute to the identity of the community, and to impart information relevant to the community as a whole. Fera Mostow, Vice President . [email protected] SCSHCA Communications Advisory Committee Bruce Marley, Treasurer . [email protected] Tom Hutson, Chair; Arnold Choy; Aggie Jordan; Lee Powell; Vicki Prince; Dennis Sheehan Linda Aasen, Secretary. [email protected] Staff Robert Israel, Editor-in-Chief: Rich Smetana, General Manager Member at Large . [email protected] Production Manager: Gus Ramirez, Communications Manager To inquire about articles, content, and advertising – or to submit For warranty or customer service needs concerning stories for publication – please email [email protected] or contact Gus Ramirez, Communications Manager, at 760-345-4349, ext. 2204. your home, please email: [email protected] 2 October 2019 TheView President’s Report BY KIM FULLER PRESIDENT Welcome to another day in paradise. Not just must take priority over the individual savings another day, but “oh, what a night” we had on from any plan given the five-year commitment. September 1. I was awakened at 1:30 am to the The vote that will be coming will be in the sound of big drums overhead. Yes, the thunder form of a ballot, which will be sent to each home was a mighty roar, and I had to jump to the the same as we do for the Board elections. window to see what might transpire. And to my Please be watching for this ballot and get it back amazement it was a spectacular light show, one to us ASAP. that left the special effects of film movies on the We also recently sent out a survey about the cutting room floor. You just can’t beat Mother overseeding of the rough areas of the golf course. News from the Board Nature sometimes; it leaves us breathless. After The past few years we have not overseeded the watching this magnificent light show for over an rough areas – the edges of the golf course – only hour, I once again reminded myself this is not the fairways. This causes the outside edges of only another day in paradise, but you can’t beat the golf course to be brown in the winter the stellar nights either thanks to our lucky stars, while the middle of the fairways remain green. thunder, and lightning. Many of you have requested that we go back to As you know, the Board has been investigating overseeding the entire golf course so that the the pros and cons of a bulk cable contract for the entire golf course would be green all year round. HOA. The survey is complete with 85 percent of The cost for doing this work is about $7 per residents who responded wanting to move month per home. The survey sent out simply forward with a five-year contract for cable TV asked if you would like to have the entire golf and/or Internet services. Currently, not only are course green in the winter knowing it will cost we investigating an Internet/TV option, but we an additional $7 per month in the monthly dues. are also investigating an Internet-only option. As of the date of this article, 79 percent of you The latter option would mean the HOA would don’t want to overseed the entire golf course but provide an Internet-only plan, and residents would rather save the $7 per month in dues. The would then pick their own TV plan and purchase Board will be using this information as we plan that service directly from a provider. There are for next year’s budget. positives and negatives to both options, but the Keep in mind the final budget for 2020 will be survey showed that 77 percent of you want the voted on by the Board at its October meeting. cable TV plus Internet plan over the Internet- Comments and suggestions are always welcome, only plan. so get them to us before that date. You can also The Board will finalize contract negotiations attend the Board’s last budget meeting on with both Spectrum and Frontier to reach a October 23, at 10 am, if you would like to make conclusion about which plan will be offered to any comments. residents for an official vote. Without an Please enjoy your day, and never forget — acceptable contract that protects the HOA from It doesn’t get any better than this! future liability, it would be difficult for the Board to move forward. Although both plans will save residents money, we can’t endorse any plan Kim Contact the author at [email protected]. unless the HOA is protected against future financial liability. The protection of the HOA Log on to www.scshca.com October 2019 3 Treasurer’s Report BY BRUCE MARLEY TREASURER 4 October 2019 TheView News from the Board This report has been approved by the Board, subject to audit. Full financials are available on our resident website: www.scshca.com Contact Bruce Marley at [email protected]. Next Board Meeting: Date: Monday, October 28, 2019 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Ballroom Please join us! Log on to www.scshca.com October 2019 5 People Who Make Our Lives Better Advisory Committees City Development Coordinating Committee [email protected] Chair: Tom Hutson Communications Advisory Committee [email protected] Chair: Tom Hutson Covenants Committee [email protected] Co-Chairs: Traci Barnett Hone & Lee Powell Design Review Committee [email protected] Photo by Gus Ramirez Chair: Ted Shettler Emergency Preparedness Subcommittee [email protected] Myelz Mendoza Chair: Jeff Kirkpatrick & Ryan Tucker Facilities & Services Advisory Committee [email protected] Allied Universal Employees of the Month Chair: John Petersen September 2019 Finance Advisory Committee We would like to recognize Patrol Officers Myelz [email protected] Mendoza and Ryan Tucker as employees of the Chair: Bill Wethe month. Food & Beverage Committee On August 21, 2019, Myelz Mendoza was called [email protected] for service at a home in Phase III regarding a Chair: Jurgen Gross residential water leak. Once there, Myelz was Golf Advisory Committee unsuccessful at shutting off the water leak and at [email protected] this point contacted fellow Patrol Officer Ryan Chair: Dave Bakshy Tucker. Both Myelz and Ryan made several attempts to shut off the water. However, they were Health & Fitness Advisory Committee unsuccessful. During their attempts, they became [email protected] entrenched and soaked in water from trying to get Chair: Rick Halla to the valve where the leak was. Information Advisory Committee Before giving up, Ryan and Myelz demonstrated [email protected] the proper attitude that Sun City Shadow Hills and Chair: Stacia Armstrong Allied Universal look for in our patrol officers. With Landscape Advisory Committee quick and outside-the-box thinking, they requested [email protected] a screwdriver from a neighbor and shut the water Chair: Chris Stevens off using the main line. After shutting the main line Lifestyle Advisory Committee off, they contacted the homeowner, who was out [email protected] of state at the time of the incident, and notified him Chair: TBD they had shut off the main. Safety Advisory Committee Had Ryan and Myelz not demonstrated an [email protected] above-and-beyond attitude to help in shutting off Chair: Ed Chavez the water, the leak could have caused a more severe and expensive repair not only for the resident but for the neighbor as well.