Hello from the activity office. This is

the last full month of the season, hard

to believe it got here so fast. We are

trying to go out with a Bang as usual,

another full month of lots of activities

and events for you to enjoy. Keep

your eye on your calendars, the bulle-

tin boards and posters in the main

lobby for a list of up-to-date activi-

ties; you won’t to miss a thing!

Our bi-weekly Pan-

cake Breakfast is

Saturday, March

2nd and Saturday,

March 16th. As

usual, you can buy tickets from 7:15

to 8:15am for $3.00. These are the

last two dates of the season, so come

have breakfast with us before it’s too

late.

We will be having two potlucks this

month. The first will be on Thursday,

March 7th at noon. The Second pot-

luck will be Thursday, March 21st. If

you plan on attending either potluck,

please sign up in the lobby. The

more the merrier….and

yummier!

Desert Shadows Quilt

show will be held on

Tuesday, March 5th from 10:00am to

2:00pm in our auditorium. Come and

look at all the beautiful quilts that

have been made by local artist right

here at Desert Shadows.

Your chance to clean out your shed,

closet, extra room, etc. for the last

patio sale of the season on SATUR-

DAY, MARCH 9 at 8am to when-

ever. Come by the office for more

details. Why not make your old junk

be someone else’s new junk.

Desert Shadows has a

live band every Satur-

day night from 7-

10pm. Come out and

enjoy some live enter-

tainment and dancing.

On March 2, we will have The 4/50’s

band playing for our oldies dance, so

ladies you can wear your poodle

skirts, and guys your jeans and white

T shirts. On March 9, it will be Mi-

chael on the keys. March 16th will be

our St. Patrick’s dance (wear your

green) with EXIT 40 Band. Our Ha-

waiian Luau dance will be held

March 23, with Short & Sweet Danc-

ers and entertainers. Our last dance of

the season will be the 30th with

Come Back Budd. But let’s not just

make it any dance - wear a hat, any

hat, big hat, small hat, funny hat,

ugly hat, it doesn’t matter, just wear a

HAT. You ask why? Because regular

dances are just old hat.

On March 15th at 5:00pm come and

enjoy Irish stew and soda bread for

$1 a bowl and root beer floats for a

$1. Wear your green as this is part of

our St. Patrick’s Day celebration.

You don’t want to get a “pinch”!

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MARCH 2013

ACTIVITIES OFFICE HOURS

TUESDAY– FRIDAY

9:00 - 12:00 ; 1:00 - 3:00

SATURDAY: 9:00– 12:00

ACTIVITY OFFICE PHONE

623-869-9224

FRONT OFFICE HOURS

WEEKDAYS 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

SATURDAY 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

SUNDAY 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

OFFICE PHONE 623-869-8178

Email info@PhoenixRVresorts.com

March 23 will be a special night as it

will be our Hawaiian Luau. There will

be a dinner at 6pm, followed by a VERY

special show and dance combination. I

hope you are brave enough to wear your

grass skirt and coconuts girls, and we are looking for-

ward to seeing the guys in grass skirts and your beach

comber’s hats. (NOT a requirement). There will be a

lot of fun activities going on all evening. Mindy will be

showing us how to do the hula and other fun dances.

The dinner will be pulled pork with Hawaiian Luau

types of food and desserts. Also Hawaiian punch or you

can bring your drink of choice. If there is anyone out

there that would like to volunteer for this event please

come to activity office, also if you have suggestions or

ideas for the evening I would love to hear them. Paul

Michaels will be taking your Hawaiian pictures in the

back auditorium for $2. You will be able to pick up

your two 5x7 pictures the next week in the activity of-

fice (or if your leaving I can mail them to you). The

PRICE for the Luau will be $10 a person for resort resi-

dents and $12 a person for non-resident guests. You

MUST purchase your tickets at activity office NO

LATER THAN Wed., March 20.

The volunteer appreciation lunch will be March

13 at Noon. If you have been a volunteer this season

please come to activity office and sign up for the lunch.

The last vendor day of the season will be on Friday,

March 8 from 10-1pm. you sure don’t want to miss the

last one, there’s bound to be something

you just can’t live without until next No-

vember. Come by and see all the vendors

and the various crafts and goods for sale.

I know the season is almost over but we are in need of

someone to organize the shuffleboard game on Fridays

at 10:30am. Anyone interested, please shuffle on down

to the activity office and volunteer. If no one steps for-

ward there will not be anyone organizing it for the re-

mainder of this season.

Lastly, the BINGO voting results are in. By a

large majority you voted to keep game prices the same,

so there will be no change to BINGO.

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Resort Activities Continued New Website

T HE DES ER T S U N

Church News

February 2013

The Desert Shadows non denominational

church meets in Auditorium at 9am on

Sundays

3rd – Pastor- Lyle Ekleberry

Lay Leader- Harry Goerz Communion Sunday

10th –Pastor- Lyle Ekleberry

Lay Leader- Carlyle Davidsen

17th –Pastor – Terry Young

Lay Leader- Patti Carman Paramedic Sunday

24th –Pastor- Douglas Wright

Lay Leader- Shirley Jordan

30th –Pastor- Roger Withee Easter Sunday

Lay Leader- Carlyle Davidsen

Bible Study Wednesdays @ 2:00 p.m. in Back Audito-

rium with Lyle Ekleberry

Choir practices on Friday @ 9:00 a.m. Vendor’s Day

week practice will be on Saturday @ 9:00 a.m.

March Celebrity Birthdays

Mitt Romney, Politician — Born March 12th Steven Tyler, Singer — Born March 26th

Billy Crystal, Actor — Born March 14th Celine Dion, Singer — Born March 30th

Peyton Manning, Football Player — Born March 24th Christopher Walken, Actor — Born March 31st

The Desert Shadows Office has been working on a new

website!!! We finally have it updated, so next time you

are on the internet, go check it out at:

www.PhoenixRVresorts.com. We are still “tweaking”

some of the pictures and content, but for the most part

it is much more modern than before. Some of the fea-

tures that you may find interesting is the new section

for the Newsletter. All of our newsletters and calendar

can be read on the site in full color, from your com-

puter, ipad or even smartphone. We are also starting a

Blog on the site, where we will have articles and things

of interest. Lastly, we have a link on the site for you to

“like” us on our new Facebook page and become a

“friend”… Just click on the “like us” button on our

website to check it out. Everyone who likes/friends us

between March 5 and March 21 will be entered into a

drawing for a $25 gift card!

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The following occurred during March...

March 3, 1931 the Star Spangled Banner was adopted

as the National Anthem of the USA.

March 6, 1836 the Battle of the Alamo ended after a

thirteen day long siege.

March 15, 1956 “May Fair Lady” opens on Broadway

March 16th 1850 Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”

was published here in America.

March 30, 1981 President Reagan was shot in chest and

wounded in Washington D.C.

Guy’s and Gal’s Golf This Month in History

Quote Of The Month:

“They always say time changes

things, but you actually have to

change them yourself.” ~ Andy

Warhol

Sign up is Saturday, March 2 at

9:00am in the Craft Room.

The annual spring tournament will

be held on Friday March 15 at Bel-

lair Golf Course.

This tournament is for everyone who plays golf. The

only requirement is you must sign up with someone of

the opposite sex. This does not mean you will be in the

same foursome. The play will be a scramble format and

the registration is $8.00. Prizes will be awarded to the

teams with low gross (1st, 2nd, & 3rd places ) and indi-

vidual awards for closest to the pin for both men and

women on designated holes.

Non-golfers are welcome to attend the dinner which

will be held in the Iron Works restaurant at Bellair.

Golfers signing up for golf should come prepared to

make a dinner selection for both themselves and for

their dinner guests. Choices will include beef, pork, the

Friday fish fry and a salad. If you are not able to sign

up on March 2, contact us and we will be sure you are

included.

Contact: Grant White 623-580-9768, Doris Kelly 623-

581-8672, Afton Leaton 480-267-1326, or Richard

Heried 623-869-9602

DS Computer Group The Desert Shadows Computer Group will continue to

meet each Wednesday in March at 10:30 am in the back

auditorium. The meetings are open to EVERONE!

If you are a beginner, we are here to help you. If you

are an advanced user, we need your expertise. We usu-

ally have a 15-30 minute presentation on a computer

related topic, followed by a group

generated questions and answers.

The group is very informal, with an

easy give and take atmosphere. If

you have a “portable” computer, it

by be helpful to bring it along.

March 6th: Computer Management (housecleaning,

Disk Defrag)

March 13th, Audio, Video Communication 9Skype,

Google Talk, Mac messages)

March 20th, DEMO & INFO on “Caption Call” which

allows small screen display the phone message

you are receiving,—for hearing disabilities.

March 27th, Saving files to external media (CD, DVD,

Flash drive, Memory Card

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PANCAKE

BREAKFAST

DANCE 7-10

4/50;S BAND

OLDIES

DANCE

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9 AM CHURCH

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6:30 PM DARTS

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QUILT SHOW

10:00 TO 2:00

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NOON POT-LUCK

6:45 PM

BINGO

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LUNCH 11:30

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7:30AM DONUTS

PATIO SALE 8:00

DANCE 7-10

MICHAEL ON THE KEYS

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VOLUNTEER

LUNCH 12:00

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6:45 PM

BINGO

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IRISH STEW

ICE CREAM

ROOT BEER FLOATS 5:00PM

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7:15AM

PANCAKE

BREAKFAST

ST.Patrick dance

EXIT 40 BAND

WEAR GREEN

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9 AM CHURCH

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6:30 PM DARTS

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NOON POT-LUCK

6:45 PM

BINGO

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BINGO

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DANCE 7-10

COME BACK BUDDY

HAT NIGHT

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parking, deck, shed $15,000 (space 336)

Pet Area

83 Fiesta, furnished, shed, covered parking, tools,

carpet patio furniture, $12,600 (Space 294)

96 Cavco, furn., paved/covered drive, shed,

washer/dryer, AC, tools, $25,000 (space 397)

87 Skyline, 2 bedroom, new carpet, blinds, deck,

AC, W/D, paint, pvd covered parking, shed,

$25,900 (space 473)

92 Skyline, part furnished, shed, W/D, AC covered

deck and paved parking $24,500 (space 525)

85 Excalibur, 2 ex rooms, new AC/evap, W/D tile/

lam floors, covered deck-park, $15,900 (space 536)

NEW 2013 Cavco, unfurnished, price includes

skirting and sales tax free, only $23,175 (538)

95 Cavco, AC, covered parking and deck, extra

room, laminated floors, W/D, $15,000 (space 555)

88 Excal, cov deck and parking, A/C, new refr, 2

sheds, lam flooring $6,500 (Space 560)

85 Excalibur, part furnished, AC, cov parking and

patio, ext room, attached shed, $7,500 (space 567)

88 Skyline, extra room, new A/C covered parking

& patio, shed, W/D, Dishwasher $23,000 (space

576)

88 Cavco, extra room, covered parking and deck,

shed, W/D, $24,000 (space 611)

83 Traveleze, unfurnished, AC new carpet, covered

patio, $3,599 obo (space 10)

87 Carefree, furnished, shed, covered parking

$16,500 (space 69)

87 Cavco, paved covered parking and deck, shed,

unfurnished, W/D new AC $18,000 (Space 87)

89 Skyline, furnished, new A/C, shed, W/D, cov-

ered parking, $8,900 (space 116)

83 Sierra, furnished, covered paved drive, deck,

water filter, AC shed, W/D $8,000 (space 178)

92 Skyline, extra room, 1 1/2 bath, AC, W/D, fur-

nished, covered deck and drive $20,000(space 184)

86 Skyline, part furnished, wood floor, paved cov-

ered drive, deck, shed, w/d $11,600 (Space 205)

84 Traveleze, part furn, extra room, AC/Evap, cov-

ered parking/drive, shed, W/D $18,500 (space 225)

90 Cavco, unfurn, new laminate floors, covrd park-

ing, 2 sheds, W/D Reduced! $9,900 (space 230)

General Mob Ind, W/D, covered parking and deck,

shed, $9,000 (space 236)

88 Skyline, furn., covered/paved parking, AC, lrg

add on, Shed, carpet/tile floors $10,990(space 303)

87 Palm Harbor, covered paved drive, patio, W/D,

shed, AC, $11,900 (space 325)

89 Kensi, Furnished, new AC, W/D, covered paved

Homes For Sale call Afton 480-267-1326

Ingredients: 4 - 5 pounds beef short ribs

1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

3 medium leeks, cut into 2-inch lengths

6 cloves garlic, sliced

1 1-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and sliced

1 star anise, broken

1 dried chile de arbol pepper

1/2 cup dry sherry or beef broth

4 2-inch strips orange peel

1/2 cup orange juice

1/4 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce

2 tablespoons packed brown sugar

3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

Clementines or tangerines, peeled and sectioned

Chili-Orange Short Ribs

Directions: 1.Place ribs on a broiler pan. Sprinkle with salt and

pepper. Broil 4 to 5 inches from the heat for 10 minutes

or until browned.

2.Place leeks in a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker. Place ribs

on leeks. Add garlic, ginger, star anise, and dried chile

pepper. In a medium bowl combine sherry, orange peel,

orange juice, soy sauce, and brown sugar. Pour over

ribs in cooker. Cover; cook on low-heat setting for 11

to 12 hours or on high-heat setting for 5-1/2 to 6 hours.

3.Using a slotted spoon or sieve, transfer ribs to platter;

cover to keep warm. Strain cooking liquid; discard sol-

ids. Sprinkle ribs with cilantro. Serve cooking liquid

with ribs for dipping. Serve ribs with clementines.