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Creative Designers Club Women’s History Month A Snapshot of Life at Trilogy

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COA News… 6 message From the Board

management status report summary

8 activities report

Fitness update

9 aerobic schedule

10 your Board of Directors

11 executive Director’s corner

12 Board of Directors general meeting

14 compliance reminders

operations outlook

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Table of Contents… march 2013

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The Official Magazine of Trilogy at Power Ranch Community Association

This magazine is delivered to all homeowners and businesses in the Trilogy at Power ranch community monthly. This magazine is also distributed to surrounding businesses and office complexes. you have received this publication because your hoa believes you take pride in your home environment and community. This magazine provides you with hoa information and home product advertising that enhances your home comfort and increases the value of your home. we are always interested in your comments or suggestions.

while efforts to ensure accuracy are exercised, the publisher and Triology at Power ranch assume no liability for the information contained in either editorial or advertising content.

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Features… 22 collector’s corner

24 spotlight creative Designers club

26 meet your neighbors

28 women’s history month

30 honey, oh Babe, Bee mine…

31 hens lay eggs, But sleeping Dogs lie

32 To succeed, write yourself This letter

34 Ten Thousand lives saved… one survivor’s story

36 healthy living… stroke

Clubs and Activities… 18 The clubs and groups of Trilogy at Power ranch

The Band of angels

19 clubs and groups

Committees… 16 committee liaisons

election committee report

architectural control committee report

17 communications committee report

In Every Issue… 38 Viewpoint making a Difference

recycle Tennis club leprecans

real estate as i see it what is resPa and how Does it apply to real estate sales?

40 computer Q & a Disk cleanup

Desert gardening in march

41 ask mike the Pharmacist

42 a snapshot of life at Trilogy

collector’s corner

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6 march 2013

Message From the Board

As we enter into a new year our individual expectations tend to rise in anticipation that

it will be better than previous years. And so it is with our community based association - our own HOA, through the BOD and Management Team. It’s through the efforts of many of our committees, the ideas and thoughts about the future of Trilogy take place.

Currently, we have the Documents committee working on bringing the CC&R’s up to date. This is a needed effort to bring our own rules and regulations up to current legislative standards. Also, we have a new Ad Hoc committee creating strategies on financing current and future projects. The Facilities committee has also developed and presented a plan to address our current parking lot needs. The Golf committee will make proposals on amending the Golf CC&R’s. The present Planning committee has met over the last 1 ½ years to create a Master Plan to take a look at where we need to be so that Trilogy will remains a viable, active community. The Master Plan has created some interesting community discussions.

At this time, in January, The Master Plan is about 85% completed. A needs analysis has been made based upon data driven factors that we presently have as well as a comparison with five other HOA’s. The first couple of priorities have been identified. An architect has developed and presented a design that addresses the immediate identified priorities. This report will include the costs (CMAR) to build as well as costs to operate any new project. The committee has also addressed the issue of re-purposing space. It is a ten year plan to look into the future to visualize where Trilogy should be in meeting the needs of an active community.

The life blood of our community is the volunteers that help run our clubs, organizations and special events; the volunteer that serves on the standing and ad-hoc committees; and those who help run the day to day operations. We thank all of them for helping make us a better place to live.

To keep us a viable, balanced, fiscally sound community we need you and your input. You will be asked, in the very near future, to vote on the changes to the proposed CC&R’s and on a new Master Plan. Please take the time to read the analysis and get involved.

Frank Young

Your COA…

1. Pool Solar The Final Arbitration was conducted on Tuesday,

November 27, 2012 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. On December 19, 2012 the arbitrator awarded Trilogy a judgment in the amount of $31,430. The Association attorneys have now submitted legal costs to the court in the amount of $36,000. The final judgment amount will then be recorded against the defendant, Performance Solar, LLC. Once the final judgment amount is recorded, collection of the judgment will commence in Phoenix and San Diego.

2. Recker Road Development Construction of The Bridges at Gilbert located opposite

the Recker Road/Ficus intersection is under full development. The undeveloped portion of Recker Road located from the Ficus Way/Recker Road intersection heading south to Ocotillo Road will be paved and completed in early 2013. A P.U.E. (Public Utility Easement) is on the Trilogy side of Recker Road, which calls for the remaining above ground utility lines to be buried underground. The Town of Gilbert, SRP, and Bridges Developer are working closely together on the design and construction of this new development. Additional information and updates on this project will be provided as they come available.

3. Albertson’s Landscape Agreement The Association (Developer) entered into an agreement

with LDR-Queen Creek & Power, LLC, in July of 2002 for the “Signage and Landscape Easement” on the Albertson’s corner of Queen Creek Road and Power Road. The perpetual Easement allowed Trilogy to place an entry monument on the corner of the Easement. The Easement also reimbursed Trilogy for maintaining the turf on the corner, as well as along Queen Creek and Power Roads. This minimal reimbursement has become a burden and is grossly unfair. The Association is reimbursed only for a fraction of the value of the retail cost of maintaining over 25,000 square feet of turf. (Monthly reimbursement currently is $275 and the contractor quoted average price is currently $1,200/month.) Staff recommends terminating the Easement unless a new agreement can be established that is fair to the Trilogy COA.

4. Maintenance Easement (prospective cell tower access)

The Association has been approached by Spectrum Realty, representing Sprint Wireless Resources for the consideration of granting a 20 foot access easement off of Queen Creek Road near the vacant commercial lot adjacent to Albertsons. We have requested a preliminary draft of this agreement, including the amount payable

Management Status Report SummaryIan Welsh, Executive Director

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to the Association for the granting of this access easement. Additional information and updates will be provided as they come available.

5. Items Pending – 1st Quarter a. 2013 Board of Directors

Election and Annual Meeting b. 2013 Insurance Discussion –

February Work Session c. 2013 Volunteer Appreciation

Luncheon d. 2013 Age Verification Survey e. Replacement of Association

Server f. SRP street light maintenance/

management and street light committee

6. Items Completed Slide Presentation

a. Additional double rails in Spa b. Handicap and Golf Cart

Parking c. New displays for election

candidates in lobby entrance d. Wall Street Journal and Arizona

Republic Subscriptions e. Pickleball courts

7. Renovation Slide Presentation a. Catalina Card Room b. Signage and Shadow Boxes c. San Tan Library d. Box Office/Welcome Desk e. Miscellaneous

8. December Call Center Summary

Successfully Handled: 97 of 99 or 98% 1st Forward: 2 of 99 or 2% Repeat Forward: 0 of 99 or 0%

Call Audrey Korinek, 480-279-9958 or Barb Bloomenstein, 480-656-4020 for more information.

8 march 2013

Activities Report

Spring is near and we are preparing for our awesome Spring Carnival. You and your grandchildren are sure to be entertained. We are going to have the dunk tank, Christopher the Magician, arts and crafts, bounce houses, and the bunny petting station.

The dunk tank and bunny petting zoo were a huge hit last year. As last year, the bunnies are up for adoption, so get there early so your grandchild can have first dibs on their perfect bunny. The Café will be on hand with food, and it’s always sure to please with $1 menu items you can’t pass on.

Also, this month we are having a Ladies Day of Leisure! You can enjoy a complimentary breakfast, shopping activities, 10% shopping pass, fashion show, and more. For more information, please contact the COA Front Desk!

As we are preparing for the summer, please send me any suggestions or requests that you may have for day trips or outings. We will be continuing with the Summer Music Series, as well as the Mystery Trip. Please send your suggestions to [email protected].

Carletta Miller, Activities Director

Your COA…

This is a busy time for our department. The Fitness Classes are bursting, the Fitness Center is full, and we have many activities & seminars for you to attend. We held our Health Fair last month on February 1st from 9 am to 12 pm in the Ballroom. We would like to thank all of the Drs., hospitals & vendors that took part. Acea, Advanced Chiropractic, Advanced Dermatology, Advanced Foot & Ankle, Advanced Surgical, Albertsons, Advocare, Carlsson Family Eye Center, Chewylou Designs, Copper Creek Inn, Deborah Watson, HealAblility, East Valley Mobility, Friendship Village, Gelato, Gilbert Hospital, Good Sound Audiology, Grace Hospice, Hospice of the Valley, Jose Montoya, Acupuncturist, Life Vantage, Maria Mejia Zumba Clothing, Mayesa, Mercy Gilbert Hospital - Dignity Health, Optimal Spine & Health, OSR Physical Therapy, Power Road Dental, Right Path Health screens, Skin of Dreams, Sommerset Dental, Styles for You, Trilogy Alzheimer’s Support Group and United Blood Services. We appreciate these people taking the time out of their busy schedules to come to Trilogy and share their expertise.

On March 1st we will hold our first Relay for Life. This event will benefit the American Cancer Society. I am hoping to see all of you there that evening from 6 pm to 8:30 pm. This will be an entertaining and rewarding evening for all those who attend. For more info please contact Jennifer or myself.

We started our Waist Watchers Program again on January 2nd and by the 3rd week we had many people who had lost 7 – 10 lbs and are still losing at a steady 1 – 2 pounds a week. This group will continue to meet until the end of March on Wednesday’s at 1:30 pm in the Theater. You can purchase a monthly card for $25 or pay $7 per class. We would love to have you join us.

For any of you who need to get new glasses, dental work done, pick up some prescriptions or just shop or gamble, we will be heading south of the border to Algadones, Mexico on March 18th. You will need a passport. Please pick up your ticket at the COA Front Desk. You can either spend the whole day in Algadones or at the Quechan Casino in Yuma or spend ½ day at both. Come join us for a fun day!

Fitness UpdateRobin Crawford, Fitness Director


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Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

8:00 am Mix It UpShirley

Fit Happens/Hi-Lo (7:55 am) Robin

Mix It UpShirley

Fit Happens/Step (7:55 am) Robin

Mix It UpShirley

8:30 am Pilates Melanie

Pilates Melanie

9:00 am Tone & Sculpt (8:55) Shirley

Tone & Sculpt (8:55) Shirley

ZumbaMaria

9:30 am Zumba GoldBarry

Touch of Everything Jeni T

Zumba GoldBarry

Touch of EverythingJeni T

10:30 am Sit Stretch & StrengthenLois

Yoga for HealingJackie

Sit Stretch & StrengthenLois

Yoga for HealingJackie

Sit Stretch & StrengthenLois

12:00 pm Circuit Training (weight room) Jennifer

Circuit Training (weight room) Jennifer

Circuit Training (weight room) Jennifer

4:00 pm Yoga for HealthJackie

Yoga for HealthLuAnn

Yoga for HealthJackie

Yoga for HealthLuAnn

5:00 pm Men’s Only YogaLuAnn

CLASS SCHEDULE - Subject to change at any time. Classes will be cancelled if we do not have a minimum of 10 people. MONTHLY Unlimited Tickets $30.00 Good For All Fitness Classes.

Per class charge is $3.50 - $5.00. Punch cards are available at COA Front Desk

Aerobic Schedule

8:00 am Tone in MotionJeni T

Tone in MotionJeni T

Tone in MotionJeni T

8:30 am Aqua AerobicsJeni T

Aqua AerobicsJeni T

9:00 am Cardio FunLois

Cardio FunLois

Cardio FunLois

WATER CLASSES

LAND CLASSES

10 march 2013

Your Board of Directors

Your COA…

Your Community Association Staff

Bob KrausePresident

Gary scottVice President

Fran Molleursecretary

Jerry GerigTreasurer

rick GuernseyMember

David KingMember

Frank YoungMember

Ian WelshExecutive [email protected]

Gina MetoyerExecutive [email protected]

ryan KnoblochOperations [email protected]

linda AndrewsManagement [email protected]

Janet PetersonOnsite [email protected]

steve Boyles Maintenance supervisor480-279-2059 [email protected]

Jennifer TaylorFitness & Wellness Coordinator [email protected]

robin CrawfordFitness & Wellness Director480-279-2052 [email protected]

Carletta MillerActivities [email protected]

Terri haganFront Desk [email protected]

Bob Giannini Gatehouse [email protected]

Carol BiittnerBallroom/setup [email protected]

Judy siegelCafé [email protected]

Community Association Contact Information

Main Office Phone: 480-279-2053 Main Office Fax: 480-279-2099 Main Office Email: [email protected]

Gate and After Hours: (6AM – 10PM) Phone: 480-797-1662


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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Q. What is the legal name and address of the Association? A. Trilogy at Power Ranch Community Association, 4369 E. Village Parkway, Gilbert, Arizona, 85298

Q. What are the phone number and fax number of the Association? A. Phone 480-279-2053, Fax 480-279-2099

Q. What is the website of Association? A. www.mytpr.com

Q. How many homes are at Trilogy at Power Ranch? A. There are 2035 homes, approximately 3450 people.

Q. Is Trilogy at Power Ranch a gated community? A. Trilogy is an access-controlled, gated community. A code of the day is assigned each day for use by service and delivery companies (including food delivery.) You can obtain that number from the gatehouse or front desk. DO NOT GIVE OUT YOUR PERSONAL GATE CODE EXCEPT TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

Q. What are the hours of the clubhouse? A. 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily

Q. What are the hours to the pool and fitness center? A. 4:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily (proxy card needed)

Q. How many pools are there and are they heated? A. There are 2 pools and 1 spa. The lap pool and play pool are heated during the winter to 85 degrees, and the spa is heated to 102 degrees (children under 18 years of age are not permitted in the spa).

Q. Can my children use the swimming pool? A. The pool is limited to residents of Trilogy and their guests, ages 3 and older (supervision required). Children’s swim hours (3 to 18 years old) are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily, and also from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Q. What are the Association office hours? A. Monday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (excluding holidays)

Q. Is there an after-hours emergency number? A. TPR Gatehouse phone 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. 7 days per week: 480-797-1662. Rossmar and Graham after hours phone (10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.): 602-336-2700.

Q. Who runs the Association? A. The Association is controlled by a seven-member Board of Directors, elected annually during the month of March. Terms are for two years and are staggered so that one year three positions are up and the next four positions are up.

Q. When does the Board of Directors meet? A. The Board conducts an extensive work session typically on the second Wednesday of every month at 10 a.m. and conducts regular Board of Director meetings typically on the third Wednesday of every month at 10 a.m. (occasionally 6 p.m.). The Annual Meeting of the Members is held on the second Wednesday of March each year (March 13th this year). For a detailed schedule of the Board Meetings visit mytpr.com or watch for the Board Meeting notifications in the Bulletin Boards by the entry and exit gates around the community.

Executive Director’s Corner Ian M. Welsh, CAAM, CMCA, AMS

Q. How many committees are there? A. There are 10 committees serving at the pleasure of the Board of Directors: 1.) Architectural Control, 2.) Communications, 3.) Election, 4.) Finance, 5.) Golf Course Relationship, 6.) Governing Documents Review, 7.) Landscape/Facilities, 8.) Planning, 9.) Ad-Hoc Exploratory Funding, 10.) Ad-Hoc Street Light.

Q. How many clubs are there? A. There are 30 clubs; Angels, Art, Bingo/Casino, Bocce, Bowlers, Bridge, Bunco, Ceramics, Clogging, Company of Friends, Computer, Cooking, Creative Designers, Euchre, Genealogy, Hiking, Ladies Golf (TLGA), Line Dance, Mah Jongg, New York, Quilters, Scrapbooking, Singers, Singles, Social Dance, Stained Glass, Tap Dance, Tennis, Theatre, and Travel.

Q. How much are the Association monthly assessments? A. The monthly dues are $118 per month, paid quarterly ($354) on the following dates: January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1.

Q. How do I pay my quarterly assessment? A. Quarterly assessments are billed directly to the homeowner by the Association’s managing agent, Rossmar and Graham, and can be paid by mail to the Association lockbox, paid at the front desk, or set up on automatic bank debit or bill pay (cash and credit card are not accepted).

Q. Why do I need my proxy card? A. As Trilogy is a gated facility and its amenities are exclusive to residents and their guests, your proxy card provides access to the four gated entrances, clubhouse, facilities, and specialty rooms.

Q. Is my proxy card transferrable? A. No, proxy cards are not transferrable at any time.

Q. How do I contact the Association employees? A. The Association employees contact information is as follows:

1. Executive Director Ian Welsh 480-279-2051 [email protected] 2. Executive Assistant Gina Metoyer 480-279-2056 [email protected] 3. Operations Manager Ryan Knobloch 480-279-2057 [email protected] 4. Management Assistant Linda Andrews 480-279-2064 [email protected] 5. Onsite Controller Janet Peterson 480-279-2066 [email protected] 6. Facilities Director Steve Boyles 480-279-2059 [email protected] 7. Fitness Director Robin Crawford 480-279-2052 [email protected] 8. Activities Director Carletta Miller 480-279-2054 [email protected] 9. Front Desk Supervisor Terri Hagen 480-279-2053 [email protected] 10. Gatehouse Supervisor Bob Giannini 480-797-1662 [email protected] 11. Fitness Coordinator Jennifer Taylor 480-279-2060 [email protected] 12. Bookings & Setup Carol Biittner 480-279-2058 [email protected] 13. Café Director Judy Siegel 480-279-2055 [email protected] 14. Landscape Manager Maury Ahlman 480-204-3160 [email protected]

*Members please note that e-mails are the preferred method of communication.

Q. What is the Association Staff’s mission statement? A. To provide exceptional customer service to the members of Trilogy at Power Ranch.

12 march 2013

Trilogy at Power Ranch Community Association

Board of Directors General MeetingWednesday, December 19, 2012

Draft MinutesDate and Time: Pursuant to Article 3, Section 9 of the Trilogy at Power Ranch Community Association Bylaws, a regular meeting of the Board of Directors was held on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 6:00 P.M. in the Sierra Ballroom of the Trilogy at Power Ranch Clubhouse.

Facilitator: The President, Bob Krause, called the meeting to order at 6:00 P.M.

Quorum: The following Directors were present; Bob Krause, Gary Scott, Fran Molleur, Jerry Gerig, Rick Guernsey, David King, and Frank Young. The Executive Director, Ian Welsh, represented management.

Action Items: Minutes: A motion was made by Fran Molleur and seconded by Rick Guernsey to accept the minutes of the December 19, 2012 General Meeting as presented. The motion was approved unanimously.Financials: A motion was made by Jerry Gerig and seconded by Frank Young to accept the November 2012 Financial Statement as presented. The motion was approved unanimously.

Committee Reports: Election: The Chair of the Committee, Toni Martin, introduced Daniel Morrissey, Marilyn D. Jackson, Pius J. Lacher, Gary Scott, Frank Young, and Paul R. Reynolds as the candidates for the four (4) open Board of Directors positions. Golf Course Relationship: A Board Liaison of the Committee, Gary Scott, updated the Board on the progress of the committee, including a Golf Course Informational Evening on February 6th

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at 6:30pm in the Sierra Ballroom with Ron Thompson, owner of the Trilogy Golf Club.

Management Report: Ian Welsh presented the Management Status Report to the Directors. He also updated the Board on change orders made during the Clubhouse Renovations. David King requested a complete accounting of the funds spent during the renovation. Jerry Gerig reiterated that he is completing the accounting which will be made available at the February Work Session. Bob Krause called a Point of Order on Circular Discussion.

Committee Reports: Architectural Control: The Chair of the Committee, Fran Molleur, submitted a written report. Election: The Secretary of the Committee, Arnie Rohlwing, submitted written reports.Exploratory Funding: The Chair of the Committee, Ron Rodgers, submitted written reports.Financial: The Secretary of the Committee, Lu Kearse, submitted a written report.Planning: The Secretary of the Committee, Rica Semones, submitted written reports.

Member Comments: The following members commented; Lot 210 on the Recker Road Extension, Lot 611 on the Tennis/Pickleball Courts, Lot 1137 on the changes to the San Tan Press.

Adjourn: There being no other business; a motion was made by Jerry Gerig, seconded by Fran Molleur, and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at 7:32 P.M.

Respectfully submitted, Ryan Knobloch, CAAM, CMCAOperations Manager

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14 march 2013

Your COA…

Just a reminder to all members of the community that we all need to comply with the Association Parking Rules & Regulations found in the Association Rules, Article 5.11 through 5.11.8.

Parking on the street overnight is not permitted for homeowners and residents. Guests may park on the street overnight if there is no room in the driveway for up to 48 consecutive hours in a 72 hour period (must obtain parking permit from the front desk to be placed in the front windshield). Please do not park on sidewalks or curbs, block other driveways, or on the wrong side of the street or anywhere that would impede pedestrians or bicyclists. Please always park in appropriate areas when visiting the Clubhouse.

Should you have a situation arise that requires parking outside of the Association Rules please contact the office and we may be able to assist you with a solution or alternative.

Thank you in advance for everyone’s cooperation in this matter.

Compliance RemindersLinda Andrews, Management Team

Operations OutlookRyan Knobloch, Operations Manager

Age Verification: What is it? Why do we need it?

If you hadn’t heard, Trilogy at Power Ranch is an Age Restricted Active Adult Community. As we all age, many of us reach the age when our priorities change. We no longer want the house with a white picket fence in a neighborhood filled with playgrounds, schools, and children. We want to be around people our age with common interests in a community of peace and quiet. These new priorities along with the large population of Baby Boomers have led to the popularity of Adult-only housing. What does this mean? Under Federal Law and Legislation, we are permitted to restrict occupants of our community to adults 55 years of age or older. This all stems from two major developments in the U.S. political and legal system.

First, in 1988 the U.S. Government enacted the Fair Housing Amendments Act. This Act prohibited housing discrimination based on “familial status.” Fortunately, they included a provision in the Act exempting Adult-only communities from the age rules if they meet three criteria:

1. 80% of units in a community must be occupied by at least one person 55 years of age or older.

2. A community must publish policies and procedures making clear the intent to provide adult-only housing.

3. A community must provide “significant facilities and services specifically designed to meet the physical or social needs of older persons.”

Second, in 1995 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published regulations on how Adult-only communities must comply with the criteria required to meet the exemption in the Fair Housing Act. Among the regulations, was included the requirement that Associations conduct a biennial (every other year) survey to verify the ages of its residents. The survey must include the requirement for obtaining independent proof of age, which means a copy of an official form of identification.

It is for these reasons that we sent out the 2013 Age Verification Survey in January. It is in the interest of every resident of our beautiful community to complete the form and return it to the Association Office. To complete the form:

1. Fill out the Date, Lot #, Property Address, and the information for all the occupants;

2. Provide to the Office a copy of one of the occupants’ proof of age (driver’s license, birth certificate, passport, immigration card, military id, or other official state, local, national or international id containing a birth date).

3. Complete and Sign the Affidavit (unless there are no occupants who are 55 years of age or older).

Please help us ensure that Trilogy at Power Ranch’s way of life not only continues, but also thrives. Thank you for your help and interest!


16 march 2013

Committees…

Committees Board Liaisons Chairs Architectural Control Fran Molleur Fran MolleurCommunications Bob Krause Verna GearyElection Bob Krause Tony MartinExploratory Funding Bob Krause Ron RodgersFinance Jerry Gerig Frank BoragineGolf Course Relationship Rick Guernsey, David King, Gary Scott Larry BarryGoverning Documents Review Fran Molleur, Gary Scott Linda MerchantLandscape/Facilities David King, Frank Young Stu StraitPlanning Rick Guernsey, Frank Young Allan ConverseStreet Light Evaluation Bob Krause Bill Katz

Committee Liaisons

Election Committee Report

As you read this report the Board of Directors Elections is coming to a close.

It is important that you vote as it is a sign of support for the Association and the future board. Additionally we have had close elections at Trilogy in the past and your vote could make the difference.

The ballot box will be removed at 4 p.m. on March 8th to allow the committee time to start tallying the vote. However, ballots will be accepted over the counter at the office. Ballots will also be accepted during the first fifteen minutes of the Annual Meeting. Ballots received by mail on or before the day of the Annual Meeting will also be counted.

Please remember to sign your ballot and only one ballot may be cast per property. After the results have been announced at the annual meeting candidates have until Monday, March (18) eighteenth to file an election challenge.

Once the election is over it is time for the community to come together and support the new board. The new board is made up of homeowners who are willing to share their time and talents for the good of the Association and deserve your respect for their willingness to serve.

Dissent is an essential part of democracy but it is only constructive when done with civility.

Tony Martin

Architectural Control Committee Report

YARD & WALL ORNAMENTATIONS –

The Trilogy at Power Ranch Architectural Guidelines limit ornamentations to three (3) in the front yard and five (5) in the backyard. Yard ornamentations must be limited to two (2) feet in height and take up no more than three (3) square feet of space. Wall ornamentations must be limited to four feet in diameter. The ACC has noted many, many front yards (including walls of the dwelling unit and garage) with greater than three ornamentations. We are suggesting that each homeowner remove the excess ornamentations to prevent receiving a code violation letter. Let’s all follow the Architectural Guidelines so that no one is subjected to a violation. Also, once you have selected the three items for your front yard and/or the five items for your backyard, you are required to submit an application for approval to the ACC using the “Application for Architectural Approval – General” form. Including pictures and specific sizes of the items will greatly speed up the approval process. We appreciate everyone’s effort in keeping our yards from looking “junky” and maintaining the upscale look of our community. ~~ The ACC meets the first and third Monday of each month in the Catalina Room.

Karen Troyer


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Communications Committee ReportVerna Gearey, Chairperson

What does the word “communication” mean? Actually, as I’m sure you know there are several meanings but there are two that are the point of this column. The first is from Webster’s:

• A process by which information isexchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior;” i.e. the exchange of information.

Another explanation is a synonym from Roget’s II Thesaurus:

• “Relate” – (Informal) To interact with another or others in a meaningful fashion.

The process of communicating one’s feelings should involve a give and take between two or more individuals. In this manner, each person’s thoughts, opinions, remarks, explanations, etc., are expressed and/or debated.

There are people living here at Trilogy who choose to “communicate” their feelings by writing anonymous letters and/or emails. Their objective may be to complain about some issue with which they don’t agree, or to call to task some individual’s actions, the Board of Director’s or Management’s decisions, or some problem with a member of the staff. While their message may – or may not – be accurate, when written anonymously there is no opportunity for discussion. Those who choose to “communicate” in this fashion should not expect a solution to their perceived problem – nor should they expect an answer from the recipient. How can one expect an issue to be resolved if there is no meaningful dialogue in which both (or more) parties can explain their action – or inaction, decision, procedure, etc.

Please – when wishing to have “your say” – which is your right as a Trilogy member, do it in a meaningful manner by signing your name(s) and actually communicating with the recipient of your message. To do less than that is assuring that nothing will be done and your message will not be taken seriously.

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Clubs and Activities…The Clubs and Groups of Trilogy at Power Ranchangels Peggy hewitt 988-4867

arTisTs Tues & Thurs 8am nancy hunter 246-9529 erica eschmann 393-3539

Bingo 3rd sun 7pm Jeanette Page 773-6398

Bingo monDay mon 11am ramona melot 279-0602

Bocce mon - sat 9am ernie schoeneberger 390-8687

BooK Discussion 1st Thurs 7pm gerri Brooks 272-6970

Bowlers Fri 10am Bob orner 988-0711

BriDge mon - Thurs, sat Bill harrison 813-7683

Bunco last mon 7pm Bob Kellow 988-6296

ceramics wed, Thurs 9am nancy long 279-6049

chaVurah Juanita eisler 988-0006

clogging mon 9:30am Pat lunne 471-8947

co. oF FrienDs 2nd, 4th wed David Tones 907-7634

comPuTer 2nd Thurs 1 pm roger hoffman 626-5176

cooKing 1st sat Breakfast Juanita eisler 279-0572

creaTiVe Designers Tues 9am Barbara Jester 361-8322

euchre Tues 7pm noel livernois 840-1732 Bob orner 988-0711

FrienDs oF Bill w Thurs 773-1656

genealogy 2nd mon 1pm larinda larson 602-309-2408

hiKing Fri, Tues 7:45am steve halvorsen 620-6082

illinois grouP Don white 614-8449

iowa grouP Darrell smith 988-6967

KnighTs oF columBus Tues 7pm herman Vander 814-9587 heyden

KniT one & crocheT Too Tues 9am Vickie allen 361-1870

laDies golF (Tlga) Tues 1pm mira stojanovich 840-3090

line Dance Tues 1pm, 6:30pm mary ronalds 558-0800

mahJongg wed 12:30pm, Peggy michalski 247-2617 Thurs, Fri, noon

men’s golF (Tmga) Pro shop 988-0400

men’s soFTBall henry cook 699-2017

new yorK ronnie Dechiario 626-5133

QuilTers mon, Tues, Fri 9am nell Doll 988-1297

reD haT Tamales 3rd wed Jane Quimby 279-3570

scraPBooKing wed 9am, Th 6pm Joanne amico 508-404-6989

singers mon 6:30pm Kathy Peterson 584-5798

singles 4th Fri 6:30pm Barbara copeland 585-3060

social Dance 1st sat 9 am chris steigerwald 292-8293

sTaineD glass Daily exp. Tu & Th 8-1 Judy siegel 219-7723

TaP Dance Thurs 9am nancy hettich 279-3745

Tennis 1st mon 4pm ruben nunez 988-4962

TheaTre 2nd sat 9am Bob Krause 855-5976

TraVel Jean o’Donnell 726-8928

TreKKers ron Davidson 437-4184

The Band of Angels “Trilogy’s Helping Hands”

Please call if you need any help and please tell your neighbors about us.

Angel & Card Delivery: Sunshine Angels deliver angel statues and cards to residents that are seriously ill, injured or have lost a spouse, child or parent. Dee Martin 279-9836 or Gail Erickson 785-6608

Caregiver Relief Services: Angels stay with residents while their normal caregiver goes to appointments, shopping, etc. Angels go more often when a resident is very ill and help the family handle the situation. Marianne Gormley 988-0963

Equipment: We have various types of shower chairs, walkers, potty chairs, and wheelchairs available for residents to borrow. JoAnn Makedonsky 659-4190 or Nancy Long 279-6049

House of Refuge Donation Center: 480-988-9395

Minor Home Repairs: Angels do minor repairs such as change light bulbs, filters or batteries. Bob Peterson 633-1055

Phone Calls & Visits: Angels make phone calls each day to be sure the resident is well. Visits are made to homes to keep in touch. Calls are made to residents just to say hello, how are you? Ruth Orner 988-0711

Resources: Angels can provide information or help set residents up with needed services such as Meals on Wheels, Equipment, Hospital Beds, etc. Donna Jabara 283-1634 or Carol Payant 897-2902

Transportation: Angels provide rides when family and friends cannot to medical appointments, shopping, errands and social activities at Trilogy. Grace Oetting 275-2019

Tutoring at House of Refuge: Volunteers help children with their homework and studies. This program runs mid-August to mid-July on Monday and/or Wednesday from 4:00 – 5:30 pm. Marcella D’Avanzo 924-3476

Contact any of the above or write us at P.O. Box 9517, Chandler Heights, AZ 85127. New volunteers are always welcome. Right now we are looking for help with Phone Calls & Visits, Transportation and Minor Home Repairs. Thank you all for your continued support.


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Clubs and Groups - we welcome your inputs so that the community can learn more about what is going on in your organization. Please send your inputs to BOTH [email protected] AND [email protected] by the 23rd of each month. Inputs must be no longer than 160 words, and must be in MS Word (.doc ... not .docx) format. Turn off all special formatting such as change tracking. Please do NOT send your inputs to the editor or to the COA office. Thanks!

BINGO CLUBMAY THE LUCK OF THE IRISH BE WITH YOU! Try your luck out at Sunday night Bingo on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17. Join us for great game pay-outs, snacks and 50/50 raff le. Last day to purchase a ticket is Friday, March 15 unless sold out. A ticket is required for entrance to Bingo. Tickets are not sold at the door. Ticket broker for selling or buying Bingo tickets is Judy Joyner 988-7858. Set your calendars for fun times with the Bingo Club’s activities. See our 2013 schedule on mytpr.com Like the ponies? Join us March 19 for Turf Paradise. Want a get-a-way? April 16 – 18 is the annual trip to Laughlin. Call Jeanette Page for your Laughlin tickets. Bingo information is always on mytpr.com and the plasma screens. Must be 21 to attend Bingo or Casino trips. Interested in being a part of our planning committee? Contact Jeanette Page.

BOCCE CLUBThe Bocce Club is busy with tournaments and the winter league. We recently hosted the very successful Valentine’s Day Dance for the Community.

A Winter League is well underway and will be wrapping up in March. There will be a celebration for all competitors at the end of league play.

The club will be holding the Sid Brooks Tournament on March 15-16. The monthly Birthday/Anniversary Bash will coincide with the final day of the tournament, March 16.

On March 2 the club will hold their spring barbecue for members.

A Texas Hold’em Tournament will be held Sunday, March 24. This event is open to all Trilogy residents. Tickets are on sale at the Box Office.

Prospective members are welcome to come to the courts and talk to members about the game and join the club, and Bocce 101 on Thursdays at 4 p.m. provides free lessons for new and veteran players alike.

BOWLING CLUBMarch is a great time to join the Bowling Club at the Brunswick XL Lanes near the southeast corner of Gilbert Rd. and Warner. What better way to spend a Friday morning! We meet for socializing from 9 a.m. and begin the games at 10 a.m. Two games, shoe and ball rental and all the coffee and water you can drink is a bargain at $4.50 A PERSON. We do not record results and do not have established teams. We do have lots of fun and laughs. No experience is necessary and everyone is welcome. Welcome new Bowling Club officers for 2013: President-Bob Orner, Vice President-Ed Cislowski, and Secretary- Tony Amico.

BUNCO CLUBIf you would like to have some FUN and EXCITEMENT and meet some of your neighbors then come play BUNCO. If you are new to Trilogy, this is a good way to meet some of the other

residents plus learn how to play Bunco. Bunco is a very easy game to learn and involves very little skill to play. The BUNCO CLUB meets on the last Monday of each month throughout the year. There are NO dues to join or monthly fees to be a member in good standing. We charge $5 per person to play and all the money collected each game night is returned to the lucky winners. We play 24 games and take a short intermission after the 12th game. Game night for March is Monday the 25th. For more information you may contact president Bob Kellow at 988-6296 or email to [email protected].

CLOGGING CLUBWhy MARCH when you can CLOG? And that’s exactly what we do every Monday morning in the Ballroom. Starting at 9:15 and slowing down around noon. Why not stop by when you’re in the area and take a closer look at this fun dance and exercise program.

In January, the SadieKat Stompers were joined by Judy Harmon and Susan O’Connell at the Tucson Clogging Convention with well-known clogging instructor and choreographer Scotty Bilz. One of the Stompers was unable to make the trip so we took a picture of her with us everywhere we went. We called it “Flat Barbara”. It made for a LOT of laughs! In February we traveled down to Yuma for another fun workshop. These venues give you a chance to see old friends along with new steps and dances. Everyone has a great time. Why not find out if Clogging is for YOU? Call Pat or email her at [email protected]

COMPUTER CLUBThe Computer Club monthly presentation will be on March 14 at 1 p.m. in the Sierra Ballroom. The presentation is not yet decided upon. Please watch your email to see what the topic of the presentation will be.

There is a “Beginning Computer Advanced Class” tentatively scheduled for Saturday, March 16 from 10 a.m. until noon. Sign up using the online registration form at myTPR.com/Clubs/Computer Club or contact Lois Flyte at lf [email protected].

Don’t forget the Monday help sessions every Monday from 10 a.m. until noon in the Center for Higher Learning.

COOKING CLUBSpring is on its way, and the Cooking Club is looking forward to preparing the St. Paddy’s Day dinner for the Community. If you have not purchased your tickets yet, you had better do so quickly. The date is Saturday, March 16 in the Ballroom. Doors open at 6 p.m.. Corned beef, cabbage and lots of other traditional goodies will be served with dancing after dinner with a great band! All for the price of $18 per person.

Remember that on the first Saturday of the month we serve the community breakfast for $6 per person at the door or $5 in advance if tickets are purchased from the COA office.If you like to cook and like to share some of your cooking ideas, we can use you in the Cooking Club. Drop by on a Friday afternoon before a Saturday Breakfast and see what we are all about. We enjoy working together and serving the community.

CREATIvE DESIGNERSMark your calendar now to attend Creative Designer’s Annual Spring Craft Boutique which will be held in the Sierra Ballroom on Friday, March 22 from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, March 23 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Need a gift for a grandchild, friend or yourself? This is the place to purchase with items for fun, to wear

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Clubs and Activities…and decorate your home.

The Higley High School Jazz Band will perform on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at our spring Craft Boutique.

We would love to have you come and be a part of our club whether weekly, occasionally as a helping hand participant or some time line that works best for you. Come join us in the Inspiration Studio on Mondays from 9 until noon. We are working on items for our upcoming spring boutique and could use your help.

GENEALOGY CLUBThe March meeting of the Genealogy Club will be held March 11 at 1 p.m. in the Catalina Room. The topic for the presentation in March will be “Problem Solving and your Brick Wall - when you don’t know where to look next.”

The presentation will give suggestions on where to look when you have run out of ideas. Examples of how Military Pension Records, Land Records and Probate Documents solved family search problems will also be explained. The presentation will be made by Denise Crawford from the Family Search Library in Mesa.

The Trilogy Genealogy Club meets on the second Monday of the month at 1 p.m. in the Catalina Room. New members and visitors are welcome. See www.mytpr.com for additional details. Members of the Genealogy Club are available to assist in research. Genealogy classes are also available during the year.

If you have additional questions about the club please contact President, Larinda Larson at [email protected].

HIKING CLUBThe Trilogy Hiking Club leaves the clubhouse at 8 a.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays to explore area trails. Hikes vary in length from 3 to 9 miles. For information contact Steve Halvorsen at [email protected].

LADIES GOLF (TLGA)The golf season is in full swing and we are having a great time. The 18-holers continue to have tee times on Tuesday mornings and the 9-holers have times on Wednesdays. Please contact the pro-shop for further information and tee times.

The Red and Blue tournament was held on Feb. 12 and was a huge success and a great time was had by all. We want to thank Lindsey Fonick and Judy King for putting this Tournament together.

The Trilogy Ladies Golf Association will be hosting their Ladies Member/Guest Tournament, “DIVAS ON THE GREEN” on March 11 and 12 for 2 person teams (one TLGA member and one guest). Monday the 11th will be an optional practice round with a game and prizes. Tuesday the 12th will be a shotgun start at 8 a.m. with a continental breakfast before the round and lunch and prizes after the round. Look for more details on the bulletin board in the pro-shop.

MAH JONGGInterested in learning how to play the game? There are two kinds of Mah Jongg: American (played with a card) and Chinese. Both are fun. Give me a call and I’ll set you up, Ruben 988-4962. Chinese Mah Jongg players: this is a reminder that if you are really interested in changing or adding a rule to our existing rules, you should be submitting your ideas to our Mah Jongg Board. There

are many rules out there. Ours are not too complicated and are easy to follow. A committee will be formed to decide if any should be changed.

NEW YORK CLUBOn New Year’s Eve the New York Club joined forces with The Company of Friends to bring to this community a wonderful event. It was a delicious Prime Rib dinner and the music was provided by Jason Christopher. Jason is a local DJ. He works for several radio stations in the Phoenix area. His company name is Muscleman Music. He and his lovely wife Kerrie made this evening something special. They kept it going with lots of entertaining dances and great music. The decorations were truly spectacular and the balloon drop at midnight along with the champagne toast made it extra special. Of course there was a TV monitor in the room to provide the viewing of the “ball drop” in Times Square in NYC.

A fun time was had by all. This club has worked very hard all year to provide our members, and in this case the community, with top notch parties. This one was a wonderful way to end 2012.

PICKLEBALLThe Pickleball Club would like to thank, the following Business that supported our Grand Kick off and 1st Members Pot Luck. Rossmar Graham/TPR HOASlate Bistro & BarSports ChaletPaddle TechAlbertson’s Power RoadBarro’s Power RoadGreat Clips Power RoadFletcher’s Power RoadFry’s Chandler Heights RoadSafeway Power RoadSkippy’s Chandler Heights RdSubway Power RoadNew York Pizza Chandler Heights RoadPapa Murphy’s Chandler Heights RoadRosati’s Power Road Thank You Very Very Much!

QUILTERS CLUBMondays are our designated Charity Work Day, and Jan. 14 turned out to be extremely productive. While one group layered and pinned completed tops in preparation for their quilting, others were pressing, cutting and piecing together two more tops, one with a baseball theme for donation to a children’s group. Since donating 44 quilts in November, we have completed another 45 charity quilts to be distributed in the spring. Our winter population is back and we’re having fun!These quilts and many more will be on display at our April 13 Quilt Show. We are also working on items for our Country Store which was such a success last year. Raff le tickets will soon go on sale for the beautiful circle quilt now in its final stages of construction. Please stop in at the Show for a visit and enjoy the many quilts on display. You may see some of your generously donated fabrics in use.

SCRAPBOOK CLUBWith St. Patrick’s Day and Easter both in March, it will be a very busy time for Trilogy card makers. For those who will be heading back to colder climates, the pressure is on to complete all the cards



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that need special equipment provided by the Scrapbook Club. We are planning a crop in early April. Members will meet in the Trilogy Ballroom from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and spend the entire day working on their projects.

The Scrapbook Club meets every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the Catalina Room and on most Thursday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m. in the café area. Please call Joanne Amico at 508-404-6989 or Mary Lee Smith at 244-8377 with any questions or stop in to see us any Wednesday morning or Thursday evening.

When you need a special card or custom order, contact The Card Lady at 641-5820 or at [email protected].

SINGERSThe Trilogy Singers would love to have you sing with us every Monday night at 6:30 in the Ballroom. Many of us are not even able to read music but we have a desire to sing. Jackie Borreson, our director, and Kathy Peterson, our pianist, rally around us to maintain a steady f low of vocal harmony. Come visit with us and see what you are missing out on.

Our yearly dues of $12 helps to pay for music books and catered events.

We are presently coordinating music for the Spring Concert. Come visit with us.

SINGLES CLUBMarch has blown in like a lion and the Singles Club is roaring with new adventures for our members. The Singles Club fills all those days with events keeping us very busy. For $10 each year you are able to partake of weekly functions to keep you on the go and meet new friends throughout the year. We go to brunches, dinners, stage performances, and much, much more.

Won’t you come join us? We would love to have you be a part of our group. Our next meeting is on March 22 at 6:30 in the Summit Studio.

For more information call Barbara Copeland at 585-3060 or e-mail [email protected].

SOCIAL DANCEThere’s still time to get your tickets to the Annual Western Dance with the Western Electric Band, our favorite CW band, performing again for our dancing and listening pleasure - April 6 at 7 p.m. Bob Mummelthie, our unofficial dance instructor, is getting anxious to help all of us learn the two step, so be ready for his lessons. They are included in the ticket price, a mere $10. Such a deal! Bob’s first lesson is on March 28 at 7 p.m., the second on April 4 at 7 p.m. and the last one is right before the dance, April 6 at 6:15 p.m.

This will be another super evening. Great band, Great dance music, Great dance lessons. How can it get any better? See you there! For further information on either the lessons or the dance, call Sonja or Carl at 988-0024.

STAINED GLASSMembers of the Stained Glass Club may use the club equipment in the Stained Glass Room (Expressions Studio) located next to the Fitness Center, to work on projects. Club membership is open to anyone who has completed the introductory stained glass class or who is experienced in working with stained glass and who is familiar with the equipment in the Stained Glass Room. Membership is $25 per calendar year. The Stained Glass Room is

open for members use at all hours except Tuesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., when the room is used by the Art Club.

For membership information, contact President Ron Davidson at [email protected], Vice President Judy Siegel at [email protected], Treasurer Judy Morinville at [email protected], or Secretary Cheryl Lahmann at [email protected].

TAP DANCE CLUBHappy St. Patrick’s Day from the Tap Dance Club!

We are in the process of planning our Annual Meeting for April when we will elect new officers. We encourage anyone in the Club who is interested in running for office and becoming more engaged in the Tap Club process to submit their name. We welcome new ideas that enhance the energy of an already spectacular and active club.

Our tappers are busy practicing dances, new and old, to keep them fresh in our minds and prepare us for the 2014 Tap Dance Show. Our newest members are learning new steps and dances as well. We encourage everyone to keep moving and learning to help our minds and bodies stay active and healthy.

If you would like to become a Tap Dancer and be part of a great group of women, please contact Nancy at [email protected] or call her at 279-3745.

TENNIS CLUB March looks like a quieter month for the Tennis Club with only one invitational planned at Cottonwood on the 2nd. A trip has also been arranged to view the professional tennis at Indian Wells on the 8th. Any last minute events will be posted on the bulletin board.

On a daily basis, there is always time to sign up for sets or just drop in for round robin games. The Men’s and Women’s leagues continue through the month and we have a variety of lessons and drills to choose from. There is play at all levels, so come join the fun. Our meeting at 4 p.m. in the card room on the first Monday of the month, is a good place to get more information. You can also stop by the courts and ask any player or check out the bulletin board next to courts one and two.

THEATRE CLUBOnly eight days left before the Club will present the play “Senior Follies.” Check to see if any tickets are left for this hilarious play about a retirement home and its residents. Our actors, directors, scenery crew and about 90 other members are still busy at work getting everything ready for the March 8 and 9 performances. Our next regular meeting is Saturday, March 9 at 9 a.m. in the Catalina Room. Coffee and doughnuts are served. If you have tickets for the trip to the Palm Springs Follies - remember – the bus will be at the Clubhouse at 5 a.m.; luggage loaded at 5:30 a.m. and the bus will leave PROMPTLY at 6 a.m. DON’T BE LATE! The bus will not wait for you. Two busloads of Trilogy residents are looking forward to a wonderful experience.

TRAvEL CLUBThe Travel Expo in February was our big event for the year. If you attended, we hope you enjoyed it and found many trips you’d like to take. Stay tuned for information on Travel Club sponsored trips for late 2013 and 2014. A general meeting open to all residents is scheduled for Thursday, April 11. Check the calendar and website for time, location and meeting agenda. For more information contact Jean O’Donnell at 726-8928 or [email protected].

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She has others from Denmark, Italy, Russia, Luxembourg and the United States. The first piece I noticed was the mermaid statue on the fountain in her yard, likely the largest in her collection.

She also has books and photos and her favorite is an August 20, 1955 edition of the “Saturday Evening Post” with the Norman Rockwell cover of a fisherman carrying a mermaid in his lobster trap which she framed.

Joan also collects Gerber Baby Dolls. She was born in the small town of Fremont, Michigan, the home of the Gerber Products Company. Most of us are familiar with the trademark of the company: a charcoal sketch of the head of a baby with bright, big eyes whose mouth is open appearing to baby talk. The sketch was drawn by Dorothy Hope Smith after viewing a photograph of her neighbor’s baby, Ann Turner. When Gerber initiated a contest in 1928 to produce a logo which would represent their new products, she submitted the unfinished charcoal sketch of Ann. She told Gerber she would finish it if they agreed that it was the size and age of a baby they had in mind for the logo. Dorothy Smith never had the chance to finish the drawing since it was accepted just the way it was. That original drawing is preserved today under glass in the Company archives, and is the only logo that has remained the same since it was first used because “a baby today looks the same as a baby looked in 1928.” Joan has a photograph of the baby as adult Ann Turner Cook in which she is holding a copy of the sketch.

Dolls modeled after the Gerber baby logos were first

Features…

Collector’s Corner Joan Grubaugh

Julann Evans

Whenever I encounter someone with an interest in a particular collectible, or collectibles of a particular era, the first question that comes to

mind is how or why did that particular collectible or era come to be of special interest or importance. The answers are varied of course, and always interesting, but until meeting Joan Grubaugh I had never heard of a collectible interest stemming from a love of swimming and a movie!

Joan grew up on a lake in Michigan where she and her family and friends loved to swim. Her father was a medical doctor and Speaker of the Michigan State Medical Society. Each year members of the Society met on Michigan’s Mackinac Island. Often they brought the children along. When Joan was sixteen, film studio MGM produced an American musical on Mackinac Island titled “This Time for Keeps” starring Esther Williams who was, understandably, a bit of an idol of Joan’s. She and other teenage girls were invited to appear as “extras” on the film. They were paid $10 a day, a large sum of money for children in 1946. When asked about working with Miss Williams, Joan said she was “very nice” to the girls.

Joan began collecting mermaid figures and her connection to mermaids extended to her undergraduate years at Northwestern University as president of the Lorelei Synchronized Swimming Club. As some of you may know, “Lorelei” is the name of a feminine water spirit similar to mermaids or Rhine maidens associated with a rock on the eastern bank of the Rhine River in Germany. Joan’s mermaid collection is eclectic. She began with whimsical pieces of funny shapes and faces and later became interested in beautiful art pieces and rare finds. She purchased few of the everyday inexpensive figures because they are easy

to find and, as Joan says, “It is easy to tell the people producing them never saw a mermaid.” However, she also owns vintage bisque figures made from 1940-1950 in Japan or occupied Japan which usually are 3-5 inches in size. Some of these could be thought of as risqué and were often used in aquariums.

Included in her mermaid collection are fine art pieces made by Lladro (Spain) and Royal Doulton (England).


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manufactured in 1936. Over 130 versions of the dolls have been manufactured in the years since. The first dolls were made of cloth, later some were made of rubber, porcelain and eventually of vinyl. The dolls were dressed as both genders. Joan purchased her first baby doll in 1981 as a gift to her first grandson when it was offered to stockholders as a special purchase. Later when she decided to purchase one for herself, she found she had to get one from an antique dealer and pay $65, three times more than she paid in 1981!

In 1972, the dolls were produced as both a black or white doll. In 1989, Joan saw an ad in an Ohio paper for an auction in which a black Gerber doll was up for sale. She began with a bid of $1, but another lady bid against her and they countered with bids until the price went up to $85 and Joan won the bid. After this event, she went to antique shows in search of collectible dolls.

In addition to dolls, Gerber offered many baby premiums with the logo such as bibs, spoons, dishes, the Gerber Baby picture, as well as useful items for the mothers. Joan also collected these. Later the grandchildren of Dan and Dorothy Gerber, the originators of Gerber Baby Foods, happily bought much of her collection to keep them in the family.

The origin of the Gerber Company as the first baby food supplier, the many versions of the dolls and accessories throughout the years have been thoroughly documented in a book written by Joan titled A Collector’s Guide to the Gerber Baby and subtitled, “The World’s Best Known Baby Featuring Gerber Baby Dolls & Advertising Collectibles.” It was published in 1996. Joan very kindly presented me with a signed copy of the book which I shall treasure.

Joan displays her collections beautifully throughout her lovely home. It was a pleasure to talk with her and view her prized collectibles.

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Creative Designers ClubThe 2013 “SPRING CRAFT BOUTIQUE”

Creative Designers will be hosting the “SPRING CRAFT BOUTIQUE” on Friday, March 21, from 4 -8 p.m., and Saturday, March 22, from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., in the Sierra Ballroom.This popular event is not to be missed! Now in its eleventh year, it promises to be one of the finest in the area. Featured are boutique quality items suitable for any gift-giving occasion or for personal use and home decor.

Whether you are looking for a f loral arrangement, a casino bag, jewelry or a new fashion scarf, look no further. In addition, there will be novelty cards, baby items, utility bibs and aprons, doll clothes; the list goes on and on. There’s something for everyone!

All items are hand crafted, with a cutting edge design that is pleasing and user friendly.

Proceeds from the event will benefit 501c3 charities (non-profit organizations or schools of choice).

Recently, Creative Designers met with Dr. Denise Birdwell, Superintendent of the Higley Unified School District, and presented a monetary contribution to their library fund to be used for the purchase of new library books.

Also, a monetary contribution was made to the Band of Angels in appreciation for the services they provide to the residents of the Trilogy community. Peggy Hewitt accepted on their behalf.

Creative Designers is a group of dedicated individuals with a common purpose, helping underprivileged children.

Over the years we have formed a special bond, which not only reinforces our love of crafting, it allows us to feed off of one another to create beautiful handcrafted items for our craft sales. More importantly our members consider it as a labor of love; which is priceless.

We are always looking for new members and “Helping Hand Volunteers.” We meet every Monday from 9-12 in the Inspiration Studio. If you enjoy crafting, or would like to volunteer to help out at one of our events, please feel free to drop in and say Hi. We look forward to meeting you!

For more information contact:Barbara Jester480/279/[email protected]

creative Designers club presenting a check to Band of angels rep Peggy hewitt

creative Designers club Presenting check to Dr Denise Birdwell higley school District superintendent


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Meet Your Neighbors

Mary Pat O’Brien

One of the advantages of writing for the San Tan Press is that you get the opportunity to learn even more about your friends. That happened this month when I interviewed Beverle Lessley for our Meet Your Neighbor section. I’ve known Beverle for at least four years and was even her Christmas dinner guest one year, so I welcomed the opportunity to have her share her story with me.

Beverle moved to Trilogy in March of 2004 but her journey began well before that. She was born in Broken Bow, Nebraska and moved to Colorado when she was 12. Beverle was married and had her first daughter, Cheryl, at a very young age when she was just one credit shy of getting her high school diploma. She and her husband George moved from their Colorado home to Home-On-The-Range, Wyoming, a challenging feat for anyone, much less a young bride with a baby. Beverle’s second daughter, Rhonda, was born while they still lived in Wyoming where Bev quickly earned her high school diploma.

In the early 70s Bev was intrigued with the women’s movement and followed her natural inclination to continue her education and express herself. She received her undergraduate degree in History at the University of California in Irvine and a Masters in Education while they were living in Mobile, Alabama. Besides California, New York and Wyoming, she and her family also lived in Trumbull, Connecticut. Bev put her hard-earned education credentials to work and taught in public schools in California and private schools in Alabama for seven years.When Bev and George divorced, she moved to New York as a District Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs for the United States Department of Labor. She then moved to New York City as District Director for the New York District Office and ultimately became the Director of Regional Operations for the Northeast Region. As they say, she had come a long way from rural Nebraska to New York City. After Bev retired, she moved to Arizona to be close to her mother. Her daughter Rhonda married and stayed in New York where she lives with her husband and three dogs and her oldest daughter, Cheryl lives in Alabama with her husband and children. Three of Cheryl’s four children are following in their dad’s footsteps and have chosen dentistry as their profession; the youngest one is also leaning toward entering the medical profession.

As you may have surmised by now, Bev doesn’t often take the easy road and moving from New York to Arizona was no different. She had four days to buy a house but I was not surprised to hear that she accomplished it even though she had not even heard of Trilogy when she started her house

hunting. Bev fit right into the Trilogy lifestyle. She joined several of the clubs including the Singles, S c r a p b o o k i n g , Hiking, Walking, and tutored at The House of Refuge, East. When Bev’s mother’s health started failing, she moved her in with her and eventually to a senior facility.

In recent years, some of Bev’s activities have been curtailed due to some back issues but she really hasn’t let that slow her down. She undertook what turned out to be almost a year long project when she contracted with Trilogy resident Roberta Skolnik to faux paint her entire house and allowed her house to be on the house walks that Roberta organized. She joined the Trilogy Singers and now volunteers her time during the tax season doing taxes for AARP. She also enjoys the company of her friends and plays with their monthly Bunco group. Beverle is an accomplished piano player, an avid reader and is active in her church. Bev is not a “snowbird” but does spend a considerable amount of time traveling to see her daughters and grandchildren, as well as her companion of many years, Tom Pizza, who lives and works in Colorado. When Tom retires, he plans to relocate to Arizona to be with Beverle.

Unfortunately, on Bev’s most recent trip to New York, she was caught up in the Hurricane Sandy disaster and at one point, there were eight of them living in a 2-1/2 bedroom house with no electricity and no phone service. She survived the whole ordeal with her usual resiliency and we are happy to have Beverle safely back in her Trilogy home with her two beautiful Burmese cats, Pommodore and Pork Chop. The unusual names were already chosen by their breeder and they each have f laws that prohibited them from being sold… so they needed a good home where they are very much loved and spoiled.

Bev continues to challenge herself and complacency is a word that would never be used to describe her lifestyle. She has overcome a lot of obstacles in her life. When I asked how she managed it, her reply was “Being an only child, my parents always stood by me.” If you don’t know Beverle, make sure you catch the next Trilogy Singers concert – you won’t be disappointed.

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28 march 2013

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Women’s History Month

Helene Shear

Of course we all know about St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, that spring begins in March and that the rest of the country goes back to Daylight Saving Time in March (sigh, we’ve just been in sync with the rest of our sister Mountain Time Zone states since November 4). But did you know that March is also Women’s History Month?

To say that the observance of Women’s History Month is low-key is probably an understatement, but its origins go back to 1981 when Congress asked then President Reagan to declare the week beginning on March 7, 1982 as Women’s History Week. Its purpose was to recognize the important role women have had in American history, not only to “secure their own rights of suffrage and equal opportunity but also as principal advocates in the abolitionist, temperance, mental health reform, industrial labor and social reform movements, as well as the modern civil rights movement.”

Women’s History Week continued through 1986 when Reagan who was still President issued a proclamation designating March 1987 as Women’s History Month, and activities and ceremonies honoring women have taken place on a national level every March since then.

This year the non-profit National Women’s History Project has announced the theme for March 2013, which is Women Inspiring through Innovation and Imagination, Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Traditionally these “STEM” fields are ones in which women have been under-represented.

The 2013 honorees, 18 of them, have been chosen by a selection committee from a field of 115 nominees in the above disciplines. They include Elizabeth Blackwell, the first fully accredited physician in the United States, and Dian Fossey, a primatologist and naturalist, who was the author of Gorillas in the Mist. Other honorees are lesser known and for the most part still living (see whmp.org).

The state of Arizona also has a program to honor women who have made a significant contribution to Arizona’s history, that is, the Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame. Surprisingly this predates the national Women’s History Week; it was established in 1980 by Governor Bruce Babbitt and the Arizona Women’s commission, and the first induction ceremony was held in 1981.

Polly Rosenbaum, who served in the Arizona Legislature until well into her nineties, was the driving force behind the Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame and is now one of the inductees. The complete list along with their photos and short bibliographies can be found at azlibrary.gov/azwhf. It is an impressive list, including Native American, African American and Mexican-American women, in an amazing array of disciplines, beginning with anthropology, archeology and aviatrix and including educators, ornithologists, ranchers and even Polly Brown, a Payson cattlewoman and rodeo queen at age 83!

Among the inductees one would think to find some of Arizona’s women now in the news, however inductions are only made posthumously. According to my friend Arlene Bansal, who as the Deputy Director of the Arizona Department of Library and Archives had oversight over this program in its early years, this was to prevent politics from playing a role. Unfortunately, that wasn’t always successful. In 1991 the Selection Committee chose Margaret Sanger Slee for her work in building hospitals in Tucson. But she was better known for her role in promoting birth control and establishing the Planned Parenthood Federation, thus incurring the wrath of some of the legislators at the time.

After a 10 year hiatus, the nomination and induction process was allowed to resume and three women were inducted in 2002. This March five more women will be inducted, for a total of 89 women so honored. An exhibit honoring the inductees is housed at the historical Carnegie Center, near the State Capitol.


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Honey, Oh Babe, Bee Mine….. Pam Vander Hayden

Sometimes, in my hectic life, I carelessly toss out “I’m busy as a bee,” without really thinking. I mean, really, (shrug) how busy is a bee? While they are f litting and buzzing about, my only thought is to f lee in the other direction. There is a vague memory of someone running, shrieking, trampling a picnic lunch while being followed by two bees…not my best moment. (Sorry, I digress.) I know that buying raw or pure honey from this area of the valley helps build antibodies to keep me healthy, but what else do I really know?

So, I turned to the internet and began reading all about these little hummers and what their little buzzy lives are about. Wow! Honey is used to fight infection, aid in tissue healing, reduce inf lammation and scarring, treat digestive problems, stomach ulcers, gastroenteritis, facial elixirs, and hair growth. Phew, that is piling a lot on those little guys; are they up for this kind of action?

Approximately 50,000 to 60,000 workers, a few dozen male drones, and of course, Her Royal Highness the Queen Bee, make up one colony of bees. The Queen Bee is the only sexually developed female in the hive, and the largest in size. A two day old larva is selected by the workers and fed the Royal Jelly. Eleven days later she emerges and her job is to mate in f light with the drones from whom she receives several million sperm cells which last her life span of two years. She begins to lay eggs about ten days after mating, and produces approximately 3,000 eggs in a single day. Her sole job is to keep this colony populated.

The drones are the gigolos of the hive; they have no other job than to mate with the queen. Ppfftt! They collect no food or pollen from f lowers, and they don’t even have any stingers. On the down side, while mating with Her Majesty they literally explode! Bummer!

The workers are the smallest bees in the colony and are sexually undeveloped females. They feed the Queen and the larvae, guard the hive entrance and use their four wings as coolers for the hive, keeping it at an even temperature of 95F. They collect nectar to make honey and produce the wax comb. And they do this all in their very short life span of 28-35 days. Yikes! These little guys are so underrated! I’m thinkin’ they need a new rep to renegotiate their pitiful contract.

And when the hive gets overcrowded, how do they travel? Four years ago I had the privilege of seeing what looked like a huge, three foot living and breathing football inf lating and def lating into different shapes while staying af loat. It f lopped onto my back yard tree, and that was when I realized it was a swarm of bees! I came unglued and called several Bee Removing businesses who calmly quoted me a removal fee of $450! Agh! Our Fire Department, free of charge, informed us that the swarm would probably leave by the next morning. Probably!? While we sweat this out, the bees were doing what came naturally. Five scouts left that swarm in search

of a hollow tree, any nice empty containers in your back yard, unused equipment lying about, nearby nectar sources, and upon their return they communicated this by dancing! They did their liveliest ‘dance’ version, telling everyone what they had found. A vote was taken by the colony, and they followed the bee that could shake it the best. (Elvis lives! As a bee!) They also communicate by releasing pheromones from their bodies, smell with their antennas and can taste on contact, with all six feet.

According to the web, bees have been making honey for at least 100 million years. They may visit the same area and type of f lower year after year and depending upon whether it is a dry or wet season, get a variance in their honey output, color, thickness, clarity and f lavor. A worker bee produces about 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime. (Yikes again! 12 bees lifetime work and I blow it in one cuppa morning tea.) They visit two million f lowers just to make one pound of honey, f lying over 55,000 miles to get the job done, visiting f lowers 50-100 times on their collection trip. They travel up to six miles from the hive … equivalent to us traveling 800 miles.

I promise you, I am going to feel more indebted to these tireless little creatures. They are extraordinarily amazing! And you know (I gotta say it), I am going to Bee a lot more respectful of them.


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Al Gore did it in “An Inconvenient Truth.” Jack Nicholson did it twice in “The Bucket List.” And people do it daily on television and in conversations. The “it” I’m referring to is committing the grammatical faux pas of using a form of the verb lay, when they should be using lie.

No, I’m not an English teacher, but at various times in my life have taught French, so I’m more attuned than most to the structure of languages. It’s only been in the past decade or two that I’ve become aware of the correct usage so like anyone who has “seen the light,” hearing and even reading this constant misuse is especially irksome.

The title of this article can actually be used as a mnemonic device to remember the correct usage; Hens lay eggs, that is, lay requires an object (thing), sleeping dogs lie—lie doesn’t. Some examples:

Lay the gun (thing) down and lie down on the f loor.

She lays the towel (thing) on the sand. He lies around all day.The progressive (ending in -ing) verbs follow the same rule:She is laying the towel on the sand, and he is lying around all day, and in the past progressive, she was laying the towel on the sand, and he was lying around all day.

However, things get a bit stickier when using a past (already happened) form of the verb, and this is probably the major reason for the confusion.

So going back to our title, yesterday—or last week, or last year—hens laid eggs, and sleeping dogs lay. That’s right, the past form of lay is laid, but the past form of lie is lay!

Likewise, yesterday she laid the towel on the sand and he lay around all day.

Got it?? Well, apparently neither does the Snow Patrol. In their 2006 hit “Chasing Cars,” the lyrics in part are “If I lay here, if I just lay here, would you lie with me….?” It should of course, be, “If I lie, here, if I just lie here,” but ironically, the singer should go on to ask “would you lay with me?” if referring to carnal congress as in Tanya Tucker’s ‘70’s hit, “Would You Lay with Me (On a Field of Stone).”

Repeat after me: Hens lay eggs and sleeping dogs lie, but yesterday hens laid eggs and sleeping dogs lay.

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Hens Lay Eggs, But Sleeping Dogs Lie

Helene Shear

32 march 2013

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To Succeed, Write Yourself This LetterRay Harrison

The power of the written word has been understated and ignored throughout history. Think back to the most inspiring letter you have ever received. Last month I shared with you a letter I wrote to a true hero of mine, Zig Ziglar. In that letter I expressed by heartfelt thanks to him for inspiring me early in my life. He spoke to millions through his career and he was the greatest inspirational force to me. Zig carried that letter with him and often shared it with his audiences. I wish I had a kept a copy of that letter to share it with my children and grandchildren.

Here is a great but simple formula for making your future successful. Every night plan for the next day by writing down the six most important things you need to accomplish the next day. Then prioritize the list from most to least important. The goal is to start each day with the highest priority, and not skip to a lower one because it is easier to accomplish. This is a great way to keep focused throughout the day. Basically you are writing yourself a very short-term letter of instructions.

For longer-term goals, an interesting f inancial planning idea – and also one of the simplest – is to write a letter to yourself. More specifically, write a letter from your “future self” to your “present self.” Imagine yourself in five years, assuming everything has gone more or less as you hoped it would. You’re healthy, in good financial shape; you’ve saved additional money and/or reduced debt, etc. You know your hopes better than I do so have fun with this letter to yourself.

The point is that the Future You is writing a letter of thanks to the Present You. Future You might thank Present You for exercising regularly, because Future You is fit and looks good. Future You might thank you for being thrifty and watching your budget, putting you on track to enjoy retirement.

Future you also might thank you for taking time to smell the roses along the way, for maintaining close relationships with friends and family, for spending a little more time accomplishing goals. Maybe starting a new business, traveling to see the world, keeping better track of your expenses each year instead of spending unproductive downtime in front of the TV.

In other words, thank yourself for achieving specific actions. Then look over the letter and know that these are things you will thank yourself for someday. Commit to doing them and then save the letter. Every week or two, read the letter and ask, “Am I on course? Am I earning the thanks that Future You may give me?”

The point here is that you want your future life to be as good as it can be – as full of fulfillment, happiness, joy, and prosperity as possible. Your actions between now and then will, or will not, make that happen. The letter is a fantastically powerful reminder that you’re counting on yourself to take care of your future.

Meanwhile, in between the time you wrote the letter and the five year future period, you can get to know a variety of Future Selves (the “You Next Week,” the “You Next Year,” the “You Five Years From Now,” etc.), and begin to ask

these future versions of yourself about decisions you make now. How much of the money you earn today should go to your Future Self for retirement? What would you, a week from now, like to have cleared off your desk? Would you like to have learned a new foreign language

by this time next year? Are there things that are hard to do now, but that you will wish you had done?

Consider making 5 copies of the letter, seal them in 5 separate envelopes, and give them to a close and trusted friend. Have that friend mail one to you every year on New Year’s Eve. It might be a terrific way to start each year. Feel free to share this idea with someone who might appreciate and value it.You will be thanking yourself in the future for writing this thank you letter in advance. It will help you navigate through the complexities of life with a clearer vision of your goals. And, if you can do that, you’ll be one of the few in the world who are not muddling through their days. You could arrive in the future with no regrets about how you spent the precious, irreplaceable hours of your life.

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34 march 2013

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Ten Thousand Lives Saved… One Survivor’s StoryJudy Klingler

When Trilogy resident Cindy Wilkinson woke in the wee hours one morning in 2006, shaking and not feeling well, her husband was there to take her to an urgent care facility. They checked her over and sent her on to Mercy Gilbert Hospital, but not before she threw up. What they didn’t tell her was that both her kidneys had ceased to function. The plan at Mercy was to do a biopsy the next morning, but in the course of taking her medical history an alert doctor made a critical discovery. Cindy had several markers for a rare blood disease. She had dealt with breast cancer; she had had two pregnancies; and she had recently been taking quinine, all predisposing factors for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, or TTP. TTP causes extensive microscopic clots to form in the small blood vessels throughout the body, damaging many organs, including the kidneys, heart and lungs. Left untreated it has a 95 percent mortality rate.

One of Cindy’s eyes turned red. The clotting was causing all the vessels to burst. Had they done the biopsy, Cindy would have bled to death. Instead, from another hospital, they brought in a machine that Cindy likened to a commercial sized refrigerator and put Cindy on a regimen of plasmapheresis. For four hours a day, she was hooked up to this equipment, which removed her own blood plasma and replaced it with frozen plasma.

Here at Trilogy we are celebrating a symbolic 10,000 lives saved. Thanks to the many Trilogy blood donors and the numerous volunteers behind the scenes, making phone calls, baking cookies, working the drive, etc., we have donated over 3400 units of blood in the last 11 years. Each unit of whole blood was separated into its components, platelets, red cells, plasma and cryoprecipitate. So each donation could save several lives, thus the 10,000.

In Cindy’s case it was different. She needed 12 bags of plasma daily, for a month. Every other day, she was also put on a dialysis machine. Both of these procedures made her freezing cold. She had to endure daily blood samples and her veins had shrunk up so badly that the experts had diff iculty drawing the needed blood. Her doctors gave her very little hope of survival. Yet Cindy’s husband was there to help her through it all and, miraculously, she did survive.

Since the introduction of plasmapheresis as a treatment for TTP, the survival rate has jumped to 80-90 percent for patients who are diagnosed and treated early. It is just one of the many uses for donated blood.

At United Blood Services the shelves are bare. When blood comes in it is tested overnight and sent to valley hospitals the next day. On a typical day, the supply is 100 units short of what the hospitals need.

Only 10 percent of the people who would be eligible to give blood do it on a regular basis.

Contrary to popular beliefs, high blood pressure, a history of cancer (after one year of being cancer free), valley fever, diabetes, some heart problems, and most medicines do NOT disqualify one from donating blood. A call to the blood center at 480-675-5497 can quickly clear up any questions one might have.

Cindy has been through quite a bit since her breast cancer in 1997. The chemotherapy damaged her heart and she now has a pacemaker. They shocked her kidneys after the TTP and they recovered. But she has had both her knees replaced, may need a new hip soon, wears a hearing aid and has had major dental work. And four years ago she lost her husband Gary, who had helped her through it all.

Yet Cindy maintains a positive attitude. She hasn’t let any of this keep her from enjoying life. She walks about five and a half miles every day, sometimes with a neighbor’s dog in tow. She plays poker, belongs to a book club, does volunteer work, does jigsaw puzzles and is even giving pickleball a try. And of course, there are the five grandchildren. She cannot donate blood, but always brings fruit for the donors. That’s a life that was worth saving.

As if saving lives isn’t enough incentive to donate blood, United Blood Services has a rewards program through which donors can earn tee shirts, Baskin Robbins ice cream, movie theater tickets, DVD’s, CD’s, etc. They also provide information about the donor’s cholesterol and vital signs that can be monitored by the donor on-line.

The number one reason people don’t donate blood is that no one has ever asked them. We are asking. PLEASE DONATE. Contact us at [email protected] or 480-279-1279. Our next drive is March 27 from 7 a.m. to noon in the ballroom.


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36 march 2013

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Healthy Living… Stroke

Julann Evans

Awareness, Prevention and Action are Key to Recovery

Each year approximately 795,000 people in the United States suffer a stroke. About 600,000 of these are first attacks and 185,000 are recurrent attacks. While strokes can and do occur at any age, nearly three-quarters of all strokes occur in people over the age of 65 and the risk of experiencing a stroke more than doubles each decade after the age of 65. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States: more than 140,000 people die each year from stroke.

What is a stroke? A stroke occurs if the f low of oxygen-rich blood to a portion of the brain is blocked. Without oxygen brain cells begin to die within a few minutes. Sudden bleeding in the brain also can cause a stroke if it damages brain cells. A stroke can cause lasting brain damage, long-term disability or, as indicated by the above statistics, even death. Stroke is a serious medical condition that requires emergency care.

We can help prevent a stroke if we control risk factors and treat other medical conditions that can lead to a stroke. Common risk factors are smoking, high blood pressure, cholesterol levels higher than average, diabetes, drinking large amounts of alcohol, being overweight and not exercising on a regular basis. For those risk factors we cannot seem to control by ourselves, working with our doctors is key to developing a prevention program or lifestyle.

There are different types of strokes and specific medical procedures for preventing them or preventing recurrent attacks that require diagnosis and serious discussion with medical professionals before deciding on their use.

Warning signs of a stroke include:• Suddennumbnessorweaknessofface,armorleg,especially

on one side of the body• Sudden confusion or trouble talking or understanding

speech• Suddentroubleseeinginoneorbotheyes• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, or loss of balance or

coordination• Suddensevereheadachewithnoknowncause

What to do if stoke is suspectedIf you believe the warning signs of a stroke are being experienced by yourself or someone else, think of the word FAST:

FACEAsk the person to smile. Does one side of the face droop?

ARMSAsk the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?

SPEECHAsk the person to repeat a simple phrase. Is their speech slurred or strange?

TIMEIf you observe any of these signs, call 9-1-1 immediately. Many of us think we will be embarrassed if we call 9-1-1 and find we did not have a stroke and so we hesitate to see if the symptoms remain. Do not hesitate to call 9-1-1. It is far better to find we did not have a stroke than to endure the results of having waited for medical assistance.

To maximize the effectiveness of evaluation and treatment, it is essential to be treated at a hospital within three hours after the first symptoms appear. If you are with someone you suspect is having a stroke, watch the person carefully while waiting for emergency assistance.

As your neighbor in Trilogy, I truly hope your only connection to the word, “stroke” comes as a result of an experience of luck!!


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In Every Issue…vIEWPOINT

Making a Difference

Gerri Brooks

In January we Trilogians were treated to an evening of Jazz and blues designed and orchestrated by non-other than Mrs. Trina

Brown and headlined by Mr. Sam Rogers and company. We got to benefit from their hard work by the grand entertainment we enjoyed, but children were the real recipients of their kindness and generosity toward kids without beds. Their effort is more than kindness; it’s about the essence and the power that compassion offers all humanity. We deeply appreciate the positive difference their generosity and that of all Trilogy residents is making in the lives of these kids.

I’d like to share a short story by Elizabeth Silance Ballard. She asked that the story be shared with family and friends. The tale is a positive reminder of how we can turn around a life with the power of compassion.

As she stood in front of her fifth grade class on the first day of school she told her students that she loved them all the same, but that was an untruth. That was impossible for there on the first row slumped in his seat sat Teddy Stallard. Miss Thompson had noticed the year before that Teddy didn’t play well with other students, that his clothes were messy; he needed a bath, and could sometimes be unpleasant. It got to the point that she took delight in marking his papers with a big X in bold red pen and marked an F at the top of the page. At the school where she taught she was required to review each child’s records and put Teddy’s off until last. She was in for a surprise.

Teddy’s first grade teacher wrote that Teddy was a bright child with a ready laugh and such a joy to be around. His second grade teacher wrote “Teddy does his work neatly, is an excellent student, well liked by other students. He is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness. Life at home must be a struggle.” His third grade teacher wrote, “His Mother’s death must be hard on him. He tries his best, but his father

doesn’t show much interest. His home life will affect him if steps aren’t taken.” His fourth grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is withdrawn and doesn’t show interest in his school work. He sometimes sleeps in class and has very few friends.”

By now Miss Thompson realized the problem and was ashamed of herself. She cried for a long while. That day she quit teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic and began to teach children. She paid special attention to Teddy. Christmas came and the children brought her gifts wrapped in pretty paper and tied with fancy ribbons. Teddy’s gift was clumsily wrapped in brown bag grocery store paper. Miss Thompson took pains opening Teddy’s gift in front of the other children. Inside the package was a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing and a quarter full perfume bottle. Some of the children began to laugh but were quieted when Miss Thompson said how pretty the bracelet was. She put it on and dabbed some of the perfume on her wrists. Teddy stayed behind when school was out. He said, “Miss Thompson, today you smell just like my mom used to.

She paid special attention to Teddy from then on. His mind began to come alive. By the end of the year he was one of the smartest students. At the end of the year he slipped her a note that said she was his favorite and the best teacher he ever had. He wrote her the same letter when he graduated from high school and college with honors. He wrote her that she was the best teacher he ever had when he received his M.D. When he got married, his father had died. He asked Miss Thompson to attend and to sit in the place reserved for the mother of the groom. She wore the rhinestone bracelet and dabbed perfume from the old bottle on her wrists. Dr. Stallard hugged her and said, “Thank you for believing in me and making me feel important, and thank you for showing me that I can make a difference.”

Miss Thompson whispered back, “Teddy, I didn’t know how to teach until I met you. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference.”

You can never tell what inf luence your actions or lack of actions will have on someone’s life. Try to make a difference in someone’s life today.

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Tennis Club Leprecans are a little different from the leprechauns of Irish folklore. They do not hide under toadstools. Nor do they reveal the secret hiding places of their treasures if they are caught. Tennis Club Leprecans live mostly out in the open, on the tennis courts. They are a happy-go-lucky lot, enjoying their games and spreading good cheer and camaraderie to all they meet.

In spite of their playful nature, they are also very industrious.

Every day they make time to collect their treasures of aluminum cans and crush them down to manageable clumps in their clever little crushing machine. The cheerful noise of their work can be heard at all hours. They are aided in their quest by many helpful natives who surrender their used cans to stave off nagging by the Leprecans. You too can help the Leprecans in their quest for better court amenities. Just drop your empties in any specially labeled collection can around Trilogy.

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Judy Klinger


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What Is RESPA and How Does it Apply to Real Estate Sales?

RESPA is part of the alphabet soup you encounter when closing a residential real estate transaction. RESPA stands for the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 and is administered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal agency.

The important question is, what does RESPA do for you when completing a real estate transaction? First let’s look at whose activities are overseen by RESPA. Real estate agents and brokers, appraisers, insurance agents, home warranty companies, mortgage brokers, title companies, credit reporting agencies, document preparation agencies, and home and pest inspectors are all regulated by this law. As you can see, that’s just about everybody involved in a real estate transaction.

The law was enacted to provide transparency and full disclosure for buyers and sellers. One of the most important provisions requires that an accurate good faith estimate (GFE) be provided by the lender to the borrower. This estimate must disclose all expenses of borrowing. The cost of securing a mortgage is not the interest rate alone but the many fees associated with the loan as well. With a good faith estimate in hand a borrower may readily compare loan costs among multiple lenders. OK, now we know what RESPA requires of lenders but how about all the other parties involved in a real estate sale?

Here’s an example of two other parties covered by this law. Many real estate sales these days involve the inclusion of a home warranty plan. Typically the realtor involved in the transaction recommends a provider. If the realtor is compensated by the home warranty provider, he or she has violated RESPA rules. The same holds true for other referrals the realtor commonly makes if compensation is

involved. There are some exceptions but the realtor must disclose any compensation received for recommending service providers.

What if you purchase a home for cash and don’t have a home warranty? RESPA laws still apply. Whether you pay cash or borrow to buy a home there will be a HUD-1 statement issued by the title company or closing agent. This required document lists all the settlement cost amounts and who pays them. It also discloses who gets paid and how much they receive. According to the law, the HUD-1 statement must be issued to buyers and sellers at least one day prior to closing. This provides an opportunity to review the numbers and ask any questions you may have before it’s too late. On occasion, there are errors. These may be simple math mistakes, fees charged to the wrong party, or omitted costs such as homeowner association prepayments or refunds. If errors exist make sure they are corrected before you sign and approve the HUD-1; so resolve any questions prior to closing.

For further explanation of RESPA and the HUD-1 you can go to You Tube and locate the “Closing the Deal –HUD” video. It provides a good explanation of what you should look for in a short video. There is two other HUD videos worth watching; “Shopping for Your Home-HUD” and “Shopping for Your Loan – HUD.” On the HUD website you can also find a pdf booklet titled “Shopping for Your Home Loan” as well as lots of other helpful information. You’re paying for this resource so you might as well use it.

If you have any questions or suggestions for future articles email me at [email protected].

Ron Rodgers

40 march 2013

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COMPUTER Q & A

Disk Cleanup

Lois Flyte

It is always a good idea to run regular maintenance tasks like Disk Cleanup on your Windows Computer to help keep it running smoothly. Windows includes some handy tools to do this task, such as, Disk Cleanup, that allows you to remove temporary and old files in order to help you reclaim some hard drive space. You might even want to set it up to run weekly or monthly depending on what works best for you. To do so, turn on the Start menu (lower left-hand corner of the window) and type in ‘task schedule’ into the search box at the bottom of the menu and hit enter. When that box opens, click on ‘Action Tab’ then select Create Basic Task. Follow each drop down menu to set up the time, day of the week or month, which files you want to be cleaned, etc.

To do a manual Disk Cleanup, go to the Start button, in the Search box type Disk Cleanup. When that opens you will be shown a list of files to be deleted: Download Program Files Temporary Internet Files Recycle Bin Temporary files.

Click on the box in front of these options to select them. However, before clicking on the Recycle Bin you might want to check that icon on your desktop, scan the files you have sent to the Recycle Bin, make sure you did not add one by mistake, if so, click ‘restore that file’, in order to re-save it, if all else is ok, then return to Disk Cleanup and click the Recycle Bin box. A new window will open, Cleanup system files, which will ask you to select the Drive you want to cleanup (C:), with additional files to select:

Set up logs System logs User System logs.

If your system is running ok, select these files to be cleaned ; if not, and you are having a problem, do not select these files. Another box will appear offering two more options for disk cleanup: Programs, and Features. This is where you get to uninstall or change a program; however, you would only use this if you were finished with a program and wanted to uninstall it, otherwise, do not select either of these options. When you are finished, Click Delete files. When this is completed you will be told to Restart Windows. Doing so will complete the process of Disk Cleanup.

Desert Gardening in MarchMelodie Coons

By now you have probably assessed your January frost damage and have waited for new growth to show before you trimmed your plants, shrubs

and trees. What survived will prosper and grow with good care. Sufficient watering and fertilizing can perform wonderful results on plants that have had a rough winter.

For those plants, shrubs, and trees that have shown no rebirth and new growth, it’s time to pull them out and shop for new varieties. Look upon this as a chance to try new and different looks for your yard and garden. Learn from your mistakes and plant varieties that are able to resist long periods of frost, but can tolerate the hot summers. Go to your local nursery and pick their brains and see what you can come up with for the garden. Don’t look at this winter as a disaster, but an opportunity to be adventurous with your plant choices.

Monthly to Do ListBugs and critters love this season and you need to check your plants for aphids. A spray bottle of water with a few soap drops can be quite effective. Be sure to check the underside of the leaves. Those little critters just love to hide. The birds may find your new vegetable crop quite tasty. Cover the young seedlings with some chicken wire to give them a chance.

Trees/Shrubs• Prunebackshrubsandhedgesthathavebecomeovergrown

and dense.• Fertilizedeciduousfruit treeswithnitrogenwhentheyleaf

out.• While pruning frost damaged plants, wait and prune after

new growth has started. Prune frost sensitive citrus after mid-March, after they begin to leaf out with new spring growth.

• Plantnewtreesandshrubsnowbeforethehotweatherstarts.This includes citrus trees. The sooner you get them in the more time they will have to establish a good root system. Two to five year old citrus are the best trees to transplant most successfully.

Flowers• Plantseeds-beans,beets,carrots,corn,cucumbers,jicama,

melons, okra, green onions, pumpkins, radishes, squash, and sunf lowers.

• Plantyourchoiceofvegetabletransplants.• Prepare your soil for spring; adding compost, mulch, or

manure is all very important.• Plantherbsandcutbackolderherbplantstoencouragenew

growth.• Fertilizevegetablegardens.

Monthly Don’t Do List• Don’tprunemorethanone-quarterofthetotalplant.• Don’tcheatonsoilpreparation.



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• Don’tplantroseswithawesternexposure.Itwillbetoohotforthem in the summer.

• Alwayswaterbeforeandafteryoufertilize.• Don’tfertilizeclosetotreetrunks-itcanburnthetrunk.• Keepaheadoftheweeds.

March welcomes us back to the garden. It also calls us to take rides along back roads to view our desert in bloom. One of my favorite rides is going toward Globe and going through Gonzales Pass. The Boyce Arboretum also provides a wonderful chance to view desert blooms. Check the internet to see where the best f lowering is taking place. Just Google and try “The Best of Our Desert Blooming” and see what is recommended this year. Happy spring!

Ask Mike The Pharmacist Mike Gengenbacher

Unfortunately, most of us at our young age are familiar with the “itis’s,” phleb-, Arthur-, and tendin-itis. It is a short word with a very large impact on our world. All it means is inf lammation of any type of body part. Today, we’ll discuss tendonitis or an inf lammation of a tendon, any tendon. This term is used to refer to any number of painful tendon lesions. The major cause of tendon pain has been found to be a failure of a healing response when tendons begin to degenerate.

Recently, new terms have been used to indicate tendinitits without the accompanying inf lammation. These are tendinopathy and tendinosis. Tendinopothy refers to any type of tendon injury, whereas tendinosis refers to more specific injuries associated with chronic degeneration and a failed healing response.

Chronic tendon injuries are those caused by repetitive exposure to a mechanical load. After time, the tendon becomes weakened and cannot respond to the stress of the load placed on it. Almost any tendon can be placed in this situation. Common injuries of this variety are shoulder (rotator cuff ), forearm, lower leg (Achilles), foot and ankle and the ever present elbow (tennis elbow). Other causes of these problems are decreased range of motion, gender (males more prevalent) and, of course, age. As tendons age, they become stiffer (no comment) and less able to handle load stress, even with minimal or moderate exertion. Diagnosis is usually done through an Ultrasound or MRI. These tests can reveal microscopic tears or significant degeneration. Once discovered, treatment should be started immediately.

What kind of treatment? Conservative treatment should always be the first step. Unless, like me when I tore my Plantar tendon. I was seen in the office and scheduled for surgery the next day. The ultrasound showed a complete tear with no ability to self repair. Conservative treatment will usually consist of up to six months physical therapy, with some pharmacologic regimes also. Absolute rest is another form of treatment when possible. This isn’t practical in many cases (rotator cuff or tennis elbow). Relative rest, where maintenance of activities remains but far less intensity than before. Ice or “cryotherapy” (big word) helps alleviate some

of the pain while healing occurs. Exercise (see physical therapy), can be used when appropriate, but limited to minimal stress on the tendon. NSAIDS can also be used short term but do not lead to a cure, only some pain relief. Steroid injections can stop some of the pain, but again, they are short term and really don’t help the healing process. These injections may help give some range of motion back. Most of the time these injections are given along with a local anesthetic to alleviate pain, but there haven’t been any studies that show this helping in the long term management of the situation. Obviously, the severity of the tendinitis dictates the severity of the treatment. Even with the best or most aggressive conservative treatment, surgery may still be required.

Trust me, I’m an expert when it comes to this aspect of tendinitis -- two shoulders, both knees and a foot. None have been pleasant but all worthwhile after the recovery period. The least invasive procedure is arthroscopic repairs. It still is a major surgery, but you only have two or three slits of about a half-inch to show for it. Recovery time is shortened but still can be lengthy depending on the repair site. For me, knees seem the quickest, about two to four weeks. The shoulder needs more time due to the many directions that it needs to move. Sometimes, when the Orthopedic Doctor tries to do the scope, it doesn’t work out that way. Here again, I went in for a scope on my right shoulder and ended up with six staples and 12 stitches. The damage was too severe to do through the scope so I ended up with an “open procedure.” This was great fun (sarcasm). I had a 12 to 14 week rehab and still today, two years after the surgery, I can’t place my arm very far behind my back.

Many people actually prefer to have surgery right away because only about 30 percent of the conservative routes have success. They figure that they should just get it over and begin the rehab as soon as possible. This will all depend on your doctor. Many (mine especially) will not do any kind of surgery until all avenues have been explored. Five years ago I was talking about knee replacement, but due to rooster cartilage injections, I have not had to do the surgery.

Bottom line, do what is best for you and pick your doctor very carefully.

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A Snapshot of Life at Trilogy

company of Friends outing for Bocce and chili

linda noe Tournament 1st Place winners gay Jensen. Bev sieperda, inga harding, Jan Burness

health Fair

hiking club at hieroglyphic Trail

linda noe Tournament

2nd Place winners lynne moore,

lil schopper, maria seymour, carolyn

hughes

Karaoke and ice cream sundae Karaoke hosted By laurence handley

audrey Korinek and Diane Kleinvachterdonating at the blood drive

silveridge Pops orchestra

sam rogers and company

silveridge Pops orchestra Betty wolfe

cindy wilkinson, george and Judy Klingler providing fruit for blood drive

sam and company,

Performance for angels

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