Word has been received that JohnSakmary (#199) passed away.

If someone you know is under the weather,

had a recent surgery, needs a caring thought,

please be sure to contact Aleta Nybakke

(#205 480-807-0919)

Carole Burrows is continuingBob’s project of collectingused eyeglasses, cases, andcell phones for the LionsClub. A collection box islocated on a shelf in theclubhouse for this purpose.

Thank you for your continued support.

If you need something placed in the Bubbles, you must have it to the editor no later than the 10th of the monthpreceding the issue in which it should appear....even earlier is better:

margret@onemain.com

To view this newsletter online, type: http://fountaineastbubbles.wordpress.com into your browser addressbar. If you want it emailed to you, please contact me at the above email address.

Useful Information

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FEVA offers the opportunity to retire

your tired and worn flags with honor and

respect. Please deliver your torn and

damaged flags to Dick Baird (#109).

Your flag will be honorably retired by

the Elks Lodge-sponsored Boy Scout

Troop with an official and proper

ceremony.

If you are in need of temporary medical

equipment such as a transport chair, crutches,

walkers, bedside commode, riser toilet seat,

canes, please contact:

Eva Watson #204 480 818-1160

Fountain East Security Patrol

Our evening security patrol is a volunteer opportunity foryou to help keep our park safe and secure; however, it isevery resident’s responsibility to be aware of suspiciousactivity and/or people in the park. If you feel somethingis not right, if you see someone on a bicycle or walking inthe park who does not belong, you should contact thePOLICE immediately.

With so many of our residents gone for the summer, wemust remember that it is the responsibility of each of usto secure our homes. As residents, we should also beaware of what may be happening at our absentneighbor’s home....Remember...your vigilance keeps all ofus safe and secure.

If you would like to participate in our evening securitypatrol, please contact: Bob Clark (#66 602-499-0800)

Fountain East Veterans Association(FEVA)

I along with two other residents, met with the manageron June 13th. This is the outcome of that meeting:

A new company has been hired to repair the gatesincluding the pedestrian gate. Work is expected to becompleted within 1-2 weeks.

Lights are all working in the shuffleboard area.

Tests are being done on the pool leak and are awaitingthe results.

The oleanders on Recker Road have been trimmed andcut. New timers will be put in place for watering on aregular basis.

Please remember that there are dumpsters located behind the clubhouse specificallyfor recycling: cardboard (broken down and flattened), paper, plastics (#1 & #2), cans. Please do not fill up the garbage dumpsters with these items. Do not leave glass beerbottles by the dumpsters. Your use of the recycle bins benefits the association.

You may recycle your old household batteries in the basket provided on the front counterin the clubhouse

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A concerted effort continues to be made to locateand recognize new residents. This project hasbeen hampered because of lack of cooperationand communication from the management. Again, we are asking any resident who is aware ofa new neighbor to contact Carolyn Taylor (#127). This information is vital for a complete parkdirectory. Also, because we are a friendlycommunity, we want to make sure that newresidents are welcomed and informed about ourmany, and fun, park activities.

Thank you for your help!

Last Call!

Fourth of July BBQNoon-Clubhouse

$6Wear your patriotic colors

Be sure you have your ticket by June 28

(See Alice Spearman or Joanne Rebilas)

Bring your own place setting

JP has an appointment on Wednesday, June 20th,

regarding a bid on the installation of security cameras.

We had a nice rain in June and two cool days. Awelcome relief from the triple digits.

Enjoy your summer. We’re looking forward to seeingour winter friends’ return.

Carole Burrows, FE Association PresidentJuly 1 Helen Guenette, Beth Sidner

July 3 Brandon Anthony

July 6 Diane Longdale

July 19 Annette Crittenden

July 20 Eva Watson

July 27 Allen Newsome

July 28 Connie Peters

July 30 Jeannette England

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Morning Aquacise 8:00am

All residents welcome. Come join us in the pool for water exercises-Monday through Friday.

For information contact Jan Wilhite (# 53) or Rosie Zentner (#65)

Weekly Games & Activities

Bowling Wednesdays at 9:00am

Sign up in Clubhouse Hallway

Mesa East Bowl

9260 E. Broadway

Poker Wednesdays at 6:00pm

Saturdays at 10:30am

Billiards Room

Dominos Wednesdays at 6:30pm Clubhouse

Cribbage Thursdays at 1:00pm Clubhouse

Chase the Ace Thursdays after potluck Clubhouse

Somba Fridays at 9:30am

Saturdays at 6:30pm

Clubhouse

Stitched with

Love

Mondays at 9:15am-Noon

Clubhouse

For more information: Janice

Young

#115, 480-807-8560

The group sews, knits, crochets as part of an

outreach program that services Sunshine

Acres and Jefferson Elementary School. There

are many ways you can help even if you do not

do any of the above. Special Note: If you have

any flannel or cotton sheets and/or pillowcases

(without holes) in pastel colors, donate them to

this group so they can make their special

blankets. Also, if you knit or crochet, baby

hats are needed. Please check to see what

sizes and styles are needed.

Good Morning Coffee

Saturdays at 8:00am

Clubhouse

Come hear the news, purchase event

tickets, visit. Enjoy your cup of coffee, or

tea, and a sweet treat. $2 /person

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Tuesday, July 174:00pm-Clubhouse

Happy Birthday Happy Hour

Bring an appetizer to share, your own place setting, your drink of choice.

Cake will be provided.

Lots of fun...no cost....no sign-up!

Join us in celebrating our July birthday people!

For more information contact Carole Burrows

Monthly Activities

Thursday, July 12 & July 26

Potluck Dinner5:30pm-Clubhouse

Join your friends for a great dinner. Bring a dish to share, one that will serve 10-12 people, and your place

setting. Sign-up sheet is posted in the hallway. Stay and play “Chase the Ace” after dinner.

Wednesday, July 1111:30am

Out to Lunch

Join the Lunch Bunch as we enjoy various restaurants monthly throughout the summer. This month’s lunch

will be at Nana Dee’s Diner-formerly the 5 & Diner (6353 E. Southern)

Don’t forget to sign up.

For more information, contact:

Judy Gemeinhardt (# 118 or RV286)

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The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress

meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (now known as Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. TheDeclaration announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain wouldregard themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states no longer under British rule. With the Declaration,these new states took a collective first step toward forming the United States of America. The declaration wassigned by representatives from New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,and Georgia.

The Declaration was passed on July 2 with no opposing votes. A committee of five had drafted it to be ready whenCongress voted on independence. John Adams, a leader in pushing for independence, had persuaded thecommittee to select Thomas Jefferson to compose the original draft of the document, which Congress edited toproduce the final version. The Declaration was a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 todeclare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.Adams wrote to his wife Abigail, "The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the Historyof America" – although Independence Day is actually celebrated on July 4, the date that the wording of theDeclaration of Independence was approved.

After ratifying the text on July 4,Congress issued the Declaration of Independence in several forms. It was initiallypublished as the printed Dunlap broadside that was widely distributed and read to the public. The source copyused for this printing has been lost and may have been a copy in Thomas Jefferson's hand. Jefferson's originaldraft is preserved at the Library of Congress, complete with changes made by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin,as well as Jefferson's notes of changes made by Congress. The best-known version of the Declaration is a signedcopy that is displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and which is popularly regarded as the officialdocument. This engrossed copy was ordered by Congress on July 19 and signed primarily on August 2.

The Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence was dedicated in 1984 in Constitution Gardenson the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where the signatures of all the original signers are carved in stone withtheir names, places of residence, and occupations.

The new One World Trade Center building in New York City (2014) is 1776 feet high to symbolize the year thatthe Declaration of Independence was signed.

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The oldest, continuous Independence Day celebration in the United States is the 4th of July Parade in

Bristol, Rhode Island. It began way back in 1785.

Three US Presidents have died on July 4th – John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe.

Ironically, Adams and Jefferson, two signers of the Declaration, died the same year. One US President,

Calvin Coolidge, was born on July 4th.

Independence Day wasn’t made an official federal holiday until 1870, almost 100 years after the

Declaration of Independence was signed. In 1938, it was changed to a paid federal holiday.

Americans consume around 150 million hot dogs on the 4th of July each year. It is the biggest hot dog

holiday of the year.

Fireworks have been a major part of the 4th of July since the earliest celebrations. According to the

American Pyrotechnics Association (APA), 268.4 million pounds of fireworks are used in the US each

year, the majority of those on July 4th.

Only 2.5 million people were living in the newly created United States of America in July, 1776. Today,

the population is an estimated 325.2 million.

Independence Day Word Puzzle

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Happy Canada Day!

On July 1, 1867, the nation was officially born when the Constitution Act joined three provinces into one

country: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Canada province, which then split into Ontario and Quebec.

However, Canada was not completely independent of England until 1982. The holiday called Dominion Day was

officially established in 1879, but it wasn't observed by many Canadians, who considered themselves to be

British citizens. Dominion Day started to catch on when the 50th anniversary of the confederation rolled

around in 1917. In 1946, a bill was put forth to rename Dominion Day, but arguments in the House of

Commons over what to call the holiday stalled the bill.

The 100th anniversary in 1967 saw the growth of the spirit of Canadian patriotism and Dominion Day

celebrations really began to take off. Although quite a few Canadians already called the holiday Canada Day

(Fête du Canada), the new name wasn't formally adopted until October of 1982.

Canada Day is a national statutory holiday celebrated in all provinces and territories and it is a day off for

most businesses.

Most communities across the country will host organized celebrations for Canada Day, typically outdoor

public events, such as parades, carnivals, festivals, barbecues, air and maritime shows, fireworks, and free

musical concerts, as well as citizenship ceremonies.

Happy Birthday, Canada!

and Thank You for....

Cardiac pacemaker, electric oven invented by Thomas Ahearn in 1882; egg carton invented by Joseph Coyle

of Smithers, British Columbia, in 1911; the garbage bag invented by Harry Wasylyk, 1950; Trivial Pursuit

invented in 1979; Canola was developed from natural rapeseed by NRC personnel in the 1970's;

Instant mashed potatoes invented in 1962; Nanaimo Bars.

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Around the Park was the name. Out to Lunch was the game. 25 Lunch Bunchers enjoyed everything

from gourmet burgers to salads at on June 13. Thank you, Aleta Nybakke for

making the arrangements.

It was a smaller gathering for the monthly Happy

Birthday Happy Hour on June 17, but we certainly

were not short on conversation and good food. If it

was your June birthday and you missed the party, we

send you happy birthday wishes.

Ted and Marilyn Peterson entertained us with

lively music. Good listening and some sing-alongs.

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In celebration of Éclair Day on June 22, about 18 residents brought their lunch to the clubhouse, enjoyed

the company and had a sheet-pan éclair dessert.

National Pink Day was celebrated at coffee on the 23rd. Residents got into the swing of things by

wearing various shades of pink in various types of dress...from pink hair, pink glasses, pink hats and pink

shirts and dresses.

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In keeping with the theme, pink strawberry cupcakes were given out to those

present by the “Cupcake Lady.”

If you have heard the rumors, this is to confirm one change that has taken place at Fountain East.

Before After

If you believe that this is OK, don’t do anything. If you, like most of us here, question the choice of paint

and are appalled by this symbol at our entrance, you are encouraged to contact the management, the

ownership, whoever, by any means it takes to get this rectified. If you are told that the residents voted

on this, do not believe it.

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 29:15 am-Stitchedw/Love

6:30pm-65Cards

3 49:00am-Bowling

Noon-luncheon

6:00pm-Poker6:30pm-Dominos

51:00pm-Cribbage

69:30am-Somba

78:00am-Coffee10:30am- Poker

6:30pm-Somba

8 99:15 am-Stitchedw/Love

6:30pm-65Cards

10BubblesDeadline

119:00am-Bowling

11:30am-Out to Lunch

6:00pm-Poker6:30pm-Dominos

121:00pm-Cribbage

5:30pm-Potluck

139:30am-Somba

148:00am-Coffee10:30am- Poker

6:30pm-Somba

15 169:15 am-Stitchedw/Love

6:30pm-65Cards

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4:00pm-HappyBirthdayHappy Hour

189:00am-Bowling

6:00pm-Poker6:30pm-Dominos

191:00pm-Cribbage

209:30am-Somba

218:00am-Coffee10:30am- Poker

6:30pm-Somba

22 239:15 am-Stitchedw/Love

6:30pm-65Cards

24 259:00am-Bowling

6:00pm-Poker6:30pm-Dominos

261:00pm-Cribbage

5:30pm-Potluck

279:30am-Somba

288:00am-Coffee10:30am- Poker

6:30pm-Somba

29 309:15 am-Stitchedw/Love

6:30pm-65Cards

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