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Aerobics for the Mind lectures are on the lst or 2nd Saturday of each month,
10:00 am - 11:30 am, in the Sunset Room.
$2 donation at the door will be appreciated.
Mailing List - We are going to set up an e-mail list of those who are interested in having a means of communicating notices of AFTM events, comments, etc. If you would like to be included on the list, please send your request to
webmaster@mountainbrookvillage.org . If there is enough response, you will be notified when the list becomes active.
Current AFTM Schedule:
(March and April not yet scheduled.)
There are a couple of things that we need to bring to your attention:
1. We are getting toward the end of the season for our AFTM activities. To date,
we have had speakers on Religion, National
Healthcare Program, Pinal County Sheriff activities,
and Exercise and Health. For April 7th, we
have Dr. Mark Spencer of ASU scheduled to speak to
us on "New Developments in the field of
Evolutionary Science." Please note these on
your calendars and please encourage your friends and
neighbors to join us.
2. Regarding our
activities for next year, we want your feedback as
to whether we should consider having speakers on a
bimonthly basis, some other frequency, or continue
with the current monthly program. We believe
that these activities enhance the attractiveness of
our community.
3. As you are
aware, AFTM has been lucky in getting speakers who
have not asked for any compensation; notwithstanding
that, they do incur costs in hard cash and time to
make their presentations to us. It is time for
us to find the funds to provide each speaker with a
reasonable honorarium. The last two meetings we set a basket out for your
volunteer contributions, and we collected $104.
We used part of those funds to buy lunch for the
speakers (team members bought their own lunch).
However, we are not confident that volunteer
contributions will enable us to pay the honorariums.
This is a problem, and we need your help in finding a
solution.
4. Earlier this year we
approached the MBV Board for funds but were turned
down. It is now MBV election season, and
perhaps the right time to let the candidates know
that we want to count on their support for AFTM.
If we do have 14 presentations a year, we will not
need more than $1,500 a season.
5.
Finally, some of us would like to encourage other
types of activities such as panel discussions, group
discussions, debates or whatever format there may be
interest in. If you have such interest and are
willing to take the lead, please let us know and we
will do what we can to help in that endeavor.
Thank you for your attention to the above.
Please give it some serious thought and respond with
your feedback to Boniface
Thayil at 983-3110
or e-mail onlyhiteck@msn.com.
We look forward to seeing all of you at our next lecture.
Boniface @ 983-3110.
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MBV
Artist of the Month
Your MBV Library invites painters, quilters, potters,
woodworkers, glassworkers, jewelers, etc to display their
artistic items in your MBV Libraryl The artist can be
one person or a group and can
be the featured Artist of the Month in the Mountaineer.
Please stop
in and view their creative projects in your MBV Library.
Please call Char Peterson 982-7793 with questions and
be scheduled for a month.
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Ceramics at the Fired Art Studio
Ceramicists
take an already formed clay body and decorate it in a variety
of ways. The list is endless! The MountainBrook Ceramic Group
enjoy designing and decorating many kinds of ceramic items to
display, use at home, or to share with friends and relatives.
The group meets Tuesdays and Thursdays and some Saturdays in
the Fired Arts Studio. Any MountainBrook resident is welcome
to join us from 1 pm to 4 pm Tuesday & Thursday for the open
workshop where members share their knowledge. Tuesday
mornings, after coffee and donuts, are reserved for
orientation sessions for the newcomers to the group. We plan
to hold specific classes on Thursday mornings and one Saturday
a month as soon as we line up some teachers.
The group carries some basic paints, glazes,
and special decorating products funded by both a $5 monthly
fee and the firing fee. Exotic or special decorations (such as
decals) are the responsibility of the ceramicist. The charge
to fire a piece is 20% of the purchase price. Firing is
handled by group members who are trained in the art.
For more information please call Pat Blakely
at 982-5491 or Susan LeBlanc at 671-0131.
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The MountainBrook Village Band is a 25-piece Concert Band.
The rehearsal/concert season is from October thru March.
Auditions are not required, but the expectation is that
members are able to read music and own their instrument.
For additional information contact LeRoy Wolter at 480
983-1672 or email wolsax@msn.com.
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MOUNTAINBROOK BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
MEETS 1:00-2:00 pm,- 2ND WEDNESDAY OF MONTH
************ MESQUITE ROOM *****************
We do not meet May thru September, but do meet October thru April.
December 9, 2008 we will discuss “MISSING WITNESS” by Gordon
Campbell who graduated from ASU. This legal murder mystery setting is in Arizona. Jerrydean Mercer will lead discussion on this book that immediately hit
the best seller list.
January 14, 2009 we will discuss "LOVING FRANK" by Nancy Horan. This is
fact and fiction story about Frank Lloyd Wright,a
passionate and impossible figure and a clandestine affair with his client Mamah
Borthwick Cheney, a married woman with
children. This is a current best seller. Mary Trout will lead the
discussion.
February 11, 2009 we will discuss "THREE CUPS OF TEA" by Greg Mortenson and
David Oliver Relin.
A true story of one man's mission to promote peace by one school at a time in
Pakistan and Afghanistan.
March 11, 2009 we will discuss "THE LAST LECTURE" by Randy Pausch given at
Carneige Mellon University prior to his
death at age 47 from cancer. This is really not about dying but rather
about achieving your childhood dreams.
It is not necessary to have read the book nor vital to participate. You are always invited to walk in and enjoy a lively discussion. There is no signed membership, just enjoy a good discussion.
Char Peterson.
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Pinochle
Four weekly opportunities exist for MBV pinochle
players. All four meet in the Sunset Room. A women's
group meets at 1 pm on Tuesdays ; a double deck group meets at 7
pm on
Tuesdays; a five-handed group at 7 pm on Wednesdays; and a
traditional pass-three-cards group at 7 pm each Thursday.
Each group welcomes newcomers, and no signup is necessary. Players are urged to arrive early to insure a prompt start.
If it's been some time since you last played, don't let that
deter you; you'll find friendly folks who will help you.
Just show up a little before the appointed hour--that helps in
setup.
Rich Huseman
- 480 288-5378.
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Poker
The co-ed Poker group will meet in
the poker room adjacent to the Sunset Room on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays from 9 am to 1 pm, starting October 10, 2006. Games are dealer's choice, and newcomers are always
welcome. No signup required - just show up at the appropriate
time and place.
Ben Montgomery - 480 671-9416.
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Couple's Bridge
ALERT everyone
!!!! Our Couples Bridge is now on Thursdays in the Sunset
Room. Same time--1:00 pm. As we like to get started on time,
please come a little early to pay your fifty cents each and sign
up for the following Thursday. We are having great turnouts and
great bridge. Please come and join us.
Elaine Valenti 480 761-1686.
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Men's Bridge
Discontinued for the summer!
Rich Huseman 480 288-5378.
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Ladies' Bridge
All MountainBrook ladies and house guests are welcome to play
bridge on Mondays at 1 pm in the Sunset Room. Please arrive 10
minutes early to allow time to call
a sub, if needed. Bring 50 cents in nickels for slams not bid and
pennies for down tricks.
Barb Osborn 982-9408. ****************************************** Scrabble
Players
Scrabble Players Meeting Thursdays; 1 pm;
Sunset Room A
We are looking for new players. We try to accommodate all
ability levels. Fun to Competitors!! Please join us.
Johnson
would be the contact person @ 480-671-9859.
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Ironwood
Computer Center - ICC
Check below for feedback on comments made on the
whiteboard in the ICC. Please remember to put chairs back where
they belong, and please do NOT turn off the computers
when you're done with them.
Thanks!
(s) The Webteam.
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Monthly Meetings -
2008
The next meeting of the fall
season of the MountainBrook Village Computer Club will be
Wednesday April 16, 2008
at
1:00 pm in the Mesquite Room. The Computer Club meets the 3rd
Wednesday of each month. The Club is open to all residents of
MountainBrook Village.
If you wish to receive the MountainBrook Village Computer Club
Newsletter, please send your Email address to:
Mountain_Brook_Village@msn.com
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If you have any questions, contact Joseph Trojanek at
480-288-8824.
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Your MBV library was formerly
the sales office, and the light switches were installed in
various areas. In fact, in the Fiction and Military areas,
those light switches are located behind the bookcase units.
The wiring for lights has never been changed when it became
the new Library. You can turn on the lights in those two areas
by looking at a sign on the shelf directly where the light
switch is located. Also, there is a light switch location
guide posted by the garbage can near the checkout table.
Your Library will be using a new sign out system on a trial
basis for three months of Dec-Jan-Feb. There is still
an HONOR
SYSTEM for all residents but the changes are as follow:
1. BOOKS--you "DO NOT SIGN OUT" books but do
return them in "3" weeks.
2. DVD & VHS tapes--you "DO SIGN OUT" all DVD
& VHS tapes in a designated book on the table. Do
return in "3" days and
write in return date. Make certain disc/tape is inside
case ! ! ! ! ! !
3. AUDIO TAPES (talking books) "DO SIGN
OUT" all audio tapes in a designated book on table.
Return in "3" weeks and write
RETURN DATE. Make certain all tapes are
inside case ! ! ! ! ! !
You will notice that you need only to write the "box
container number" and not titles in the new sign out
books.
The reasons for these changes
are because some residents stated it is hard to write in so
many book titles in small lines of a
book. Also, it should be easier to track late DVD, VHS
AND audio items. Currently there are 14 DVDs returned
and there is no disc inside the box. Volunteers
will now need only to go through one book to locate name of
the resident who signed out the
empty container and remind them to return the missing disc.
We realize people are being honest or else they would not
bother
to return the empty box. All items in your library are
for all residents and we believe each of you will use the
honor system.
Volunteers will keep a number track of return books for 3
months. If the number of return books diminishes we
will return to
the old system of signing out all books. Movies are
really popular and residents live so close to the library
and they can return
them within 3 days. Your library is open every day of
the year 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 pm.
ENJOY OUR LIBRARY
If you have any questions, call Char Peterson
982-7793
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The men’s roundtable discussion group meets in the
Ocotillo Room from 9:00-10:00 am every day. All men are
welcome.
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Come to learn, share, and make new friends. Anyone
interested in Cross Stitch, Hardanger, Quilting, or
Needlepoint, join us on Wednesdays in the Palo Verde
Room from 1:00 - 4:00 pm...bring a project to work on
and see what others are doing. The group meets weekly
throughout the year.
Contact Mona Sehr at 480-982-7133
or Linda Burch at 480-671-4463 if you have any
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LeRoy will again be offering oil painting classes at NO
CHARGE. Please stop by the Sagebrush Room (old art room next
to the Palo Verde Room) on Thursday or Friday mornings from
9:00 am- 12:00 pm to find out more information.
Leroy Anderson 288-0891. |
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Village
Players |
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Please visit our website for news and
information about future and past plays.
http://www.movinon.net/VillagePlayers/mian.html.
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Village
Voices rehearsals are on Wednesdays at 2:50 pm in the
Superstition Center. Diane Rasmussen is President
with Jane Gehrt as Co-President. Hope to see
you there.
Diane Rasmussen 671-8731
Jane Gehrt
983-3515.
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Want to learn how to
wood carve? MBV resident, Wesley Stevens, is teaching other
residents on Tuesdays from 1:00p.m.-4:00p.m. There is no charge
to learn---just stop by and enjoy the fun. The group meets in the
Sagebrush Room (next to the Palo Verde Rm.) .
Wesley Stevens
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