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We made it through the summer, I hope you’re enjoying the first few days of Autumn!!! Although that doesn’t really mean much here in the Sun Cities 🤣

It does seem like the summer temps are loosening their grip though, and if the forecast holds true we’ll see highs in the 80s next weekend. 😲

In this week’s Scoop:

• Vote for the Del Webb Sun Cities Museum ✅

• Sun City Rockhound Mineral Museum is Celebrating 🎉

• The Sun City West Desert Club is hosting a workshop 🌺

• And so much more!

COMMUNITY NEWS

~ Sun City Meals on Wheels has announced a partnership with LifeStream, which will allow for lower cost meals, as low as $8. You can learn more at SunCityMealsonWheels.org or by calling (623) 974-9430. See the full article here from YourValley.net

~Help support the Del Webb Sun Cities Museum. The museum is one of the Top 4 finalists for Best Museum category in the Independent, West Valley Favorites contest.

You can vote by visiting this website, and finding them in the Arts & Entertainment category, then Best Museum. You can vote daily through October 20th.

~Sun City Rockhound Mineral Museum Celebrates 35th Anniversary

The Sun City Mineral Museum opened its doors on October 1, 1990. Many hours of challenging work by dedicated Rockhound volunteers made this dream become a reality. From its meager beginnings of 5 cases to 28 cases with 1000+ specimens and a fluorescent room with 130 specimens it now ranks in the top 10 of mineral museums in Arizona. Admission is free. The museum continues to be run by all volunteers. Club members also go out into schools and the community and provide STEAM education, tours and presentations to local groups happen throughout the year and the club also collaborates and donates to different organizations.

The Museum has gone through a renovation this summer and displays have been reimagined and new ones curated. Creating a whole new experience! We hope you will join us in celebrating 35 years by attending our open house on Wednesday, October 1st from 9AM-2PM. The museum is located at The Sundial Recreation Center at 14801 N. 103rd Avenue. Refreshments will be served and grab bag giveaways will be handed out. Tours of the museum will be given all day by Rockhound members.

Handouts of the museum's history will also be available. Please come and celebrate this true gem! You can reach out to us at [email protected] or visit our website www.scrockmuseum.com

~The potential BNSF Railway Facility near Wittmann, AZ has been in the news a lot lately, and it is receiving quite a bit of opposition from local residents. The Property Owners and Residents Association of Sun City West has put together a website with information about what is planned, and how it may impact our communities.

This is valuable resource, no matter which community you live in.

~Don’t forget, the Basha’s grocery store in Sun City West, at the corner of Meeker & RH Johnson, will be shutting down and its last day will be Friday, September 26th.

ARIZONA TRIVIA

Last week’s trivia question was ‘Who designed Sedona’s well-known Church of the Holy Cross?’

The answer was: Frank Lloyd Wright

The Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona was the vision of sculptor and devout Catholic Marguerite Brunswig Staude, who was inspired in the 1930s by the cross-like shape of New York’s Empire State Building. Strotz and Richard Hein of Anshengary with the help of Frank Lloyd Wright, but World War II halted the project. After the war, Staude turned to her home state of Arizona, securing permission to build in the red rocks of Sedona. Designed by August K. Strotz and Richard Hein of Anshen & Allen, the chapel was constructed in 1955–56, blending modernist architecture with the natural landscape, and has since become one of Arizona’s most iconic landmarks.

EVENTS

This Week

[Sun City West] The Property Owners and Residents Association (PORA) will host its Roads, Traffic, and Safety meeting at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24 at PORA, 13415 W. Camino del Sol.

Residents are invited to bring community concerns directly to local officials. Committee members include representatives from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Maricopa County Department of Transportation, Arizona Fire & Medical, the Sun City West Posse, the PRIDES, and the Cyclists Club.

This month’s discussion will focus on speeding complaints along 135th Avenue and updates on the El Mirage Road extension north of Loop 303. Officials will also provide community updates and answer resident questions.

[Sun City] This week’s movie is ‘THE INTERN’. Showtimes are Wednesday 9/24 at 2pm & 7pm at the Marinette Rec Center & Saturday 9/27 at 2pm & 7pm at the MOUNTAIN VIEW CENTER (New location).

[Sun City] RCSC Board of Directors Meeting Thursday, September 25th, 2025 at 9am at the Sundial Auditorium.

[Sun City] Sun Bowl Fall Concert Series 2025 begins on Sunday, September 21st. ReBoot The Band will be performing at 6pm. Food trucks will arrive about 60-90 minutes prior to the beginning of the show. This concert series is free for RCSC members & their escorted guests.

Upcoming Events 

[Sun City] Sun Bowl Fall Concert Series 2025. Desert Brew Band will be performing on Sunday, September 21st. Food trucks will arrive about 60-90 minutes prior to the beginning of the show. This concert series is free for RCSC members & their escorted guests.

[Sun City West] Movie Night at the Stardust Theatre is back! Join them for a showing of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest on Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 23rd at 6pm. (link)

[Sun City West] Happy Hour BASH is returning to Sun City West at 3pm on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, with a performance by the Jeff Sullivan Trio at the Palm Ridge Recreation Center. (link)

[Sun City West] The Sun City West Desert Club will host a workshop on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, from 10:00 to 11:30am at the R.H. Johnson Lecture Hall and all Sun City West Rec Cardholders are invited to attend.

Presenter: Kim Andrews, “The Cactus Lady”, of the Central Arizona Cactus and Succulent Society. Kim will discuss the different varieties of succulents and cacti, covering:

1. Growing Tips

2. Selection of Location and Plant

3. Planting, including Sun Exposure and Watering

Kim will speak for the first portion of the seminar and then allow an open question period.

[Sun City West] The first fall SCW Desert Garden Club PLANT SALE is Saturday, October 4 from 8:00am to noon. It will feature cacti, succulents, and a variety of other desert plants.

The weekly Thursday plant sales will commence on October 9 from 9:00am-Noon, except for Thanksgiving. Club members will be available during the sale for questions and suggestions. While you’re there, take the opportunity to view the flourishing botanical garden adjacent to the greenhouse area.

The plant sales are open to the public with cash, checks, and credit cards accepted.

Desert Garden Club is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. As such, net profits from plant sales are dedicated to educational programs and other local charities benefitting the SCW community.

For more information, visit the SCW Desert Garden Club website.

[Sun City West] Sun City West Witches’ Ride 2025, “A Spooktacular Fundraiser for Benevilla.” This popular fall event will be held on Friday, October 24th, with the parade beginning at 330pm at Beardsley Park.

Weekly Events 

[Sun City] Desert Glow Farmers Markets is hosting their first market of the season, from 8am-12pm on Thursdays, at Desert Episcopal Church. (link & map)

[Sun City West] The Sun City West Friday Market has moved indoors for the summer. You will find them every Friday from 9am-1pm, at the Briarwood Country Club. (link & map)

[Surprise] Surprise Farmer’s Market, every Sunday from 3-7pm. A weekly market featuring fresh local ingredients, homemade goods, and artisanal crafts from nearby farms and ranches. (link & map)

Have an event you want listed here? Please reach out!

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Sharing a photo from this past week from my friend & photographer Bruce Donaldson. He lives in Arrowhead Ranch and caught this image of a pair of lovebirds in his neighborhood. Bruce shares his photos almost every day in the Everything Arrowhead Facebook Group, and I have featured his work a couple of times on EverythingArrowhead.com. He wrote a post about the Birds of Arrowhead, plus you can learn more about Bruce here.

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