Here comes the rain again...🌧️

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The rainy weekend did quite materialize, but the forecast calls for rain everyday this week. We’ll see if it comes to fruition or not…🌧️

I will say it is nice to finally have some cooler weather. Evidently November has been one of the hottest on record, which seems to be how each season has gone recently.

In this week’s Scoop:

• Sun City Christmas Light contest registration is open 🎄

• Cheap gas this Thursday ⛽️

• You should join the Miata club! 🏎️

• And so much more!

COMMUNITY NEWS

~ The Sun City HOA is hosting their 2nd Annual Sun City Christmas Lights Contest. Registration for the contest is now open, and ends on December 4th. Learn more about the contest and see all of the rules at the SCHOA website. (link)

~ This Thursday, November 20th, Circle K is offering $.40 per gallon discounts on gas for its Inner Circle members. The average price for gas is $.17 higher than it was a year ago, so take advantage and fill up your tank and save a few bucks. (link)

~ Maricopa County is seeking input from Sun City & Sun City West residents, to help identify transportation needs and challenges for Sun City and Sun City West. Residents are asked to complete a new survey regarding the future of transportation in the area.

The Sun Cities on the Move project is sponsored by the Maricopa Association of Governments, a regional agency that plans and studies transportation, and conducted in partnership with transit authority Valley Metro and with Maricopa County.

Learn more here or complete the survey.

~ Sun City West’s Holiday Card Drive is back! Residents are invited to help spread cheer to local care-facility residents by writing simple, heartfelt holiday cards. You can join the community card-writing party on Thursday, December 4th, from 10 a.m. to noon at the R.H. Johnson Library, where supplies will be provided, or you can write cards at home.

Completed cards may be dropped off Nov.=ember 17th through noon on November 26th at multiple Rec Centers locations, including the R.H. Johnson, Beardsley, Kuentz, Palm Ridge centers, and the R.H. Johnson Library. Please leave envelopes unsealed and include a short, friendly message inside and a festive greeting on the front. This small gesture goes a long way in brightening the holidays for our neighbors in care facilities. (link)

ARIZONA TRIVIA

Last week’s trivia question was ‘Who operated a ferry on the upper Colorado river near Page until his execution by a firing squad?’

The answer was: John Doyle Lee

The man who operated a ferry on the upper Colorado River near today’s Page was John D. Lee, a Mormon pioneer whose isolated homestead became known as Lee’s Ferry. Lee ran the crossing with his family in the 1870s, helping early settlers reach northern Arizona. His story took a darker turn when he became the only person executed for the Mountain Meadows Massacre, a tragic 1857 attack on an emigrant wagon train. Lee was tried, convicted, and executed by firing squad in 1877, but his ferry site remains an important landmark along the Colorado River. (link)

EVENTS

This Week

[Sun City] This week’s movie is ‘THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB, The true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Showtimes are Wednesday 11/19 at 2pm & 7pm at the Marinette Rec Center & Saturday 11/22 at 2pm & 7pm at the Mountain View Center

[Sun City] As part of the Fall Ticketed Mini-Series, BUDDY HOLLY REVIEW SHOW will be held on Wednesday, November 19th, at 6pm at the Sundial Recreation Center. (link)

The Buddy Holly Review captures all the excitement of the music created in the garage behind Buddy’s house in Texas, coining ‘The Lubbock Sound’ and making him the city’s famous son. This show gives a blistering rendition of some of rock’s greatest songs, including “That’ll Be The Day”, and “Peggy Sue”. You’ll not be disappointed in this tribute to the immortal Buddy Holly, who has influenced contemporaries thru today, leaving a legacy that has made a lasting impact on music.

Upcoming Events 

[Sun City West] Movie Night at the Stardust Theatre is back! Join them for a showing of THE GAME PLAN on Tuesday, NOVEMBER 25TH at 6pm. (link)

[Sun City] Fall Rock Sale by the Sun City Rock Museum, on November 28th-29th. Multiple sales tables, so you can find that special stone! Spin the wheel of rock fortune and win a prize. Rock cartons for kids and adults only $1. Visit our newly remodeled Mineral Museum open both days from 10-1pm. Plan to get that Christmas shopping done! We look forward to seeing you! Contact us: [email protected] scrockmuseum.com 

[Sun City] 40th Annual Fall Arts and Crafts Festival will be held on Friday, November 28th from 9-4pm and Saturday, November 29th, from 9-3pm at the Sundial Recreation Center. (link)

This event is the best after Thanksgiving holiday shopping experience and guests will find gifts for all pocketbooks. Items for sale and marketing of the event is sponsored and produced by the craft clubs of Sun City, Arizona.

This two-day event provides more than 50,000 sq. ft. of award-winning artisans representing: Ceramics, Clay Arts, Fiber Arts, Glass Arts, Jewelry, Leather, Metal, and Wood Arts, and Painting.

[Sun City] As part of the Fall Ticketed Mini-Series, STONE SOUL will be held on Wednesday, DECEMBER 3RD, at 6pm at the Sundial Recreation Center. (link)

Stone Soul is an 8-piece horn-blowing, foot-stomping Classic Soul and Motown tribute band that has built a reputation as one of the hardest-working, most entertaining bands you’ll ever see! With their snazzy suits and spot-on renditions of classic hits and pioneering sounds, they’ll have you dancing to “The Jerk”, “The Mashed Potato”, “The Twist” and  swooning to music by Smokey Robinson, Otis Redding and more. You’ll feel like you’ve just been smack dab in the middle of one authentic revue!

[Sun City] St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church is hosting their Holiday Bazaar on December 6th & 7th. (link & map)

[Sun City] The Sun City Lighted Boat Parade & Ugly Sweater Get Together with be on Saturday, December 6th, at the Lakeview Recreation Center. The Beach Buns food truck will be on site to serve food & drinks.

Weekly Events 

[Sun City West] The Sun City West Friday Farmers Market is BACK!!! The market is every Friday from 10am-2pm at the Lord of Life Lutherans Church. (link)

[Sun City] The Sun City Farmers Market is back at the Bell Center, on 99th Ave just south of Bell Road. The market will be held every Thursday from 9am-1pm. (link)

[Sun City] Desert Glow Farmers Markets is hosting their market, from 8am-12pm on Thursdays, at Desert Episcopal Church. (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)

[Sun City West] The Sun City West Desert Garden Club hosts weekly PLANT SALES from 9:00am to noon each week, except Thanksgiving and Christmas. Club members will be on hand during sales to answer questions and offer gardening advice. Visitors are encouraged to tour the adjacent botanical garden during their visit to the greenhouse. The plant sales are open to the public and payments can be made by cash, check, or credit card. Supporting Education and the Community.

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

CLUBS

Miata owners & want to be owners. Did you know about the Sahuaro Miata Club of Phoenix? It is a Valleywide club, but the club president, Dennis Manning, is a Sun City West resident.

The Sahuaro Miata Club is very active with as many as 50 events each year, sometimes more. Their event types fall into three categories, local breakfast or lunch gatherings, one day driving events, usually to somewhere for lunch and overnight events that may be anywhere from 3 to 7 days. They even have events next year planned to Italy!

The common theme is of course our sports car the Mazda Miata. Miata’s have been around since 1990 and our club members have all different years from the early ones that had the pop-up headlights to the current models that are very competitive on the track or on a curvy road. Our club has been in existence since 1994 and the reason for our long-term success is our love of community. We enjoy so much getting together with our good friends in the club. A significant number of our members are retirement age and finally own the unabashed fun Miata that we longed for all those working years.   We’d love for you to join us.

Learn more about the club and their events at Sahuaromiataclub.com. This club is open to owners of Mazda Miatas & those who are interested in, or are considering Miata ownership.

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Please reply to this email or send details on your club to [email protected]

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