SUN CITY MAGAZINE SEPT 2019

Issue 16
September 2019
SERVING THE SENIOR COMMUNITY IN SUN CITY MENIFEE & SURROUNDING AREAS
GET READY FOR
DISCOVERY DAY
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SUN CITY GOLD MARCH 2019
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Editor: Gary Hawthorne
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2 CONTENTS
3 SCCC & SUN CITY HISTORY
4 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
5 SEPTEMBER 2019 AGENDA MEETING
6 LETTER FROM LONI kNOWLES ABOUT WHY
SCCC NEES TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ACTIVITIES AND CLUBS
7 SCCC COORDINATING COUNCIL CLUB INTEReST APPLICATION
8 Discovery Day Flyer
9 Discovery Day Vendor Promotion
10 Discovery Day Schedule
11 EPAC
12 BLITZER FROZEN YOGURT
13 GIOVANNI’S MENIFEE
14 CARNITAS EXPRESS
15 VIP’S CAFE
16 ARCHIBALD’S
17 ANDY’S XPRESS CAR WASH
18 ZESTY SHAWARMA
19 FARMERS INSURANCE
20 YOGA CLASSES
21 HAWTHORNE WORLDWIDE
22 Local Services Directory
23 Lawn Bowling Techniques Video
24 Neill’s Recycling Center (NEW LOCATION)
25 Solar Guy Bill - Tap into Free Energy
26 SUN CITY TRAVEL CLUB pgs 27,28,29
30 News You Can Use - Check out the Clubs
31 Sun City Coordinating Council Article by Helen Richmond
32 Two Articles by Helen Richmond “We Want You” & “Whats Up Sun City
33 PERFORMING ARTISTS - COMEDY IMPROV - SUN CITY SLICKERS
34 MUSIC PLAYERS CLUB 34,35
36 Knit & Crochet Classes
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Tony Reverditto
Co-Vice President
Sun City Coordinating Council
Tony Reverditto’s background in the entertainment industry is diverse and he has taught most
aspects of acting for over thirty years. He founded Way Off Broadway Playhouse, a successful live
theatre and acting school for eight years. While producing and directing nearly eighty productions
for the stage, he was awarded “Best Director and Best Production of the Year” by the Los Angeles
Times. Tony has created 3 touring comedy troupes and has written lots of comedy sketch while
hosting the performances. From there, he worked as a Talent Agent for five years, did Marketing
at Paramount Pictures, and script coverage for a top Product Placement company. His love for the
theatre brought him back to an Artistic Director position for an International Performing Arts
Academy in the heart of Hollywood. This is where he was able to expand his career into
film-making. Recently, he finished writing a screenplay and several television pilots that are being
promoted to industry professionals. He currently works as a journalist with a focus on community
issues, food, entertainment and travel.
Tony moved to Sun City in August of 2018 and is currently the Chairman of the Greek Theatre
Committee, Co-VP of the Coordinating Council and President of the newly formed Sun City
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Performing Artists.

SUN CITY COORDINATING COUNCIL
Regular Meeting Agenda Friday, September 6, 2019
26850 Sun City Blvd. in North Town Hall-9am
Call to Order: (President Chuck Reutter)
Flag Salute
Introductions of Club Reps - Announcements/Members Comments & Concerns
Approval of Minutes:
Treasury Report: (Treasurer Loni Knowles)
Helen Richmond will talk about the Swim Club and the many programs provided by
our Swim Club including swimming lessons and aquatic exercises for the members
of our Core.
Our October meeting has been cancelled due to Discovery Day taking place on
October 5 and some clubs want to set up the day before.
Please send info you want to be placed in the Core Courier to Helen at
richmondhmr@verizon.net or call 951-672-3180.
https://www.suncitycoordinatingcouncil.com/ is the address for our web site.
Please send information or articles about your club to: garyhawthorne@gmail.com
so we can place them on our web site and magazine Please put club info in the
subject line.
Next Meeting: November 1, 2019
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DISCOVERY DAY IS HERE – FREE FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT & 40 CLUBS
Our wonderful community will showcase a FREE to the public event on OCTOBER 5 th called
Discovery Day 2019 featuring a Swim Show from 10 am to Noon. Beginning at noon, Live
Entertainment by The Sun City Slickers, The Merry Makers, Square Dancers, Music Players Club, Line
Dancers and a Quilts of Valor presentation will hit the stage (schedule below). The campus will be
buzzing with Exhibitions, Demonstrations, and Sports Club expositions such as Lawn Bowling,
Horseshoeing, Shuffleboard, and Bicycling. Residents will see firsthand the many activities and clubs
available to them. Family and friends are welcome!
Other happenings include a variety of Arts and Crafts for Sale and on display, as well as some
surrounding Menifee Restaurants serving free signature small bite samplings prepared by their
amazing Chefs starting a noon. Come taste food presented by Baron’s Market, China Brothers,
Archibald’s, Gracie’s Lunch Box, Zesty Shawarma and Grill, Nothing Bundt Cakes Coffee Bean and
Tea Leaf. There will be an opportunity drawing for lots of great prizes with a $1 donation per ticket
and $5 for 6 tickets which will benefit The Sun City Coordinating Councils future events.
DISCOVERY DAY PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Merry Makers 12:15 Webb Hall
Square Dancing 12:30 Webb Hall
Line Dancing 1:00 Webb Hall
Sun City Slickers 1:15 Webb Hall
Quilts of Valor 1:45 Webb Hall
Music Players Club will be performing by the Water Fountain
DISCOVERY DAY 2019, OCTOBER 5 FROM 10 AM TO 3PM AT THE SUN CITY CAMPUS located at
26850 Sun City Blvd. Sun City.
Visit the Sun City Coordinating Councils website at: https://suncitycoordinatingcouncil.com/
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GETTING PREPARED FOR DISCOVERY DAY
OUR CLUB COMMUNITY IS GROWING PROVIDING AN EVER EXPANDING
OPPORTUNITY TO FIND AN ACTIVITY THAT APPEALS TO A WIDE RANGE
OF INTERESTS. YEP, FOR ALL YOU DO THERE'S A CLUB FOR YOU
The Performing Arts Club and the Music Makers
Club are both off to good starts. Both offer
opportunities to learn something new, which is a
great way for seniors to keep mentally active.
Another new club is forming, the Community
Information Club. Its goal is to provide
information about community resources available
to our members and residents and to help find
solutions to problems. Currently their meetings
CRIME WATCH
RV Club
VACATION CLUB
Ice Cream Social
are scheduled for the 4 th Friday of the month
from 2:00-3:00 in the Trophy Room.
The Crime Watch representative shared that
Sargent Rice is back with Crime Watch. Merry
Makers provided a special patriotic program in
recognition of Memorial Day, Veteran’s Day, and
upcoming 4 th of July. They have several new,
strong male vocalists. Mahjong is reorganizing
and looking for people who’d like to play or learn
to play. TOPs enthusiastically reported income of
$1,600 from their annual yard sale, their
once-a-year fundraiser. Welcome Wagon added a
Saturday orientation in June to accommodate
working new residents. The Travel Club is
looking forward to its July ice-cream social. Chair
Volleyball’s latest play day spreading into both
halls is a June happening. The Sun City RV Club
meets the 2 nd Thursday from 11:00-12:30.
Previews of Coming Attractions include our
Historical Preservation Committee presentation at
the Coordinating Council’s August meeting, as
well as a representative from the Registrar of
Voters recruiting poll workers. The July meeting
will be devoted to Discovery Day preparation. Be
sure your club’s representative attends this vital
meeting.
Chair
Volleyball
Now w/ eve play
Garden
Club
Welcome
Wagon to
New Working
Residents
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COORDINATING COUNCIL COLUMN
Article by Helen Richmond
Menifee Union School District Superintendent Dr. Steve Kennedy was the guest
speaker at the September Coordinating Council meeting. He recognized Discovery
Day plans were talked about and everyone was assured that detailed information
would be available and distributed after the final planning meeting which is scheduled
on September 27th.
School Board Member Bob O’Donnell. Mr. O’Donnell has served the Menifee School
Board for over 35 years and he also served as the Sun City Post Master for 35 years.
Dr. Kennedy said that Bob was a steady voice of reason as Board dynamics changed
with each election.
Dr. Kennedy went on to say that he looked forward to his annual check-in with the
Sun City Community and to assure his audience that they are never taken for granted
and always appreciated for their contributions to the City and School District. He
shared a story about a student from Quail Valley who, in spite of hardships in her life,
took her elementary school’s theme of “no excuses” seriously, applied it to her life and
later graduated from Paloma Valley High School as valedictorian, won a four-year full
scholarship to one of California’s Universities, and is studying applied physics. He
also shared that property for the 4 th middle school has been purchased near La Ladera
Park.
The Swim Show representative shared the Club’s activities which include swimming
lessons, water exercise classes, and the annual swim show. Everyone was urged to
attend this year’s show on October 4 and 5, and to participate in Discovery Day
activities on October 5.
To allow all the club representatives to participate in Discovery Day activities, there
will be no Coordinating Council meeting in October. The next meeting will be
November 1, 2019 at 9:30 am with social time at 9:00. This will be a very important
meeting as planning for 2020 begins.
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CURIOUS ABOUT
WHAT’S UP SUN CITY
By Helen Richmond
Here’s the easiest way to find out. Just
type “whatsupsuncity.com” in the address
bar on your web page and the latest
information is there for you on our Sun
City Civic Association’s own website.
Then select the appropriate heading to go
to the specific information you’re looking
for. There’s no need to log in or remember
a password, just an easy one-step process.
Do you want your club’s activities to be
part of this information? Remember, it’s
where our new younger techie residents
are going for the latest and greatest. You
can advertise your event before the fact
and then share photos afterward to entice
others to join you. But you have to take the
first step and send your news to the Media
Committee (mediascca@gmail.com) so the
website administrator can include it.
WE WANT YOU
By Helen Richmond
Do you like to write? Do you
constantly take pictures with your
phone? Do you love to know
everything that’s going on around
you? Do you see and/or talk to people
every day? The Sun City Civic
Association’s Media Committee would
like you to share with us and help us
get all the news out to our neighbors.
Be a regular part of the Committee
and help develop ideas on how to best
disseminate information to our diverse
community. Or, if you don’t want to
make a formal commitment, simply
submit your stories and photos to the
committee for us to share via the
website “whatsupsuncity.com,” the
Core Courier, the marquee, and other
venues as we develop them. The
Committee meets the 2 nd Tuesday of
each month at 10:00 am in the East
Room. Or contact us via email at
(mediascca@gmail.com) to find out
how to get your stories and photos
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NEW
HOW TO JOIN
Michael Cook
President
I am proud to announce that we now have the Music
Players Club!
As President of the Music Players Club, I offer over
55 years of professional experience in the music
field in areas such as performing, songwriting,
recording, and teaching.
I've spent over 21 years on the road working with
various recording artists and bands. I have over 30
years of teaching experience, mainly on guitar, but in
the last ten years - piano as well. being raised on
southern gospel harmony and singing. playing guitar
on and off the road, studio work, and backing some
of the greatest musicians of my era.
As a road musician, I've worked with such greats as
Jerry Lee Lewis, George Jones, Rheba McEntyre,
Red Steagall, Carl Smith, Jack Greene, and Ernest
Tubb. In Blues, I've played the Jerry Walker Five in
LA and Kenny Jackson in Memphis.
My favorite mentor of all time is Eldon Shamblen of
Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. I'm looking
forward to doing my part in the Music Players Club
and I feel confident that we are onto something good
for the Club and good for the Core.
We are a club that welcomes everyone with an SCCA membership who has
played to any degree and wants sharpen their skills, jam, and get to know others
who play. Contact Mickael Cook email: michaelcookguitar@gmail.com
We meet in the Trophy Room on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month from
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. First Thursdays are for Beginners who play just a little or
who are wanting to learn guitar. 2nd Thursdays are for Intermediate and up on
all instruments.
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Everyone who has an SCCA membership number is welcome to attend one or both
meetings. We've had two great club meetings already and are looking forward to
having everyone come and join in the fun.
Our club philosophy is to LEARN TOGETHER and PLAY TOGETHER.
We concentrate the various styles of music, such as Classic Rock, Country, Folk,
50's and 60's, Blues, as well as other styles.
We have the goal of performing whether as a single or in a group.
Linda: One of our members, learned to play when she was 12 years of age.
She began writing songs then as well. She's a member of several song-writing
groups in Los Angeles as well as Nashville. She has recorded a CD of her songs
that she has written. She hopes become more proficient with her guitar-playing and
we are happy to have her as a member.
Gary: Started playing the acoustic guitar right out of high school.
He has played with several local rock bands in San Fernando Valley and San
Diego over the next decade. He laid down his guitar to pursue photography and
returned to play in 2011. He hopes that becoming a member of the SCCA Music
Players Club, will help him improve his ability to play with others as a performer
as well as in a group.
Pat: She says that the musical talent she has, she inherited from her mother
who loved to play organ and piano, and loved to sing. She received her first
guitar, a 1957 Gibson, from a high school sweetheart. Her music training
consisted of piano lessons as a child. She performed in a church worship band
for 2 years. In 2009 she became involved with bluegrass music on the guitar. She
is currently a member of the Southwest Bluegrass Association. Although her
favorite music genre is Classic Country, she likes many different music styles.
She hopes to learn a variety of music within the Music Players Club.
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Knit & Crochet Classes in
Sun City/Menifee Area
Every Monday 11am to 2pm Marion V. Ashley Community Center
1st & 3rd Thursdays 2 to 4pm Paloma Valley Library
25625 Briggs Road, Menifee Take Menifee Rd. or 215
N to Rt. 74, turn right. Turn left at Briggs. Center will
be on left.
31375 Bradley Rd. (adj to Paloma Valley HS)
Parking is on the right of the entryway drive.
2nd & 4th Thursdays 11am to 1:15pm Sun City Library
1st & 3rd Fridays 1 to 4pm Canyon Lake Library
26982 Cherry Hills Blvd.
31516 Railroad Canyon (inside City Hall) Turn onto
Town Center East. Library is on left.
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