| TREE GLEANING Just a reminder, that SCHOA is offering tree gleaning. Since the newspaper article and last news letter, people are lining up. Cost is $20 per tree and will run through March 2010. SCHOA has partnered with local church, food bank and private vendors. Money is used to support the youth education through local churches and SCHOA’s Financial Assistance Program. Getting rid of the extra fruit will eliminate food sources for rodents. Call Gene at the SCHOA office, 623-974-4718. Please allow two (2) day call back time due to the volume of calls. Spring Fair Bell Recreation Center is holding a Spring Fair on March 6th 2010. For information contact Felicia Cochran at 623-374-2128 Generous Donation $1000 was donated to the Financial Assistance Program was donated by the Sun City Mid-Week Bell Lions Club in the bequest of Sandy Becker. This will be put to good use to aid the financially challenged with exterior cleanups and minor repairs. SCHOA is hoping to expand the program later this year to help with interior cleanups and minor repairs. We currently have about 37 volunteers and five (5) businesses on board that support this program. If you would like to volunteer; contact Gene at the SCHOA offices for more information or, you can make a donation, payable to SCHOA, and earmarked specifically for the Financial Assistance Program. Last year SCHOA cleaned seven (7) properties, and so far this year two (2) properties have been cleaned for those home owner residents that meet the qualifications. Partnering Concept Works A troublesome resident was defiant of the CC&Rs for about 3 months. SCHOA worked with Maricopa County to build a case of running a commercial business in a residentially zoned area. The neighbors banded together and kept logs, took photos, and reported activities to support the complaint. Because the resident was conducting business all over Sun City and Maricopa County could not take enforcement action, because the event was only occurring once or twice per location. SCHOA met with County officials and based on the information collected, the resident was issued a summons. The resident pled not guilty and a court hearing took place in late January. The court found the resident guilty and issued a $2,500 fine per incident. In addition, any further violations will result in significantly increased fines and other sanctions. Restraining orders for trespass, threats, and harassment have been put in place as well. SCHOA is still proceeding forward to seek injunctive relief for the violations still existing on the property as it pertains to set back, storage, and business activities. SCHOA and Maricopa County may not have been able to resolve this situation so quickly if everyone had not partnered together. SCHOA Membership Cards (no longer issued) SCHOA is no longer issuing membership cards. Your record of membership is kept on file and staff has immediate access to verify that information. When the new website goes live, members will be able to access the vendor list directly. Age Restrictions In 2009, SCHOA received about 170 age violations with 41 newly reported violations in December. The Compliance Committee and the Board of Directors received six (6) requests for variances, four of which are currently non-residents of Sun City. Both the Committee and the Board of Directors denied their request. Many people cite the 20% under the CC&Rs and the Age Overlay Act. They do not understand that this 20% is for age qualified residents that have an underage spouse, caretaker, or other person that meets the requirements and resides with the age qualified person. Currently we have two cases that may be facing litigation to bring the property into compliance. We have also involved the County in two other cases that will hopefully result in a quick resolutions. Banks and Financial Institutions Recognize the CC&Rs Recent foreclosed properties with unpermitted construction and construction that violated set-back requirements have been brought into compliance by banking and financial institutions. Both cases involved extension of a garage or carport built into the set back area. The banks hired contractors to remove the violation so that the property could be sold. Sun City Membership Orientation Recreations Centers of Sun City, Sun City Visitors Center, and Sun City Home Owners Association invite you to be part of the Sun City Orientation on Wednesday, February 10th, 2010. There are two (2) sessions; one at 9am and the second at 7pm. You are an integral part of the Sun City Community and this orientation will give you the opportunity to meet new residents and representatives of the Sun City Organizations. There will be speakers from different Organizations and tables set up from various Sun City Clubs and Organizations. The Orientation will take place at the Sundial Auditorium located at 14801 N 103rd Ave (at Boswell Boulevard. Each session will last about 2 hours. Doors will open abut ½ hour before the formal presentation A Little Humor? These are from a book called 'Disorder in the American Courts' and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
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ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS: He's twenty, much like your IQ. ____________________________________________
ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
WITNESS : Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
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ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I'm going with male.
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ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS: All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight.
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ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.
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ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 pm.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished.
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And the best for last:
ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law. E-Recycling Mark Shaffer of Arizona Department of Environmental Quality reported that the E-Recycling at the Sundome in Sun City West was a great success for “electronics collection day”. They were so overwhelmed by vehicles and people they could not keep an accurate count. At estimate, they had about 700 vehicles dropping off about 20 tons of materials. It took four 20 foot panel truck to haul it away. | 
