DC Ranch Net.com
A publication of the DC Ranch Community Council
April 2011 • Vol. 3, No. 4
In this Issue
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Marketplace News
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MSC Spotlight
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Meet DC Ranch Animal Hospital client service specialist Sam Fallis Preserve welcomes new director
Family & Healthy Lifestyles 8 Workshops help tweens foster positive relationships
Arts & Culture
“Unhappily Ever After” is Playhouse’s first blackbox production
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Around Scottsdale
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Community Connections
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Education & Philanthropy
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Proposed budget to reduce spending Bargain hunter helps you save
Copper Ridge teacher knows how your garden grows
Around the Ranch
Murder Mystery and Run photos capture residents at play
One of the greatest benefits of living in a resident-led community association is that individuals have the ability to truly become involved in the governance of their community. Each year, the Ranch Association holds its Annual Meeting in April to provide the residents solid information about the health of the Association and initiatives implemented by staff and the board. One major component of the Annual Meeting is the election of new members to the board of directors. This year the residents of DC Ranch will make their voices heard by electing four members to the board to represent them in matters of policy and decision making. Resident involvement in the election process is crucial to ensuring sound representation on the board. Tapadero resident Arthur Landau feels that through voting for the board, residents can help ensure the Association’s stability. “Since we’re all stakeholders we should not only be interested in the maintaining our quality of life but we also have a financial stake and should want to protect our investments,” says Landau.
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For the 2011 election, residents have the opportunity to cast their ballot at a number of polling places through the community, including all manned gatehouses. Country Club Village resident Robert Mangam, left, and East Gate personnel Rodney Mascarella, right, demonstrate how easy dropping off your ballot will be.
Community Council answers the call to service By Jennifer Clark | Community Council
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Featured Events Sunday, April 3
Simply Sports Swimathon Desert Camp Community Center 9 a.m. Sunday, April 16
Bark in the Park Market Street Park 8 a.m.
Saturday, April 23
Eggstravaganza
‘Your Voice, Your Vote, Your Board’ is motto By Vanessa Torre | Ranch Association
Spotlight On: Maxicom DC Ranch has central irrigation control software
Ranch Association launches ‘rock the vote’ campaign
Photo: Krista Hinz
Community Poll: Do you attend Ranch Association board meetings?
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Desert Camp Community Center 11 a.m. See Events Pg. 7
It has been said that only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. DC Ranch embraces this sentiment and puts it into action. In 2011, DC Ranch Community Council staff made a commitment to provide consistent opportunities for residents to volunteer within the borders of DC Ranch and in the greater community, and to uncover simple ways to instill compassion and a sense of service within the youngest demographic in the community: our children. The results of our recent community survey, conducted in the fall of 2010, showed that DC Ranch residents desire to give back to their community and to do good for others.
“What we do here today will create lasting impressions and memories for my children in the years to come,” said Jaime Henrie, Silverleaf village resident and volunteer. Henrie most recently contributed to the work of The Homestead Playhouse Visioning Committee, which spanned more than three months. She was a participant in the January community forum where residents were asked to provide feedback on the planned events, activities and programs designed by Community Council staff for 2011. “I contribute my time and my voice on community endeavors because I Com m uni t y Coun cil
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Resident Sue Walker, holding the Cat in the Hat, reads to children at the March 2 Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration at The Homestead Community Center. More than 35 children attended the event that tied in to the nationally-recognized Read Across America Day of Service.
Photo: Courtesy Jennifer Clark
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