Category: June 2017

Definition of a servant

Vergil and Lenore (Bunny) Buttorff

P The summary of the biblical definition of a servant is a person who helps and serves others in the spirit of love, with no expectations of anything in return, leaving the rest to God. Lenore (Bunny) Buttorff has fulfilled that definition in her tireless support and help in the SunBird Community. She will be…

Notes from the Board Meeting – April 24, 2017

The meeting was called to order by President Gordon Lee at 10:00 a.m. All board members were present HOA/Golf Club Committee Layne Varney reported that no meeting has been held; however, Pro Shop lease to be renewed and updated. Project Review & Long Range Planning Committee Membership Recommendation The board voted and appointed Dianne Reed…

Card Scores

SunBird 500 Darlene Thompson We meet in the Lakeview Room, 2nd floor, by the Pro Shop, on Thursday evenings and start to play at 6:30 p.m. Please come early. Remember, we will be starting at 6:30 p.m. Buy-in is $.50. If you have any questions, please call Darlene Thompson at 602-460-1501 and leave a message…

The Hand of Friendship

Elizabeth Pendrey

Patsy Thomas This article is to say thank you to the first person to extend the hand of friendship to me in SunBird. I’ll never forget; I was in the pool, waiting for water aerobics to start, when this very pretty, white-haired lady with this amazing smile tapped me on the shoulder. She said, “You’re…

Patrol Report

Thomas Catri, Chief of Patrol Where has everyone gone? Maybe it’s because the first day of summer is very near. Approximately half of our community of SunBird leave their homes for the hot summer months. Now that’s a cool thing to do, but as a resident of SunBird leaving for the summer, we have to…

Letter to SunBird from Elizabeth Pendrey

Elizabeth Pendrey Dearest SunBird Community: Thank you for over 20 years of wonderful living. It has truly been a blessing to live in such a remarkable community. It’s the residents that make a community remarkable. It has always amazed me the amount of talented people that live in SunBird. The individuals I’ve had the pleasure…

In Passing

Thomas F. Donoghue passed away on January 22, 2017. There was no memorial service planned at that time. However, on June 30, 2017, there will be a memorial service at the Arizona Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome to attend. If there is to be a get-together for him in the…

Footnotes from the Library

Shirley Jackson Henning Mankell (3 February 1948 – 5 October 2015), novelist, playwright, publisher. He wrote the Kurt Wallander novels, a series of crime fiction, which novels were made into a series on PBS. Mankell, a left-wing social critic and activist, reflects his feelings in his writings. Sharing his time between Sweden and countries in…