Category: August 2024

Where in the Heck Did Those Weeds Come From?

Catherine Schaeffer, DanSco Realty Group How is it possible to go to sleep one night with your yard looking pristine and lovely and wake up the next day with 12-inch weeds in your yard? Sun and water are the simple answers. The sun-drenched days and picturesque landscapes of SunBird come with a little hitch: the…

Yes, It’s Hot!

Okay, we all know it’s summer in Arizona and the temperatures can be challenging. Why not try an indoor activity with friends, family, and neighbors? Crystal Cards (CC) offers in-home sales. You can invite everyone to your home, CC will bring you a large selection of greeting cards, and you can all “shop” in air-conditioned…

Social Events

Live Music! Featuring Harley Davidson Saturday, Aug. 3, 7 p.m. Live in the Horizon Room—Harley Davidson! Don’t miss this fun-filled night of live acoustic music and humor. Harley will surely keep you dancing and entertained! Horse Races Sunday, Aug. 4 and 18, Horizon Room, 2 to 4 p.m. The Horse Races are trotting towards the…

Golf Course Update

Dave White, Golf Course President Happy summer! I would like to address a few things. We realize the condition of the retention ponds is not what it should be. Some of the problem is the depth of the ponds. After 30 years of run-off from the streets and homeowner houses, the ponds have collected a…

Palm Trees

Bonnie Marcus, ACC Committee There has been a lot of communication about waiting to trim your palm trees until late June and July. All palm trees should now be trimmed, but as we all know, this is not the case. With the monsoon season here, the high winds really cause a mess in everyone’s yards.…

Reminder from the ACC Committee

From time to time we must be reminded of some of the ACC Guidelines. With new homeowners moving in, they are not always familiar with some of the guidelines, and a few of us have forgotten some of the guidelines. The ACC Committee would like to remind all of our homeowners that mirrored, aluminum foil,…

Manager’s Report

Layne Varney, General Manager It has been extremely hot, with daily excessive heat warnings and no immediate relief of cooler temperatures in the forecast. These extreme temperatures also increase the workload of equipment like air conditioning units and ice machines. During a week this past July, several commercial ice machines at some of the local…