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Dear Friends,

Bob and I want to thank all of our neighbors and friends here in Springfield who sent food, cards, called, or dropped by to see me during the past two months after both of my surgeries. The first surgery was to insert a titanium rod in my right femur, and the later surgery was to repair a torn cartilage and cyst in my right knee. I am still using a walker but hopefully that won't be much longer. Your continued prayers for my recovery are very much appreciated. Thank you again.

Bobbie Hubbard

50 Years and Counting!

Roger and Judy Cornell will be observing their 50th Wedding Anniversary on March 10th. They have been favored with 3 children, 8 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. We have been blessed beyond measure through these years with wonderful family and friends. Our lives have been enriched with warm lasting memories.

Thank You

The family of Marilyn Stratton would like to thank our friends and neighbors here in Springfield for their kind attention after her sudden passing. The memorial luncheon by the Sunshine Committee was a beautiful event! The gathering represented her best memories of living in Springfield and we feel blessed for spending the past 10 years together with her and with you in this special community.

Ken Stratton, her husband
Jerry & Kay Suydam, her brother and sister-in-law
Marnie & John Newman, her sister and brother-in-law

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Manager's Section

SPA - PLEASE - shower prior to entering the SPA.
PLEASE - NO OILS OR SOAP IN THE SPA.
This is a health issue. Your cooperation shall be appreciated. Thank you, The Management
Trees, shrubs, vines, plants and grass which die shall be promptly removed and replaced with living foliage of like kind, unless different foliage is approved in writing by the Architectural Review Committee. No yard equipment, wood piles or storage areas may be maintained so as to be Visible from Neighboring Property or streets. All Lots upon which no Residential Units, buildings or other structures, landscaping or Improvements have been constructed shall be maintained in a weed free and attractive manner.

The "office" has many keys turned in. If you are Missing keys, please come to the Rec Center to claim your key(s).

Submitted by Anna Pappas

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Gate Control Remotes

The Board of Directors at the recommendation of the Facilities & Finance Committee has recently purchased a new control system and software for the Riggs and the McQueen gates. The system will include new Keypads and Remote Controls. The system will be installed sometime in mid to late February. Unfortunately, the remote controls which you currently have are not compatible with the new system. As soon as the software arrives it will be entered into our computer and be in place prior to installation of the new keypads, etc. The BOD has ordered one new remote for each household at no charge to resident. Additional remotes can be purchased for $25.00 each as needed. Please watch Bulletin Boards in the lobby and at the Riggs and McQueen gates for availability of the new remotes. When they have been programmed, notification will be posted so that you can pick them up at the HOA office and have them in your car at the time the new system is initialized.
Thank you in advance for a smooth transition.

Submitted by Fred Massengale, Chairman Facilities & Finance Committee

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WELCOME NEIGHBORS

Mercedes (Mercy) & Chuck Bohn from North Dakota.
Don & Ann Ulferts from Hope, Idaho
Daniel Saunders from Tempe, AZ

Welcome to Springfield. We are glad you chose to be a part of our community and hope you will be happy here.

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Photo Directory Corrections

Judy Cornell
Connie & Dee Monson
It is our policy to not publish home telephone numbers or addresses of residents on this website. For correct telephone numbers of these residents please see the paper copy of the newsletter delivered to your home or available at the HOA office.

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Springfield Sound Concert

Rehearsals have been underway since January for the Spring concert, "Broadway & More," by members of the Springfield Sound Community Chorus.
The performance will be presented on two nights, March l7 & March l8 at 7:00 p.m. in the SanTan Ballroom. Tickets for the event are on sale at the HOA office for $2.00 each.
Please come and enjoy an evening of entertainment, under the Direction of Lana Oyer, presented by the friends and neighbors of your community and surrounding area.

Questions contact, Fred Massengale

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Springfield Social Club Meeting
February 3, 2011

President Mary Ann Schulte called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Fourteen residents attended. Mary Ann introduced herself as the new President and introduced the other Social Club's officers. The treasurer's and secretary's reports were accepted. Various social subcommittees gave their reports. Details on the upcoming community garage sale were provided.
One hundred tickets will go on sale soon for a St Patrick's dinner scheduled for Monday, March 14. The dinner will include corned beef and cabbage plus dessert. Tickets will cost $10 each. The Missouri Opry will perform at Springfield on March 26. Tickets will go on sale Monday, February 14, for $10 each. The Social Club has scheduled other entertainment and dates for a Halloween Dance and a Country Western Dance. Other future social activities were also suggested. The Social Club presented Ron Sippy a $50 gift card in appreciation for his time as President of the Social Club Board for the last 5 years.
Residents may view the Social Club's complete meeting minutes posted on the bulletin board across from the Kiva Room in the Recreation Center.
The meeting adjourned at 8:13 p.m. The next Social Club meeting will be on Thursday, March 3, 2011, in the Springfield San Tan Ballroom. All residents are members of this Club and are invited to attend the meeting.

Submitted by K. Young, Secretary

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Communications Committee Meeting

The Communications Committee meeting convened at 1:05 p.m., February 14, 2011. January minutes were approved. The Committee discussed the January 24, 2011 Town Hall meeting, the Garage Sale event, the proposed DVD project and possible conversion of HOA documents to an electronic version. The Committee also discussed the ongoing need for additional volunteers for this and other committees and for ways to encourage more community participation in activities. The meeting was adjourned at 2:00 PM. The next meeting will be on March 14, 2011 at 1:00 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,
Roberta Rattiner

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Benefit Concert for the Sunshine Committee
March 6th in the Ballroom from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

We will have great soloists from our community, organ music, songs of Elvis, Neil Diamond, Karen Carpenter, Willie Nelson, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, etc.
Admission is free with Donations Greatly Appreciated.
These donations will go to help the Sunshine Committee with their good works of sending cards, holding Memorial Services and keeping up the Medical Supply Room.

Submitted by Robert Foley

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SUNSHINE COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

The Springfield Sunshine Committee thanks the dedicated volunteers who step forward to staff the lending closet, serve memorial luncheons, and maintain a list of useful items available to residents when young families visit. You too, can be a part of this group, and your participation would be greatly appreciated. Our next meeting is March 1 at 11 a.m. in the Desert Star room in the clubhouse, and all are welcome. Why not check us out?
The March lending closet volunteers are: Dorothy Kleist, 883-0789 and Betty Melton, 802-5618. Please contact either of them if you have need of such items as wheelchairs, crutches, walkers, commodes, shower stools, canes, etc. These items are available at no charge. They are sanitized after each use, for the comfort and safety of the next user. Items may be borrowed for up to three months. Please return borrowed equipment to the volunteer listed on the door of the closet, located in the workout building adjacent to the clubhouse.
If you are interested in scheduling a memorial luncheon following the passing of a Springfield resident, please contact Roberta Hellman to make arrangements. Please don't attempt to schedule these events through the office. These luncheons are gladly provided free of charge; however, donations are appreciated to defray costs.
Grandma's Closet is a new Sunshine Committee enterprise. We are starting a list of items useful to residents when young families visit. This list serves as a cross reference of such equipment as highchairs, toys, trikes, cribs, etc. Mary Ann Schulte is coordinating this program, and maintains the list. Please contact her if you have items you are willing to share, or if you would like to borrow equipment. Space limitations make it impossible for the committee to store these items, but we can tell you who has one that might be available.
Please don't forget to consider becoming a part of the Sunshine Committee.

Submitted by
Connie Morrison

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Springfield Medical Lending Closet

As most of you know, the Sunshine Committee has medical equipment that can be loaned out for a period of 3 months. There are 2 volunteers each month to help with the lending out and returning of the equipment. Their names are listed in the newsletter, across from the theater, on the lending closet door and at the front desk. If you need to borrow or return any medical equipment please call only those ladies for that month and they will schedule a time convenient for the both of you to meet at the "closet" which is in the exercise building. If you know that you're going to be needing any of our items, it is best not to wait till the last minute since our volunteers might not be able to get it for you immediately.

Submitted by Joan Houchen, Sunshine Committee

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GET FIT/STAY FIT

It is time to turn in your fitness day tickets so you can qualify for the prize drawings to be held at the Poker/Walk Run on Saturday, March 26.
Registration for the Poker Three- Mile event will be at the Pancake Breakfast on March 12. The fee is $3.00 per person or $5.00 per person after that date. Each participant will have the opportunity to obtain seven playing cards and use the best five cards for their poker hand. Participants receive a playing card at the beginning of the walk, the first 1/4 way point of the route, the 1/2 way point and at the end of the route. There will be two options after the first lap. One may continue the walk/run to receive a free playing card at the 1/2 way point and another upon completion or pay $1.00 each for two additional cards. Prize money will be determined by the number of participants.
Contact Roz Juve for more information.

Submitted by Madelyne Kraus

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Prickly Patchers

Friday, March 11 Class: 9:00 a.m. in the Springfield Ballroom.
You will learn:
a. how to do Celtic Knot without tracing a pattern onto the background fabric and
b. how to make your own bias tape.
You may machine sew the bias tape down using a zig-zag stitch or blind hem stitch or you may hand stitch the edges of the bias tape down using a blind stitch.

Celtic Knot-Supply List:

16 x 16 inch square of white, cream, or beige fabric for background. I used quilt backing fabric because the weave is not as tight as it is with regular cotton quilt fabric. (We will have to be able to see the pattern through the fabric.)
1/2 yard of darker cotton fabric (any color) for bias strips and borders
10 x10 inches of contrasting cotton fabric for positioning inside loops of knots
Roxanne's Glue Baste It- 2 oz. bottle
masking tape
Clover 1/4 inch bias tape maker
sewing machine
If you have a sheet of clear plastic or piece of glass 16 x 16 inches or larger please bring it. Also needed is a small ironing board and an iron.
We will need lamp bases about 19 or more inches tall with a light bulb.
We will be using the last two items to make a light box to enable us to see the pattern through the light colored fabric.
Bring thread to match the darker fabric or clear monofilament thread, fabric scissors, rotary cutter, mat, ruler.
You will be able to use your completed square to make a small wall hanging or a pillow cover.

Questions?? Phone Arlie

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Open Dance Class Wednesdays
Three Wednesdays of the month you can learn Ballroom, Country Western or Line Dancing from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. All Springfield couples or singles are welcome. Each week is different and fun, not to mention great exercise. We meet every Wednesday except for the Wednesday of the monthly HOA Board meeting night.
If you feel your tootsies wanting to tap, please come and join us.

Submitted by Gerry St. George

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NORTHWEST PARTY
March 4, 2011

Did you remember to buy your tickets for the best salmon/potluck dinner in Arizona?
Ticket sales are going fast and by the time that you receive your newsletter we may be nearly sold out!. This is a popular event with space limited to 112 guests.
So, if you are from the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana or the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, you are invited to attend. House guests of the Northwest area residents are also welcome.
Tickets may be purchased from Dusty Blair, Martha Peterson, Lu Burd or Dorothy MacDonald.
Our event begins at 5 p.m. for appetizers and BYOB. This will be followed by dinner around 6 p.m. and then topped off with dessert and entertainment. Molly Robbers, chairwoman, says, "We promise a good time!"

Submitted by Madelyne Kraus

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BINGO

We had another fun night and full house for Bingo with callers Bill and Darlene Clifton and Don Worley as call back.
We had a record number of winners for one game with seven winners.
Game winners were�
Jerry Ball
Pete Bowdish
Rita Grob
Joan Koontz
Detta Mae Sullivan
Mary Ann Miller
William Ridgeway
Judith Phillippi
Georgiann Ball
Brenda Collidge
Jim Gelman
Carolyn Prater
Joe Katrein
Patricia Ham
Russell Oates

Fifth Game Winner: Carolyn Prater $241.00
Tenth Game Winner: Kris Hass $297.00

The next Bingo is March 13, 2011 with tickets going on sale on February 28th, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. Tickets will be sold up till 5:00 p.m. on March 10, 2011.
Only two tickets per household and no refunds will be given.
We hope to start our new Bingo Pattern starting April or June of 2011.
Congratulations to all our winners.

Submitted by Your Bingo Committee

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SUCCESSFUL GARAGE SALE!

The Springfield community-wide garage sale held on February 5 was a huge success. 72 residents opted to open up their garages and driveways to the public, who poured into our community beginning at 8:00 a.m., freely spending their dollars until a little past noon. In addition to those 72, several of their neighbors added items to those already in the garage/driveways, bringing the total resident participation to at least 90. Many residents with larger, more expensive items took in close to or over a thousand dollars each, while others sold items to bring in a hundred or so. Some benefits, beyond cleaning out unwanted items and making money, were the camaraderie of neighbors walking throughout Springfield and stopping to visit or shop along the way, as well as showing off our community to outsiders and listening to their glowing comments about our community. The golf course grill also had a very large crowd for lunch. The Social/Garage Sale committee extends their thanks to all the volunteers and participants. They have recommended to the Board that this event be allowed to take place annually. The advanced planning and organization really paid off!

Submitted by the Social/Garage Sale Committee

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Springfield Seniors Bowling
As of January 31, 2011

High Scratch Game for Men
Fred Armstrong 245, LeRoy Houchen 215, Gary Smith 209
High Scratch Series for Men
Fred Armstrong 637, Gerry St. George 595, Joe McGeehan 564
High Scratch Game for Women
Joan Jacobsen 214, Dianne Ferko 195, Tanya Brockmeyer 190
High Scratch Series for Women
Joan Jacobsen 530, Elsa Armstrong 516, Tanya Brockmeyer 515
The 50/50 Winners were Rita Grob $37.00, Bud Anderson $37.00, Barb Billings $42.00, Jan Heck $44.00, Gerry St. George $36.00
Our annual award dinner will be held on Tuesday, March 29th at The Verona Chophouse located at Lone Butte Casino.
Congratulations to the following bowlers for making a SPLIT!
Elsa Armstrong 7-6-10, Ron Rowe 6-7-10, Fred Armstrong 3-6-7-10 & 4-9, Harold Ellis 3-6-7-10, Ed Knight 5-10.

Anyone wanting to join our league please contact Gerry St. George (Pres.), Sally Lasure (VP) or Karen Kaplan (Sec. /Treas).

Submitted by Karen Kaplan

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Tennis Club

The Winter/Spring tennis season is an especially busy time for Springfield tennis. There were two in-house tournaments in January with some very competitive tennis played. We may have another in March. A big thank you to Larry Haines for organizing these events.
Coming up are a February 12, 2011 tournament at Sunbird (coordinators are Cathy and Ken Rainford) and a February 26th tournament (coordinators are Jerry Leonard and Dotti Anderson) at home against Trilogy. Signup sheets are posted at the tennis courts. In March we will be hosting Sunbird on the 19th. Ken and Cathy Rainford will be tournament coordinators. On March 26th we will be playing at Solera and are looking for a coordinator for that tournament. Anyone interested in playing or organizing is welcomed.
Results of the January 15th tournament at Sun Lakes Phase 1 were a win. The final tally was 16-10.
The annual Tennis Club golf outing will be held on Thursday, March 31st with Larry Haines as Chairman. Plan to join in the fun.
New members are always welcome. Schedules of playing times are posted at the courts.

Submitted by Dotti Anderson

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Springfield Valentine's Day Party

On Valentine's Day we teed off at Springfield Golf Course with the ladies playing free golf, compliments of the Springfield Golf Course. Two rounds of golf, compliments of the Springfield Golf Course were won by Earl and Ruth Hamilton for closest to the pin on hole number five. Ralph Weberpal and Bonnie Morrow won two breakfasts, compliments of the Springfield Grill, with the longest putt on hole number nine. Prizes were won by Gary and Syl Darras for low score and Chuck and Mercy Bohn for high score. Thanks for the prizes Keith, Rod and Chuck.
At 5:00 p.m., a delicious meal of prime rib and chicken cordon bleu was served to fifty guests. The dining room was decorated with red and white balloons with rose petals and Hershey kisses on the tables. Dick and Jenny Dircks were crowned Valentine's King and Queen followed by drawings for door prizes and the presentation of red roses to the ladies. Thanks Kathy and Michelle for making the evening very special.

Submitted by Kerry Strom

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Springfield Eight Ball Leagues

Ladies Pool Shark for January
First Place
Beverly Burrough
Second Place
Lucille Leckey

Submitted by Norma Luquette

Men's Pool Shark
Mr. Gary Aklestad is still number 1, winning the January month and racking up title 33 overall.
We would like to find someone to give him competition. Come down and try your luck. We play on Wed. from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Submitted by Don Worley

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