1) First Saturday Breakfast 7!
2) Neighborhood Watch Meeting Monday 9th from 6pm to 7pm
3)Monday 9th Board meeting 7PM
4) USDA Food Distribution is on Monday 9th but not sure...
5) PotLuck this month is on Saturday 28th!
Our little Community’s column in this extraordinary local newspaper, has demanded my focused attention on Copper Mountain Mesa, every Thursday noon-hour deadline, for the last 52 weeks! With an average of 345 words per week, that’s almost 18,000 words: an epic epistle; an entire year with 100 square miles of stories! I My hope is that the generations of children and grandchildren who have yet to be born, will one day read the stories in the Copper Mountain Mesa columns and learn more about where their people came from and what kind of lives they led. History, if you will; or, in many cases: Herstory!
Joking aside, writing this column has been a joyful, learning experience for me. Obviously, some weeks it was more difficult to find subject matter than others, but for the most part the constant line-up of Neighborhood news, encounters and stories, dotted with my own experiences, have kept the column writing itself. I have had more reaction to some columns than others: the rodent repelling; scrapmetal hauling and Neighborhood watch meeting segments have attracted the most Community response. I have received mostly positive comments about the Copper Mountain Mesa column: please accept my humble thanks!
My predecessor, Bob Deloyd, who wrote this column for 11 years, continues to run our Community website: www.coppermountainmesa.com. My favorite feature, is where Bob displays the latest column, followed by his own columns from 5 and 10 years ago. It’s a fascinating comparison of Life in our Community back then and how Life is now.
The Tuesday night Bingo and Supper party has been around forever and attracted 17 players last week. Steve Tuttle, Earl Wilbert and Ray Foyil served Chicken and Rice for dinner. We were very happy to see Mary Reeves and Claudia Bridges. Their busy schedules with Outreach means we don’t get to see them as much. Welcome, Ladies! Ruthie Malton won the big money with U-Pik-Em: she was so happy and all-a-wiggle with excitement! You go, Ruthie!
The Potluck party starts at 4pm today and the monthly Saturday Breakfast is next week. Until then, stay well!
ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK The Year 2011
By Bob DeLoyd 01/29/2011
Our little Community, I’ve been privileged to write that catch phrase for over eleven years now; 583 weeks and 583 newspaper columns. I feel it is time to let it go and let someone else take over. Long time Copper Mountain Mesa resident Annelies Kuiper will be the one. She is an accomplished author and has written a book called “Kenya Cowgirl”. Annelies will do just fine. Change is good! I really hope y’all enjoyed my little column as much as I enjoyed writing it. So this is it, there ain’t no more, this is all there is. GOODBYE :)
Thought for the week (I made this up a few years ago and it is my favorite): As I sit here contemplating what to write in my newspaper column; the Earth revolves eastward at 1000 mph and orbits our Sun at 18.55 miles per second. In turn the Sun is revolving about the galactic center of the Milky Way Galaxy at about 150 miles per second and takes 225 million years to complete one revolution. All galaxies are rushing away from a common beginning some15 billion years ago. And all this is taking place without spilling my coffee, Wow!
FIVE YEARS AGO THIS WEEK The Year 2007
By Bob DeLoyd 01/27/2007
Our little Community has been really cold and windy for about the last three weeks. I’ve never seen it this cold, lasting this long, since I’ve moved here permanently in 1998. My neighbor Bob Stonebraker says the same thing and he’s been here for over thirty years. Almost all my plants are dead from the freeze. My Alavera plants that I blend in my breakfast drink are frozen and dead, my Palm Trees look wasted, and all the flowered plants took a dump. I guess come summer we’ll be complaining about the heat.
I helped a good friend install a motor in his vehicle last week and I’ve haven’t seen someone curse as much since I was in the service. It was like he was caught in his own fantasia where inanimate objects join forces and conspired against him. A wrench he was looking for would bury its self to the bottom of the tool chest, nuts would miraculously change their threads from metric to standard, the floor jack would suddenly drop, and dirt would defy gravity and fall sideways into his eyes! We finally got the motor bolted in despite the hostile legions of tools and other commonplace items fighting him.
Thought for the week: Did anyone think to ask the Iraqi people if they still want our help or not? Let them hold a vote. That’s the Democratic way and would clear up a whole lot of confusion. I for one would like to know.
TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK The Year 2002 By Bob DeLoyd 01/26/2001
Our little Community has heard that Fred Frederiksen has been feeling under the weather lately. Fred has always supported the goings on up here and our community wants him to know that we all love him and hopes he can git better soon.
Remember that the potluck is today, Saturday, and starts at 4 P.M. We usually have a good turnout and have lots of good home cookin. So if you don't have anything to do and yer hungry for food and companionship come on down.
Thought for the week: They say: It all comes out in the wash. But ya know, I'd sure hate ta be around during the rinse cycle.
Our little Community’s main thoroughfare - Winters Road – was almost blocked by a long, bulky piece of metal that had obviously fallen off the back of a truck, close to the Community Center, last Tuesday afternoon. As I continued West, I barely managed to avoid another two large pieces of metal. I don’t know who’s been dropping their loads on our roads, but it’s terribly dangerous.
Our friend and neighbor Doug, was almost killed on New Year’s Eve. His dirt bike hit a log: probably dropped by ‘weekenders’ visiting our beautiful Mesa for the holiday; looking forward to miles of dirt and endless starry skies. Likely, they haven’t a clue that the log they lost, almost killed our nephew-in-law Jimbo’s brother Doug.
OK, back up; here’s that part of the story! I moved up to the Mesa on a cold, dark night in the Winter of 1993. As I was unpacking the u-haul, a brown El-Camino came zipping into my driveway and out sprang Julie, my exuberantly blonde and bosomy new Neighbor to the North; accompanied by her young sons Gary and Jason.
A few years later, Julie’s Uncle Jim came to visit: he is the man I’ve lived with ever since! Cut to several years after that: Julie married Jimbo; we met his brother Doug and we’ve remained friends, neighbors and relatives over the years. They all live off La Brisa: the southern boundary of the Copper Mountain Mesa Community. Doug continues to recover from his fractured skull, broken ribs, clavicle and femur. He thanks us for all our well wishes.
Here’s hoping that Rick Seeley and all those celebrating January Birthdays, will enjoy many happy returns of their special day. With love, we remember Sharon Weaver, Marge and Bob Seeley.
The Bingo and Supper party attracted 15 players last Tuesday night; including Sandy; her mother Carol, who just returned from Texas and grand-daughters Cathy and Ellie. Steve Tuttle and Earl Wilbert served up Pot pies and Hot dogs with chips. Dyan Carroll won the White elephant prize.
The Potluck Party is next Saturday, January 28th: stay well!
A Video Blog or Some Such by Bob DeLoyd September 03 2011
Winter has arrived My cement pond has frozen :)
CopperMountainMesa.Com JANUARY 2012
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3 Quadrantid meteor shower Look to the Northwest tonight and early tomorrow morning
4 Don't forget BINGO TUESDAY NIGHTS Starts at 6:00pm
5 Earth is at the perihelion of its orbit; closest to the Sun (91.5 million miles)
Community Center located 4 miles east of Border Ave, 5 miles west of Lear Ave at:
65-336 Winters Road (760)362-5212
Newsletter: Fall 2011 By Annelies Kuiper
Hello Everyone:
During the Summer, a Neighborhood Watch group was formed: in an effort
to combat the illegal scrapping and dumping in our area. Many of us
have recently seen and heard big trucks: either thundering west on
Pole Line or East on Winters, before turning North on Coppermoon: to
drop off and pick up huge containers, allegedly full of scrap metal.
Our mission is not to spy on neighbors and report every petty crime;
but simply to keep Copper Mountain Mesa pristine and safe for all of
us fortunate enough to live out here. Meetings take place at 6p.m. on
the 2nd Monday of every month; preceding the monthly Board meetings,
which follow at 7p.m. Please join us.
After the Summerbreak, our Community Center reopened on Saturday,
September 3rd, with the monthly Saturday Breakfast. Tuesday-night
Bingo, the monthly Board meetings on the 2nd Monday and the USDA Food
Give-aways, from 8-11a.m. on the 3rd Monday of every month, also
resumed. The October 1st Breakfast was a record-breaker, as we served
60 people.
This year, the Membership Committee will host our annual Community
B-B-Q” on Saturday November 12th. In an effort to persuade more
Neighbors to become involved in their Community, the Annual Community
Board Meeting will be held on the same day as the
B-B-Q. This meeting is from 11a.m. until noon. Volunteers: Steve
Tuttle, Ray Foyil and John Demers, will then put on their Chef hats
and prepare a delicious BBQ’d lunch. With $1.00 Hotdogs and $2.00
Hamburgers, plus all the yummy Fixin’s and Desserts, Community
participation will be rewarded most deliciously! We’ll also have
coffee, water and the soda machine; or…bring a cooler with your
favorite beverages. Then, at 2p.m., during the General Membership
meeting (which rarely lasts longer than 30 minutes) the old Year will
be closed and the new Board Members voted in. This will be followed by
an Ice Cream Social, with mouth-watering ice-creams in a variety of
delicious flavors, provided by Indy Amos and ‘Joshua Treets Ice
Cream’. At this point, there will also be live Music, provided by
excellent local Musicians and we encourage you to dance and cavort
joyously!
Gather your Friends and Family and come on down for the Party!
The Thrift Room will have a special Sale on that day and is also open
during all other events, or by appointment.
Remember, Tuesday night Bingo is back in full swing too and the
‘U-Pik-Em’ and ‘Blackout’ pots are full for the winning! Every Tuesday
evening from 5:30-9p.m., Neighbors get together for a delicious Supper
and a good game of Bingo. For a $10/= buy-in, we hope you’ll join us
soon.
Some of the dishes at the Pot-Luck Party - held from 4p.m. on the last
Saturday of every month – are unusual, creative and quite scrumptious!
Please join us and bring your own favorite dishes to share. Many
people bring a main course and a dessert, but any culinary
contribution is welcome.
We are planning our Annual Member Recognition Thanksgiving Pot Luck
Party on Thursday November 24th, from 1p.m. Turkey, Stuffing and
Mashed potatoes will be provided. Please join us: Membership and a
food-dish to share are required for this event. We will be taking
applications for our Christmas dinner give-away for the truly needy in
our Community. To sign up, call Mary Helen Tuttle at the Center:
(760)362-5212 , before December 20th or e-mail us at:
cmmcanewsletter@gmail.com.
Also, we respectfully urge you to renew your Annual Membership in the
Copper Mountain Mesa Community Association. The form on the back of
this page may be used for new or renewing memberships. The Board
recently approved upping the dues to $10.00 per person annually; the
first increase in Years! We ask everyone to renew in the Fall, so we
can send updated, valid Member cards out in the same mailing: cutting
down on administrative mix-ups! We’re all volunteers at the Center,
doing the best we can to keep the Community Center doors open: both as
a Red Cross Disaster Center and as a social haven for our
Neighborhood. Memberships and proceeds from our Events are the only
income the Association has and we need your support to keep the “Hub”
of our Community open and running. We’re always looking for new
Volunteers and it’s a lot of fun working with Neighbors for the
improvement of our Community! Hope to see you at the Center soon!
Stay well, Annelies
Let’s face it: there are so many ways to go green we might not know how to begin. Sure it’s easy enough to take out the recyclables every week, turn off the water when not in use, and flipping off a light switch when leaving a room. But these easy steps have been preached for years. And with the growing awareness about how important it is to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle, a lot of people wonder what exactly they can do?
If you think the only way to lend another helping hand is converting a major portion of your backyard to a compost heap or shelling out tens of thousands of dollars on a full solar panel spread on your rooftop, don’t worry. There are plenty of simpler, and cheaper, ways to get greener and do your part. One of which is to turn on to LED lights.
Think about it. What do you use more energy in your house for than lighting? We already talked about flipping off the light switches sure but what about all the time spent actually burning through light bulbs? The energy to light your house on both the interior and exterior is huge!
LED lights will address this issue and change the way you look at lighting, something so commonplace we never even consider doing it differently. Using LED lights will save exponentially more energy if you outfit your house with them. They can last anywhere from 25,000 to 50,000 hours. This is a major difference compared to Incandescent light bulbs, which only last from 1,000 to 2,000 hours. Imagine how often you buy light bulbs now. Then imagine having bulbs that last 25 times longer!
And because LED lights use less energy, they burn at a much cooler temperature. This makes them especially safe for any household with young children running around.
LED lights cost more than other lights upfront but because they last so long and use so little energy your wallet will thank you in the long run. The best places to start converting your lighting are in the places where you use lights the most. Think porch lights and lamps on this one. If you have an overhanging light over the dinner table this would be an excellent place to install LED lights too. Next up start in on other areas of your house like the garage or any spare rooms. It is okay to take this in steps and make the conversion gradual.
After a while, you may not be able to remember when you even installed the LED lights since it will be so long ago. Though you probably will not forget how much money you are saving on the electric bill and not having to go out and buy more light bulbs all the time.
LED lights - simply one of the easiest ways to get a little greener and help the planet!
SPECIAL NOTICES:
Shati has been FOUND! Ok, I know this has been here for a long time Shati been home for many months now So dog dang it! give me something else to post!
The time has come to take a bold jump into the unknown and fight the beast with yer bare hands. To go the way of yer ancestors and build a fire for warmth, to slay a critter for food. To understand the meaning of hunger in a time of plenty. To spit in the eyes of yer antagonist! To howl at the moon... And enjoy life! LIVE!
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