2025 Esperanza Estates HOA Board

From left, Jim Gardner, Larry Johnson, Connie Scorza, John Nesavich, Debbie Ries, Dave Sielken, Kevin Welsh, Dean Lockwood, Cyndie Alto

Thanks to Hugh Rhine for the photo

Monday Morning Memo

HOA Official Business

Esperanza Estates HOA Annual Meeting

From Connie Scorza, HOA Secretary

The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Esperanza Estates Homeowners’ Association was held at CPAC on Monday, January 20, 2025. The official meeting minutes will be presented for acceptance at the Board’s regular monthly meeting on Monday, February 17, 2025. However, we wanted to be sure all EE residents are updated on the election results and Board assignments for 2025.

It was announced that the candidates receiving the most votes to replace the three open seats on the Board were: Dean Lockwood, Larry Johnson and Jim Gardner. Congratulations and welcome to the EE Board!

Following the close of the official portion of the meeting, the Board met in executive session, and after discussion and majority approval, the 2025 Officers and Directors are:

Kevin Welsh, President

John Nesavich, Vice President

Dean Lockwood, Treasurer

Connie Scorza, Secretary

David Sielken, Director and Capital Projects Lead

Cyndie Alto, Director and Common Area Maintenance Lead

Debbie Ries, Director and Architectural Control Lead

Jim Gardner, Director and Recreational Areas Lead

Larry Johnson, Director and Welcome Corps Lead

Patio Pavers

From Cyndie Alto

Let's repurpose our no longer needed patio pavers! Yes...those bricks that have been stacked up in our garages for years, or the out-going ones that will be replaced with upcoming landscape projects.

Call Tom Aigner, 720-518-9505, from the Esperanza Estates "Rock Monkeys," and they will collect them and store them behind the garage.

As the pavers come in over the next few years, our plan is to pave that narrow strip next to the street, where the lamp posts are (see photos). Currently the small stones in those areas can present safety issues, as we all have seen while walking along the sidewalks. In addition to the safety concern, this will be a great upgrade to our neighborhood!

Neighborhood News

Afternoon Water Aerobics is Back!!

From Penny Huculak, Zell Higgins, Robin Lockwood and Marce Pross

Please join us as we start up Afternoon Water Aerobics again, beginning Monday, January 27th at 2 pm in the pool. This wonderful activity is fun and low impact. The session will begin with a 20 minute warm up in the shallow end to get your heart rate going, followed by a 20 minute session of stretching, core strengthening and resistance work using Aquatic Dumbbells in the deep end (or shallow if you choose). We will end with a 20 minute wind-down section back in the shallow end for arm strength and muscle relaxation. Classes will be held on Monday, Wednesdays and Thursdays, weather dependent, beginning on the 27th.

The top benefits of aqua aerobics

1. Water supports the body, putting less stress on your joints and muscles
2. Working out in water helps build strength. Fighting against the push of the water activates your muscles
3. Water pressure helps put less strain on the heart by moving blood around the body
4. The impact of gravity is less in the water allowing a greater range of motion
5. Working out in water helps prevent overheating, helping you exercise for longer
6. And… it’s fun! It is not often you can say that about a workout.

We hope you can join us for a fun way to exercise and some great camaraderie!

Gardeners

From Mary Harp

We'll have to cancel Gardeners meeting for Tuesday, January 28 due to a scheduling conflict. 

The Gardeners will resume meeting February 4, 2025. 

Pickleball Skills and Drills

From Sharon Falor, Coach

Series III of Drills and Skills will begin February 4th, and meet on the 11th, and 18th (three consecutive Tuesdays). Sessions begin at 11:00 am and finish at 12:30. Players should have intermediate to advanced level skills. Focus will be on continuing paddle development drills along with these three specific topics: Attacks and Counterattacks, Drops and Drives, Serves and Returns.

Arts and Crafts Group

From Janet Shown

The EE Arts and Crafts group doodled their way to a colorful ending in the last class of Doodle Art taught by Susanne Phillips. Participants got to try out different kinds of colored pencils and learn about blending and layering within doodled sections. We are grateful to Susanne for her skillful and patient methods of sharing her artistic knowledge and talent. 

Next up: pine needle basketry taught by Gary Terslinger February 4th and 18th. The class is full with 12 people registered. Confirmed participants who have not yet paid for their supplies or chosen their agate slice and glued it to the vinyl backing may contact Janet Shown at 720-749-0273 or jansho@yahoo.com. All supplies will be brought to the first meeting. 

An upcoming project will be creating totems made from glass or ceramics, so interested people should start collecting items for their totem. Think crystal glasses, serving items, and stemware, teacups and saucers, figurines and vases, or other eye-catching items. For more information, contact Janet Shown.

Book Club

From Hugh Rhine

Here's our reading list for the next couple of months. Our book for February is Afterword, by Nina Schuyler. Our next meeting will be Thursday, February 13, 11 am at the Ramada.

• February: Afterword, by Nina Schuyler, discussion led by Linda Sielken
• March: The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson, discussion led by Hugh Rhine

We still need books for April and May, so appreciate your suggestions!

Souper Wednesday Soup Dinner

Over a hundred neighbors attended the delicious Soup Dinner last Wednesday. We had a large variety of homemade soups prepared by the Hospitality Committee. Thanks Hospitality Committee...you take the best care of us!

Thanks Gloria Creagh and John Nesavich for the pictures

Caring Connections

Food Donations

From Sandy LaVoi

Thanks everyone for your generous donations to the food shelf. They are so appreciative every time we make a delivery. 

Stay warm. 

Molly Sheridan to Compete in 777 World Marathon Challenge

EE resident, Molly Sheridan, will be attempting a World Record to be the oldest woman to run 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days in The World Marathon Challenge event. You can watch her recent interview on KGun, Channel 9, in Tucson. The first marathon starts January 31 in Antarctica, then goes to Cape Town, then Perth, Australia, Dubai, Madrid, then Brazil and ends with the last marathon in Miami....7 consecutive days.

Our very best wishes and good luck to Molly on her ambitious and exciting quest!

Events

Check out the upcoming programs at CPAC

Thanks John Nesavich

I was in line at the emergency room when a man came in with a bucket on his head.

I let him go before me as he looked a bit pail.

If mediums can communicate with the dead imagine what a large can do.



Source: Home Groan puns

Source: Bizzaro

Word Definitions

SECRET - Something you tell to one person at a time.

ANTONYM - The opposite of the word you're trying to think of.

EXPERIENCE - What you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

HANDKERCHIEF - Cold Storage

BUFFET - A French word that means "Get up and get it yourself."

JUNK - Something you need the day after you throw it away.

LOTTERY - A tax on people who are bad at math.

SHIN - A sensor for finding furniture in the dark.

SKELETON - A bunch of bones with the people scraped off.

Thanks Al Prato

Source: Unknown

Please send your neighborhood pictures, jokes, suggestions, and comments to

Judy Hayes, jkhayes70@gmail.com, 720-201-9260 and

John Nesavich, jnesavich@gmail.com, 303-880-3261

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