a message from the association president.

We are into our second month of 2026 and plans are being made by the association for upcoming events during the month of

February.

We are starting off with our monthly Breakfast in the Park on Saturday February 6th from 8:30am to 9:30am. The breakfast always seems to be a big event, and a time for neighbors to sit with a good breakfast, a cup of coffee to catch up on the news of the week.

Sunday February 8th is our SUPERBOWL PARTY !!!!. Game starts at 4:30pm MT. The party is being held at the club house with the association providing the meat, chips, & drinks. As residents we all will be ROOTING for our Favorite Team, who ever makes it to the Big Game.

February 14th is Valentine's Day. I hope you are taking your sweetie out for a special dinner.

Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine,[1] is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine, and through later folk traditions it has also become a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.

The Penny Sale will be our final event for the month and will be held on Saturday 21,2026. Time of event to follow.

The Penny Sale began in different forms:

One being "Derivation: A single dollar buys a ticket, which provides 100 chances to win the 100 prizes drawn during one of the sale events of the evening."

Penny Sale also started in 1930 to 1932 when farmers were going under and auctions were being done for sale of the farms, equipment.

It is said that farmers in Nebraska where a family couldn't repay the loan and the bank was going to Auction off the farm.

As those who were there remember it, the auctioneer began with a piece of equipment. The first bid was 5-cents. When someone else tried to raise that bid, he was requested not to do so – forcibly. Item after item got only one or two bids. All were ridiculously low. The proceeds for that first “Penny Auction” were $5.35, which the bank was supposed to accept to pay off the loan.

The Desertscape Penny Sale isn't based on a foreclosure of our homes or farms. We do bring items from our homes to be sold for a Penny. It is a lot of fun and there is much to bid on.

Sheri Kramer

Association President