Weed Update
Last Thursday, Tom and Boyd began their next campaign against weeds in EE. They believe that we have had enough rain to germinate all dormant weeds by this time, and a major effort against them now will carry us through until the winter rains begin. Spraying in all parking strips in the entire subdivision and the Esperanza Blvd common areas has now been completed and spraying of the parks, quad yards, and other common areas within EE will begin on Tuesday. Bufflegrass in Arroyo #9 adjacent to Vereda Calma has been sprayed and killed to keep it from invading EE. Our Gator and spray equipment, which are critical to this job, were certainly good investments. Please wave when you see Tom and Boyd passing by on the Gator to let them know their efforts are greatly appreciated.

Movie Night
Our weekly movie night will resume on Saturday, August 4th. The name of the film to be shown that night will be posted at the Ramada later this week.

Virtually Finished!
The last of the inspection items -- grab bars-- has been completed on the new tennis/pickleball restrooms. This was a tough job as the porcelain tiles were extremely hard and required special diamond bits and many hours to drill a total of 48 holes through them without breaking them. After the re-inspection early this week, there will be a final cleaning, installation of the remaining fixtures and stocking of supplies. Then we'll be officially open for use. Thanks to Kevin Welsh for his hard work on this project. He deserves a gold medal!

Rain, Rain, Don't Go Away!
Living in the desert certainly changes your view of that old nursery rhyme that wishes the rain would go away. Total rainfall from the welcome weekend storm was over 1.5 inches.
As always, the rain washed some sand onto our streets. But thanks to Dean Hess and the Hot Desert crew having removed a lot of sand from the wash near Bridge Park this past spring, the amount was substantially less than in past years.

Missing EE? Check Out Our Website
Our webmaster, Craig Surprise, has added photos of the completed restrooms at the tennis/pickleball courts and some of recent monsoon storms to our website. Now you can virtually be there. If you have any photos that you think would be of interest to our residents who are away for the summer, please send them to ee-webmaster@msn.com.

In Memoriam
The MMM will include the Periodico's In Memoriam list on the last Monday in July and August when the Periodico is not published. We hope this will give residents who wish to express their condolences an opportunity to do so on a more timely basis.