HONEYWELL-GARRETT RETIREES CLUB OF ARIZONA ......2020/06/20 · HONEYWELL-GARRETT RETIREES CLUB OF ARIZONA Cliff Notes PO Box 11633, Scottsdale AZ 85271-p1633 Jan 2020 President Vice

HONEYWELL-GARRETT RETIREES CLUB OF ARIZONA

Cliff Notes PO Box 11633, Scottsdale AZ 85271-p1633 Jan 2020

President Vice President Treasurer Dolf Strom 480-991-6370 Glenn Orgeron 480-390-8912 Joan Schenamsgruber 480-888-2285 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

www.garrettretireesaz.com

CLUB GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN REVISED Date for Vote to be Announced Soon

Revisions include name change, Board composition

All Members of Valley Retirees Clubs are welcome to attend any or all Events

The mission of the Honeywell-Garrett Retirees Club of Arizona is to provide

a means for social, fellowship, and networking activity among retirees, and

to be involved in community and academic environments.

Please remember to make checks out to

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Honeywell-Garrett Retirees Club Meetings and Events

Jan 8, ‘20 Mtg – Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary

Feb 5 Mtg – Rob Spindler – Teddy Roosevelt Rough Riders

Mar 4 Mtg – Al Stimac – How to Sell on Ebay

Apr 1 Mtg – Dennis Fennessy – Commemorative AF

Apr 15 Spring Picnic – Rencenberger Home in Tempe

May 6 Mtg – Dr. Cain Jagodzinski – Active Shooter

AAC/HRSC Events

Jan 14, ‘20 Arizona Falls AAC

Feb 28 Sanderson Village and Museum AAC

Apr 15 Southwest Airlines Tour AAC

TBD Guided Birding @ Rio Salado Audubon Ctr AAC

TBD CAP Informational Lecture AAC

Honeywell-Garrett Retirees’ Club of Arizona Newsletter Jan 2020 2016

Highlights of the Holiday Luncheon

Our annual holiday luncheon was held at El Zariba Shriners Temple and was well attended with 57 members and guests having made reser-vations. It was good to see old friends and spouses in attendance, some that we only see at our holiday luncheons.

Diane Bennett made the initial introductions, followed by President Dolf Strom who re-viewed club highlights from both last and this

year.

50/50 drawins were won by Janet Arrington and Jan Koepsel. Door Prize winners were Dick Dippold, Bill Randall, Jim Laird, Car-ol Cunningham and Cindy Koepke.

Persons seated in chairs #6 and #3 took home the centerpieces. Selected photos are below and more can be found at our website.

On behalf of the Club Officers and Directors, we hope all members and their families

have enjoyed a happy and healthy holiday season


President’s Column

On behalf of all Club members I would like to thank our Events Manager Diane Bennett for an outstanding December Charity Luncheon. This year’s attendance was higher than last year. Food, service, ambience, etc. were all great. Thank you Diane.

I am writing this column after our Charity Luncheon event but before Christmas. Since I still be-lieve in Santa Claus, I thought I could ask Santa for three items:

Number 1 is 10 to 20 new members, and since referrals are not working that well, let’s hope Santa delivers.

Number 2 is a Fix-It Guys Coordinator. Our present Coordinator is 90 and would like to re-tire. If we don’t get a new Coordinator the Fix-It Guys will go away . . . very much like if Santa’s helpers loose Santa then there would be no more presents but in our case there will be cub members with needed handyman type jobs.

Number 3 is a Webmaster. Our Webmaster has been on the job for 15 years and would like someone to take over our website and the email delivery of Cliff Notes newsletter. Without a new Webmaster, the website would become old like lumps of coal and the distribution of the newsletter would be via snail mail. That’s not good.

Let’s all hope that Santa will deliver so that the New Year will be the best ever for our Cub.

Dolf Strom, President

New Honeywell Corporate policy prevents providing the Club with names of new retirees or deceased em-ployees. We need all Club Members to inform us if you know of a new retiree or the passing of a former employee.

Editor’s Corner

Our monthly meetings are held at the Scottsdale Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Reef Road, (just north of McDowell). The meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month, September thru May, except for December – our Holiday Luncheon. Our social hour begins at 1:00 pm, club business is conducted at 1:45 pm, the presentation starts at 2:00 pm and adjournment is at 3:00 pm. Club Monthly Board Meetings will now be held at the Scottsdale Senior Center (same location as meetings) at 11:30 am in Room 10. Feel free to bring a lunch, meet with the Board and provide your thoughts and input.

The history of Honeywell, old editions of the Newsletter and a link to Scholarship Program information and forms can be found on the HGRC webpage http://www.garrettretireesaz.com/

If there is something that you would like to see in the newsletter, or if you want to comment on the Newsletter itself, e-mail the in-formation to [email protected]! We will publish, space available and the approval of the Board. Any comments or claims made within the publication are solely the responsibility of the individual authors and do not necessarily express the views of Honeywell Inc. or the Directors, Officers, Staff or members of the Honeywell-Garrett Retirees Club of Arizona. If we are notified of employ-ment opportunities, we will send to members by a special email.

With our revised club guidelines that will change the roles and increase the number of Board Members, we are again encouraging members to attend Board Meetings as a guest to influence and support Club policies.

January 8 Meeting

We’ll learn about rattlesnakes, Gila mon-sters, gopher snakes, and desert tortoises! We will learn what to do if we see they ev-er see or hear a rattlesnake in the wild, why Gila monsters are such amazing animals, why desert tortoises are protected animals, and how to tell if a snake is venomous or non-venomous. We explore various methods of staying safe in our desert environment as well. Please note that this demonstration does include live venomous animals, but that

Gila monsters are amazing, why desert tortoises are protected, and how to tell if a snake is venomous or non-venomous. We’ll explore various methods of staying safe in our desert environment. This presentation does include live venomous animals, but that they are kept in locked display cases at all times.

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Your 2019 – 2020 HGRC Board of Officers and Directors Officers

President Dolf Strom (480) 991-6370 [email protected]

Vice President Glen Orgeron (480) 390-8912 [email protected]

Recording Secretary Mark Steele (480) 759-0233 [email protected]

Treasurer Joan Schenamsgruber (480) 888-2285 [email protected]

Directors

Editor Membership Stu Mitnik (480) 897-1629 [email protected]

Events Manager Diane Bennett (480) 994-5243 [email protected]

Scholarship Vice Chair Frank Holman (480) 994-4590 [email protected]

Scholarship Committee Brian Unsworth (480) 946-5194 [email protected]

Webmaster Mike Peterson (602) 943-9543 [email protected]

Refreshments and Outreach Diane Rencenberger (480) 775-8116 [email protected]

Director at Large Bob Davenport (480) 838-9340 [email protected]

HGRC Photographer Volker Otto (480) 816-9184

HRSC Contact Mary Barkl (480) 580-5585. [email protected]

HRSC Board [email protected]

AAC Contact Keith Hughes (623) 825-5243 [email protected]

The Sanderson Village and Museum Tour

Friday, February 28, 2020, 9:30 a.m.

You are invited to tour a private, invitation only, museum. The Sanderson Village and Museum contains dozens of cars and nostalgic items, such as a beautifully recreated old mercantile store, a kitchen from the ‘40s and a ‘50s diner with oodles of chrome and period furnishings and accessories such as Coca Cola items from the ‘30s through the ‘50s. The 20,000 square-foot warehouse has one of the best ford collections anywhere and has something for everyone to enjoy.

This free tour is at 9:30 am on Friday, February 28, 2020 in Glendale. The tour lasts 60 –75 minutes. Afterwards you may visit the Starliner Diner on the same site and purchase a late breakfast or lunch. For reservations contact Keith Hughes at [email protected]. Please tell me if you are staying for a meal as space is limited to 30 people. No limit if not eating.

The Diner Menu - http://sandersonford.com/Starliner-Diner

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Fix-It Guys

Sponsored by HGRC, HRSC and AAC Retirees Clubs

Our purpose is to help club members and or surviving spouses who may need assistance with handyman type repairs and will appreciate saving some money.

Currently there are seven Fix-It guys and Warren Koepsel, coordinator. If you have such a need, call Warren at 480.510.9304 and leave a mess- age giving your name, phone number, description of the job, and near- est cross streets.

We can probably help and will get back to you as soon as possible. We furnish the labor at no cost to you - you furnish the cost of the materials or parts.

The Fix-It guys are: HGRC -- Bob Davenport, Frank Holman, Stu Mitnik

HRSC -- Lee Rippstein, Dan Schott, and new member Paul Wiley AAC -- Bob Farney

Our coordinator Warren Koepsel has done a great job and recently celebrated his 90th

birthday. He would like to retiree by the end of the year. The Clubs needs someone to

volunteer to be the new coordinator. For more info about the coordinator function, feel

free to contact Warren, 480.510.9304.

Monthly Charity News

Our club donates to two types of recipients using two sources of funds. From our dues, we allocate $100 per month to local non-profit charities. Consideration is given to charities that provided speakers to our monthly meetings. The charities are selected and funds are distributed at the May board meeting unless a speaker re-ceives the funds at the club meeting..

A list of the charities that we have supported in the past is posted on our website. If you have a favorite char-ity you would like the club to consider for donations, please bring it to our attention.

Also from our dues, we donate $100 per month, $800 total, and another $1500 per year ($2300 total)to the Scholarship Foundation. In addition our members can donate directly to the Scholarship Foundation. Mem-ber donations to date are $5783.

This Club season donations will be selected at the May Board Meeting and reported in the following September Newsletter

NAIDA LOUISE ANGLIN

CHARLIE ABBOTT

JACK TESKE


HRSC & HGRC Scholarship Foundation

Program Updates

Your Honeywell Retiree Clubs Scholarship Foundation Board: Cheryl Wiley Foundation Board Chair [email protected] 623 512 1634

Mary Harris Secretary/Treasurer [email protected] 602 993 6308

Brian Unsworth, ASU Representative [email protected] 480 946 5194

Paul Christopherson U of A Representative [email protected] 480 363 9952

Cheryl Wiley NAU Representative [email protected] 623 512 1634

Frank Holman Vice Chair [email protected] 602 695 2565

Hello fellow Honeywell retirees! My name is Cheryl Wiley. I am the Scholarship Board’s new Chairperson. A great big THANK YOU to Gwen Scheetz and Jim Redmond for all their help as they transition off the Board, and new people volunteering their time for this worthy cause. Please welcome our new Board members Paul Christopherson, Mary Harris and Brian Unsworth. We look forward to implementing the Board’s goals for this Application and Award season.

THANK YOU to everyone who made donations last year. All of you who gave are making a difference in the lives of our deserving recipients. The cost of a college education has been in-creasing yearly. And as you’ve probably seen in the news recently, student loan debt is at an all-time high. Our recipients are very grateful for your generous donations, as is the Board!

Students receiving our scholarships are all family members of retired Honeywell & Garrett em-ployees. By giving to this program, you will be directly helping the friends and family mem-bers of people you worked with for years. Applications will be accepted starting December 1 and are due no later than April 1, 2020. If you have a family member who would qualify for our scholarship, please send them an application and encourage them to submit it in a timely man-ner. Applications can be found on our website at www.hrcaz.org. Click on the Scholarships tab on the left side of the page.

Please review your charitable contributions and seriously consider adding this Scholarship Program to your list of worthy causes. The Scholarship Program is qualified as a 501(c)(3) so donations should be tax deductible on your state and federal returns (check with your tax advi-sor).

If you would like to donate at any time throughout our fiscal year, please make your check pay-able to: Honeywell Retiree Clubs Scholarship Foundation

You can mail your check, together with the form below, to either:

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Honeywell Retiree Service Center

Dept. 09796 - 2601 Research Forest Drive

The Woodlands, TX 77381

Phone: 1-800-526-0744

Hours of Operation: Monday through Fri-

day 9:00 A.M.-6:00 P.M. Eastern Time

Website: “Your Benefits Resources™

http://digital.alight.com\honeywell

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Need your help We have lost contact with:

If anyone has contact information for any of these members, please call or email Stu Mitnik at 480-897-1629 or [email protected]

John Dannan Dennis Thomason Jesse Begley

Gary Armstrong Lee Grochowsky Bill Rickey

Southwest Airlines Tour Wednesday, April 15, 2010, 10:00 a.m.

This is a unique opportunity to tour Southwest Airlines Maintenance Fa-cility at Sky Harbor Airport.

You may be able to walk through an aircraft and sit in the cockpit then tour the maintenance and operation areas in a two hour guided tour. You will find out why the first aircraft were painted those colors, how the fit an aircraft that is too big into the hanger and maybe debate the correct part numbers of the APS we see in the stores. Last year we sat in an air-craft only 5 flight hours old and not yet entered service. Yes it had the new aircraft smell.

This free tour is planned for Wednesday, April 15, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. but names of all attendees are required in advance for security purposes. This will be our fourth tour and spaces fill quickly. I have to limit the group to 40 for practical reasons.

To register send the full names of all in your party to Keith Hughes at [email protected] or call 623-825-5243 for details.

These are from a book Disorder in the American Courts, and are things actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.

ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active? WITNESS: No, I just lie there

ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning? WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken? WITNESS: Are you sh...ting me?

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Arizona Falls Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 10:30 a.m.

G. R. Herberger Park, 56th Street and Indian School Road

Arizona Falls, formed by a natural 20-foot drop along the Arizona Canal be-tween what is now 56th and 58th streets, reopened in June 2003 as a re-stored hydroelectric plant and neighborhood gathering place where visitors can learn, interact and reflect.

The new Arizona Falls combines art, history, and technology to generate clean electricity from the canal's waterfall.

Features The site showcases the Phoenix Art Commission’s "Water Works at Arizona Falls" project, designed by renowned Boston artists Lajos Heder and Mags Harries. The main entrance is on the south side; a footbridge connects the north bank to the viewing platform.

Visitors, surrounded by water on three walls in the water room, may sit on large boulders as they enjoy the cool and soothing sounds of flowing water.

Through sheets of flowing water, the antique gears used in the original hy-droelectric plant can be seen. Two aqueducts frame the room to create the feeling of being inside the historic waterfall. A shade structure covers stone block seats near a pool of water, allowing visitors to enjoy the experience year-round.

Where: G.R. Herberger Park, 56th Street and Indian School Road.

Meet at the power plant at 10.30am. People can hike or bike and then lunch and tour the plant at their leisure.

Contact Kevin Vetter for more details. Email [email protected] call 602-942-0038.

A retired married couple was at home watching TV.

The husband had the remote and was switching back and forth between a

fishing channel and the porn channel.

The wife became more and more annoyed and finally said, "For god's sake!

Leave it on the porn channel. You already know how to fish!"


A Holiday Love Story

Her response -

Sweetheart,

I am sorry about getting into an argument about putting up the Christmas lights. I guess that some-times I feel like you are pushing me too hard when you want something. I realize that I was wrong and I am apologizing for being such a hard-headed guy. All I want is for you to be happy and be able to enjoy the holiday season. Nothing brightens the Christmas spirit like Christmas lights! I took the time to hang the lights for you today; and now I will be off to the hockey rink.

Again, I am very sorry for the way I acted yester-day. I'll be home later.

Love you.

Hi Honey,

Thank you for that heart-felt apology. I don't often get an apology from you, and I truly appreciate it. I, too, felt bad about the argument and wanted to apologize.

I realize that I can sometimes be a little pushy. I will try to respect your feelings from now on. Thank you for taking the time to hang the Christ-mas lights for me. It really means a lot. In the spirit of giving, I washed your truck for you; and now I am off to the mall.

I love you too!

Retirement Planning

If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00. With Enron, you would have had $16.50 left of the original $1000.00. With WorldCom, you would have had less than $5.00 left. If you had purchased $1000 of Delta Air Lines stock you would have $49.00 left.

But, if you had purchased $1,000.00 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, You would have had $214.00.

Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.

It's called the 401-Keg Plan.


Events Info for other Valley Clubs

To avoid finding out that events you may be inter-

ested in attending are sold out – all events are being

posted at the HRSC website and AAC website

www.hrcaz.org www.AeroActivitiesClub.com

Click on Events Schedule then click on the event

you are interested in to find details on how to sign

up

http://www.hrcaz.org/


Why in this Weird World... .....do they have drive-up ATM machines providing Braille for the blind?

Why, if flying is so safe, do they call the airport the "ter-minal"?

Why isn't there mouse fla-vored cat food?

Why does the man who in-vests your money choose to be called a broker instead of a richer? Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, while dish-washing liquid is made with real lemons?

Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?

Why are they called apart-ments even though they are all stuck together?

I have seen many remarkable na-ture photographs over the years but this photo of a nesting Falcon in an old tree is perhaps the most re-markable nature shot that I've ever seen. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Nature is truly breath-taking! Please send this to most of your older friends, since the younger ones probably have never seen a falcon and wouldn't recognize it.

DEAR ABBY ADMITTED SHE WAS AT A LOSS AS HOW TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: Dear Abby, What can I do about all the Sex, Nudity, Fowl Language, and Violence on my VCR?


A few months ago a husband and wife who worked for the “Greatest Show On Earth” went to an adoption agency hoping to initiate the process of adopting a child.

Officials at the agency, considering the extensive travel of cir-cus folks, and the education of the prospective child, immedi-ately had doubts as to the couple’s qualifications for adoption, and voiced their concerns to the couple.

The circus duo acknowledged the concerns and immediately produced photos of their 50-foot motor home which was clean, well maintained, and also equipped with a beautiful nursery. The couple also allayed concerns over the adoptee’s education informing the officials that they had already arranged for a full-time professional tutor who would teach the child all the usual subjects along with French, Mandarin, and technical skills.

Then the officials expressed concerns about the child’s health providers, and it being raised in a circus environment. They were assured by the couple that a nanny had already been placed on retainer and would be available as soon as called. The nanny was a certified expert in pediatric care, welfare, and diet.

The staff of the agency was finally satisfied. They asked, "What age child are you hoping to adopt?"

"It doesn't really matter to us, as long as the kid fits in the can-non."

DEAR ABBY continued:

Dear Abby, I am a twenty-three year old liberated woman who has been on the pill for two years. It's getting expensive and I think my boy-friend should share half the cost, but I don't know him well enough to discuss money with him.

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HONEYWELL-GARRETT RETIREES CLUB OF ARIZONA ......2020/06/20 · HONEYWELL-GARRETT RETIREES CLUB OF ARIZONA Cliff Notes PO Box 11633, Scottsdale AZ 85271-p1633 Jan 2020 President Vice