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HONEYWELL-GARRETT RETIREES CLUB OF ARIZONA
Cliff Notes PO Box 11633, Scottsdale AZ 85271-11633 Mar 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
REVISED CLUB GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED
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
Honeywell-Garrett Retirees Club
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Honeywell-Garrett Retirees Club Meetings and Events
Mar 4 Mtg – Rob Spindler – Teddy Roosevelt Rough Riders
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 Mar 18 Day at the Races HRSC
Apr 15 Southwest Airlines Tour AAC
TBD Guided Birding @ Rio Salado Audubon Ctr AAC
May 13 CAP Informational Lecture AAC
May 14 Hall of Flame Museum AAC
Nov 10 Panama Canal Cruise HRSC
The Oak Street Gleaners clean up the trash along Oak Street from 48th to 56th Street every last Wednesday of the month except for June thru August. It takes us less than an hour. We could use one or two more “gleaners” in case of conflicts/sickness or hangovers. Contact Al Stimac at 480-949-5598 or [email protected].
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Highlights of the February Meeting
Dolf Strom welcomed members and guests. Carl Landrum led the pledge.
Dolf asked for a vote of approval for the updated Club Guidelines. The updated Guidelines were approved by unanimous vote of attendees. Dolf announced that Gary Kains has volunteered to be the Fix-it Guys coordinator In addition, he announced the Club needs candidates for VP and Treasures. Treasurer is a critical Club elected position, so please consider standing for election later this spring. We also need a new Webmas-ter.
Our featured speaker was Al Stimac, talking about Selling and Buying on eBay. Why eBay? Getting rid of stuff helps downsizing; you get cash from sales; does anyone know what to do with your stuff when you are gone.
Stuff that sells easily on eBay includes collecti-bles such as books, stamps. Service pins – al-most anything. However, do your homework because ‘bottom fishers’ will buy anything and beware of spoofs and returns.
How to start? Signup on eBay is easy. A credit card is needed to create a PayPal account used to collect buyer’s money. Your fees can be paid through PayPal and money in your PayPal ac-count can be transferred directly to your bank.
If you are selling or buying on eBay you have to register. Ensure that your search is accurate and that if you are going to compete, determine your
top offer. You can tell eBay to compete in bidding up to your top offer and without com-petition you may pay less than you were will-ing to. If you win and find you purchase is not as described, eBay will refund your money. eBay is where all problems are resolved.
If you want to sell, start by choosing and easy ‘handle’ (eBay name for you). Search for pricing and descriptions of items similar to what you’re selling and steal text shamelessly using MS Word you refine your item infor-mation. Scan or use photos to display your wares. Titles are important and success de-pends on finding the right category for your items. Pricing below market will move stuff quickly. Be sure to accurately estimate cost of shipping/mailing, because offering free ship-ping is a good sales pitch.
Again, if you are selling, it is best if you offer free shipping, typically you should use USPS (post office) and determine if eBay can pro-vide discounted postage for your item.
Recognize that there are fees involved includ-ing eBay, postage and PayPal, and operating a store incurs a monthly charge with free listings depending how much you pay for your store.
Now go have fun, reduce clutter and make some money
50/50 winners were Volker Otto and Bob Rencenberger.
March 4 Meeting
Teddy Roosevelt’s famed Rough Riders were an all-volunteer cavalry that helped end the Spanish-American War of 1898 with a decisive victory in The Battle of San Juan Hill. Many of the Rough Riders were from the Arizona territory, and seven of them were affiliated with Tempe Normal School, now known as Arizona State University. Their bravery and connection to Roosevelt was cited as a contributing factor to Arizona’s path to statehood. Learn more about the Rough Riders’ connection to Tempe Normal School from ASU archivist Rob Spindler.
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President’s Column
Our February meeting included a tutorial on how to sell on EBay by Al Stimac, a long time club member, and past Club executive. He presented a series of slides on the ins and outs of selling a large variety items on EBay.
Again the month had good news and bad news. The good news is that Gary Kains is now the new Fix-It Guys coordinator. Thank you Gary, Warren Koepsel can now retire after doing an out-standing job for our Club, HRSC, and AAC. The Fix-It Guys under Warren’s direction helped many club members.
Another good news item is that the Club members in attendance at the February meeting approved the revised Guidelines. Mark Steele led this project. Thank you Mark
Bad news is that our Treasurer and now Vice-president will both resign at the end of this season, May 2020.
Elections for Club officials are coming up in April. There are four elected positions, President, Vice president, Treasurer, and Secretary. At this time we know that we need candidates for Vice-president and Treasurer. The Club has around 500 members, surely there are two people that would step up and become candidates. If you ever had a desire to win an election this one is a shoe in. The National Presidential candidates wish it would be this easy to win. Please volunteer.
We also need a Webmaster. This is an opportunity for younger, recent retiree to help the Club.
This month we will try something new to recruit volunteers for the three positions. Our Club will shortly be selecting seven charities for this season. We already gave to one. If you volunteer to be a Vice-president or Treasurer or Webmaster, you can select your favorite non-profit charity for a $100 donation. Here is a way to support your favorite non-profit charity and do good for the Club.
Dolf
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 11:00 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.
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Buffet Lunch Sub sandwiches with smoked turkey, roast beef, or ham White or Honey Wheat bread Chips Pickle spear Condiments Cookies Iced Tea (lemons and sugar packets will be provided)
Your 2019 – 2020 HGRC Board of Officers and Directors
Officers
President Dolf Strom (480) 991-6370 [email protected]
Vice President Glenn 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]
Hall of Flame Museum Of Firefighting
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Hall of Flame Museum 6101 East Van Buren
Arrive at 9:45 a.m.; guided tour starts promptly at 10:00 a.m. $15.00 per person includes guided tour and lunch
Reservations Due and Payable by May 6, 2020
Please contact Kay by E-mail at [email protected] or by
phone at 623-974-9258. If there is no answer, please leave
a message with your name and number of people attend-
ing.
The museum is all on one floor and handicap accessible.
Make checks payable to the HRSC Treasurer
and mail to the Honeywell Retiree Social Club 1860 West Rose Garden Lane,
Phoenix, AZ 85027-2704 .
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Fix-It Guys – Gary Kains is the new Coordinator
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 Gary Kains, coordinator. If you have such a need, call Gary at 480.835.6060 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 provide 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
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. At the January Meeting, the Club gave $100 to the Herpetological Sanctuary. Additional donations will be selected at the May Board Meeting and reported in the following September Newsletter. 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 $6008.
CHARLES S. CRAPO
VAL DECKER (TORRANCE SALES)
MILLS SPANGBERG (GARRETT SALES)
BOB & MERT PHILLIPS
GLENN PITTARD
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 Bill Rickey
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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:
THE SCHOLARSHIP BOARD HAS KICKED OFF THE 2019-2020 FISCAL YEAR
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Northern Trust / Pensions
PO Box 92922
Chicago, Ill 60675 –
1-877-258-3699 #5
< new website
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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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 aircraft only 5 flight hours old and not yet entered service. Yes it had the new aircraft smell.
Names of attendees are required in advance for security purposes. The group is limited 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.
Central Arizona Project
Informational Lecture
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
10:00 a.m. to 12:00
CAP office at 23636 N 7th Street
In the early 20th century, Arizona’s leaders knew the state’s future depended on a water supply that was secure, stable and renewable. They pursued that vision; the result was Central Arizona Project (CAP), a 336-mile system that brings Colorado River water to central and southern Ari-zona, delivers the state’s single largest renewable water supply and serves 80% of the state’s population.
Presentation topics include: CAP 101 Future water supplies for central and southern Arizona Water conservation and environment issues related to the Colorado
River Risk of Colorado River shortage and protecting Lake Mead
Minimum of 20 people required. More information to follow. Please contact Steve Flood for reservations.
Steve Flood at 602-717-0990, or e-mail to [email protected]
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When you call to make reservations, please tell the agent that you are part of Barbara Rippstein’s group.
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Party On Tax Day Apr 15
Plus a game to make you feel young again
No - we won’t pay your taxes, but we will feed you - its Spring Picnic at the Rencenberger’s
4014 S. River Drive, Tempe
Menu bar.b.q pulled pork
1/4 smoked chicken
cowboy beans, green chili corn-
bread,
fudge brownies,
lemonade, coffee, ice tea
beer
On
ly $
15
per p
erso
n
Contact
Diane Bennett Subject Line “Spring Picnic”
[email protected] or (480) 994-5243
or pay at the meeting
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Events Info for other Valley Clubs
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Once again, PADT Inc. is proud to partner with AZ SCITECH to promote and celebrate Arizona's STEM (Sci-ence, Technology, Engineering, and Math) programs!
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
Scientifically fun for the whole family
March 5th, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM MST
As part of this event, we will be hosting an open house that will give you an inside look at what our engi-neers do all day, as well as a first hand display of the capabilities of innovative technology such as:
Large Volume FDM 3D Scanning ANSYS Simulation Digital Light Synthesis Stereolithography Selective Laser Sintering Direct Metal Laser Sintering
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This is a family friendly event, so don't hesitate to bring the kids along.
Come see how we make innovation work!
Join us at 7755 S. Research Drive, Tempe AZ, 85284 from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm.
Food and drinks will be provided. Register at:
https://www.padtinc.com/mautic/2020-
sci-tech-fest
Kilroy Was Here!!!
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He is engraved in stone in the National War Memorial in
Washington , DC- back in a small alcove where very few
people have seen it. For the WWII generation, this will
bring back memories. For you younger folks, it's a bit of
trivia that is a part of our American history. Anyone born
in 1913 to about 1950, is familiar with Kilroy. No one
knew why he was so well known- but everybody seemed to
get into it.
So who was Kilroy?
In 1946 the American Transit Association, through its ra-
dio program, "Speak to America ," sponsored a nation-
wide contest to find the real Kilroy, offering a prize of a
real trolley car to the person who could prove himself to
be the genuine article. Almost 40 men stepped forward to
make that claim, but only James Kilroy from Halifax ,
Massachusetts , had evidence of his identity.
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'Kilroy' was a 46-year old shipyard worker during the war
who worked as a checker at the Fore River Shipyard in
Quincy . His job was to go around and check on the num-
ber of rivets completed. Riveters were on piecework and
got paid by the rivet. He would count a block of rivets and
put a check mark in semi-waxed lumber chalk, so the riv-
ets wouldn't be counted twice. When Kilroy went off duty,
the riveters would erase the mark.
Later on, an off-shift inspector would come through and
count the rivets a second time, resulting in double pay for
the riveters.
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One day Kilroy's boss called him into his office. The fore-
man was upset about all the wages being paid to riveters,
and asked him to investigate. It was then he realized what
had been going on. The tight spaces he had to crawl in to
check the rivets didn't lend themselves to lugging around a
paint can and brush, so Kilroy decided to stick with the
waxy chalk. He continued to put his check mark on each
job he inspected, but added 'KILROY WAS HERE' in
king-sized letters next to the check, and eventually added
the sketch of the chap with the long nose peering over the
fence and that became part of the Kilroy message.
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Once he did that, the riveters stopped trying to wipe away
his marks. Ordinarily the rivets and chalk marks would
have been covered up with paint. With the war on, howev-
er, ships were leaving the Quincy Yard so fast that there
wasn't time to paint them. As a result, Kilroy's inspection
"trademark" was seen by thousands of servicemen who
boarded the troopships the yard produced.
His message apparently rang a bell with the servicemen,
because they picked it up and spread it all over Europe
and the South Pacific.
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Before war's end, "Kilroy" had been here, there, and eve-
rywhere on the long hauls to Berlin and Tokyo . To the
troops outbound in those ships, however, he was a com-
plete mystery; all they knew for sure was that someone
named Kilroy had "been there first." As a joke, U.S. ser-
vicemen began placing the graffiti wherever they landed,
claiming it was already there when they arrived.
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Kilroy became the U.S. super-GI who had always "already
been" wherever GIs went. It became a challenge to place
the logo in the most unlikely places imaginable (it is said to
be atop Mt. Everest , the Statue of Liberty , the underside
of the Arc de Triomphe, and even scrawled in the dust on
the moon.
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As the war went on, the legend grew. Underwater demoli-
tion teams routinely sneaked ashore on Japanese-held is-
lands in the Pacific to map the terrain for coming
invasions by U.S. troops (and thus, presumably, were the
first GI's there). On one occasion, however, they reported
seeing enemy troops painting over the Kilroy logo!
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In 1945, an outhouse was built for the exclusive use of
Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the Potsdam confer-
ence. Its' first occupant was Stalin, who emerged and
asked his aide (in Russian), "Who is Kilroy?"
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To help prove his authenticity in 1946, James Kilroy
brought along officials from the shipyard and some of the
riveters. He won the trolley car, which he gave to his nine
children as a Christmas gift and set it up as a playhouse in
the Kilroy yard in Halifax , Massachusetts .
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And The Tradition Continues...
EVEN Outside Osama Bin Laden's House!!!
