October 29, 2008 Lunch

Volume XXXVI No. 5

Another beautiful day in our community. We were greeted by Jacquie Goodspeed and Jayne Hubbard. Phyllis Strupp gave the invocation. We sang Happy Birthday to Hugh Shoults. We sang the Marine hymn for Blaine Keith. And we sang “God Bless America” – all under the capable direction of Richard Saunders with Lloyd Meyers on the organ.

Our thanks to the House Committee and all the other committees that worked this week.

Winners of the drawing were Sam Brooks and Jim Shaw. Look for them at the door next week.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Wellness - Nancy Carpenter reported that Lou Snodgrass was under the weather. Blaine Keith is in intensive care with an infection so his kidney operation has been postponed. No calls, but cards to P.O. Box 3713; Carefree, AZ 85377 would be appreciated. Jim Shaw reported that Bill Rintlemann is doing nicely recovering from cancer.

Cowboys for Kids – At Harold’s Saturday 11/1. Starting at 8 AM with Poker Rides, Auctions, and more fun. More information go to www.CowboysForKids.net

Junior Achievement – Burt Lundquist announced a meeting at 10 AM next Wednesday 11/5 at Harolds with Junior Achievement people. All business people cordially invited.

Kiwanis Chili Cook-off – At Ft. Hills Club on November 7. Help show a good turnout for a small club. Contact Dave Bell 980-4304 for more information.

Harvey Mathews Concert – Friday November 7 from 7 – 8:30 PM to benefit the Foothills Caring Corps and its many programs to help the home bound including meals on wheels, medical visits, etc. It will be held at Desert Foothills Presbyterian Church. Tickets are $25. For reservations call 480-488-1105.

Road Clean-up – Richard Saunders is still looking for a few good men of either gender to help clean our roads on Saturday November 15. Meet at the warehouse from 8 AM – 11 AM and get free coffee, donuts and orange juice. Let Richard know of your intent at 220-4460.

Flea Market – Kirk Wilson reported that last weekend’s sale generated about $7,600. While not as much as record breaking recent sales, it is good given the disruption of creating the mezzanine. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped.

Donations are now needed to fill the shelves for the December 6 sale. Check for books VCR tapes, records, costume jewelry, small appliances, serving dishes, linens, knick-knacks, etc. that you no longer want to dust or expect to use. Drop them off at the warehouse Wednesday after lunch or Saturday mornings. More than fit into your vehicle – call 488-8400 for a free pick-up.

Volunteer Opportunities – Kathy Haugner announced three opportunities to volunteer in service to our community. Call Kathy for more information at 488-8315.

Thank You – Brian Kunkel pointed out the thank you notes on the lunch tables. We get many. These are from a fourth grade class for which we bought tapes of Bill Nuys, the Science Guy.

Pancake Breakfast – Remember to sell your Pancake Breakfast tickets and get money in. Come and enjoy on Saturday 11/8.

Volunteers needed to help close on Saturday 11/8 at 11 AM. More volunteers make less work for each. Come if you can.

Blog Extra Feature - Loan Closet Hours Expanded
Free loans of home health aids are now available 52 hours/week thanks to Brian Kunkel. Equipment such as mechanical wheelchairs, walkers, shower seats, and so on can be available upon request at his store Carefree Floors in Cave Creek – just west of Dairy Queen – open during the hours of 8 AM – 5:30 PM on M – Th, 8 AM – 5 PM Friday and 9 AM – 2PM Sat. A larger selection is available at the flea market warehouse, open most Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 – 3:30 PM and Saturday mornings from 9 – 11:30 AM.

Kiwanis continues to operate this community service which has been available for 30 years. There is no charge for any equipment loan. Donations are gratefully accepted; all monies raised are used to support the many services Kiwanis provides to enrich the lives of children in our community.

So if you want to borrow a wheelchair, call our message center at 480-488-8400 or stop by one of the locations. Or rent it from a medical equipment store for $50/one week, $65/two weeks or $85/month.

Tell your friends and neighbors.
Thanks Brian.

PROGRAM

Elaine Adrian introduced our guest speaker Bruce Merrill - a professor at ASU, former Navy man, consultant in many political campaigns, does the Channel 8 poll, a Republican. Bruce acknowledged her introduction and noted Elaine had completed her Masters degree under him.

Bruce was clear that he did not make predictions. If he had a year ago, he would have predicted Hilary Clinton would be the Democratic nominee. He was also clear that what he had to say about what he thought would happen and why it would not be popular with many of us.

He said in retrospect he had underestimated the power of the internet and style on TV that now creates reality. He feels style now outweighs substance. Most Americans now have busy life-styles so their impressions are formed by sound bites on the TV news rather than informed considerations of serious issues.

He thought that Sara Palin was the biggest political gamble ever made in our country. He thought that McCain chose her, rather than Joe Lieberman, to energize the religious right. Reporters told Bruce that Obama drew crowds of thousands and McCain drew crowds of hundreds in the same town until McCain added Palin to the ticket – then they also drew thousands.

He reminds us that national polls are interesting, but we do not have a national election – ask Al Gore. Analysis of various state polls is required. McCain would now need to win every undecided state – highly unlikely.

He believes this will be a “watershed” election. The number of independents is growing rapidly as more and more Americans reject devisive partisanship. Obama has demonstrated a new way of campaigning that does not rely heavily on traditional party support.

There are more poor people than rich people. Our country – and state – have been increasingly Democratic or socialistic. This will accelerate.

It’s the economy stupid – McCain, or any Republican, has bad timing to try to win a presidential election now.

It’s an interesting election. Bruce has never seen so many people under 30 years old so excited and energized.

Thank you to Reporter Michael Moore and Photographer Sherman Agins for making this issue of the Sundial available to us!

October 22, 2008 Lunch

With high temperatures finally cooling into the 80 degree range, Kiwanians gathered at Harold’s and were greeted by Herb Engdahl and Don Basta, who both also did double duty with the house setup chores. Others efficiently preparing our meeting room today were Bob Leininger, Dave Fisher and Manny Gonzales. President Elect Susan Vanik conducted the meeting, with Ray Arnold giving a thoughtful invocation, and Richard Saunders and Lloyd Meyer taking care of the musical duties.

Jayne Hubbard was one of the lucky winners of the raffle and she will team as greeter next week with the other one, Gale Totten.



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Wellness Report
Lou Snodgrass made the best kind of wellness report, stating that she was aware of only two members with medical issues and both were in attendance, Blaine Keith and Don Parks.

Hosts and Guests
Kathy Haugner hosted Jeff Sarricks in addition to Tony and Clare John, who were visiting from England. Gary Hayward brought his wife Irmgard as well as their daughter Debora Manson. Toby Payne had his son Jared as a guest and Debbi Burdick introduced the Finance Director for CCUSD.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Golf Tournament – Susan Vanik announced the final tally from last month’s Golf Tournament, showing net proceeds to our Club of $23,000. This makes it the most financially successful tournament in the recent past. She thanked Co-Chairs Howard Dicke and Bill Scully as well as their Golf Committee and those members that played in the tournament and were sponsors.

Flea Market – Kirk Wilson reminded us of Saturday’s Flea Market and mentioned they need help both on Friday afternoon and during the day Saturday, as well as shoppers.

Pancake Breakfast – Brian Kunkel said 10 tickets will be mailed out to members this week for the November 8th event, and that Jon Loffman is still looking for volunteers to help pre-sell tickets to the public.

Road Clean Up – Richard Saunders needs a dozen folks to help with this community activity, scheduled for November 15th. He has graciously refused an offer made last week by Sheriff Joe to bring out his female chain gang to help out.

Big Band Night – Susan Vanik reported that only 8 tables remain for this fun night on November 21st at the Carefree Resort.

Empty Bowls – October 24th is the date for this annual event benefiting the Foothills Food Bank. The time is 11:00am ‘til 1:30pm at Carefree Town Center. David Shirey also mentioned the High School’s Shadowbox Players presentation at the Fine Arts Center on October 23, 24 and 25th at 7:00pm.

Christmas Pageant –Toby Payne announced the annual community pageant will take place on December 6th and 7th at 7:30pm, with a Luminaria Run on the 6th.

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PROGRAM
Our speaker, Michael Zimmerman, is the CFO of the local company Go Daddy.com. He explained how the company was started in the Valley 11 years ago and has become the world’s largest computer domain management company, with 6 million customers. Hosting websites is another part of their business and they have taken a lead role in global internet security. One event that brought the Company national exposure, and significant sales increases, was an advertisement run during the 2005 Super Bowl.

Go Daddy.com has become like a defacto Information Technology department for some small companies. Mr. Zimmerman proudly pointed out that Go Daddy has 2,000 employees and that there is no outsourcing of jobs. He mentioned that the founder, Bob Parsons, has always strived to be a good corporate citizen, supporting legislation to tighten laws prohibiting internet child pornography and rouge on line pharmacies.

Our speaker concluded by indicating Go Daddy is strongly committed to keeping the majority of their company’s operations here in the Valley. During the past year, the company has contributed over $1 million to charitable organizations, many involving youth services and juvenile medical research.

Next Week – Next week’s program will be Bruce Merrill, with a timely topic of the 2008 election.

Many thanks to reporter Howard Dicke and photographer Alan Haugner for making this issue of the Sundial a reality.

October 15, 2008 Lunch

Jon Loffman, Chuck Hoch, and Michael Moore greeted us as we arrived. House Committee members Max Link, Herb Engdahl, and Chuck Hoch set up for us. Thank you, Toby Payne, for the new sound system! Marie Leake offered our Invocation before Rich Saunders and Lloyd Meyer led us in singing The National Anthem. Vice-President Susan Vanik led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Congratulations to raffle winners Herb Engdahl and Rich Saunders. They’ll be greeting us next week.




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Guests

Numerous guests were present including Susan White, guest of Dieter Loeper, Jared Payne, son of Toby Payne, Howard Gossack, husband of Mara Fishman Gossack, Kathy Swan, wife of Bob Swan, Peter Privert, guest of Bob Leininger, Les Rist, guest of Bob Kroyer, Stephanie Pitel, wife of Tim Pitel, Sally Birkelbach, wife of Al Birkelbach, Ciel Goslin, guest of John Rogers, Pinky Schmid, wife of George Schmid, Jan Ciger, guest of Jackie Keene, Mike McVeigh, guest of Mick Ennis, Dick Laurie, guest of Herb Engdahl, and Carl Rosenburgh and Judy and John Carmody, guests of Louise Rosenburgh.

Wellness Report

Lou Snodgrass has spoken with Blaine Keith. Blaine continues to rehabilitate at home and regrets missing the camaraderie of our Wednesday meetings.

Announcements

Youth Program Volunteers Needed
Help is needed with our youth programs at the Cave Creek Unified School District elementary and middle schools. Please contact Nancy Carpenter if you are able to volunteer a few hours a month with our community’s young people.

Pancake Breakfast
Jon Loffman and Brian Kunkel are heading up the Saturday, November 8, Pancake Breakfast. John made a plea for help with ticket pre-sales at the Carefree Post Office and Basha’s on Tom Darlington for two hour shifts on upcoming Fridays and Saturdays.

Kiwanis Arts Enrichment Scholarship Reception
Elaine Adrian extended an invitation to attend the 4th Annual Kiwanis Arts Enrichment Scholarship Reception to be held Thursday, October 16th, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., in the lobby of the Fine Arts Center, 33606 N. 60th St. Light refreshments, too!

Flea Market
Michael Moore announced the new mezzanine level is nearing completion. The only thing currently missing (and desired!) is a fresh batch of gently used donations in preparation for the upcoming Saturday, October 25 sale.

Circle K and Key Club Leadership Events
Manny Gonzales announced two outstanding leadership events to be held this weekend benefiting our high school and college-aged clubs. Governor Jennifer Phillips is prepared to host an event for our college Circle K groups titled “Getting Equipped to Serve.” Meanwhile, area high school youth will be attending a Key Leader event in Prescott that is at capacity.

Road Clean-Up
Rich Saunders asks club members to mark their calendars for a Saturday, November 15, Road Clean-Up Day. Meet at the Dave Anderson Building at 8 a.m. for coffee and donuts and then head out to assigned stretches of Tom Darlington and Cave Creek Rd. to beautify our community before the holidays.

Program
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was our guest. Sheriff Arpaio is completing his sixteenth year in the county’s top law enforcement position and is seeking a fifth term.
Prior to serving as Sheriff, Mr. Arpaio served in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1953, as a Washington, D.C., and Las Vegas, NV, police officer, as a federal narcotics agent, and with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
The Sheriff mentioned launching rehabilitative programs like “Hard Knocks High” (for jailed youth) and ALPHA (an anti-substance-abuse program) before engaging in a vigorous exposition of Tent City, chain gangs, and illegal immigration.

For a comprehensive review of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and the Sheriff, you may visit the MCSO web site at http://www.mcso.org/

Many Thanks to reporter David Shirey and Photographer Elaine Adrian for their diligence in producing this issue of the Sundial.

October 8, 2008 Lunch

The meeting kicked off with Richard Saunders leading the group in the Kiwanis Club Song, followed by the Southwest District Pledge, and then a rendition of “America the Beautiful” as only the Carefree Kiwanians can give. Lloyd Meyers assisted the songs on organ. Dave Bell then thanked the setup crew of Max Link, John McBreen, Herb Engdahl and John Skarda, other meeting volunteers, and outside activities such as the fleas. We gave one round of applause for all.



Photos from our lunch (click to enlarge)
New President = New Ideas...
From now on if your ticket number is drawn, President Dave has asked that you give the club your name and a “one-liner” about yourself in order that the club gets to know you better. In adhering to this request, lucky ticket winners John Skarda informed us that he likes to fish and Bud Hover let us know that he is a new transfer from Denver, Colorado (just a few months actually). One tradition that will carry forward is the ticket winners still have to be there next week to greet us!

Wellness Report:
Lou Snodgrass reported Bob Lewis has been struggling with cancer and, although he won’t be back until Late October, he’d love to hear from us. He can be reached at (515) 490-9293. Bill Rintlemann is said to be “doing okay” and Blaine Keith continues to go through some rough times. Let’s keep them all in our prayers.

Guests:
Father Dart introduced Dr. Jenna Miller, Interim Superintendent of Cave Creek Unified School District, who is a returning guest and will soon be new member.

Announcements:
Big Band Concert: Susan Vanik reminded everyone of the Big Band Concert being held on Friday, November 21st at the Carefree Resort Opera House starting at 5:30 pm. Tickets are still available. See Susan or call 480-488-9650. This is one of hopefully many conjoint functions Kiwanis will be involved in with the community and other charitable organizations. This particular event we’re co-sponsoring with the Desert Foothills Woman’s Club.

Next Week’s Speaker - Oct. 15th: Sheriff Joe Arpaio.



New Member Mixer (click to enlarge)

Program:
New President Dave Bell took this opportunity to present some of his visions for the next year, as well as to provide the members with information associated Kiwanis.

President Dave indicated that our club is currently sixth in size in Kiwanis International, 20% of our members are women, and we are in the top ten with regard to highest amount of funds raised. He envisions us doing even better next year.

The following is a summary of key points presented by President Dave:

Sound System: We are getting a new sound system - yipppeeeee! It is scheduled to be here next week (October 15th) and anyone interested in seeing how it works be at Harold’s at 10:30 a.m. next Wednesday.

Sundial:
New chair, Tim Pitel, has brought us into the 21st century by creating a web log (aka “blog”) for us on the internet. You can now access the Sundial, as well as other club information, by going directly to carefree-kiwanis-sundial.blogspot.com.

We always want to reduce the costs associated with printing and mailing hard copies of the Sundial. Those who have computers and can print their own copies, please help in letting Michael Moore know that you REALLY don’t need to have one mailed to you each week.

To assist in reporting accuracy, all chairs or anyone making announcements at meetings, are asked to provide the Sundial reporter a short written summary of what they said and please include your name and phone number in case there are any questions. You can also send this information to Tim Pitel at kiwaniscarefree@gmail.com.



Programs/Speakers: Elaine Adrian and Ralph Pipp are the new chairs for this committee. It is their goal to place more emphasis on Arizona businesses for this year’s programs, as well as Arizona education and some 501(c)3 presentations. They are asking members to please let them know if they have someone in mind to speak this year.

Phone Lines Available: Committee chairs please be advised there are additional phone lines available for use if needed for upcoming functions. Please contact Phylliss Henry 575- 8407 for more information. (Ed Jensen is on vacation and can be consulted upon return.)

Builder’s Club: Kathy Haugner continues to seek members who are interested in spending a few hours of their time assisting in the Builder’s Club program. It really does not require much more than being present for the kids and it is for a very good cause!!! See Kathy 488-8315 for more information.

Available Information: Copies of the Committee Chair List, Club Calendar and Phone List are now available at the front table for those who did not receive them via e-mail (see Gary Hayward or Janie French).

Many Thanks to reporter Janie French and photographer JJ Devito for their efforts in producing this issue of the Sundial.

October 1, 2008 Lunch

Next week join newly installed President Dave Bell for a presentation on what our club has been doing and what it expects to do in the coming year.

This week Howard Dicke and Ralph Pipp met us at the door. The invocation was given by Kirk Wilson. The Club song was sung. Richard Saunders led us in “My Country ‘Tis of Thee.” Pledge. House Committee included John Skarda, Bob McBreen, and Max Link. Guests included several new member prospects: Debbie Burdick introduced interim Principal of CSHS Dr. Donna Lewis who has completed her application, Richard Saunders had a guest and Dave Bell had a table full of guests. George Schmid has returned from MN and Ed Jensen is back from MI.

Wellness Bob Leininger filled in for Lou Snodgrass since she was home with an ear infection. Bill Rintelmann is finished treatments and at home – he would enjoy cards at 35407 N. Palo Verde Way, Cave Creek, AZ 85331-9159 – no phone calls please. Blaine Keith came home today and would like calls at 595-5964 or cards to P.O.Box 3713, Carefree AZ 85377.

IPP Award to Andy Tobias from Brian Kunkel with thanks, a plaque suitable for hanging.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Help Wanted – PR Chair. Somebody to spread our news to outsiders. Please contact Dave Bell at 980-4304.

Donations for sale. Thanks to PP Andy Tobias, a 1937 Jaguar SS100 in fab condition – contact Andy at 623-551-3790. Also thanks to Andy a tournament quality pool table very gently used – contact Kirk Wilson at 595-9543.

Mixer Jon Loffman reminds us of the Mixer this Tuesday evening at the Buffalo Chip starting at 5:30.

Big Band Night, announced by Susan Vanik, will be held Friday 11/21 at the Carefree Resort Opera House. Come for dinner and dancing to a 20 piece big band playing classic arrangements from the golden era of big bands. More info call Susan at 488-9650 or bigbandconcert@cox.net

Volunteers to help children contact Kathy Haugner at 488-8315. She is looking for help with K-Kids (Lower School) at Horseshoe Trails, Black Mt. and Lone Mt. and for a Builders Club (Middle School) at Sonoran Trails.

Candidates Forum – School Board, a public service announcement from Elaine Adrian that all candidates running for the CCUSD School Board will appear at a forum at the Fine Arts Center this Monday 10/6 at 6:30. Come and help make a better choice for better education. More info call Elaine at 575-2071.

PROGRAM

Hixson award. This prestigious award was presented to PP Ray Arnold for his many years of many services by PP Herb Hayde.

Hands Across The Border. New Lt. Governor Donna Yordy gave a presentation on this Kiwanis program now in its fifth year. Our Club and one of our Builders Clubs support this program. We donated $1,000 this year. Our contribution went to buy lunch for all who attended. During the day donations of clothes, shoes, toys are given out at the Kiwanis Club of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. A slide show helped make the information meaningful.

Installation of Officers. Donna Yordy inducted the following officers for the coming year: Treasurer = Bob Swan; Ass’t. Treasurer = Howard Dicke; Secretary = Gary Hayward; Ass’t. Secretary = Janie French; Immediate Past President = Brian Kunkel; Vice-president = Manny Gonzales; President-elect = Susan Vanik; President = Dave Bell.

Also installed were eight Directors: Elaine Adrian; Jim Bruce; Jim Walborn; Richard Saunders; Chuck Hoch; Lenny Brown; Bruce Lukowiak; and Kirk Wilson.

Thanks to retiring Directors Jim Blean, Joe DeVito, Bob Herrmann and Paula Scully.

Questionnaire. Newly inducted President Dave asked all present to complete a one-page questionnaire that rated a variety of attributes about our club and how well we are achieving them and how important are they. Come next week for the results.