January 7, 2009 - Lunch

Sundial – January 7, 2009
Volume XXXVI No. 13

After a three week holiday break, Kiwanians gathered at Harold’s and were greeted by George Schmid and Bob McBreen . Max Link and his crew efficiently prepared our meeting room today. Michael Moore gave a thoughtful invocation, and Richard Saunders and Lloyd Meyer took care of the musical duties.

Kathy Haugner was again a lucky raffle winner, along with Burt Lundquist, and they will team as greeters next week.



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Wellness Report - Lou Snodgrass reported that Blaine Keith was back in the hospital but Don Sorchych is on the mend and attended today’s meeting. Bill Rintelmann is still experiencing some medical complications.

Hosts and Guests – Biff Miller hosted Brandon Ellerbe, who is attending NAU and a Kiwanis scholarship recipient. Manny Gonzales introduced Jennifer Phillips, also a scholarship recipient, and Jennifer Risz a former CCUSD student. Jacquie Goodspeed, Chuck Hoch, Richard Saunders, Bob Hesselgesser and Jon Pearson had as guests (respectively) George Buehler, Charlie Hoch, Jack Thompon, Walter Cerini and Gary Neiss. Don Sorchych brought his wife Shari Jo and Curtiss Riggs.

Induction of New Members – Deborah Adams handled welcoming two new members. John Denaro, sponsored by Hans Thiele, had a career as an Electrical Engineer. One of his hobbies is helping seniors with chores and handyman needs.
Bill Morris sponsors are Manny Gonzales and Steve Gold. Bill owns a wholesale jewelry business and has already worked on the Christmas Luncheon.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Services for Bill Scully - Memorial Services for our member and friend Bill Scully will be held at 11:00 AM January 10th at the Good Shepard Episcopal Church located at 6502 E. Cave Creek Road.A reception will follow at the Scully's home located at 10344 Venado Trail in Desert Mountain.

Flea Market - Kirk Wilson announced the Flea market last month raised $11,750.
Kid’s Christmas Party – This event was chaired by Michael Moore and a total of 76 needy kids received gifts.

An Evening with Barry Goldwater Jr. – Jon Coates and Kris Proskus announced a private program for our Club’s members and guests, featuring the son of Barry Goldwater. It will be held at 6:00pm on February 16th at the Desert Foothills Library.
Copies of the book “Pure Goldwater” are available for purchase at the event, with net proceeds benefiting the Library.

Used Eyeglasses – Glenn Hanf is again collecting surplus eyeglasses for donation to needy individuals in Mexico.

Brain Fitness Program – Phyllis Strupp announced a program on how to keep one’s brain active and fit. The date is January 13th, 5:30pm at the Desert Foothills Library.

PROGRAM
Our program was Cave Creek Mayor Vincent Francia and Carefree Mayor Wayne Fulcher speaking on the State of the Towns. Mayor Francia began by acknowledging his town is facing a serious financial crisis, due to lagging sales tax revenue coupled with development fees being at a standstill. The business model used for the past 12 years is being revised to use new development fees and tourism as strictly icing on the cake as opposed to the main generators of town revenue.

Mayor Francia did outline several high points, including adding a second storage tank to the town-owned water system and completing annexation of 4,000 acres of land to be added to land preserves.

Mayor Fulcher discussed improvements to the downtown area of Carefree, completion of a large water storage tank and purchase of real estate adjacent to the town center, to be used for a future town hall and court. He stated that Carefree is also tightening their financial belt, with 2009-10 being an austere but balanced budget. Fortunately the town has established financial reserves ($1,316 for each citizen) that will help the town weather the financial storm.

Next Meeting – The next meeting will be on January 14th, when our speaker will be Scottsdale Vice Mayor Bob Littlefield.

Todays reporter was Howard Dicke and photographer was Curtis Riggs