May 20, 2009 - Lunch

Under an overcast sky, with a little welcome precipitation, we received a warm welcome from our friendly greeter Jim Walborn and several helpers. Max Link and crew efficiently prepared our meeting room and David Shirey gave his thoughtful invocation. Our musical selections were handled by Lloyd Meyer and Richard Saunders, leading us in singing songs from the various military services. Veterans were asked to stand for their respective branch.

Bob Herrmann and Bill Rintelmann were the lucky drawing winners and will handle the greeter duties next week.

Wellness Report - Lou Snodgrass reported that Tom Ensign recently had elective hip surgery and is recovering at home. Gene Laibe is in rehab recovering from a fall that broke his hip and would welcome calls and visits at Health South on Shea. The wife of Bob Hesselgesser has some continuing medical issues.

Hosts and Guests – Jacquie Goodspeed hosted Curtis Riggs, and Jill Hall was the guest of Kathleen Westgard.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Cactus Shadows Science Fair Awards - Watch Gerry Samos present awards to Cactus Shadows High School students who have excelled at the science fair on more than one occasion.






Flea Market – Kirk Wilson reminded us that the next sale is this Saturday the 23rd and the mezzanine is jam packed with many interesting items awaiting buyers. Volunteer help is always needed for the sale and teardown as well as the setup on Friday afternoon at 2:00.
--Update - Due to the possibility of rain on Saturday the 23rd, the Flea Market has been rescheduled to Saturday May 30th. See you then.

Desert Ridge Club Golf Tournament – The new Club at Desert Ridge is holding their first annual golf tournament on Friday June 5th at Orange Tree. David Bell indicated they are short of golfers and asked any of our members that could participate to contact him.

Junior Achievement – Both Ray Arnold and Jim Walborn were recognized as volunteers helping students participating in the local Junior Achievement chapter.

PROGRAM
Three speakers informed us about the Black Mountain Campus, soon to be completed at 60th St. and Carefree Hwy., which will be occupied by three partner organizations.

Bob Herrmann spoke about the Foothills Community Foundation (FCF), which will manage the 9000sq. foot Community Center. There will be seating for 200 and kitchen facilities that could accommodate 125 for catered meals, making this truly a central meeting place. He commented that FCF is making a concerted effort to reach out and be inclusive to all local non-profits and community partners. Bob also thanked our Club and its members for their support in helping raise the $10.5M to construct the Community Center and YMCA.

Denise Digianfilippo represented Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC) and mentioned that they expect 800 students at this extension site of their main campus, which has 9100 students. They plan to offer both credit and non-credit classes in their 20,000 sq. foot facility being built. The funding came from a $10M bond issue approved several years ago.

The third organization occupying the Black Mountain Campus is the Desert Foothills YMCA, which will occupy 30,000 sq. feet. The manager of this YMCA is Mike Cassidy who stressed it will offer programs for all age groups plus a Child Watch room for small children of adults using the Y facilities. He indicated that they expect to have 1200 members and will start selling memberships this fall.

Mike concluded by stating that the shared values of the total campus for the three organizations are: Health and Wellness, Community Service and Lifelong Learning.

Next Meeting – The program will be Barbara Hatch, teacher at CCUSD, discussing the AZ Heritage Project where military vets share their memories.

Thanks to reporter Howard Dicke and Photographer Alan Haugner for this week's Sundial. Great job guys!

Below is our video from Wednesday's meeting. Enjoy!