July 8, 2009 - Lunch

No doubt summertime has hit Cave Creek, but thanks to Harold's Corral and our House Committee members of Max Link, Herb Engdahl, Chuck Hoch and John Skarda, we were able to enjoy a nice cool lunch indoors. Thanks also to Jon Loffman who was there to greet us with a smile and a "Hello" as we came in the door. We also want to thank Jacquie Goodspeed and Lloyd Meyers leading us through My Country `tis of Thee, and to David Shirey for his thoughtful invocation. We look forward to seeing Bob Hesselgesser and Dick Thiele greeting us next week.



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An additional thanks to Vice President Susan Vanik for filling in for Dave Bell.

WELLNESS REPORT:
Lou Snodgrass was happy to report that, to her knowledge, everyone was doing well.

GUESTS:
Robert Bledsoe, guest of Bob Hesselgesser, attended today and informed us about the new Carefree Theater Company at the Carefree Resort Opera House. The debut season is opening with AIn My Humble Opinion,@ a play that exposes the life of the late proprietor of Durant=s, the Valley=s legendary steak house. Dates and times are July 9 thru 11 and July 16 thru 18 at 8:00pm. Call 480-575-6678 for reservations.

INDUCTIONS:

Deborah Adams proudly inducted our newest member, Wayne Fulcher. Wayne was sponsored by Lloyd Meyer and Bill Rentelman. Prior to moving to Carefree in 2002 and serving as Mayor of Carefree, Wayne served in the Navy, attended Graduate School at Thunderbird, lived in Paradise Valley where he owned his own business, which he sold in 2007.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Golf Tournament: Bob Kroyer reminded everyone about the Annual Golf Tournament scheduled for September 21. He provided a list of some of the current sponsors and indicated we could never have enough sponsors. Please contact Howard Dicke with sponsor contacts and/or questions.

Fire Insurance for Carefree Residents: Carroll Vanik provided some very interesting information regarding saving money on your homeowner's insurance. If you live within five miles of a fire station with a favorable AISO Protection Class (Carefree Rural Metro is currently a class 3), then you could save a substantial amount on your insurance coverage. He recommended calling your insurance agent for more information.

PROGRAM:

Elaine Adrian introduced this week's guest speakers, Suzanne Johnson and Judy Bruce, with the Cave Creek Film & Arts Festival. Suzanne spoke first telling us a little history of the festival, which began on a hot summer night four years ago at the Goatsucker Saloon with a total of 12 local filmmakers showing their talent. It has since become a full-fledged Arizona-based film and arts festival, founded by a group of like-minded A Creekers which is expertly and enthusiastically helmed by Judy Bruce.

Judy passionately talked about the festival itself, as well as arts as a whole, and how proud they were to be part of an event that involves the entire community. She stated the festival is a multi-disciplinary, statewide competition that has captured the hearts and minds of our community and currently has over 420 applicants from all over the State. Local merchants are also involved by participating in the Coyote Card, which, by just visiting these businesses, can make you eligible for great prizes being awarded on at the “Taste of Cave Creek” on September 24, 2009 at Frontier Town.

The Cave Creek Film & Arts Festival is being held from Thursday, July 9th thru Saturday, July 18th. Please call 480-298-9432 for more information, or visit their website at CaveCreekFilmAndArtsFestival.com.

Next week's scheduled speaker is the CEO of Grand Canyon University.

STAY COOL!

Thanks to Janie French and Joe Devito for contributing to this issue of the Sundial as reporter and photographer respectively.