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HP/AGILENT ALUMNI CLUB NEWSLETTER HP/AGILENT ALUMNI CLUB MINUTES 6/7/2011 The June 7, 2011 meeting of the HP/Agilent Alumni Club was called to order at 1:35 pm by President Joetta Hoewisch at the Colorado Springs Senior Center. Minutes of the May 3rd meeting as published in the May newsletter were approved. Secretary John Meredith gave the Treasurers report. Income for the month included $10 in dues, $16.50 for the 50/50 raffle, and a donation of $16.50. Expenses for the month totaled $172.88. Expenses included $19.01 for refreshments, $35.00 for use of the Senior Center in April, $21.54, 77.33 for gifts, $10 for lottery tickets, and $10 transferred to the petty cash account. The report was filed. There were 37 attendees, including David Akin, Joyce Arellano, Les Bailey, George Blinn, Claudia Christiansen, Roger Christiansen, Kathy Colyer, Nancy Craig, Gail Fix, Lois Green, Juanita Hartman, Joetta Hoewisch, Carol Kibel, Patricia Korenke, Mark Lambuth, Freeland Mattison, Laura Mattison, Peggy McClelland, Gerry McGonigle, Wanda McGonigle, John Meredith, Nancy Miller, Cheri Moloney, Doug Moloney, Don Morrison, Jerry Murphy, Billie Philip, Wanda Ray, Betty Rodosvich, Pat Romero, Ginger Sausedo, Terri Spitzer, Polly Tounzen, Joe Trujillo, John Tulloch, Evelyn Wall, and Sandy William. Joetta appointed a nominating committee consisting of Doug Maloney and Roger Christiansen. The nominating committee is charged with identifying a slate of officers for 2012 (President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer). The election will be held at the September club meeting. June Birthdays: Jan Allen
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.. Jun 2 Anniversaries :Gerry and Wanda McGonigle June 18 (50 years) Announcements: The Red Hat luncheon will be held on June 15 at 11:30 at Bon Tons Cafι at 2601 West Colorado Avenue. Tina Davis is hosting this event. Jerry Murphy announced plans for our next club meeting (July). The meeting will be a social event where club members will have an opportunity to share with others their memories of HP and Agilent. Members will be invited to talk about how they were hired by the company and some of their memories of the projects they worked on over the years. August meeting -- The club picnic will be held at Bear Creek Park on August 2nd. Don Wick will talk about his work on Theater organs at the September meeting. Joetta reported that she has been exploring the possibility of having United Health Care, one of Agilents health care insurers; provide free access to the Silver Sneakers program. This is a benefit provided by some health care providers. Joetta thanked Pat Fix and Ginger Sausedo for serving as greeters and Peggy McClelland and Betty Rodosvich for club refreshments. Greeter for the July meeting will be Pat Fix and Ginger Sausedo and refreshments will be provided by Mary Lou Bailey. Our next regular meeting will be held at the Senior Center on July 5th. The meeting was adjourned at 3:00. Program: Tim Henry gave a very interesting and entertaining presentation on Tesla generators. He has been interested in Tesla generators since he was a 7th grader. Tim awed the club with a demonstration of his Tesla generator. The generator emitted a deafening roar as Tim cranked up the voltage on his generator. Sparks jumped over a distance of almost three feet as the generator displayed lightning flashes much like those from an electrical storm. To the delight of the technically oriented members of the club, Tim explained details of his Tesla Generator. He provided a historical background of Tesla and his work for the less technically oriented members of our club. Following the presentation Tim answered a number of questions from the audience. Jerry Murphy thanked Tim for the presentation and presented him with a pre-1966 HP logo-pin. IN MEMORY We offer our condolences to the families. Donna Biddle left this life on May 18. She was a two time cancer survivor, an Air Force wife, mother and grandmother who retired after 15 years with HP. She married her high school sweetheart Drexel R. Biddle on June 17, 1957 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. She was an active member of Divine Redeemer Catholic Church for 40 years. Richard Hunter left this life in May. He was originally from Boone, Iowa. Richard was drafted into the United States Army in 1962 where he served both stateside and Korea as a Military policeman. He began working for HP where he was employed for 35 years retiring in 2001. Robert (Bob) Montoya left this life on June 1. He served in the US Navy. He worked over 40 years for Martin Marietta and HP as a product design engineer and later as a senior training and development manager. His post retirement years were spent as a counselor for at risk youth at the Garfield School. He touched many lives during his career and left them better for it.
GREETER REFRESHMENTS 2011 JAZZ IN THE PARKS SUMMER SERIES Wed. - June 15 - 6 pm "Double McGuffin Jazz Quartet" Wed. - June 22 - 6 pm "Springs Contemporary Jazz Big Band" Wed. - June 29 - 6 pm "Flute Daddy Jazz
Quartet" MORE INFO AT: The Pikes Peak Jazz and Swing Society's web site is www.ppjass.org where the flyer is also available.Where to live when you retire!!! No nursing home for us. We'll be checking into a Holiday Inn! With the average cost for a nursing home care costing $188.00 per day, there is a better way when we get old and too feeble. I've already checked on reservations at the Holiday Inn. For a combined long term stay discount and senior discount, its $59.23 per night. Breakfast is included, and some have happy hours in the afternoon. That leaves $128.77 a day for lunch and dinner in any restaurant we want, or room service, laundry, gratuities and special TV movies. Plus, they provide a spa, swimming pool, a workout room, a lounge and washer-dryer, etc. Most have free toothpaste and razors, and all have free shampoo and soap. $5 worth of tips a day you'll have the entire staff scrambling to help you. They treat you like a customer, not a patient. There's a city bus stop out front, and seniors ride free. The handicap bus will also pick you up (if you fake a decent limp). To meet other nice people, call a church bus on Sundays. For a change of scenery, take the airport shuttle bus and eat at one of the nice restaurants there. While you're at the airport, fly somewhere. Otherwise, the cash keeps building up. It takes months to get into decent nursing homes. Holiday Inn will take your reservation today. And youre not stuck in one place forever you can move from Inn to Inn, or even from city to city. Want to see Hawaii? They have a Holiday Inn there too. TV broken? Light bulbs need changing? Need a mattress replaced? No problem, they fix everything, and apologize for the inconvenience. The Inn has a night security person and daily room service. The maid checks to see if you are ok. If not, they'll call an ambulance . . . or the undertaker. If you fall and break a hip, Medicare will pay for the hip, and Holiday Inn will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life. And no worries about visits from family. They will always be glad to find you, and probably check in for a few days mini-vacation. The grandkids can use the pool. What more could I ask for? So, when I reach that golden age, I'll face it with a grin. JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT MEETING |