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| January 2003
TROA is no more. MOAA Military Officers Association of America
is now the name and we start the year with Ron Green and crew who did such a
fine job last year. And, we are now responsible for 16 high schools for
Medals and JROTC Scholarships.
The January Luncheon Meeting was held at McCormick Ranch and the speaker was
Mr. Jim Sourbriette speaking on My view of Home Security.
February 2003
The Sentinel is loaded with good information on membership,
newsletter advertising, spring golf, current legislation in the mill, air
travel rights if bumped and a form for the Arizona Veterans Registry.
Hope every vet has filled this one out and sent it in. There is power in
numbers.
Col Gary Fredricks USAF Ret. (pictured right) stepped up to fill the vacancy of 1st VP with
the resignation of Raymond Deane. Thank you Gary and a well done to Raymond.
The February dinner meet speaker was CWO Jody Reidenhour from the Arizona
National Guard and her topic was 'My Administrative Duties.' I can
vouch for her efficiency with new ID Cards and her office at 56 street and
McDowell is a lot closer than Luke AFB.
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| March 2003
Dan Conway and Chuck Schluter joined others in Washington DC
on March 27 to meet the Arizona Congressional Delegation to stress Survivor
Benefits. This is called "Storming the Hill".
Above is Dan Conway, Congressman Jeff Flake, Chuck Schluter and Susan
Kachouroff (Legislative Assistant) To the right,
Dan Conway, Congressman John Shadegg, and Chuck Schluter |
Dan Conway, Congressman Jim Kolbe, and Chuck
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Art Parker and Dick Horn presented the high school schedule for
presentations that needed filling and promptly got his volunteers. If you
haven't tried this, you should, but you need to volunteer early.
The March luncheon speaker was Mr. Craig Wilson and his topic was Hydrogen
Fuel. ASU has a hydrogen car operating and was available in the meeting
parking lot for our inspection. Hydrogen is a clean non-polluting fuel. Unlike the GM electric car that was leased and used a set of batteries with
a replacement cost of $6,000, hydrogen is electronically separated from
water, but does need recharging with hydrogen and that means fueling stops
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| April 2003
Bill Adams is spending more time in Flagstaff and is short of storage
space so as his helper I volunteered to take over the position (isn't that a
nice word) of historian and try to get it to Tom Houser for the web site. It
is a challenge.
Paul Fein stepped up and volunteered to take over the Membership Chairman
position. Really great to have individuals that will volunteer to take on
the various jobs that keep the Chapter running. Thanks Paul.
Our President Ron Green has a F-4 training classmate that didn't do too
shabby in his career. He is General Ronald R. Fogelman USAF Ret,. former
USAF Chief of Staff United States Air Force.
He was our speaker at the April 3, dinner meeting. His topic was
"Military Transformation in Transition".
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Gen Fogelman, our guest speaker at April 3, 2003 Gen
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Thanks Ron and thanks to Jim Seidl who does this one meeting
after another as well as the meeting place and the menu. Next time you see
Jim, tell him you appreciate his efforts.
And, Ron, where you and I when they passed out information on "Moving UP".
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Chuck, Ron and Ron at April
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May 2003
The spring golf tournament was played at Falcon Dunes and the Callaway
Scoring System was initated to try leveling the playing field. It didn't
work as Roy Anderson did it again. Past President Chuck Schluter won the Hat
so he has an oak leaf cluster to the Hat. This year brought $165.00 for the
Scholarship Fund. Thanks to Bernie Conway who does it all for us and does it
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Dan Conway reports that legislation is "Heap
Big Smoke But Not Much Fire".
Dan Conway as President of the Council had a place on the grandstand.
Our Chapter Color Guard commanded by Terry Tassin and consisting of Bill
Johnson, Ron Green, and Tom Houser did a fine job as well. For all of our
guys "Well Done". |
Chuck, Terry, Bill, Ron, Tom and Dan |
 Memorial Day was a grand celebration honoring
our veterans. Shuck Schluter as Vice President of the Arizona Council of
Chapters presented the Memorial Wreath on behalf of all the State's MOAA
Chapters. |
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Kudos for our Scholarship Committee for medals to 16 high schools and
five Scholarships awarded to the following individuals in the amount of
$1,000 each: Luke Ortega, Robert Paffinbarger, Liana Moody, Joe Roe, and
Benjamin Martin.
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September 2003
| Our September General Meeting quest speaker Jack Cole with
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Also, our new MOAA Chapter flag was debuted
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 Our Past President, Chuck Schluter presented his
AZ Chapter, MOAA/Centennial of Flight Recognition.
Frank informed Chuck that in addition to flight starting in 1903 so did
the ice cream cone and that he didn't know which had the biggest impact.
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Many thanks to Chris & Peter Magadan. They have been caring for the
flags for a long time, putting them up and taking them down for each
meeting.
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| November 2003 |
The Military Family Tax Relief Act of 2003
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| The November luncheon was held November 22,
2003 at McCormick Ranch Golf Club. Ten members received Meritorious Service
Awards for superior service to the Chapter. Recipients shown above were:
Back row Chester Baumer, Richard Horn, James Seidl, Frank Birtciel, Thomas
Houser, Terry Tassin, Front row, Dolly Blecick, Chris Magadan, Charles
Schluter, and Ron Green. |
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The election of Chapter Officers was held as
follows:: President, Gary Fredricks Col USAF, 1st VP, Paul Fein CWO3 USN,
2nd VP, Tom Houser Capt USAF, 3rd VP, Frank Birtciel LtCol USAF, Secretary,
Terry Tassin LCDR USN, Treasurer, William Johnson Maj USAF. All remaining
Chapter Committee Chairpersons have agreed to serve on in their current
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Chris Magadan, Fran Tassin, Vaunda Farenga, Doris Lee Deane, Raymond Deane,
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Left Clockwise - Rene Weidenfeld, Dr.
Sharon Clark, Bill Adams, Carol Adams, Peter Magadan, and Chris Magadan. |
L to R: Doug Gray, Chuck Schluter, and A. Park Shaw |
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Ain Baudu, Toni Seidl, Jim Seidl, Dolly Blecick, Velma Birtciel, Frank
Birtciel, and Chet Baumer |
Ctr then CW: Bernie Conway, Marie Fredricks, Gary Fredricks, Ron Green,
Betty Green, Dan Conway, and Joyce Conway |
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L to R: Betty Baumer, Jim Seidl, and Frank
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L to R: Irene Doto, Terry Tassin, and Fran Tassin |
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then CW: Dick Albrecht, Karen Albrecht, Vince Messina, Mary Lou Messina, Tom
Smith, and Paul Alex |
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| The December 18, 2003 meeting and silent auction
wound up activities of the MOAA Chapter for the year. It was held in the
Sunshine Hotel and Resort, our first time at that location. The spacious
room was well decorated in red and green with two highly decorated trees and
plenty of room for the auction items. The food was good, the service
excellent and a good time was had by all. A few of the auction item are
shown here and the silent auction went on through the dinner hour and netted
a good profit for the Scholarship Fund. You will note the fruit basket
(fruit of the vine that is), Cardinal football, pies and other baked goods,
crystal ware, fax machine, TV and many many more.
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to be left out is Dolly Blecick's mistletoe fixture that we see Clare and
Mike Gannon under. Dolly made good use of the mistletoe. The fixture
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Peter & Chris Magadan, Dolly Blecick & Velma Birtciel |
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Gordon Drake, Mary Lou Hudson, Nina & Bill Johnson |
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Dick & Debbie Minor, Vince & Mary Lou Schluter, Marie & Chuck Schluter,
and A. L. Shipley & Joan |
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and Mick Hendrick, Nancy Horn, Art Parker, Paul Fein & not identified |
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Toni & Jim Seidl, Harry & Vaunda Farenga |
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Frank Birtciel, Ron Worthington, Gary & Marie Fredricks, & Carol Adams |
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Dolores & Gerald Lovett |
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Horn, Chuck Schluter, & Velma Birtciel setting up items for the auction |
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