President

Al Stimac

Vice President

George Davis

Treasurer

Ed Gammill

Secretary

Frank Holman

Membership/Events / TravelChairman

Diane Bennett

Volunteer Chairman

Vacant

Past President

Jack Davis

Refreshment Chairman

Joe Richardson

Editor

Stu Mitnik

Web Master

Mike Peterson

webmaster@garrettretireesaz.com

Al Stimac, President, wel-comed members and guests to the meeting on April 6th, 2005. Carl Reed led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Al made the following announcements in support of our club. We still need both a Volunteer Chairman. And a historian/club pho-tographer. Anyone inte-rested, please contact Al or Stu Mitnik. Al continues to solicit ideas from the members on speakers for our meetings. Anyone with ideas should contact Al or George. Al also announced that anyone who would like to speak about any of our friends who have passed on are more than welcome to do so at the meetings.

Our featured speaker was Bob Johnson, President Aerospace Honeywell Inter-national. He presented the latest on the state of the company and aerospace. He indicated that recovery in the commercial sectors was strong in 2004 and growth in defense and space was continuous. Aerospace had $4.1B worth of wins in 2004.

The speaker at our May 4 meeting will be Nancy Splain. A retired attorney, she will share information about Center D.O.A.R., a nonprofit center providing services and assistance to older persons, adults with disabilities and family caregivers.

50/50 winners were Gene Zanelli and Glenna Roberts.

Our monthly meetings are held at the Scottsdale Senior Center, 7375 East 2^nd Street (2^nd Street and Civic Center Drive.) The meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month, September - May, except for December – our Holiday Luncheon. We have a social hour beginning at 1:00pm, the presentation starts at 2:00pm and adjournment is at 3:00pm.

The officers hold their board meetings prior to the regular meeting and all members are invited to attend. We welcome any input you may have and please send the editor any items that may be of interest to our members.

This month’s charity dona-tions were given to the Boy Scouts of America and Challenger Space Center. Thank You Notes were received from St. Mary’s Food Bank, The Salvation Army, Arizona Children Association and the American Heart Association.

The annual Spring Roundup at the Rock Springs Café’ was held on Tuesday, April 12. About 280 of our friends, associates and spouses were in attendance. Please check the website for photos of the event. The 10 winners of the 50/50 drawing were (please excuse if I spell you name incorrectly) Verna Roberts, Dwayne Robirto, Astrid Anderson, Stan Barraras, Yvonne Price, Don Koeppen, Harriet Daws, Bob Whitrick, Don Piontkowski and Bessie Becker. Winners or the $12.50 door prizes were Jean Clarke, Glenetta Waters, Ruby Carter and Jackie Arias. The $25 winners were John Schiavo and Joan Looney, and the Grand Prize $50 winner was Joyce Stone. Both the weather and the food were outstanding and thanks again to all who came and enjoyed.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

Planning for Long-Term Care

While many people have life insurance, people tend to overlook the need for long-term care insurance. With annual nursing home costs averaging about $55,000 a family’s wealth could easily be depleted by a nursing home stay.

There are various options from which to choose. You and your financial advisor need to determine which is most appropriate for your particular situation. These options include self-insurance — in other words, paying for your expenses out of pocket as they arise—or purchasing long-term care insurance to provide benefits when needed in the future.

There is much more infor-mation available on this subject. Joe Sotelo has provided details on this topic. Please see the website for the full text of the information that the has provided

Honeywell Health and Well-ness Center memberships are available for retirees and their spouses at just $10 per month per person. Get together with some of your buddies! Call us! Phoenix 602-231-7920, Tempe 480-592-1389.

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Other Stuff

CHINESE PROVERBS

Man who run in front of car get tired.

Man who run behind car get exhausted.

Man who walk through airport turnstile sideways going to Bangkok.

Man with one chopstick go hungry.

Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.

Baseball is wrong: man with four balls cannot walk.

War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left.

Wife who put husband in doghouse soon find him in cat house.

Man who drive like hell, bound to get there.

Man who stand on toilet is high on pot.

Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement.

Man who fish in other man's well often catch crabs.

Crowded elevator smell different to midget.

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Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!"

Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!"

"TWA 2341, for noise abate-ment turn right 45 Degrees."

"Centre, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?"

Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"

From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very long takeoff queue: "I'm f...ing bored!"

Ground Traffic Control: "Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself immediately!"

Unknown aircraft: "I said I was f...ing bored, not f...ing stupid!"

A student became lost during a solo cross-country flight. While attempting to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC asked, "What was your last known position?"

Student: "When I was number one for takeoff."

An Irish woman "of a certain age" visited her physician to ask his help in reviving her husband's libido.

"What about trying Viagra?" asks the doctor.

"Not a chance," she said, "He won't even take an aspirin."

"Not a problem," replied the doctor. "Drop it into his coffee. He won't even taste it. Give it a try and
call me in a week to let me know how things went."

It wasn't a week later that she called the doctor, who directly inquired as to pro-gress. The poor dear ex-claimed, "Oh, faith, bejaysus and begorrah! 'Twas horrid. Just terrible, doctor."

"Really? What happened?" asked the doctor.

"Well, I did as you advised and slipped it in his coffee, didn't I? The effect was almost immediate. He jump-ed hisself straight up, with a twinkle in his eye, and with his pants a-bulging fiercely! With one swoop of his arm, he sent the cups and tablecloth flying, ripped me
clothes to tatters and took me then and there, making wild, mad, passionate love to me on the tabletop! It
was a nightmare, I tell you,
an absolute nightmare!"

"Why so terrible?" asked the doctor. "Do you mean the sex your husband provided was not good?"

"No, no, no, doctor. The sex was fine. Indeed, 'twas the best sex I've had in 25 years. But, sure as I'm
sittin' here, I'll never be able to show me face in Starbucks again."

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In Memory of our departed friends and co-workers

FLORIAN BASAK

DAVID BUNZEL

ERNESTO EULA

MARGUERITE FREEMAN

L.J. KORESSEL

D. MALTBY

DOROTHY SEABAUGH

CHARLES SHREVE