Vice President

George Davis

480-396-8456

georgedvs@cableaz.com

Treasurer

Ed Gammill

602-840-7101

edgammill@aol.com

Secretary

Frank Holman

602-695-2565

frankholman@earthlink.net

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TrTravel Chairman

Diane Bennett

480-994-5243

AzBennett3@cox.net

Volunteer Chairman

Vacant

Past President

Jack Davis

480-488-0169

KOWBOUY@earthlink.net

Refreshment Chairman

Joe Richardson

480-895-6366

Editor

Stu Mitnik

480-897-1629

s.mitnik@worldnet.att.net

Web Master

Mike Peterson

mrpetersonaz@cox.net

Al Stimac, President, welcomed members and guests to the meeting on Nov 2nd, 2005. Conrad Sander led the Pledge of Allegiance.

We still need both a Volunteer Chairman, and a historian/club photographer. Anyone inter-ested, please contact Al or Stu Mitnik. We continue to solicit ideas from the members on speakers for our meetings. Anyone with ideas should contact Al or George. Also 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.

Reminder - we no longer charge dues for the spouse of couples who are both retirees from AiResearch/Garrett/AlliedSignal/ Honeywell.

Janice Juell personally thanked the club for our assistance in obtaining the Honeywell scho-larship for William J. Honer.

Our featured speaker was Sgt. J. R. Parrow, Scottsdale PD, K-9 Law Enforcement. He provided us an overview of the K-9 unit, noting that the current unit consists of 6 officers and 6 dogs. The preferred dog for the mission and our desert environment is the Belgian Malinois, bred for work and not “conformation” as in show dogs. These dogs, costing ~ $8000 each, are bred and trained in Europe. At about 3 years old, the dogs are brought to the US, further trained and remain in the K-9 unit for 5 to 7 years thereafter. The primary mission of the dogs is to locate people and things, and dogs are used in felony situations only. Police dogs are not considered deadly force. With reaction times of 1/40 sec., speed of up to 35 mph, the ability to leap over a 6 ft fence, and a nose > 1 million times more sensitive than a human, there is little wonder that the use of police dogs has had great success. Sgt. Parrow concluded his presentation with a demonstration of the abilities of two of the Scottsdale K-9 Unit’s dogs.

The speaker at our Nov 2 meeting will be Tim Mahoney, President of Air Transport and Regional Av-iation, a strategic business unit of Honeywell Aerospace.

In addition, Frank Holman will briefly highlight this summer’s retiree tour of the Danube River.

Will Coe will be bringing some of his paintings to show to us.

50/50 winners were Rene St. Germain and Virginia Waterman.

Does anyone know how to contact Don Halvorson? If yes, please inform Diane Bennett. Thanks.

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 1:00 pm, the presentation starts at 2:00 pm and adjournment is at 3:00 pm. Please note that the Scottsdale Senior Center will be moving to a new location on the Scottsdale Senior Campus at McDowell and Granite Reef Roads. We will let you know when this tran-sition to the new location is scheduled to take place.

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 donations were given to Arizona Girls Ranch and Special Olympics.

Upcoming Events

Nov 2 – Meeting – Tim Mahoney, Honeywell Aerospace

Dec 12 – Christmas Luncheon

Jan 4 -- Meeting -- Ron Rich, Director, Advanced Technology, Engines & Air Management Technologies, Honeywell Aerospace

NEWS YOU CAN USE

Diane Bennett included four possible vacation destinations with the mailing of this issue of the Newsletter. If you are interested, or have any questions, please call Diane at 480-994-5243, or e-mail azbennett3@cox.net."

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Honeywell Health and Wellness 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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Honeywell Federal Credit Union is offering 23 month CDs at 4.5% annual percentage yield. Member Service Center phone is 1-800-533-4004.

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Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. The stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the stroke symptoms.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

1. Ask the person to SMILE.

2. Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

3. Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Co- herently, i.e.: It is sunny out today). If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 911 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

After discovering that non-medical volunteers could identify facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, researchers urged the general public to learn the three questions. Widespread use of this test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of a stroke and prevent brain damage.

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Dave Pearson has a flyer for this year’s annual fishing trip on our website. Check it out.

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The Honeywell Volunteer Worksheet is available on our website

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Note: The next outing of the Oak Street Gleaners will be Wednesday, Nov 30 at 11:00 am.

Other Stuff

Two women met for the first time since graduating from high school.

One asked the other, "You were always so organized in school, did you manage to live a well planned life?"

"Yes," said her friend. "My first marriage was to a millionaire; my second marriage was to an actor; my third marriage was to a preacher; and now I'm married to an undertaker."

Her friend asked, "What do those marriages have to do with a well planned life?"

"One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, and four to go.”

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A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor's office.

"Is it true," she wanted to know, "that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?"

"Yes, I'm afraid so," the doctor told her.

There was a moment of silence before the lady replied, "I'm wondering, then, just how serious is my condition because this prescription is marked 'NO REFILLS'."

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An older Jewish gentleman was on the operating table awaiting surgery and he insisted that his son, a re-nowned surgeon, perform the operation.

As he was about to get the anesthesia he asked to speak to his son.

"Yes, Dad, what is it?"

"Don't be nervous, son; do your best and just remember, if it doesn't go well, if something happens to me . . your mother is going to come and live with you and your wife...."

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He said, “Since I first laid eyes on you, I have wanted to make love to you really badly.”

“Well,” she said. “You suc-ceeded.”

In Memory of our departed friends and co-workers

ERVIN AKER

WAYNE ALLEN

ANDREW BURCHARDT

T. DOOLEY

LOWELL HOWE

WILSON MANNING

MALCOLM OLIVER

ANDREW PESTA JR.

LARRY SALAS

DAVID VALENCIA

WILLIAM C. WOOD

DWIGHT WOLFE

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that our government can track a cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington. And they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.

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Little Nancy was in the garden filling in a hole when
her neighbor peered over the fence. Interested in what the cheeky-faced youngster was
doing, he politely asked, "What are you up to there, Nancy?

"My goldfish died," re-plied Nancy tearfully, without looking up, "and I've just buried him."

The neighbor was concerned, "That's an awfully big hole for a goldfish, isn't it?"

Nancy patted down the last heap of earth then replied,
"That's because he's inside your frigging cat!”

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ZEN SARCASM

1. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone.

2. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and leaky tire.

3. Its always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor’s newspaper, that's the time to do it.

4. Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted.

5. Always remember that you're unique. Just like everyone else.

6. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.

7. If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

8. Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

9. If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

10. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

11. If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

12. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

13. Some days you're the bug; some days you're the wind-shield.

14. Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

15. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.

16. A closed mouth gathers no foot.

17. Duct tape is like 'The Force'. It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

18. There are two theories about arguing with women. Neither one works.

19. Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your lips are moving.

20. Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

21. Never miss a good chance to shut up.

22. Never, under any circum-stances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

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A couple is lying in bed. The man says, "I am going to make you the happiest woman in the world."

The woman says, "I'll miss you..."

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"It's just too hot to wear clothes today," Jack said as he stepped out of the shower. "Honey, what do you think the neighbors would think if I
mowed the lawn like this?"

"Probably that I married you for your money," she replied.