Volume No. 21 Issue No. 1 September 2007

September 26 MEETING

Agenda

11:00 am – Socialize 11:45 am – Business Meeting 12:00 pm – Pot Luck

Main dish A – K Salad L – R Dessert S – Z

1:00 pm – Entertainment The luncheon this month is a potluck. Bring a dish that will serve eight to ten to share with the group. Be sure to wear your Motorola Retirees’ Badge. New Directions: The Granite Reef Senior Center is located just north of McDowell Road on Granite Reef Road at 1700 North Granite Reef Road, Scottsdale, AZ. Granite Reef Road is between north Hayden Road and Pima Rd/101 on East McDowell Road. Phone number is 480-312-1700.

Entertainment

I was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1954 and started taking guitar lessons when I was 8 which was the time the Beatles became popular and every kid wanted to play the guitar. After a few months of that, my Dad got a small accordion for me from a relative in North Dakota while we were on vacation. No more guitar, now I had to learn the accordion. Great! As if I wasn’t geek enough already because my Dad made me put Bryl cream in my hair and comb it back, now when all the other kids were playing the guitar with their hair hanging in their eyes, I had to play the accordion. The next 10 years were hell. Between the kids teasing me and having to practice, I’m not sure what was worse. I played my first paying job at the age of 13 and got my first Cordovox at the age of 16. During high school I played for private parties and after high school I went “on the road.” I played Cordovox and keyboards with many different types of groups and learned a lot about the music business. I moved to Arizona in 1982 and have continued to play music by performing at most of the senior facilities around town. Even though I play the accordion, I never refer to myself as an accordion player. I consider myself a very good entertainer who happens to play the accordion. I enjoy playing many different types of music but mostly I like to play polkas. I am a very relaxed player and I’m quite content with my level of playing. I think my playing ability falls somewhere between a beginner and the world’s best. That should narrow it down! I love what I do and I enjoy sharing it with others.

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE Here’s a hearty welcome back to all of you. I hope your summer was super duper. Where ever your travels took you, whether it was camping, fishing or sightseeing in our great state of Arizona, a visit to your hometown, visiting relatives and friends, touring this beautiful country of ours, cruising to some tropical island or going abroad or maybe just surviving the summer in Arizona. A certificate of bravery should be awarded to anyone who spent the summer in the Arizona desert heat. But then it is a dry heat!!! As the days grow shorter we can anticipate temperatures returning to something more enjoyable, instead of 110 degrees plus. And before we know it the Holidays will be here again. I think I can wait for that a little while longer. The snowbirds will be returning to soak up the sun and enjoy the wonderful fall and winter weather here in the Arizona desert. Please welcome Tony Zizzo, Don Baker and John Babcock as Motorola Retirees' Club of Arizona Vice-Presidents for 2007-2008 season. If you haven’t met Tony, Don or John please introduce yourself. They will be happy to talk with you and get your thoughts and ideas regarding our Motorola Retirees' Club of Arizona. Any and all suggestions are welcome. Also please welcome back Frances Peterson as Treasurer, Dorothy Brunk as Secretary. Frances and Dorothy have done a bang up job for the club. I am happy to be returning as your President. We are planning a great year ahead for the Motorola Retirees' Club of Arizona. But along with saying that we need the help of all the members of the Motorola Retirees' Club of Arizona to volunteer when ever and where ever they can. If every member would contribute a little of their time we can remain the strong successful organization we have always been in the past. There will be openings for committee chairpersons and committee members. We need some fresh ideas for the Motorola Retirees' Club of Arizona. If you are interested in joining a committee or chairing one please let any one of the board members know. New members are always welcome. Maybe there is someone you know out there that hasn’t joined as yet. You might invite them to join you for our September 26, 2007 meeting of the Motorola Retirees’ Club of Arizona. I’m looking forward to seeing all of you there. Respectfully, LuDene Jackson

MOTOROLA RETIREES’ CLUB MEETING May 23, 2007

Granite Reef Senior Center, Scottsdale The meeting was held at The Scottsdale Senior Center. The Social Hour is a time for visiting with fellow retirees. A Time to purchase Ray Orth scholarship raffle tickets as well as receive the door prize tickets. The Business meeting was called to order by our President LuDene Jackson. May birthdays and anniversaries were acknowledged. Rod O’Connor led us in the pledge of Allegiance and gave the opening prayer. The Financial Report for April, 2007 as appeared in the voice was approved. The minutes of the meeting April 25, 2007 as appeared in the voice were also approved. Lunch was set out and the kitchen volunteers served themselves first. The Clear Creek Band members were next in line. Our tables were designated as athletic games and were drawn out of a hat for our turns to approach the luncheon tables and serve ourselves The installation of the new officers was conducted after lunch. Rod O’Connor gave an outline of each position’s responsibilities as each person was installed and agreed to serve for the 2007 to 2008 term. The officers are: LuDene Jackson President, John Babcock - Vice President, Don Baker - Vice President, Tony Zizzo - Vice President, Frances Peterson - Treasurer, and Dorothy Brunk - Secretary. We all enjoyed the toe tapping music of The Clear Creek Band. The band members are Chuck Spears, Richard Heppler, Bill Hollenbeck, Bob Kim and Cal Boeldt. President LuDene Jackson closed the meeting about 2:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Dorothy Brunk - Secretary

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Granite Reef Senior Center 1700 N. Granite Reef Road

Scottsdale, AZ Please Print/Type NAME______________________________ Cost per person $5.00 No. of Tickets________________ Amount enclosed:_____________ Mail Check to:

MOTOROLA RETIREES’ CLUB OF ARIZONA P.O. Box 42157

Mesa, AZ 85274-2157 All tickets will be held at the door

No refunds – All sales final

Welcome New Members: May – August 2007

Allen, Maurice A. Fields, Wanda Krenz, Phil Leerssen, Joel

YEAR AT A GLANCE 2007-2008

Wednesday, Sept 26 –Potluck Luncheon

Todd Hagen-Accordionist Wednesday, Oct 24 – Catered Luncheon Wednesday, Dec 5 – Catered Luncheon

“Holiday Party” Entertainment – Dolan Ellis

Wednesday, Jan 23 – Potluck Luncheon Bingo

Wednesday, Feb 27 – Catered Luncheon Nomination of officers Generations Singing Group

Wednesday, Mar 26 – Potluck Luncheon Information Fair

Wednesday, Apr 23 – Catered Luncheon Graduation - Scholarships

Election of officers Wednesday, May 28 – Potluck Luncheon

Installation of officer

April 2007 Financial Report Receipts: $ 1,020.48 Expenses: $ 508.00 Balance on Hand: $26,458.31

Rememberance May – August 2007

4/27/07 Simkins, Shirley Anne, 78 – Adm. 25 yrs. 4/27/07 Boardman, Florence C., 71 – Tech. 22 yrs. 4/28/07 Houle, Lucille Marie, 82 5/3/07 Hernandez, Maria Villalobos, 83 5/4/07 Schlink, Margarette L., 72 – 22yrs. 5/18/07 Thomson, Robert G., 65 – SPS/ON Eng. 5/19/07 Germano, Carl – SPS 5/25/07 Tanner, Charles E. 79 – 30 yrs 6/4/07 Kotzmann, Agnes Marie, 86 – Mgmt. 6/8/07 Winchell, Dr.Buck, 69 – Eng. Mgr. 6/10/07 Graham, Edward A, 78 6/14/07 Slocum-Howe, Beatrice (Bea), 83 – Sec. 6/15/07 Alexander, Evelyn Louise, 87 – Sec. 6/23/07 Hart, Richard Willis (Dick), 78 – GEG 6/26/07 Wilson, Dorthea Charlotte, 89 – 16 yrs. 7/2/07 Hoffman Jr., Richard Yates, 92 – 41 yrs Eng 7/4/07 Majors, Edward M., 62, Mgmt. 17 yrs. 7/5/07 Stewart, Jerry, 72 – 36 yrs. 7/6/07 Marquez-Maddox, Wilma Jean, 68 – SPS 7/12/07 Van Wylen, Ernest, 80 7/07 Longmore, Paul H., 51 - Electronics 7/9/07 Barker, David Richard, 60 – Eng. 7/13/07 Brenton, Wallace Clyde, 71 7/19/07 Spitzer, Paul Eugene,70 – 28 yrs. Printer 7/24/07 Preston Sr., William E. (Bill), 82 7/24/07 MacPhee, Kenneth Peter, 67 7/26/07 Lund, Robert G. “Bob”, 78 – GEG 38 yrs. 7/31/07 Griephan, Loma Phipps Martin, 86 – 27 yrs. 8/1/07 Doolittle, David, 53 – Dir HR SPS Austin 8/3/07 Hedger, Eunice C., 88 8/4/07 Placek, Charles “Chuck”, 78 8/6/07 Faulstich, Kenneth Robert, 88 – 34 yrs.Acct. 8/7/07 Pilon, Angela, 92 – 20+ yrs. 8/13/07 Brown, Phyllis Ruth, 75 – 8 yrs. 8/16/07 Montufar Esmeralda “Esmie”Ramirez,-32 yrs. 8/19/07 Peterson, Dr., Clifford Carl, 89 – Eng 15+ yrs. 8/21/07 Kafer, Ruth Schuster, 71 – Sec SPS

Ray Orth Raffle Donation Thanks to George DeWitte and the Motorola Retirees’ Club of Arizona, Your special Tribute gift of $49.00 is truly appreciated. It enables St. Mary’s to carry out its mission of providing food to eliminate hunger in our community. You and the other volunteers with the Ray Orth Raffle deserve a big round of applause. Many are helped both through your generosity and volunteerism to the community.

St. Mary’s/Westside Food Bank Alliance

Attention Retirees

Retiree Benefits Protection Association undertakes legal review of Retiree Health

Benefits.

The non-profit Retiree Benefits Protection Association (RBPA) was created by and for Motorola retirees two years ago to provide a unified and effective voice for Motorola retirees regarding benefit issues, and to finance legal research into certain questionable actions of Motorola relating to its administration of retiree health and pension benefits. An organization with this charter seems more necessary with each passing day, in these times when many large companies are seeking to whittle down promised retiree benefits long after those retirees have contributed greatly, as active employees, toward making the companies grow and prosper. All Motorola retirees living in the USA are eligible for RBPA membership. As we stated in May 2007 by doubling or tripling its current membership, the RBPA will be stronger and better able to fight effectively for the benefit rights of Motorola retirees. But as it has turned out membership growth during the summer of 2007 has been extremely week. We thank the new members who have joined in the last few month but we still need each retiree to seriously consider the consequences of possibly not having insurance available and join the RBPA now!!!!.

It’s easy to become a member, via the Internet or a phone call! If you have access to the Internet, you can obtain further information about the RBPA and its activities by checking out its website, http://www.rbpa.info. A membership application can be filled out there online. Alternately, please call Jeff Gorin at 480-831-6623 or Phil McNett at 602-795-0553 for additional information and to request that a membership application be mailed to you. The RBPA has retained counsel and the attorney’s are reviewing retiree documents at this time. It is uncertain at this time what legal action can or may be taken. What we do know is that we will require additional members and additional funds if the attorneys determine that we should proceed.

The time for action is NOW. Make the call or check the Internet to learn more about RBPA today! You’ll be glad you made this investment to help preserve your hard-earned retiree benefits.

SCHOLARSHIP CORNER

Scholarships For Our Future Leaders

SCHOLARSHIP DONORS May – August 2007

Durnal, Dwight Carney, Jim Schaeffer, Leonora

Scholarship Donations It is the beginning of a new regime of officers with the Retiree’s Club for the 2007/2008 budget year and our key club objective remains, the goal of funding scholarships for grandchildren of the membership. We are beginning this current cycle with few left over funds in the scholarship fund and we will be counting on the membership to be generous in their support of these students who want to achieve a higher education. To donate to the scholarship fund all you need to do is check the box on the renewal form when you renew your membership and add an additional amount to your check. Due to membership generosity the club has provided scholarships over the past four years to twenty one deserving grandchildren. It is important to note that these scholarships are totally funded by the membership without support from any other source. Please give generously to this important club project when you renew your membership. Phil McNett Scholarship Chair ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

2 July 2007 On behalf of the University of Arizona, please accept this letter as an expression of our sincere gratitude for your check in the amount of $1000. As requested, the scholarship will be awarded to Jordan E. Windle. Your support continues to play a vital role in the lives of students at the University of Arizona and your generosity is deeply appreciated. If I can be of assistance in any way, please contact me at 520-621-1029 or by email at kbacher@al.arizona.edu. Thank you again.

Sincerely, Ken Bacher, Director Office of Scholarship Development University of Arizona

Former Chairman and CEO Bob Galvin honored for more than 50 years of

service to Motorola

Motorola has recognized Bob Galvin, former chairman and chief executive officer, with a bronze plaque commemorating his outstanding leadership in shaping Motorola as a global competitor and world-class brand. On 26 June, CEO Ed Zander unveiled the plaque and dedicated it to Bob. It is installed in the corporate tower, near a plaque honoring Paul Galvin, Bob's father and founder of Motorola.

Bob was named president of Motorola in 1956 and led as chief executive officer from 1959 until January 1990. He then served as chairman of the executive committee. He retired from the Motorola Board of Directors in May 2001 but remains involved as an informal advisor and ambassador for our company.

Bob's experience, knowledge and wisdom have advanced government, industry and academia alike. His constant respect for people and uncompromising integrity created a legacy of Motorola innovation and creativity that is still prevalent today. Bob is truly a visionary leader and an inspiration to all Motorolans.

MOTOROLA RETIREES’ CLUB OF ARIZONA 2007-2008 – OFFICERS and COMMITTEES

President* LuDene Jackson 480-325-8461 19jackson@msn.com Entertainment LuDene Jackson 480-325-8461 19jackson@msn.com Holiday party Gene & Marlene Orr 480-363-2180 geneoorr@msn.com Trips/Events TBD Past President* Phil McNett 602-971-2837 mcnett34@cox.net Scholarship Phil McNett 602-971-2837 mcnett34@cox.net Advertising Phil McNett 602-971-2837 mcnett34@cox.net Vice President* Tony Zizzo 623-583-2837 ajzizzo@aol.com Luncheon Manager Suzi Carney 480-949-1537 frieghtrain39@aol.com Lunch Supplies/Transportation Jim Carney 480-949-1537 frieghtrain39@aol.com Vice President* Don Baker 480-838-1642 grumpytempe1@aol.com Information Fair TDB Equipment Manager Rod O’Connor 602-840-3785 rodoconnor@cox.net Christmas Family Sharon Carey 480-649-0055 sharon022211@msn.com Vice President* John Babcock 480-946-5584 jrbjohn@msn.com Nominating TBD Chaplain Rod O’Connor 602-840-3785 rodoconnor@cox.net Galvin Parkway TBD Secretary* Dorothy Brunk 480-654-0748 dorey@dependanet.com Knitting/crochet Projects Hank Szot 480-893-9633 szot@cox.net Sunshine Eadie Beckstein 602-454-2214 Sunshine Lillian Dudzik 480-981-5803 Treasurer* Frances Peterson 480-964-6379 frances2000@msn.com Membership Roster Frances Peterson 480-964-6379 frances2000@msn.com Voice Editor/Historian Jan Simon 480-838-0084 janet_simon@msn.com Web Master Len Suckle 602-867-3087 lens@lsnent.com Photographer Ed Lyons 480-921-1171 ednancyhome@aol.com Orth Charities Shirley & Tom Tucker 480-857-7955 wetuck@cox.net *Elected Officers/Executive Board

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Club Directory Coupon The Motorola Retirees’ Club of Arizona Directory is available for $4.00 by mail

Mail check to: Name _________________________ Motorola Retirees’ Club of Arizona Street _________________________

P.O. Box 42157 City, State, Zip___________________ Mesa, AZ 85274-2157 Note: The directory is not to be given to anyone for solicitation or any other purpose.

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New or Renewal Form The Motorola Retirees’ Club of Arizona

Yearly dues are $10.00 – (Includes you and your Spouse) Mail your check directly to: Please fill out completely: Motorola Retirees’ Club of Arizona Name _____________________________________ P.O. Box 42157 Spouse’s name ______________________________ Mesa, AZ 85274-2157 Street _____________________________________ City, State. Zip ______________________________ Phone _____________________________________ ___ Renew Membership $________ E-Mail _____________________________________ ___ New Member $________ Retirement Date _____________________________ ___ Scholarship Donation $________ Sector Location ______________________________ ___ Lifetime Membership $ 250.00 (MCG, SPS, SSTG, GEG, GED, FREESCALE, ETC.)

Moving or Email change: Please notify acting Membership Chairman Frances Peterson – 480-964-6379 – email: frances2000@msn.com Dues are due 1 year from when you join. Your membership expiration date is printed on the mailing label on your newsletter. Dues for an affiliate member whose spouse is deceased are $10.00 annually.

To pay dues for one or more years, clip the form and mail to the address above or bring to the next meeting.

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