Trips, Dinners, Appointments, and Other Noteworthy Events.
A car symbol v indicates a trip; a camera symbol µ means that a photo is available in our album.
2000 Officers: Galen Jensen -- President; Pat Senick – Secretary until 3/28 then Lew MacDonald; Gene Sirak – Treasurer. Coordinators: Vi Johnson and Marlene Pfeuffer -- Activities; Arline Sieckowski – Sunshine; Mary Taylor and Suzette Stein – Hostess; Pearl Thomson – Philanthropy; Agnes MacDonald – Kitchen.
01/08/00..... Dinner at Hidden Valley Inn, 8 went.
01/20/00..... Thank-you cards read from Dignita Hospice for $450 donations from members in Gene Beverly's name and from Suzette for condolences in the loss of her mother.
02/01/00..... Lee Ciancio had both knees operated upon.
02/02/00.....v Gem Show.
02/03/00..... Dinner at Metropolitan Grill. About 17 attended -- very good food, excellent service.
02/10/00.....v Tubac Festival .
02/17/00..... Introduced Micha & Tom Rudkin and Al Kellman & Cleo Frye.
02/19/00..... Miss Saigon play at Centennial Hall, 26 went. Dinner at Old Lantern -- good food, bad service!
03/02/00.....v Reid Park Zoo Senior's Day.
03/04/00..... Dinner at Mimi's was enjoyed by 17 members. Good food and excellent service.
03/09/00.....v Desert Museum , 6 went and had a good time.
03/16/00..... Joan Beverly was welcomed back to the club. Don Ostberg joined.
03/23/00..... It was noted that Suzanne would have gall bladder surgery in April. Agnes is due for foot surgery.
03/28/00…. Pat Senick resigned as Secretary and moved to Green Valley. Lew MacDonald took over.
03/30/00..... Dutch treat Pizza instead of Ft. Huachuca .
04/01/00..... Dinner at Conti's. Hassles with an uncooperative waiter re separate checks. Manager straightened it out.
04/13/00.....v Casino of the Sun . Betty, Mary, & Al won but Magda was the big winner at $1,000.
04/26/00..... Seniors' Day at Pima County Fair.
05/03/00..... Arline resigned to look after her mother. Mary Taylor undergoing knee surgery today.
05/03/00..... Bingo was scheduled but there were too few members, so we played games.
05/05/00..... El Corral for dinner.
05/10/00.....v Amerind Museum and picnic lunch there.
05/11/00..... Introduced Mary Jensen.
05/19/00..... Games and lunch at the new Marana Senior Center. Taught them Mexican Train, etc.
05/24/00.....v Bisbee .
05/25/00..... Introduced Fay & Ray Spitzer, Kathryn Peptis, and Marian Saville.
06/01/00.....v Visited San Xavier Mission. Lunch at La Puente; excellent Mexican restaurant. Return there!
06/07/00..... J-Bar Ranch dinner was an embarrassment, no one showed up! Kathryn Peptis joined.
06/15/00.....v Agua Caliente Park brunch picnic. It was hot but 14 went. Worth visiting at a cooler time.
06/22/00..... Jordon Mann was having eye trouble but he hoped to return soon.
06/24/00..... Members invited to awards ceremony where Bo Bolin got his B.Sc. degree.
07/01/00..... Tucson Greyhound Track dinner and races. No big winners. Excellent T-bone steaks for $5.95.
07/13/00.....v Casino of the Sun, 17 went on . Several winners; Magda won $1,000.
07/27/00.....v Kartchner Caverns , 9 went.
08/03/00..... Arline recovering from her operation. Pearl having a new pacemaker battery installed.
08/05/00..... Ray and Lee's 50th wedding anniversary party. And some said it wouldn't last! µ
08/09/00..... El Corral dinner, only 6 went. Some had excellent service; others had overcooked ribs and stale salad.
08/10/00..... Baseball game. No one went to the scheduled event.
08/17/00.....v Kitt Peak , 10 went and spent an hour making a hike.
08/24/00..... Stan, suffering from severe sciatic pain, will see a specialist.
09/01/00…. Colette & Ed Dubsky joined.
09/09/00..... Hidden Valley Inn for dinner.
09/14/00.....v Wilcox to pick fruit.
09/21/00.....v Night visit to Oktoberfest.
10/02/00..... Pearl Thompson resigned from the Philanthropy job. Willie broke her pelvis. No volunteers for the job.
10/12/00.....v Christopher Columbus Park picnic. It had been wet and cold so only 7 went but it was a good day. Seven others stayed in the center.
10/19/00..... Because of constant thievery in the old closets in the kitchen, we were given all the closets on the right -- with new locks. It was voted that the person making the coffee would also supply snacks on potluck lunch days but not on brunch days or birthday cake days. Cookies would be available for early birds.
10/26/00.....v Casino of the Sun , 17 went.
11/04/00..... Michaelangelo's for dinner.
11/10/00.....v Mesa swap meet .
11/15/00..... Bo found out that former member Vern Fitzpatrick had died recently.
11/30/00..... Introduced Ernest Kreth and Sam Russell.
12/07/00.....v Vail winery scheduled. It was great success.
12/09/00..... Christmas dinner and party, co-chairpersons Vi Johnson and Marlene Pfeuffer. We exchanged $10 children's gifts which were later donated to the Fire Hall for "Toys for Tots" -- a good idea! µ
12/14/00..... Pearl was given a present and thanks for all she has done for helping needy families.
