Minutes of Meeting Held July 16, 2009
1. Call to Order: President Joan Travis-Triumph. Joan opened the meeting at 9:30 AM. and led the pledge of allegiance. Thirty-four people were present. Joan quoted from a newspaper obituary for Charles (Chuck) Schwarz who, with Elaine, had been an SCRCR member since August 2003. Among his many awards, an outstanding one was the Congressional Medal of Honor, which he was awarded for bravery in World War II. One of his buddies was Audie Murphy, the actor.
2. Host/Hostess: Ed & Collette: Herman & Helen become members today.
3. Vice-President: Jim: (Absent).
4. Secretary: Lew: Last week’s minutes were accepted as written.
5. Treasurer: Walt: Financial status: Checking: $837, Cash: $8, Total: $845. (No extra-ordinary expense was incurred in the past week.)
6. Coordinators Reports:
6.1 Refreshments: Jan & Linda A.: Today’s refreshments were by Bonnie & Edna with Mary M. (If unable to help as scheduled, please let Linda or Jan know by Tuesday, if possible.)
6.2 Sunshine: John & Linda D. (a) Agnes had her out-patient surgery for back fracture and was doing OK, but her muscles were still sore. Last week she also had an intravenous application of Reclast, which is an annual bone-building medication instead of weekly. ….. (b) Joan T. had to go by ambulance to Oro Valley Hospital for a tread-mill stress test and echo-cardiogram, because of chest pains. It proved not to be a heart problem. Please call if you hear of any health issues.
6.3 Philanthropy: Betty: (a) Not enough was collected to go to the Food Bank. ….. (b) She encouraged members to help the schools with donations, made up in threes (for the three schools in our area). Also, bring any unused coupons for the military.
6.4 Activities: Alice B. See the attached agenda for events in the next few weeks.
7. Old and/or New Business: (a) A collection for Elaine Schwarz, in memory of Chuck, amounted to $115. ….. (b) Lew said that he would transcribe the newspaper cutting (that Joan had read from), improve its readability quality, and distribute it to e-mail recipients.
8. Good of the Group: (a) Nine went to the Gaslight Theater and had an enjoyable night. There was some discussion about a program coming up in October, called Big Bands Express, which members might be interested in. ….. (b) Vi mentioned that she and Don had dinner at Monkey Business; the food was good and the eating area is remote from the noisy game machines. ….. (c) John Lambert answered a remark by Ed A. regarding a bad patch of road; he said it should be reported to Marana. He discussed improvements to Silverbell landscaping. Bob brought up the subject of broken glass in the parking lot and John said it should be referred to the board, as should the leaky roof mentioned by Magda. John also remarked on the surface of Twin Peaks Road and Silverbell – they will be done over with rubberized asphalt. ….. (d) Magda said that nobody peruses the SCRCR albums that she brings in, but Jorge said he enjoyed them with Bob’s help at identifying older members, who look ten years younger!
9. Adjournment: 10:09 AM.
