2016-2017 OFFICERS President Bill Rappold 623-362-1988 billrappold@cox.net Vice President Tony Frey 602-361-5509 lfrey1@cox.net Secretary Pete Mulla 623-386-3324 pmulla@cox.net NEXT PIONEER EVENT CHRISTMAS LUNCH Dec 2016 DECEMBER, 14, 2015 WEDNESDAY Pebble Creek Chianti Room 11:00 Social Open Bar 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Speaker / Announcements / Door Prizes 2:00 Adjourn Treasurer Dave Craytor 623-935-6322 dcraytor@cox.net 2016 Pioneer calendar > March 16 (Wed) // Pioneer hosted picnic lunch at Rio Vista Park (Peoria) > April 20 (Wed) // Dave s Bar-B-Que at Rio Vista Park (Peoria) > Oct 19 Wed // Pioneer hosted lunch (like March); Mark Wollgast & John Weaver attended from the Goodyear facility and provided a status update > Nov 9 Wed // picnic lunch at Rio Vista Park; catered Octoberfest in Nov > Dec 14 Wed // Christmas lunch at Pebble Creek Members Come On Out!!! We do hope you plan to attend many of our functions as you can. We are doing our best to control our costs. Our meetings provide a time and place for visiting and catching up with your working family and we look forward to seeing you. Let us know of other retirees that we can add to our mailing list. All of our newsletters and picnic announcements are also available at the following website: http://wingfootstories.wordpress.com/pioneer-club-news/
Upcoming Picnics / Lunches Dec 2016 Christmas Luncheon Pebble Creek Wednesday, Dec 14, 2016. Lunch provided by the Chianti Room here are the menu choices and there is a no host bar. MENU: CHCKEN Lunch Salad Roasted Apple and Bacon Stuffed Chicken Green Beans served with Sautéed Grape Tomatoes Garlic and Chive Whipped Potatoes Assorted Cheesecakes Or FISH Lunch Salad Lemon Ginger Scared Salmon Lemon Thyme Roasted Squash, Zucchini, and Cauliflower Cranberry Wild Rice Pilaf Assorted Cheesecakes Coffee, Tea and water The cost is $25 / person. Reservations may be made with Pete Mulla via E-Mail at pmulla@cox.net, Dave Craytor at dcraytor@cox.net, or by contacting Lee Graham at leegram@msn.com. Reservations must be made by Sunday night, Dec 11th, since a count must be turned in on Monday morning. You must also indicate your lunch choice CHICKEN OR FISH. We will also have a speaker Ms. Judy Cook. Ms. Cook is the Vice President of the Litchfield Park Historical Society. She spoke to us last year on the early years of Goodyear in Arizona. Land acquisition in Chandler, Litchfield Park and Marinette, what is now Sun City; transitioning from cotton farming to scientific farming; farm labor and labor camps and establishment of the Model Farmers Program. This year her presentation will be centered on the Litchfield Park Museum and the plans to relocate it / how the present museum came about / its limitations and how her organization plans for a new one. Pebble Creek Chianti Room Directions I-10 west to Estrella Pkwy (Pebble Creek) exit North // go north on N Pebble Creek Pkwy // turn left (West) on Clubhouse Dr (you will need to pass the gate; all guests names will be on the list; tell guard you are there for Pioneer Club Lunch)// Chianti Room is in the Tuscany Falls Clubhouse 16222 Clubhouse Dr -- about 1.2 miles past the gate Here s a link to a map http://www.mapquest.com/us/arizona/business-goodyear/pebblecreek-community- 289212471
Membership & Dues -- Just a reminder (not a change) / And some good info for 2016 We want to make this as affordable as possible, and we ve come up with two membership options. 1. E Membership / Dues = $0.00 / correspondence via emails and web 2. P Membership / Dues = $12.00 per year / correspondence via USPS (4-5 mailings per year). The $12.00 is to cover the printing, copying, and postage needed to get the paper copies to you. HOWEVER -- WE VE EXPERIENCED A BETTER THAN EXPECTED CASH FLOW ON THIS --- SO, NO $$$ NEEDED FOR 2016. WE LL PICK IT UP AGAIN IN 2017. 2 0 1 6 November Event Our Pioneer Octoberfest in November picnic was held on Wednesday, Nov 9, 2016 at Rio Vista Park. Lunch was provided by Classic Catering -- Brat & Kraut / Hoagie Rolls / German Potato Salad / Tossed Garden Salad w/ House Vinaigrette / German Chocolate Cake / water, sodas, coffee, & beer. The weather was great; we had a turnout of 45 for this picnic. It was a fun time and we had a few first time picnic goers. Here are some photo s from the November picnic.
Prize Drawing Winners --- Nov 2016 Door Prize Starbucks $10 Gift Card Taco Bell $15 Gift Card Starbucks $10 Gift Card U2 SR-71 Coffee Cup LM Baseball Cap Winner Mel Fritze Bob Haffelfinger Tom Vercellino Sarah Guy Newport Jeff Jacober Ken VanMeter Eric Ballis Tom Craig