Engineering Retirees Society Guest speaker Quarterly Meeting The quarterly meeting is on June 2, 2011 at 12:30 p.m. at the IAM Hall. This will be THE LADIES DAY meeting, so come one and all and enjoy. Come early! 12 noon for sandwiches, coffee and other goodies. Elected offi cers are: June 2011 President ........................................................ DAVE WATT 425-868-5603 Vice President........................................ DWIGHT ROUSU Secretary ........................................................ JIM EWING Treasurer ........................................................ ED STANLEY Steering Board Chair .............................. DAVE HUNTMAN 425-868-0961 davidhuntman@comcast.net SPEEA Contact ............................................. Dawn Hanks dawnh@speea.org The current appointed Committee Chairs and Reps as follows: Badges ...............................................................Tom Mechler Communications (website) ............................. David Westman/Stan Lind Finance ..............................................................Stuart Buchan Governing Doc. .............................................Ken Frazier Insurance ..........................................................Dick Ferguson Investments ....................................................Dave Watt/Ken Kuehnl Membership ...................................................Joe Gregg Nominations & Elections .............................OPEN NRLN/ARA Liaison .......................................Dave Watt Pension .............................................................David Westman Programs ..........................................................Dave Watt Refreshments....................................................................John Meeker/Dave Huntman Service ...............................................................Gary Palmer Social ..................................................................Dave Huntman SPEEA Liaison ................................................Dick Ferguson Sunshine...........................................................OPEN Taxation............................................................OPEN Travel..................................................................Gary Palmer We wish to thank all the people who fill our committee chair positions and request others to apply for those that are not yet filled. WE NEED YOUR HELP. -Dave Watt, presidentThe guest speaker for the June quarterly meeting is Debbie Kufman, with AAA. Kufman, a travel agent for more than 30 years, will give tips for how to have a more fun and enjoyable vacation. HOW TO GET THERE Note: 16th St. Bridge is CLOSED. Take alternate route. From the president’s corner In the first week in April, Romayne and I made a trip to Kansas City to celebrate my sister Sylvia’s and brother-in-law Dale’s 50th wed- ding anniversary and included a family reunion with my Missouri relations. Even though it was all arranged at the last minute, it turned out really well and we got reacquainted with many cousins. I hope you also have the opportunity to be with family this spring. I am looking forward to seeing you at our June 2 quarterly meeting in the IAM hall. In the coming months, there will be many articles on how to move towards balancing the federal budget. We will have some articles on our ERS website www.engineeringretirees.org. Also, there will be even more articles on our partner’s website www.nrln.org. We need to be aware that these articles represent many points of view and allow us to reach an informed opinion. When we receive NRLR Action Alerts, we need to respond through ‘cap wiz’ with per sonalized emails to our senators and representatives in order to protect our Social Security, Medicare, and retirement benefi ts. If you now go to the SPEEA Tukwila office, you should be aware of detours. In particular when coming north on I-5, take the South- center north off ramp, turn left, skirt by the north end of South Center, at the light take a left ( north) over the top of I-405, turn left (west) at next light, go straight, pass under I-5, go through light and take fi rst right. -Dave Watt, president 1 . June 2011 Show your appreciation Show your appreciation This meeting is going to give all members the opportunity to show our appreciation to Dick Ferguson for the many years of service he has provided to our Society. If you have any memories of working with Dick, or anything you would like to put in print, will you please e-mail your thoughts to Dave Watt or Dwight Rousu. These will be collected and given to him at this meeting. Additionally think of giving him a card that he could also take home with him. Read the SPEEA Spotlite article about Dick (reprinted here with permission). Lifetime achievement Former SPEEA president wanted stronger union, member activism By Karen McLean SPEEA publications editor SEATTLE – One of this year’s lifetime achievement winners, retiree Dick Ferguson, 85, firmly believes in the power of collective bargaining, and pushed to make SPEEA a stronger union during his 17 years on the Executive Board. That’s not how he felt in 1953, when he started working at The Boeing Company as an electrical engineer. “My first few years, I had the same impression (as my father) – that unions were no damn good.” Although he doesn’t remember exactly when he joined (records show it was August 1960), he did respect the effort the union made to support engineers through outreach such as a technical engineering journal and a radio show. “Somewhere along the line, I felt I better belong to this union.” After joining, his Council Rep recruited Ferguson to become an Area Rep, for his fl oor. He worked his way through the ranks. He was elected Council chair in January 1970. Soon after, his friend and mentor, Bob Wood, encouraged him to run for the Executive Board. Wood was a vice president at the time. ‘Grew into it’ From that first election to the Board in December 1970, Ferguson successfully ran for Executive Board elected positions, including seven (one-year) terms as president, four as vice president and three as treasurer before he retired in 1989. “I just grew into it,” he said. During that time, SPEEA grew into its own as a union – successfully organizing the Techs, SPARES engineers, Portland, California and Florida. The contract gains during that time also reflect more collective bargaining muscle – weekend overtime for the engineers, for example, and improved layoff benefits, a signifi cant benefit considering more than half the bargaining unit of about 14,000 was laid off in 1969-71. Ferguson came “within inches” of going out the door, but managed to stay at Boeing. He worked at Seattle’s Plant 2 and then transferred to Kent, always in defense. Prior to Boeing, he worked as a radio serviceman at a logging camp in Aberdeen, served in the Navy as a electronic technician at a naval air station, and earned an electrical engineering degree from Oregon State University. While in the Navy, Ferguson met his wife, Mary. They were both stationed in the San Francisco Bay area. They married in 1947 and raised three boys and a girl. One of his sons, Kevin, went to work for Boeing, and was part of the SPEEA Tech unit. ‘Give union teeth’ Negotiations are a touchy subject for Ferguson, reflecting on tense contract talks during his leadership years. In a 1982 article in The Herald of Everett, with a headline that reads ‘Leader wants to give union teeth,’ he noted SPEEA today is caught in the dilemma of not having the membership support it needs to make the kind of bargaining gains that would garner more membership support. That was said about the lessons learned from the 1980 round of negotiations, with a contract that only passed by 52%. About 1,000 members quit, but there wasn’t the strike fund or strike prep to do more, Ferguson said in the article. He is proud of the strength and resolve SPEEA showed during the 40-day strike of 2000. He recalls spending almost every day at the hall to help support the picket lines. After retiring from SPEEA in 1989, he became involved in the Engineering Retirees Society (ERS), which a group of SPEEA retirees started in 1982. Ferguson served in leadership roles in ERS, and still serves on the steering board. He continues to come to the SPEEA headquarters (which he was instrumental in building) for monthly committee meetings. He belongs (continued on page 3) May 2011 continued on page 12 By Karen McLeanSPEEA publications editorSEATTLE – One of this year’s lifetime achieve-ment winners, retiree Dick Ferguson, 85,firmly believes in the power of collective bar-gaining, and pushed to make SPEEA a strongerunion during his 17 years on the Executive Board.That’snot how he felt in 1953, when he started work- ing atThe Boeing Company as an electrical engineer. “My first few years, I had the same impression (as myfather) – that unions were no damn good.”Although he doesn’t remember exactly when hejoined (records show it was August 1960), he didrespect the effort the union made to support engi- neers through outreach such as a technical engineer-ing journal and a radio show. “Somewhere along theline, I felt I better belong to this union.”After joining, his Council Rep recruited Fergusonto become an Area Rep, for his floor. He worked hisway through the ranks. Hewas elected Council chairin January 1970. Soon after, his friend and mentor, Bob Wood, encouraged him to run for the ExecutiveBoard. Wood was a vice president at the time.‘Grew into it’From that first election to the Board in December1970, Ferguson successfully ran several times forExecutive Board, including seven (one-year) termsas president, four as vice president and three as trea- surer before he retired from Boeing in 1989. “I justgrew into it,” he said.During that time, SPEEA grew into its own as aunion – successfully organizing the Techs, Sparesengineers, Portland, California and Florida.The contract gains during that time also reflect morecollective bargaining muscle – weekend overtimefor the engineers, for example, and improved layoffbenefits, a significant benefit considering more thanhalf the bargaining unit of about 14,000 was laidoff in 1969-71. Ferguson came “within inches” of going out thedoor, but managed to stay at Boeing. He workedat Seattle’s Plant 2 and then transferred to Kent, Lifetime achievementLifetime achievementFormer SPEEA president wanted stronger union, member activism Dick Ferguson holds a 1982 article abouttough SPEEA contract negotiations. Ferguson,SPEEA president at the time, said in thearticle: “If the company feels you’re weak,they’re going to treat you that way.” 2 . June 2011 Lifetime achievement - continued from page 2 to the Northwest and national Legislative and Public Affairs Committees (L&PA) and Governing Documents. On this committee, he provides historical perspective. In 1971, he brought together a committee to revise SPEEA’s constitution and bylaws. He also attends the History Committee meetings. His advice to others in SPEEA – get involved. “If people are represented by a union, they need to be involved in their union, so they can be part of its direction. If you’re involved, you have much more of a say.” His kindest words for SPEEA are for a small group who organized SPEEA and negotiated the first contract, approved by 86% of the engineers in 1946. “Those first guys – they had a lot of foresight ... and courage.” Boeing gift match Reminder: The method for obtaining Boeing gift match funds for charitable contributions has changed. It is now done over the internet through the Boeing Total Access web site. The list of eligible organizations is also shown there. Investment group Investment group meetings are held at the SPEEA office in Tukwila. We meet at 12 noon for sandwiches, chips, cookies and drinks and a speaker at 12:30 p.m. At our meeting May 19, Jordan Pomeroy from Edward James, in Burien, talked about the current market conditions and what to do with funds as they come out of CDs. Meena Cheng now has a blog, www.fortuneinyourcookies.com, which she has invited us to check out. We have quite a few couples at the meetings, so bring your partner and your best friends. The next meeting is July 21. -Dave Watt, Investments co-chair National Retirees Legislative Network (NRLN) NRLN 2011 Legislative Agenda - Top Initiatives Summary PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF RETIREE INCOME: .. Pension asset protection (PAP)* .. PBGC reform* .. Bankruptcy reform* .. Protect retirees in mergers & acquisitions .. Social Security reform .. Cash balance plans TAXING HEALTH CARE BENEFITS: .. Deductibility of health care costs .. Health Savings Accounts .. Withdrawals to pay retiree health premiums .. Taxing Social Security income .. Protection and enhancement of retiree health care .. Maintenance of Cost Protection (MCP) .. Reduce the cost of prescription drugs .. Inclusion of catastrophic coverage in Medicare* .. Eliminate health care statute inequities .. Protection of Medicare benefi ts .. Encourage retention of company-provided health care for retirees .. Company benefi ts bundling (*NRLN published a whitepaper on each initiative, see at www. nrln.org in legislative agenda link.) .. Medicare buy-in for ages 55-64 (continued on page 4) 3 . June 2011 National Retirees Legislative Network (NRLN) - continued from page 3 Dear Engineering Retirees Society Member: As the president of the Engineering Retiree Society, I am joining with Bill Kadereit, president of the National Retiree Legislative Network (NRLN) to request your financial support for the NRLN. We hope you agree that retirees must have a strong voice in Washington, D.C., to turn the tide on the harm being done to retirees by companies, courts, federal agencies and Congress. A contribution from you will make it possible for the NRLN to be a strong advocate for retirees. We do detailed studies, create proposals and lobby for passage of legislation. We react to potential threats to your benefits by opposing or proposing countermeasures to defeat threats, such as, diluting, or taking back your Social Security and Medicare benefi ts. Your funding will also be used to communicate with you and other retirees through Action Alerts, emails and the FOCUS newsletters. Your money will never be used for political contributions, meals for politicians, junkets, etc In addition to protecting your Social Security and Medicare benefits, the NRLN will lobby for other legislation to protect your retirement security in the following ways: (Read the entire Legislative Agenda at www.nrln.org.) Pension Asset Protection (PAP): The NRLN advocates legislation to stop corporations from using pension plan assets to pay for non- pension expenses. PBGC Reform: The NRLN advocates that the Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation be required to ensure equitable calculations of benefit payments earned by retirees. Bankruptcy Reform: The NRLN advocates reforms to corporate bankruptcy laws to place retirees’ pensions and benefits on a list of obligations that companies can’t shed in the bankruptcy court. Protect Retirees in Mergers & Acquisitions: The NRLN advocates legislation to require all U.S.-based assets under control of foreign owners be subject to seizure to satisfy ERISA funding obligations. Pension plan fiduciaries should be required to be American citizens and subject to U.S. laws and courts. Maintenance of Cost Protection (MCP): The NRLN advocates establishing a fixed monthly employer payment to retirees equivalent to the value of the benefits an employer provided prior to the reduction or cancellation of retirement health care, prescription drugs, life insurance, long-term care or other benefi ts. Reduce Cost of Prescription Drugs: The NRLN advocates the reduction of prescription drug costs through passage of legislation that: (1) Enables re-importation and importation of safe prescription drugs approved by the FDA; (2) Enables Medicare to develop formularies and take competitive bids for prescription drugs; (3) Staffs and funds the FDA to reduce generic drug approval backlogs; (4) Prevents drug companies from colluding to control or subvert free markets. Medicare Buy-In for Ages 55 - 64: The NRLN advocates that people age 55 - 64 be allowed to buy Medicare coverage at a cost that does not burden the Medicare system. Medicare Catastrophic Coverage: The NRLN advocates that Congress extend protection against catastrophic medical costs to the Medicare eligible population by setting a reasonable maximum limit on out-of-pocket costs. How You Can Help: You can help advance the NRLN Legislative Agenda by contacting your members of Congress when an Action Alert is issued and by asking friends to sign-up at http://capwiz.com/abtr/mlm/signup to receive NRLN emails. Also, please make your annual contribution of $25, $50, $75 or more. Any amount you can contribute will be appreciated. You may make your check or money order payable to NRLN, Inc. and mail it with the Contribution Form below in the enclosed envelope. Or, you may make your contribution online with your credit card on the NRLN website at www.nrln.org by clicking on the “Membership” tab on the home page and selecting “Support the NRLN.”Together, we can advance the NRLN mission to gain federal legislation for fair treatment of retirees. Sincerely, Dave Watt Dave Watt, President, E. R. S. Bill Kadereit, President, National Retiree Legislative Network (continued on page 5) 4 . June 2011 National Retirees Legislative Network (NRLN) - continued from page 4 NRLN MEMBERSHIP CONTRIBUTION The NRLN is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization. Contributions are not tax deductible. Name: ______________________________________________Age: __under 55; __ 55-64; __ 65 or over Address: _________________________City: _____________State: ___Zip: _______Zip + 4: _____ Phone: ___________________ Email Address (if available): ___________________________________ I get my retirement benefits from_____________________________________ (name of company) Mail this form with your check or money order (no cash please) for $25, $50, $75 or more (any amount will be appreciated) payable to NRLN, Inc., P.O. Box 18757, Washington, D.C. 20036-8757 ((The ERS board strongly recommends that you join the NRLN as an individual member. You will receive their newsletter in a more timely fashion than is possible when we reprint it in this newsletter. It will keep you up to date on their activities on your behalf. Please give serious thought to joining! For more information, call 1-866-360-7197 or go to their website www.nrln.org)). See ERS online Our ERS Web site is up and functioning at ENGINEERINGRETIREES.ORG. Then click on “ENTER WEBSITE HERE.” From there, you just choose what you want to see, such as ‘NEWSLETTER’, and you will see the most up-to-date information. Also the NRLN website may be accessed from our site. Current email address Please make sure we have your current email address. Now that we are online, all members with e-mail addresses on file will receive an e-mail stating that the newsletter has been posted to the website for viewing. This is about half of the membership. The savings will be about $400 per quarter by reducing to 50% the number of newsletters to be mailed. The following people’s e-mail addresses were bounced at previous mailings: John S. Barger, Brann Brooks, John Eberly, Al Glencross, Robert L. Herschkowitz, Leon Hill, D. Gene Ingram, James Jollimore, John Koslosky, Sandra L. LaGrone, Don Mackenzie, Unn Maeland, Michael F. Melary, Gerald J. Mollen, John Monk, Bobby J. Mulkey, Paul P. Piguet, Carol J. PinnonVRichard L. Potter, James H. Roberts, Ruth P. Shaff er, George A. Smith, Wilson H. Smyth, George Swinford, Patriick D. Thiel, Irene R. Vermillion, Edward J. Yarkosky. Hard copies will be sent for a short period, after which newsletter communication will cease. Please send your corrected e-mail to Stan Lind at stanlind@verizon.net. Please also notify Dave Huntman at davidhuntman@comcast. net so your name may be deleted from the above list. We apologize if the errors are due to our typing (Newsletter editor). As always, this data is not made available to the public for any reason. -Stan Lind, Assistant Web master Find out what 49 drugs can cause drug-induced parkinsonism The following is the site for an article called “Drug Induced ‘Parkinsonism’” from Worst Pills, Best Pills Newsletter Article, October 2010. http://www.worstpills.org/info/page.cfm?pageid=89 New Health Care Website The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new site, www.healthcare.gov. 5 . June 2011 Badges Badges The following is a list of names for whom ERS has purchased name badges for general meetings. They have not yet been picked up. It would be appreciated by the Badge Committee if the named persons retrieved their respective badges. They are: George Alavi, John Bent, Wamam Bhat, Bill Blazer, Amiel Forshee, Claudia Gillespie, Sharon Gustafson, Ken Haliburton, Meech Houghton, Sharon Moats, John Neller, Teresa Oh, Clinton Snow and Dale Swanson. Thank you for your attention to this matter. March meeting minutes Precis of minutes for the March 2011 quarterly meeting. ERS President Dave Watt started the meeting at 12:22 p.m. The meeting was held simultaneously in the Tukwila and Everett SPEEA halls, with audio teleconferencing. First Speaker: Matt Kempf, the SPEEA benefits director, covered the ING Advisor Service that became available March 1, to those of us with investments in the VIP or FSP. This service was negotiated by SPEEA and The Boeing Company and costs us 50 cents per month (a real bargain!) whether we use it or not. It was announced in an update from ING, but some of us did not notice it. The service can be accessed on the Internet by going through Boeing TotalAccess to the Boeing Savings Service Center. It can also be accessed by calling Boeing TotalAccess at 1-866-473-2016. A Professional Account Manager program is also available for an additional variable monthly fee depending upon the amount being reviewed. Good of the Society: First-time attendees were Gordon Sherrill, Kim Ryden, Laurel Svingen, and George Acholou. The Society’s officers were introduced. Minutes: Jim Ewing’s minutes of the December 2010 quarterly meeting were approved as printed. Main Speaker: Jim Davies from Albertson Law Group, covered recent changes in federal estate tax law. He is an experienced presenter and repeated a question before he answered it. Highlights covered were: The new federal estate tax exemption is $5,000,000 with a maximum estate tax rate of 35%; the lifetime federal gift tax exemption amount is now $5,000,000 with a maximum gift tax rate of 35%; the Generation Skipping Tax (GST) has been reinstated; the executor of an estate may now utilize the descendant’s $5,000,000 exemption amount or transfer it to the descendant’s surviving spouse (this is called “exemption portability”). There are many complicated aspects of estate taxes and planning, including wills, trusts, and modifi ed carryover basis. You are not to consider anything in these minutes as legal advice! Albertson Law Group has offices in Kent and Bellevue. Their web site address is www. albertsonlaw.com and their toll-free phone number is 1-877-246-8772. President’s Report: ERS will not offer a special membership for those who have not yet retired (“pre-retirees”). We would, however, off er to e-mail our ERS newsletters to them in exchange for submittal of their information form. Vice President’s Report: Reported that he had attended the meetings of the SPEEA national and Northwest legislative and public aff airs (L&PA) committees. Dwight also reported that he and Dave and Romayne Watt attended the annual NRLN meeting in Washington, D.C., and met with various legislative personnel. See the printed trip report. As chair of the ERS L&PA Committee, he had chaired a meeting to organize the goals and structure of the committee. Treasurer’s Report: The value of the Society’s accounts was $29,273.50 as of February 28, 2011. Committee and Rep Reports: Reported that Meena Cheng would speak at the March 17 investment meeting. Badges Chair, Tom Mechler, reported that 34 people were in attendance in Tukwila and eight were in attendance in Everett. Finance Chair Stuart Buchan submitted a Committee report which stated that the ERS financial situation remained “stable” and that we should have a balanced budget in 2011. Dave Huntman told us that our former Sunshine Chair, Chuck Hennig, was suffering from dementia. Anyone who wishes to contact Lois Hennig (Chuck’s wife) may send e-mails to loishennig@hotmail.com or telephone her at 425-821-7367. Also reported that John Ballo was in a home in the Seward Park area of Seattle—call Dave Huntman for more information. Governing Documents Chair Ken Frazier had ideas about non-retired people joining ERS, but these are now irrelevant after the Steering Board decided not to allow pre-retirees to join the Society. L&PA Chair Dwight Rousu urged us to correspond with our representatives in Congress and to attend local meetings with our representatives. Insurance Chair Dick Ferguson reported that Congress had extended the existing Medicare reimbursement rate in December 2010. SPEEA Liaison Dick Ferguson told us that three ERS members had been videotaped as they were interviewed about SPEEA history. Unfi nished Business: Dave Watt reported that we should put any corrections to our address, telephone number, or e-mail address on our membership renewal form each year. A second notice will be sent to those who have not yet paid their dues for 2011. New Business: Dave Watt told us that the Society would e-mail our newsletter to pre-retirees who submitted an information form to us. Dave asked for a show of hands from members who preferred meeting at the SPEEA halls with teleconferencing instead of meeting at the IAM hall and a majority of members preferred the SPEEA halls. Dave Watt announced that the next quarterly meeting, on June 2, would be a Ladies Day (with cake) and would also be “Dick Ferguson Day” to honor Dick for all his contributions to the Society. Dave suggested that we each bring a card for Dick. A member told us that former SPEEA president Cynthia Cole had written an article about (continued on page 7) 6 . June 2011 March meeting minutes - continued from page 6 healthcare costs that had recently been published in The Seattle Times. (Your secretary found this article by doing a search for “Cynthia Cole” at the Times’ Web site.) The next ERS Steering Board meeting will be on May 26 at the Bellevue library. The meeting was adjourned at 2:25 p.m. Respectfully submitted, James M. Ewing, Secretary ON THE LIGHTER SIDE: The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term. The answer by one student was so “profound” that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well: Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following: First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let’s look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle’s Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added. This gives two possibilities: 1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose. 2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over. So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my freshman year that, “it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,” and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct, leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting “Oh my God.” THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+. PASSAGES. Sheridan T. Bracken, P.O.Box 858, LaCenter, WA 98629-0851. Walter Longwill, 1701 147th Ave. SE., Bellevue, WA 98007. Marcheta Lanning, ERS I.D. #34, died July 2009. Robert ‘Bob’ Earl Fry, died March 19, 2010. Info: from Floyd Fry 702 S A, Arkansas City, KS 67005 Richard “Dick” Sleight died April 5, 2011. His wife died a couple of weeks earlier. Lawrence G. Olson died July 31, 2007. Recently received info. Albert E. Morris died in July of 2010, no other data. Robert “Dusty” Fry died on March 18, 2010. of 1327 N. 11th St., Arkansas City, KS 67005, Marcheta Lanning died in July of 2009. Virginia Parks (step-daughter) 430 N 1st Street, Unit 302, San Joe, CA 95112. Eric Aspinall died on August 20, 2010. Wife Sharon provided the information. S. M. Richardson died Jan. 9. 2011. Sudene Snyder (daughter) 2226 182nd Place SE, Bothell, WA 98012. (Recent information for the above named members.) -Dave Huntman, Newsletter Editor. 7 . June 2011