| December
2007 Monthly News Letter |
What I'm thankful for on Thanksgiving," "I am thankful that I'm not a turkey." |
Internet Issue #11 |
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Next meeting  December meting on DEC 12 at the Golden Corral on Perryville at 1:00 PM Please call LOU SUIT 815-399-0120 Inform him how many will be coming for lunch. Please call before Dec. 7, If not possible, come anyway  Monday, Dec 10, 2007 7:30 am Parking for the Dec. 10 breakfast will be in the visitor's lot and on the ring road by the pond. Those requiring a ramp for entry should contact Colleen and arrangements will be made for them. We will still be able to have someone take pictures , and if we take a tour of the plant, the company will provide a photographer for us since they have restrictions on the use of cameras for employees and visitors.. PLEASE NOTICE... "RSVP" .... CALL COLLEEN CARROLL 815-226-5428 TO INFORM HER OF YOUR ATTENDANCE.  |
Retiree Lunch Nov 2007
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Remembrances
William Holmer Roger Ellison Bernice Olson William VanDyke | Information
on passing of Sundstrand Retirees Should be called into Elsie Lundvall 1721 8th. st. *815-965-4904  "The best care givers give good examples, more than good advice" Reputation can be made in a moment, Character takes a life time To live to 90, do not try to reach it on a speedometer Don't waste time telling hair raising tales to a bald man. The most desireable ingredients in a sermon, is shortening In a healthy life style you get more life and less span A man has reached middle life when he is cautioned to slow down by his doctor instead of the police |
Email List News
Retiree's Here are the results of a meeting of Chuck Anderson, Lou Suit and I with H-Sundstrand representative Colleen Carroll concerning implementation of the suggestions a group of us made to improve our relationship since the major changes required by the merger. I believe all of our suggestions were addressed. Thanks to those who made suggestions. H-Sundstrand will supply a conference room for our monthly meetings on the second Wednesday of each month near the cafeteria. The cafeteria will be available for our use. The lunch will usually be self pay, but they will plan to fund a couple of the lunches during the year. From time to time they would like to bring in some employee speakers who could brief us on things happening on the campus. In deference to the use of the cafeteria by the employees we will begin at 11:30. Parking for this and the Dec. 10 breakfast will be in the visitor's lot and on the ring road by the pond. Those requiring a ramp for entry should contact Colleen and arrangements will be made for them to use West entrance otherwise we will come in the main entrance on Harrison Ave. We will still be able to have someone take pictures in the conference room during our luncheons, and if we take a tour of the plant, the company will provide a photographer for us since they have restrictions on the use of cameras for employees and visitors. Retirees will again be invited to lunch on the lawn and subsidized at the same rate they do for current employees. There is a residual fee and instructions for how to get tickets will be given with the invitation. One of our suggestions was that we might get copies of the Noon Newsletter to put in the Reporter. Unfortunately neither HS nor UTC has newsletters anymore. There is something called "Update" sent each week to employees that contain business news. Most of it wouldn't be of interest to us and more importantly it is on the internet behind the UTC firewall so it isn't available to anyone but current employees. As a substitute HS has agreed to send us copies of items that may be of interest to us available for incorporating in our Reporter. They will also consider sending us copies of the pertinent press releases that are available to the public. Warren Carlson, who does the web site, was worried that in the future his computer memory space might run out since we save archive our old material. They will provide space on their server so that we don't have to buy more memory or add server capacity. We will be able to link with it. Because, as I have said before, we try to protect our e-mail list from public access to avoid SPAM and viruses as well as we can.. Therefore all multiple messages are addressed only to me with retirees listed as blind carbon copies. That isn't positive insurance but may be of some help for what ever it is worth. So far we haven't had any complaints that you are getting unwanted material from being on the list. Because of that Sundstrand will not send batch information using our list. We were informed that just like many other things the pension and benefits services has been outsourced and there is no HS benefits person anymore. There isn't even a liaison person on site. We all are driven to the websites. The good news is that the sites are pretty intuitive once you've done them a few times but they can be frustrating for someone not acquainted with them (and for those of us used to dealing with a live person - ah, it's a new day). In lieu of that a step by step flow chart will be developed for us to try to make the path to getting answers smother. Concerning funds, unfortunately, retirees aren't eligible for matching funds, per UTC guidelines. In order to perhaps ease the pain of that fact Colleen has been "doing quite a bit of research as to which employee discounts are still available for retirees. Some are available to HS and Sundstrand retirees, but some only to HS retirees, but there are several, ranging from discounts on air conditioners, cars, glasses, and Dell computers, and she is putting that all together. Colleen is so accommodating. We owe our sincere thanks to her and also to Tim Morris, president. Tim has been involved and behind the effort from the beginning. In order to keep the members group more current with new retirees we are also going to put an enclosure in the exit interview packet that informs new retirees of our existence and how to get on the list. For procedural questions of access Colleen's e-mail address is colleen.carroll@hs.utc.com Dick Aleshire MORE NEWS: Safran Wants to Buy Hamilton Sundstrand, La Lettre Reports By David Whitehouse Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Safran SA, Europe's second-biggest maker of jet engines, wants to buy the Hamilton Sundstrand unit of United Technologies Corp. of the U.S., La Lettre de L'Expansion reported, without citing anyone. Hamilton Sundstrand makes aerospace equipment and had revenue of $5 billion last year. Safran may buy the unit at the start of 2008, La Lettre said. To contact the reporter on this story: David Whitehouse in Paris at dwhitehouse1@bloomberg.net . Email Dick Aleshire of
any changes, additions or deletions needed. |
SECRETARY’S REPORT SECRETARY’S REPORT NOVEMBER 14, ‘07 Lou started our luncheon meeting at the Command Post. Elsie Lundvall gave her report and read a poem and said grace. Lou talked about a potluck for December’s meeting.. The membership voted to go to the Golden Corral. Dick Aleshire gave a report on what w as going on at H-Sundstrand. We are all invited to a free breakfast on Monday, Dec. 10 at 0730 in the Plant 6 cafeteria, with a talk by Tim Morris and a tour of the new Boeing 787 Airplane Power System Integration Facility.. We must R.S.V. P. bly Dec. 5 with your name and your guest’s name if any to Colleen Carroll, by phone at 815-226-5428 or by e-mail at < colleen.carroll@hs.utc.com>. Respectfully submitted by Joy Cutsforth, Secretary. |
RETIREE INFORMATION
'Gettting to know you... again.
I sent email to all the retiree asking for information for
this
section. The following have submitted information and a
write-up
will appear in one of the near future retiree reports. I want thank you.
warren88@aol.com If you wish to send me information.. It is very welcome. I have heard many good comments about how much your friends like to hear about you. Future Issues will include the following: Ed Hansen Dave Miller Cal Coolidge Brad and Mellissa Marsden Jim Chambers Joyce Hehir Willy Shipton John Weber (update) Elaine and Rozy Corson Kathy Sullivan Name? |
donaldafisk@bellsouth.net I
responded once before by just answering
the questions, and later realized it wasn’t the best
way. This time
I’ll expand a bit. For the gory details, just pull
up early
editions of the Retiree News. After
retiring from Sundstrand in After
retirement, I enjoyed taking it
easy, but then did a bit of work for Sundstrand and Allied
Signal.
However, by the late 1990’s, I was ready to hang it up for
good and since
then my wife and I moved permanently(?) to Florida. We are
now about 12
miles from My
12 years with Sundstrand were the most
enjoyable years of my career, after 30 years with competitor
GE. I only
wish I were closer to Our
family is scattered. Our
daughter Judy works for Sandia Lab in Albuquerque, NM; our oldest son
Dave works
for the Air Force at Langley Fld, VA (he’s a retired fighter
pilot); our
youngest son Tom works for Whiting Petroleum in Denver. The
good news is
that we get to see a lot of the This
is short, but lets you know I’m
still fortunate to be able to get out of bed each day in spite of my
advanced
years. I never thought I’d live long enough to be
able to say I’ve
been retired for 17 years!! Don
Fisk 321-268-9116 |
les_bellah@yahoo.com Les
Bellah...I worked in many departments during my 30 years at Sundstrand.
I started as a janitor in 1973, and finished as a testman at plant
eight
in 2003. I guess the job I enjoyed the most was as timekeeper. I worked
with
George Rumore and Lucille Opsahl. I met alot of wondreful people. I
still
live in Kirkland and am still involved in local politics. I was mayor
for
eight years after which I took a couple of years off,then was elected
back
to the city council last april...I couldn't stay away!! Patsy and I
will
celebrate 39 years of marriage on 10/26....We have two children and
three
grandchildren. |
Owen
Briles briles@insightbb.com
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Max Grupenhagen  Rancho Palos Verdes, California Remarried in 1997 to Charlene Walton Have 3 sons, 5 grandchildren Retired in 1997 from the Los Angeles Marketing Office. 40 years at Sundstrand, composed of early years in Rockford and Field Service in Sweden, Atlanta, Seattle, then Task Corporation in Anaheim, then Rockford Mechanical Systems Marketing, then LA. My physical activities are water aerobics and walking at the beach. Recent trips: marlin fishing at Punta Colorada, Los Cabos, Mexico;with Son, Dave, and Grandson, Brad (now in the middle east with the USAF) Touring the pentagon in D. C. with son, Lt. Col. Steve. My main activity is the Norris Center for the Performing Arts at which I plan fund raising activities; appear in musicals. Also do a song and dance show at retirement homes with other performers. Sometimes I just sit at the beach and ponder the deep mysteries of life: Bore wear, slipper socket wear, frequency modulation. |
RICHARD JEZESKI
rjjune@cox.net
 I LIVE IN
SURPRISE ARIZONA WHICH IS 35 MILES NW OF PHOENIX
I AM MARRIED
TO JUNE FOR 46 YEARS,HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, LINDA WHO LIVES IN PHOENIX AND
JULIE WHO LIVES IN FORT WAYNE INDIANA. LINDA HAS TWO BOYS, ALEX WHO IS
TEN AND MATTHEW YOU IS SEVEN. JULIE HAS THREE CHILDREN TWO GIRLS AND A
BOY,THERE NAMES ARE JENIFFER 20 YEARS OLD, SAMANATA 17 YEARS OLD AND
JACOB 12 YEARS OLD.
I WORKED AT
PLANT 6 IN ROCKFORD IN THE MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPT. RETIRING IN
JUNE OF 1996 WITH 15 YEARS OF SERVICE.
I AND JUNE
CURRENTLY ARE LIVING IN SURPRISE AZ. FOR TEN YEARS NOW.MY
DAUGHTER LINDA OWN'S A HALLMARK STORE IN PHOENIX WHICH I HELP OUT HERE
AND THERE IN THEIR POST OFFICE, AND WHEN NOT DOING THAT I PLAY GOLF ALL
YEAR ROUND.
MY BIGGEST
HOBBY IS COLLECTION CASINO CHIPS FROM CASINO'S ALL OVER THE USA
I CURRENTLY
HAVE MY OWN WEBSITE WITH THE CHIP COLLECTING AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED
IN LOOKING AT IT HERE MY ADDRESS WWW.COLLECTIONLIBRARY.COM/RICHARDJEZESKI
I HAVE 8500 CHIPS FROM ALL OVER
THE USA AND
CURRENTLY BUY,SELL AND TRADE ON THE INTERENET WHICH I DO ALONG WITH
OVER 6000 MEMBER OF A CLUB I BELONG TO. WE LIKE GOING TO DIAMONDBACK
BASEBALL
GAMES A FEW TIMES A YEAR. |
Kent and Beckie Weber: After
32 years as a Research Engineer at Sundstrand
Rockford, Kent retired in 1999. He returned to work in
Seattle as a contract
Engineer until 2003. We did not own a home at that
time so Beckie agreed
to roam the country in Blu, a big motorhome, for a year while we
decided
where to live.kentcandoit@hotmail.com A consulting job brought us to LA in 2004, where we lived in Blu on the beach. After that job we drove up the coast and on to Alaska. We spent the winter in Mesa AZ. Another job took us to England for half a year in 2005 and 2006, traveling in Blu the rest of each year. By now Beckie figured that her year was up and she decided that we would establish a home base for the summer. After all that looking at retirement places all over the USA she picked Loves Park! We have grandchildren there and many old friends nearby. We still have Blu and plan to travel to Mesa each winter, where Beckie has made many new friends Kent Weber |
| Jack
Dearborn
jackdearborn@comcast.net
I'm Jack Dearborn and I live in
Covington, Washington a fast growing community just south and east of
Seattle.
I am married
to Ellen and on December 21st, the shortest day and longest night of
the year, we will celibrate fifty years of wedded bliss.
We have been
blessed with three wonderful offspring, two sons and a daughter, and
they in turn have given us three grandchildren.
In June of
1966, I left The Boeing Company and joined a much smaller but growing
concern called United Control Corporation. Within a few months, I
became one of the first Field Service Representatives from UCC and was
assigned to Tinker Air Force Base on the Adverse Weather Landing System
used on the C-141 Starlifter. Almost one year to the day later, UCC
became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sundstrand. I now worked for the
organization called Sundstrand Data Control.
I continued
to enjoy employment with SDC until I left and joined the Sundstrand
Service Corporation in 1980. I stayed with SSC until my retirement on
December 31, 1999. At that time I was working out of the Seattle Field
Office and representing the newly organized Hamilton Sundstrand unit of
United Technologies.
I stay busy
from late March until September in a retirees golf league sponsored by
the Boeing Employees Golf Association. I am presently the treasurer of
our league and have been for six years. From September till March, I
have "honey-do" projects to occupy me.
At the end
of May, this year, I completed a project that has been on-going for
nearly three years. I wrote a novel! I have not, as yet, obtained an
agent or publisher but have maintained an optomistic attitude. In the
mean time, I write short stories.
I'd like to
say hello to all the guys and gals who I became acquainted with in
Rockford over the years. I do not have any recent pictures to send, as
I expect no one would recognize me anyway. |
| Jack
and Janett Wilson A simple
short story of your present life, or simply answer the following:
Name? Jack
C. Wilson |
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