Monthly Events & Business Luncheon Speakers

For information on the business luncheon speakers scheduled this year, please click on the underlined red boldfaced names.

2012

Jan: Col Lee Lange, USMC retired, Director of MOAA’s Council and Chapter Affairs Department.
Feb: COL Joe Abodeely, USA retired, Director of the Arizona Military Museum Library (Bio).
Mar: Mr. Bob Barnes, USAF retired, Deputy Director of Arizona Department of Veterans Services.
Apr: Mr. Tom Fenner, Community & Military Liaison, Hospice of the Valley
May: JROTC Scholarship presentations
June, July & August: No business meetings scheduled during the summer months
June: Summer Outing – Organ Stop Pizza, a fun-filled evening of entertainment
Sep: Mr. Jack Ballentine, author of the 2009 non-fiction best-seller “Murder for Hire: My Life as the Country’s Most Successful Undercover Agent“
Oct: Annual BBQ Outing
Nov: ESGR Award Presentations, Board of Directors election for next year
Dec: Christmas luncheon/party (no speaker)

Jan - Captain Billy Walker, former Air America CIA pilot & past wingman for the Lafayette Escadrille d’Arizona
Feb – Col Jill Nelson, Arizona Air National Guard, Commander, Operation Copper Cactus (U. S. Border Security)
Mar – Lt Col Hoyt Slocum, 161st Air Refueling Wing, Sky Harbor Airport
Apr – Betty “Tack” Blake, World War II WASP ferry pilot
May - JROTC Scholarship Presentations
Jun – Theatrical outing at the Arizona Broadway Theater: All Shook Up (see flyer for ticket info)
July & August: No business meetings scheduled during the summer months
Sep – Sheriff Paul Babeu, Pinal County Sheriff
Oct - ESGR award presentation & Annual BBQ Outing (see flyer for info)
Nov – Colonel Gary Fredricks speaks on MOAA Issues, Flyer for MSA Presentations and Election 2012
Dec - No speaker, Christmas 2011 luncheon/party