Newsletter Second Quarter 2015

APRIL-MAY-JUNE 2015
What's Up Phlock
The Arizona Parrot Head
Club Newsletter
From The President
Another great quarter of AZPHC activity is in the books! We had our monthly Happy Hours at The
Gaslight Inn in Glendale, Uncle Bear’s in Ahwatukee and combined a third one with Parrot Head Bowling at
Let It Roll Bowl in Phoenix. Thanks to Woody Joyner, Bob Rohn and Dave Seaholm for setting up the
events.
Nice job on winning the bowling trophies, Victor Cisneros and Toni Soderman! (I’ll let you guess who won
Most Pins and who “won” Least Pins.) And, a big thanks to Barb Young for the phabulous trophies.
Thanks also go to Scott Leeder for once again putting together the Parrot Head Masters Golf Tournament
followed by a great Happy Hour. The Green Jacket was passed on to Rick Marking - congrats, Rick! John
Young will be looking to earn that back next year, I’m sure.
Penny and Robert Backhaus hosted a fantastic party in May at their lovely home. It was supposed to be a
pool party but it was a little cold in the water, wasn’t it Tracy Kenison? The Desert Island Band provided
the tunes and Penny had some fun games to play that were definitely adult oriented. Thanks to Penny and
Robert for being such great hosts, DIB for entertaining us and to everyone who contributed to the
donations to our Alzheimer’s Memory Walk Team.
The first Saturday in June found a group of us helping out at Packages From Home, one of our long time
charities. Thanks to Sonja Schroder for coordinating the event. It was fun and always heartwarming to
know that we’re helping to send items to our troops overseas. We also donated $500 towards their
shipping costs. We have some fun stuff coming up in July with the Christmas In July (natch) Party and
separate house concerts with Mike Broward and Bob Karwin. Both are definitely big club favorites when it
comes to the Trop Rock world.
But, the biggest thing coming up is PARROT GRANDE! If you’re planning on coming and haven’t registered
yet at http://parrotheads.org/2015PG/2015PGRegistration.Open.html, please do so ASAP. We’re the
point where we’re trying to finalize some numbers so it would be helpful to know as close to possible how
many are attending our fun filled weekend of August 28-30.
Hope to see many more of you in the coming quarter. I’d love to have more names to drop in my next
newsletter article! As always, if you have questions or ideas, feel free to contact me or any BOD Member.
We’re here for you!
Kathy Pfister
Peace.
Arizona Parrot Head Club President
http://cheesehead-ramblings.blogspot.com/
PHiP Western Region Co-Communicator
PARROTHEADS BOWLING
– DUCK!
As reported by: Dave Seaholm
For the 4th straight year the AZPHC phlocked to a local bowling alley to heave
deadly implements down a narrow lane trying to hit 10 wooden targets that
stood in defiance against their attackers. Thankfully no one was hurt during
this excursion and many of the pins fought valiantly and refused to go down.
In other words, fun was had by all while none of us can be considered as the
next coming of Earl Anthony, Walter Ray Williams or Dick Weber. However,
the closest to greatness we produced this year was Victor Sisneros. He walks
away with the highly coveted AZPHC Champion Bowler trophy. On the other
end of the scale we have the winner of the lowest score – Toni Soderman. Again.
Next year, Toni, you get to bowl with the bumpers up!
Thanks go out to Barb Young who, once again, did an outstanding job creating
the unique bowling trophies. Thanks to me for coordinating the event
(shameless plug) and thanks to Let It Roll Bowl for daring to let us on the
premises. And, finally, thanks to all the Parrotheads who braved the 110° heat to
risk life and limb to participate or to cheer us on.
Until next year…
PARTY AT THE BACKHAUS 19TH HOLE
By Penny Backhaus
Memorial Day phriends phlocked together for a BBQ, phun and the
now in-phamous pony races at the Backhaus' 19th Hole. Our hosts
Penny and Robert contacted their Ozark Mountain Parrot Head Club
phriends who shipped out their phun pony
race track,
complete with pink, blue, purple
and green vibrating
ponies; Not talkin' 'bout the 4legged kind here!
Penny's two finger demo of the
ponies mimicked
Vanna White and Crash's super comedic instructions on stats and
wagering split a few guts.
We were able to raise a RECORD BREAKING amount for our charity -Alzheimers, with this new twist on the 50/50 raffle. Elizabeth
Rainwater was the winner of the pony races!
Thanks go out to
The Desert Island Band,
Sam Rainwater,
and Susan King
for providing great music for the afternoon.
A phew brave souls enjoyed the pool which was a little cool due to the
unseasonably low temperatures in the week preceding the BBQ. Maybe
a couple of new entrants to try the annual Polar Plunge (Pfister)??? Or
better yet penance for Phreds demise . . .
Parrot Head Masters Tournament 2015
as reported byTammy 'St. Jello Shot Queen' Bauman
On April 18th, the phinest Parrot Head golfers gathered to vie for the coveted Green Jacket.
Silverado Golf Course was the scene of this gathering. With an 11am tee time there was time to have a
beverage or two before the serious game of golf began. There was a tournament group ahead of us which
caused a slight delay to our start (about 25 min.)
I'm sure there were all sorts of shenanigans were waiting on the group in front of us and always had them in
our sight. I think he was hung up on the tee time on our cart; I guess he didn't get the message that we
didn't head out at a 11am; it was closer to 11:30. :)
After the tournament all duffers, I mean golfers met up at Hooter's just down the street where Scooter
had arranged for some free wings to get us started. A few Parrot Heads weren't happy we had to show our
ID's, but hey if it gets you a drink!
Rick Marking was the Green Jacket winner. Russ Althof was closest to the pin for the men and the Queen
won it for the women (though the women really didn't get very close).
A good time was had by all! Thank you Scott 'Scooter' Leeder for doing an awesome job of arranging this.
Can't wait until next year!
Scooter presenting Rick Marking the
jacket and trophy
Russ and The Queen, closet to the pin
Packages From Home
June 6, 2014
by Sonja Schroder
On June 6th, 12 of our AZPHC members joined together at Packages From Home to
pack 54 boxes of goodies for our service men & women deployed all over the world. The
club also donated $500 to pay for the postage to mail them.
This is a wonderful organization that accepts donations and packs care packages for
the many men and women that fight for our country every day.
Thank you all for spend your morning with us. .and also welcoming the 4 new
members we signed up at the event.
16th Parrot Grande
August 28-30, 2014
Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs
Come Party With A Purpose!
PARROT GRANDE
AUGUST 28 – 30, 2015
We are proud to announce this year’s charity partner for Parrot Grande!
USO Arizona will benefit from our “Party With A Purpose” weekend.
A bunch of us will be starting our Parrot Grande weekend a little early. Want to join us? Registration is still open,
not just to add Thursday to your stay but also for the full weekend.
We are back at the beautiful Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs this year where we’ll enjoy our own private pool, one
bedroom suite rooms, and music by the pool during the day and inside at night, an optional golf tournament and
drink specials so good you won’t want to sneak in your own booze.Our entertainment lineup is stellar! For the
first time ever, we are bringing in Jimmy and the Parrots from the Eastern shore. JATP is one of the premier
Trop Rock bands and put on a heck of a lively show. We also have Bob Karwin, Mark Mulligan, Ryan Sheley of
Homemade Wine and our own Sam Rainwater and Desert Island Band. AND, we’re working on some potential
entertainment additions.
The $240 per person/double occupancy registration covers the hotel room for Friday and Saturday night,
Saturday night dinner, Sunday morning breakfast, access to all entertainment and our negotiated drink pricing.
Our event is benefiting USO Arizona. If you have potential donation items for our Silent Auction and Raffle,
please contact Sarah Edwards at [email protected]. She can hook you up with an official donation letter and she’s
keeping track of all the fabulous prizes.
I know there are some of you regulars who haven’t signed up yet and you’re making me nervous so please get
your reservations in so I can stop worrying about you. ;) \
Registration and more details are at
http://parrotheads.org/2015PG/2015PGRegistration.Open.html. We hope you’re with us on the
weekend of August 28 because it’s going to be a spectacular time!
Tropical Prom Night! We have an actual
photo booth so dress your prettiest and
have your picture taken
professionally. We’ll have a King and
Queen of the Prom, too, so start planning
your outfits now. Ladies, who doesn’t
want to win a lovely tiara?! Guys, if
you can’t be King of the house, at
least you can reign over the Parrot
Grande Prom!
Registration is now open
at: www.parrotheads.org
BIRTHDAYS
Pholks who celebrated another trip
around the sun this quarter.
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
Suzanne Ortgiesen
Apr-1
Kathy Pfister
May-3
Ted Sadlowski
Jun-2
Tammy Bauman
Apr-2
Chris Roth
May-9
Nathan Peterson
Jun-5
John Bagwell
Apr-15
Amy Peterson
May-11
Elizabeth Rainwater
Jun-11
Annette Burns
Apr-17
Irene Hill
May-12
Charlie Sykes
Jun-12
Frank Pastula
Apr-18
Scott Holt
May-14
Jennifer Winkelman
Jun-15
Rick Metivier
Apr-20
Julie Lockwood
May-15
Ron Anton
Jun-19
Jon Edwards
Apr-27
Rosanne Raichl
May-19
Jim Burns
Jun-21
Sandi Murray
Apr-28
Jan McGuffin
May-20
Michael Bauman
Jun-24
Steven Schroder
May-25
Sonja Schroder
May-28
Keith McClements
May-31
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERYONE!
Now then –
While you are out there celebrating, there is always something you can
be doing to help the club.
We are collecting pop/beer tabs and this will be an ongoing thing for
Ronald McDonald house.
When you recycle cans, pull of the tops and take them to the Queen.
Notes FROM Phred

Phred is Baaaack!?
Greetings from the Most Interesting
Parrot in the World! Yes, I was
left/hung out/escaped to/stranded in
the jungles of Belize. After a while I
realized it was time to go home; but
first a stop in Houston to see my
phriend Susan aka Bird.. I knew she
Phred has wheels! Ready to go!
Thanks Lynnanne for the scooter.
could help fluff me up as time in the
jungle took a toll on my appearance.
Thank you Bird, I look phabulous!! I’m
back at the Party Palace and ready to
travel again. Booking me for travel is
the same as before - email the Queen
at [email protected] to
see if I am available.
Also, I have this cool pirate harness
Phred – this is the way to celebrate
a birthday!!
so you can attach me to yourself and
not worry about leaving me or others
trying to kidnap me.
It’s great to be back!
IS
“PHRED PARROT”
your Friend on FACEBOOK??
Phred is our Mascot and is in charge of ALL OUR CLUB EVENTS! ONLY if you are
his “FRIEND” – will you be invited to any Club Events on Facebook! Believe me
– you don’t want to miss out on ANY of the upcoming fun!
2015 Board of Directors
HAPPY HOURS
 BOD meetings
 President: Kathy Pfister
CLUB MEETINGS
Will rotate around the Valley.
Please look to your club emails
orparrotheads.org to get the latest
information.
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Second Quarter 2015 Charity:
PACC911
Treasurer's report
As of June 30, 2015
ASSETS
Checking/Savings
M&I Bank/ checking
M&I Bank/ Savings
PayPal-online
13,229.82
597.61
2,331.55
Total Checking/Savings
$16,158.98
Total Current Assets
$16,158.98
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Opening Bal Equity
Unrestricted Net Assets
Net Income
Total Equity
7,348.36
-3,621.14
5,189.48
$16,158.98
TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY
$16,158.98
[email protected]
 Vice President: Dave Seaholm
[email protected]
 Secretary: Tammy Bauman
[email protected]
 Treasurer: Sandy O’Grady
[email protected]
 Member at Large: Elaine Jordan
[email protected]
 Member at Large: Woody Joyner
[email protected]
 Member at Large: Barb Young
[email protected]
 Member at Large: Karen Lyons
[email protected]
 Member at Large: Bob Rohn
[email protected]
 Charity Chair: Barb Young
[email protected]
 Membership Committee:
o Tammy Bauman
[email protected]
o Cathy McDonough
[email protected]
o Sonja Schroder
[email protected]
o Marisa Molinari
[email protected]
Upcoming Events
at a glance
“PARTY WITH A
PURPOSE”
Email Entire Board:
July 24th – Bob Karwin House Concert
Aug. 8th – Dive Inn Movie &
BOD meeting at 5pm
Aug. 28-30 - 16th Anniversary Parrot Grande
at Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs
Golf Resort
Sept. 25-27 – San Diego Anniversary Party*
November 14th - Memory Walk
*unofficial event, but just as fun
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General Email:
[email protected]
Snail Mail:
AZPHC
P.O. Box 16093
Phoenix, Az. 85011-6093
480-423-5504
www.parrotheads.org
The Arizona Parrot Head Club is a Non-Profit Corporation for people interested in
Jimmy Buffett’s music and tropical spirit.
The Club’s purpose is to assist in community outreach programs and to provide
members with a means of social interaction