| Meeting Date | Subject and Speaker |
|---|---|
| Oct. 4, 2006 | Community Preparedness: Are You Ready?; Lt. L. T. Pratt, Pima County Sheriff's Office |
| Nov. 1, 2006 | The events that generate the TSA behavior at the Airport after the London Terrorist Plot; John Fay, Transportation Security Administration |
| Dec. 6, 2006 | U of A Women's Basketball; Coach Joan Bonvicini, U of A Women's Basketball Coach |
| Dec. 13, 2006 | Gaslight Theatre Excursion; Christmas In the Big Apple |
| Jan. 3, 2007 | New ways to treat low back pain; Dr. Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, University Medical Center of the U of A |
| Feb. 7, 2007 | The Amazon; Dr. Yar Petryszyn |
| Feb. 10 2007 | Fifth Annual Top Cat Day -- Excursion for U of A Women's Basketball |
| Mar. 7, 2007 | Advances in Neuropathy Treatment; Dr. Valerie A. Cwik, Medical Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association |
| Apr. 4, 2007 | The Boiling Mideast Cauldron; Major General Donald Shepperd, USAF (Ret.) |
| May 2, 2007 | Drugs and How It Relates To Crime; Brian Groseclose, Sahuarita Police Department |
Lt. L. T. Pratt has 20 years with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, beginning as a corrections officer and working his way up through the system to District Commander for the Green Valley Patrol District via number of varied positions. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Southern Arizona Mental Health Center and is a involved in “Resolute Response,” dealing with preparing communities to deal with large scale disasters or weapons of mass destruction (WMD) incident responses. He holds a Certificate of Specialized Training for Mass Disaster and Terrorism. He is an Incident Command System “Train the Trainer”, and Critical Incident Stress Management Regional Team.
Also, available before the October meeting will be tickets to the Gaslight Theatre outing scheduled for December 13, 2006. This function will sell out like it did last year! By request, we will also be selling tickets to the Top Cat Day.
For this timely update on the events that generate the TSA behavior at the Airport after the London Terrorist Plot and other events, we have a TSA presentation by a team of three impressive presenters.
Guy spent 26 years in the U.S. Army serving in various locations around the world. He serves as the Liaison for TSA and interacts with all of the federal and state law enforcement agencies in Tucson
Sparky spent 21 years in the U.S. Air Force serving in various locations around the world. Sparky is responsible for the passenger and baggage screening operation at Tucson International Airport, Yuma International Airport and Sierra Vista Municipal Airport.
John brings a 37 year career in the airline industry to TSA. John spent 16 years with TWA and 21 years with Southwest Airlines. John is the Liaison for all the tenants at the airports in Tucson, Yuma and Sierra Vista. He also oversees the safety program for TSA and the lost articles program in the three airports.
Coach Bonvicini will discuss the current status of U of A Women's Basketball, and encourage our annual excursions to see the women's team continue their winning streak.
The winningest coach in Arizona women’s basketball history, Joan Bonvicini has taken the program from obscurity into the national limelight. In 15 seasons, she has guided the Wildcats to eight postseason appearances, including a WNIT Championship. In 2004, the Wildcats won the Pac-10 regular-season title for the first time ever.
Bonvicini has produced one All-American, five honorable mention All-Americans, a Pac-10 Player of the Year, three Pac-10 Freshmen of the Year, 22 All-Pac-10 honorees, 16 Pac-10 All-Freshman Team choices and 14 Academic All-Pac-10 selections.
Bonvicini has three times been a finalist for the Naismith and Associated Press College Coach of the Year Awards and was recently named to the Pima County Sports Hall of Fame. She was also the 1998 WBCA Region 8 and Pac-10 Coach of the Year.
Bonvicini holds a 266-182 (.594) mark at Arizona and is 591-253 (.700) overall. She has a record of 24-17 in NCAA Tournament play and has lost just two first-round games in 17 appearances.
Bonvicini came to Arizona after 12 years at Long Beach State, where she went 325-71 (.820). Her teams made 10-straight NCAA Tournaments, including Final Four appearances during the 1987 and ’88 seasons.
Bonvicini began her coaching career upon graduation from Southern Connecticut State. She served as an assistant at Cal Poly-Pomona. From there, she was hired as an assistant at Long Beach State and after two years, at age 25, was promoted to head coach.
As a player, Bonvicini led her teams to third- and fourth-place finishes in the 1974 and ’75 AIAW Championships. She earned 1975 Region MVP and honorable mention All-America honors and was a finalist for the 1976 Olympic Team. She is a member of the Southern Connecticut State Hall of Fame (1989) and the Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (1994) as a player and of the Long Beach State Hall of Fame as a coach.
One hundred eight 260 Club members and spouses will enjoy a brand new play for Tucson's Gaslight Theatre’s annual Christmas show!
We have purchased about half of the theatre's seats for this matinee performance of an irreverent look at the holiday season. Busses will leave the Desert Hills Parking Lot at 1:30 p.m. for the 3:00 p.m. show. Snacks and drinks are available for purchase at the theatre. $55.00 per couple includes reserved seats and transportation to and from the show. Tickets will be available at the October and November meetings. Members and spouses/guests only. If you want to sit with another couple, please order the tickets at the same time and/or in the same envelope.
Last year a number of members chose not to go, because they thougth that the show was a repeat. It was NOT and neither is this show. We are offering this outing again due to popular demand. Please order your tickets as early as possible.
However, as is our policy now, no refunds on tickets, and this year, we are doing couples only.
To have a look at the Gaslight Theatre web site, click here. Close that window to return to the 260 web site.
Dr. Lewandrowski has been a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Arizona since 2005. A spinal expert, he attended Medical School in Berlin, Germany, Surgery Residencies at Boston University and Harvard. His "Bio" includes numberous technical publications and presentations. How is your back doing today?
Dr. Yar Petryszyn, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the U of A, without any doubt, gets our vote as our most popular speaker in the last 10 years. He has talked to us about his journey to the North Pole on a Russian Nuclear Icebreaker, the Natural History of East Africa, the Galapagos, and most recently, about his visit to the Antarctica. He is back this time to talk about his visit to the Amazon, and, as we already know, will once again run out of time. If you haven't heard him, hold your coffee to one cup because you won't want to miss one word of what he has to say.
We have planned another trip to McKale Center for Women's Basketball to watch the ladies have another go at this year's PAC 10 Championship. The last four trips have been sellout successes, and this one will be the same. Tickets are $25.00 per person (singles are no problem), and are available to 260 Club members and their spouses/guests. The price includes one reserved seat in the center, a reception following the game with light refreshments, and transportation to and from the Desert Hills Parking Lot. Tickets will be available beginning with the October 2006 meeting and continuing through the January 2007 meeting, and, if not sold out, at the February meeting. The buses will leave at 12:30 pm for the 2:00 pm game, and return following the reception back to the Desert Hills Social Center Parking Lot.
Dr. Valorie Cwik is the Medical Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, which has its national headquarters in Tucson and serves on its medical advisory committee. She was very popular last May and also in February 2004 at the 260 Club and will return to give us the update on Peripheral Neuropathies that we were expecting last year. In addition, Dr. Cwik will talk about muscle problems as we grow older.
Major General Donald Shepperd, USAF (Retired), Former Commander of the Air National Guard. He is back by popular demand. This year's talk will be on the Mideast - travels in the region, observations and predictions in the war on terror. He was very well received last year and has written two books. One, “Bury Us Upside Down,” is up for a Pulitzer Prize.
There will be a book signing and the $25 books will still be available at the April meeting. Buy a lot of these books which will be interesting to read, a chapter out of history and the General’s life plus it will make a great gift!
Brian is a Police Officer/ School Resource Officer with the Sahuarita, AZ police department, where he has been since 1998. Prior to that we has with the Bullhead City Police Department, following his time in the US Marine Corp. He is a graduate of Marana High, making him a home grown asset to Southern Arizona. Todays presentation is one he uses on a regular basis regarding Meth, Marijuana and youth leadership.