MSEA Spring Meeting Announcement May 11, 2017

Nile Shrine Country Club

Our spring 2017 meeting will be held at the beautiful Nile Shrine Country Club located at 6601‐244th Street SW, Mountlake Terrace, WA. Our event will be held in the Potentate’s Room and doors will open at 11:00am. The social hour will include a no host bar. There will be a lunch buffet with seating at tables of eight beginning around noon. Lunch will be followed by a brief business meeting and guest speaker.  Further to Hank VanCalcar’s presentation about his native carving activities, we will have Becky Blanchard and Nancy Davenport, from Stonington Gallery, speak about Coastal Native art. This will be an informative look at current forms and trends in Native art.   If you would like to attend (spouses are welcome), please return the reservation form below with a check (made out to MSEA) to Lorie Burleigh, to be received no later than May 6, as we need to confirm headcount with The Nile.  Lunch Buffet:   Salmon or Chicken, Rice Pilaf, Veggies, Green Salad, Pasta Salad, Fresh Fruit Tray, Dinner Rolls, Coffee, Tea and Dessert.  Cost:  The luncheon cost is $28.00 per person (includes tax and gratuity). Please send your check (made out to MSEA) with the form below, to Lorie Burleigh, 18120 Densmore N., Shoreline, WA 98133. If you have a last minute change, please call Lorie directly on her cell:  425‐231‐7341.  Directions:  From I‐5, North and South take exit #177 to 244th SW‐205th St. – Hwy. 104 West. Travel westbound for .3 miles to the golf course entrance on the right. Note: Look for Nile Temple entrance and this will take you into the grounds on the golf course and clubhouse.    Dues:  Your annual MSEA dues ($4.00) is due June 30th. The date your dues is currently paid through is shown next to your name on the mailing label (2017 means active member paid through June 2017). If you receive the newsletter via email, there will be an additional attachment showing member due dates. Please send your dues with your luncheon check (made out to MSEA), or give it Lorie or Mike Goodreau at the meeting if you haven’t renewed yet.   ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Please return this portion with your identification and check (made out to MSEA) to: Lorie Burleigh – 18120 Densmore N., Shoreline, WA 98133 to be received by May 6    Name(s)  ________________________________________________________   Number of lunch reservations    __________@ $28.00 = $_________________   Number of years annual dues    __________@    $4.00 = $_________________ 

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Marine Systems Employees’ Association

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Marine Systems Employees’ Association

Volume 18 Number 2 April 2, 2017

Meetings

Fall 2016 Meeting Our Fall 2016 meeting was held at the Niles Shrine Country Club on 6 October 2016 featuring Mark Tomas as the guest speaker. Mark is Raytheon’s Senior Manager of Whole Life Readiness Services & Full Service Partnering Center co-located with NUWC-Keyport. Mark provided a site overview of their work which includes the Mk54 lightweight torpedo common parts, Mod 0 torpedo kits, spares and support. They also provide whole life support to the US and international Navies. It was great to reconnect with our Engineering Service Center (ESC) past.

Officers The current slate of officers, with their contact info, is:

President Rick Doden 360-689-7590 rickdoden@gmail.com Vice President Open

Past President Larry Armbruster 425-348-3734 rlarrya3@comcast.net Web Master Mike Goodreau 206-779-7565 michael.goodreau@comcast.net Secretary-Treasurer Lorie Burleigh 425-231-7341 lburleigh@aol.com Newsletter Editor Lee Brissey 425-482-0536 lkbrissey@comcast.net Historian Pat Maes 425-745-1203 pdamaciom@hotmail.com

MSEA thanks Lee Brissey for assuming position of Newsletter Editor and Pat Maes for taking on Historian duties.

Volunteer Needed: We still do not have a volunteer for the vice-president position. The continuity of the association depends on volunteers to assume the leadership roles. The leadership jobs are neither difficult nor long. The VP’s primary responsibility is to secure speakers for the meeting and the duty lasts for one year, just two meetings. Other members of the association support this activity with suggestions so you usually don’t have to find a speaker from scratch. The VP then assumes the role of President for one year. If there isn’t a VP, we will have to consider options such as eliminating speakers from future luncheons. So please give serious consideration to volunteering. Contact Rick re the Vice President or prepare to be “Volunteered!”

MSEA Info Our MSEA website is at www.mseaorg.wordpress.com. The website posts meeting announcements, archives newsletters and other items of interest. Submit comments or memorabilia information to our webmaster, Mike Goodreau. Out of our current membership of 165, only 96 are signed up for emails. Email deliveries reduce our costs! If you wish to continue receiving MSEA Newsletters and Meeting Announcements, please be sure to keep your dues up to date. Note the list sent with this Newsletter and those with past dues owed ($4/year) are shown in red. Even if you are not planning to come to the Spring luncheon, checks can be mailed to Lorie Burleigh at the address included with the accompanying announcement. If you wish to be removed from this mailing list, or you have any address, phone number or email changes, please forward this information to Lorie Burleigh (425-231-7341, lburleigh@aol.com). Please send other news items to Lorie with your MSEA luncheon remittance or email to MSEA_Newsletter@comcast.net

Newsletter

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Member News From Donna Golden: We will not be able to attend the October meeting because we'll be traveling in our RV, going to Carmel, CA to visit Bryan's son. In June, we took a fabulous RV trip to southern Utah to visit the amazing National Parks there--Zion, Bryce, north rim of the Grand Canyon, Arches & Canyon lands. Beautiful! Bryan always enjoys the luncheon & hopefully we'll be able to attend in the spring. He just celebrated his 91st birthday in August & although he's getting a little more frail physically, his mind is great & we are enjoying life! From Joan Bayley: I am now living in Gig Harbor to try it out. I am renting a house and my condo in Seattle has been leased for two years.

From John Balk:Christa and I experienced a number of milestones we would like to share with our Honeywell friends. On May 28th, 2016 Christa and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary with dear friends at a dinner we hosted at Salish Lodge, Snoqualmie Falls. I prepared a photo book to share with everyone how we met, our dating, engagement, wedding in Switzerland, reception, and honeymoon ending in Paris, etc. My narration of the many miscues involved in these episodes put big smiles on all our faces since I was the cause of most of the mistakes. Then on 9/19/16, with the help of Christa's many friends, I pulled off a perfect surprise 75th Birthday Party! We had friends arrive from all corners of the Pacific Northwest. We had unique problems like hiding all the parked cars and we had guests hiding in three separate large rooms of the Party House. It was a total surprise and Christa's favorite expression of, "NO WAY" was recorded on film for posterity. Finally, on 2/12/17, on Abe Lincoln's birthday, I, John Balk, turned 80 years old. I cannot believe I've lasted this long. I've enjoyed every bit of it especially my years at 3 different divisions of Honeywell. But the best years were at Marine Systems Division where I was fortunate to meet the exceptionally talented, caring, staff. True friends were made and I'll always feel thankful for all of you who allowed me into the Family.

From Sharron Schmidt: Please publish this picture of my daughter, Karen, and granddaughter Abby. Abby is eleven. I would really appreciate it. Having a great life in Bandon Oregon. …… Sharron

From Terry Corcoran: Terry and Lin Corcoran celebrated their 37th wedding anniversary. "What a wonderful wife!"

From Mary Burggraff: Last fall I legally changed my name from Christenson back to Mary Burggraff. It feels right to again have the same name as my four sons and their families. (Christenson may have possibly not even been noticed by the many of you who continued to refer to me as Mary B.)

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From Rodger Sorenson: Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend any upcoming meetings because, as of last September, we are residing permanently in Tucson. After 40+ years on Mason Lake and doing the snow-bird thing for the last 18+ years, since I retired, we decided to sell our place last summer. The waterfront prices and the real estate market were both excellent and we closed the sale on September 21. We loved the lake and it was a wonderful place to live in the summer but it was also a lot of work and expense. We still plan to travel north for a couple of months in the summer but it will be primarily towards Minnesota to spend some time with my Mother who is still doing pretty good at 96 years old. We also have several other relatives and friends in the upper Midwest area that we are planning to try and visit during our summer travels. We also have a daughter and granddaughter here in Tucson so residing permanently works good for us and we love the weather and the area. Our son still lives near Mason Lake so he will be coming south to visit us now during the fall and winter. I have stayed in touch with Doug Buchanan over the years so I generally keep up-to-date on any MSD related news that Doug picks up and I also maintain contact with John Anderson who lives here in Tucson after he retired from Raytheon a few years ago. I send along my very best regards to everyone…Rodger From Ken Prentiss: Ken and Mary Lou Prentiss are going to celebrate their 63rd wedding anniversary with "one last cruise" from Venice to Rome via the Greek Islands ... May 23 to June 4, 2017. Ken says that they splurged this time, booked a cabin with a window (!) and will therefore miss the Spring meeting. Best wishes to you all…..Ken & Mary Lou

From Ray Castor: Ray and Chery had a wonderful year in 2016. In addition to still working part time with some of the old Honeywell crew at Leidos (SAIC spin off) we travelled to Cabo, Hawaii, Scandinavia and SE Asia. Scandinavia included 2 weeks on land followed by a 2-week cruise of the Norwegian fjords up to the north cape where the Barents and Norwegian seas meet. Late last year we travelled to SE Asia for 6 weeks with Steve and Carol Szender (see picture) from the old Honeywell & newer Leidos days. The trip included time in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia (Bali) and Singapore. Great trip! Part of the rest of the year was spent completing our new cabin on Prince of Wales island in the archipelago of SE Alaska. Great fishing, crabbing, shrimping and enjoying the wilderness. What was left was spent enjoying family - 3 kids and 8 grandkids. Sorry we will miss the spring get together, but we will be (surprise) in Alaska.

From Jim Gordon: Believe I may be a voice from your distant past. Worked with you, Dick Abbey, Curt Roselle, Norm Miller, and Hal Clark (to a lesser extent) on a series of programs under the HARP umbrella in the 1970's. Was then with the engineering staff at Honeywell Training and Control Systems Center in West Covina, CA. Have stayed in touch with Dick Abbey for all these years. All that not-withstanding, I had a brief phone conversation with Chuck Preble, who suggested passing on the following for a possible “mentioned in dispatches” in the Marine Systems Employees’ Association Newsletter, for those who might be interested…. Jim Gordon (Sun Lakes, AZ)

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From Bob Twigg: Thought I would contribute to your request. Since retirement I have:

• Sold and bought a new home in Bothell; Written two books. Working on a sequel to the second book. • Created a blog; HOA President; Installed solar panels to get off the grid as much as possible • I draw pictures of people’s dogs that have passed away. (I call them my 3D drawings (Dead Dog Drawings) • Applied and received a patent on a new 3-dimensional game within a cylinder that up to eight players can play. • Larry (Armbruster) and I have done a little volunteer work. That’s about it – Enjoying retirement.

From Ron Delarose: Since my retirement from Raytheon in the spring of 2004, Teresa have had a rather unusual journey. Growing up as rather poor kids in Seattle and then being able to retire in our early 50’s was quite a blessing to us. So, we set out to give something back to our community. That led us to taking in a 2-year old African American foster child who desperately need our help. That experience was extraordinary. We loved caring for him and he loved staying with us in Mukilteo. Even though we were not planning to take in many kids for foster care, we found that there was such a great need and we loved having the kids. As such, we have ended up taking placement of 127 kids to-date. Most of these were babies and toddlers. Also, we originally had not planned to adopt any of them, but we have now adopted a baby girl (Allie) and a baby boy (Josiah). Allie is now 5 years old and Josiah is 18 months. So now we are a family of four. We needed to upsize the housing situation, so we moved from the townhouse across from the former work place in Mukilteo to a larger home. So, we now have a home in the middle of Harbour Point Golf course. We stay quite busy with care of the house. However, we spend lots of time just having fun. Love to take the kids in the RV and go as far as we can. The Pacific ocean beaches tend to be our favorite destination. We hope to do an around the US trip in the future. Trips to Sparta Greece have been on hold since we have had little ones. I have stayed in touch with my Greek relatives. We will be able to travel more when Josiah gets a little older. We also still have the racing sailboat “Zeus" at Shilshole. Do not race anymore, but we still love boat trips. We did more skiing this winter. Allie has learned to ski. We ski at Stevens and Baker. Allie stays very active with ballet, gymnastics, soccer, swimming and preschool. I have many activities with our Greek Orthodox Church. I sing in the local choir as well as a choir in San Francisco. Have recorded two CD’s of Church music over the last several years. I worked very hard on the building of a new Church hall, which was completed in 2012. I help with the administration of the Church and also take care of the audio systems. Teresa is a professor at the UW and still teaches a class or two each year. In May, I will be celebrating 45years in Acoustic Engineering. I have been working on a design project at Teknologic, which is going well and hopefully will lead to a Navy contract soon. I do enjoy seeing all of you at the get-togethers. Hope to hear what others are doing in retirement. See you soon…..Ron Passages From Tom Ramus: Just a quick note to let everyone know that my wife, Susan, of 50 1/2 years passed away last April. She was rushed to the Hospital, but they were not able to restart her heart. I will not be coming up to Washington this year so will not attend the MSEA luncheon. I am still living in Yuma, AZ and very involved in the local Ham Radio clubs and Emergency Services including Skywarn. (A volunteer organization that helps keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service) Gordon Cash passed away at the Life Care Center in Friday Harbor Washington on January 20, 2017 at the age of 83. For the last seven years Gordon was lovingly cared for by his wife Margaret after he suffered a spinal cord injury from a fall. They moved to their “summer” home three years ago to eliminate stairs from their lives and have much enjoyed life on San Juan Island. Margaret reports that Gordon was loving and tenacious to the end. Margaret would welcome any contact from friends/colleagues of Gordon. She can be reached at 360-370-5003.

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Photos from Fall Meeting (by Terry Corcoran)

Lee Brissey, MSEA Newsletter Editor (425-985-6640); MSEA_Newsletter@comcast.net

(L-R) Mike Bonsignore, Hal Sullivan John Osterhaug, Chuck Preble

Steve Evans, Mark Tomas

Hank Van Calcar, John Osterhaug

John Siruits, Cyndi Goddard-Woods

Pat Maes, Jack Hirschfelder

Jim Tveit, Larry Armbruster

Mark Tomas Fall 2016 - Luncheon Speaker

Lee Brissey, Rick Doden

John Billings, Lisa Taylor, Mike Goodreau

Dick Scribner, Larry Johnson, Hal Sullivan

Abbey Dick 2020 Anderson John 2025 Armbruster Larry 2019 Bader John P. 2017 Baker Donald M. 2022 Balk John A. 2017 Banister Gene A. 2018 Bayley Joan 2019 Becker Orlien N. 2020 Beckenbaugh Dick 2017 Bertoldi John 2017 Billings T. John 2020 Bonrud Neal E. 2018 Bonsignore Mike 2017 Bowman James 2016 Bowman Denny 2018 Boyle Richard 2025 Brenan John 2015 Brennan John 2018 Brissey F. Lee 2018 Brown Douglas 2025 Brueggemann Bill 2016 Buchanan Douglas W 2017 Budnik Chuck 2018 Bujold Carol 2016 Burggraff Mary B. 2017 Burleigh Lorie 2024 Burns Robert J. 2018 Bushey Gerald L. 2017 Canfield Carol. 2016 Castor Ray A. 2019 Christensen Roger 2019 Christie Leonard 2020 Clapham Robert G. 2017 Corbaley Craig 2024 Cook, Jr. George H. 2017 Corcoran Terry 2021 D'Angelo Marjie M. 2018 Dayhuff Larry 2019 Daly Bill 2015 Delarose Ron 2017 DeLorme Mary 2017 Diefenbach George R. 2018 Delettrez Bernie 2017 Dhinsa Upinder 2016 Doden Rick 2020 Dodge Linda 2017 Doyle Linda 2021 Dunnell Donald A. 2019 Duvall Linda 2015 Edgar Daniel G. 2019 Edney Bruce 2016 Eldred James J. 2017 Evans Stephen 2019 Eyster Mike 2018 Fager Mike 2021

Folse Ron 2017 Foss Nolan 2015 Freedman Mayer 2014 Gaevert Julie 2017 Gailis Ron 2017 Gavin Jim 2018 Garrood Dennis 2017 Gevaart Susan 2016 Gillespie Norm 2017 Golden Bryan A. 2020 Goodfellow Dan 2014 Goodreau Mike 2018 Gowler Carl W. 2016 Graves Harold 2017 Grendahl Dennis 2021 Gunderson James W. 2015 Hanson Linda 2018 Harnois Malcolm 2016 Head John 2017 Hewitt Dennis D. 2016 Hilmes Saundra 2016 Hinshaw Jerry L. 2018 Hirschfelder John 2021 Holman Jerry L. 2019 Horning Bill 2020 Hutchings Harve H. 2017 Hutchins David 2021 Ibuki Jack 2020 Jackson Gaylord R. 2019 Janis Ray C. 2016 Jennings Ben L. 2018 Johnson Fred 2020 Johnson Larry 2018 Johnston Laura 2016 Kelly James L. 2019 Kerr Steven 2019 Kissinger Earl D. 2019 Knappe Robert M. 2015 Laughlin Clyde A. 2019 Maes Patrick 2020 Marchand Geri 2017 McFarlane Peter 2018 McKinney Red 2018 Mead David L. 2013 Meisinger Dave 2018

Messner Donald James 2021

Miyamoto Glenn 2031 Mohn Ken 2020 Newcomb Larry W. 2020 Nicholson Patricia A. 2017 Nunn Geoffrey 2018 Osterhaug John 2018 Owen John 2015 Paczkowski Robert N. 2016 Parker David G. 2021

Parker Glen W. 2027 Pene James 2021 Peter Cillay 2017 Phillips Morris 2015 Pick Valerie 2019 Post Linda 2016 Powers Tom 2021 Preble Charles 2021 Prentiss G. Kenneth 2020 Priest Don 2020

Ramus Tom 2017 Reed Terry 2018 Richardson John 2018 Rudlang Jon 2015 Ruiz Louis F. 2020 Rust Stan 2020 Schmid Charles 2020 Schmidt Sharron 2021 Schule Clay 2017 Scott Jeff 2017 Scribner Richard C. 2018 Sheets Terry 2019 Sheridan Clark 2019 Shimabukuro Wayne 2023 Sinclair Don 2020 Sirutis John 2018 Sorenson Rodger D. 2018 Squires Kathleen 2018 Stamnes Mari 2018 Stedronsky Wilma 2017 Steiner John F. 2016 Stimac Steve 2016 Stockman Richard R. 2018 Sullivan Harold G. 2020 Sutherland Paula 2017 Swartz Thomas G. 2018 Taylor Lisa 2016 Thompson Curtis B. 2018 Tissot Gary 2018 Trewhitt Robert 2020 Tveit Jim 2020 Tveten Larry 2017 Twigg Bob 2015 Tyler Jimmie N. 2021 VanCalcar Henry 2020 Vincent Janet 2021 Ward Robert L. 2021 Warson Toby 2016 Welling Robert L. 2017 Williams Richard 2018 Witmer Daniel R. 2018 Wolfe Kay Y. 2017

Woods Cyndi Goddard 2017

Young Myron 2018