Bennewitz's Pool Party

On Saturday June 13th we went to Paul Bennewitz's house and had a pool party. It was a blast!!! We swam all day long. We also had a BBQ lunch of hamburgers and assorted salads. It was yummy!!! We swam after lunch. We had a pie eating contest. Tony won! He ate a whole piece of pie in 59 seconds!! Wow!!! Those who didn't get to eat pie had sweet watermelon after the contest. Thanks to the Bennewitz's for throwing another amazing pool party!!

Boat Race Day

Justin, Lisa and Jeremi were our boat captains. They raced our boat on Tempe Town Lake. We did not win our heat, but we had so much fun doing it. Our boat did not sink contrary to popular demand. If we do this again we will have to have a 4th rower so that we can go faster.

Building the Boat

We built a cardboard boat. It was a fun activity. Everybody helped build the boat. We glued and taped pieces of cardboard together and made a cool looking pirate boat. Unfortunately it had to much tape to pass the inspection so we used a boat from the Tempe South Rotary Club.

Light Rail

We had a good time riding the light rail train! We boarded the light rail at Mill Avenue and rode it to the end. We ate lunch at Christown Mall. After lunch we rode the light rail back. We learned how to purchase ride fare tickets and take public transportation.

We have reorganized our TAA Council for 2009-2010! The nominations were received and the votes were tallied. I am proud to introduce the 2009 Tempe Arc Ambassadors…President: Larry Goslin, Vice President: Bonnie Rothbard, Secretary: Paul Bennewitz, Treasurer: Scott May, Sergeant at Arms: Rick Sughroue, Birthday Coordinator: Sonia Johansen and Cheryl Poe, Reporters: Lance Winslow and Daniel Strelitz, Historian: Ryan Miller and Lisa Simpson, Flag Duty: Gloria Knoell, Activities Committee: Megan Sylvester and Justin Toler, Maintenance Coordinator: Jeff Bedient and Marc Bocketti, and our TAA Representative: Poco Carton. We thank everyone for their excellent service in 2008 and look forward to 2009!!

Not Pictured:Larry, Paul, Ryan, Megan and Marc

Our new Historians are ready for the challenge of updating and maintaining our blog.

Thanksgiving Dinner 2008

Our anual Thanksgiving dinner was a great succes. The food was delectible. Our friends and family came to enjoy our company and the great food. We even had our friends who wrote our theme song come and perform it for us. They Rocked the Arc!!! Thank you to those who brought food to share with with everybody!!

Cici's Pizza

This month we went to Cici's Pizza. We ate Pizza. This is one of our favorite hangouts and a very fun activity. We always enjoy when our staff have eating competitions. They stuffed themselves.