SPRING COOKIE PACKING

FOOTBALL TICKETS

Our Parent Club ordered a block of 150 tickets for the USAFA vs. University of Oklahoma game during Parents Weekend. These tickets have all been sold. We have started a waiting list for those who need tickets. We will not be purchasing additional tickets. However, we will put you in contact with any person in our group who may need to dispose of any extra tickets. If you would like your name to be put on this waiting list or if you have tickets you will not use, please call Liz Montes at (602) 788-1730.

PARENTS SEND-OFF BREAKFAST

Date: Saturday, August 11 2001

Cost: $9.50 per person

Time: 9:30 AM

Location: Country Harvest Buffet

7720 S. Priest Drive

Tempe, Arizona

(480) 496-6490

Directions: Take Interstate 10 to the Elliot exit, and travel east on Elliot. The Country Harvest Buffet is on the south side of Elliot at the corner of Elliot and Priest.

Please come join us! This meeting gives parents a chance to meet and network with other parents, gather valuable information on what to expect, and receive suggestions to enhance their visit for Parents Weekend, August 31-September 3, 2001.

(Registration forms have been sent via E-mail to those with current E-mail addresses. Those without E-mail addresses will receive a form by mail. Please RSVP by August 4, 2001)

PARENT WEEKEND BUFFET

Back by popular demand!!! The USAFA AZ Parents Club would like to invite all Arizona parents to attend our Parents Weekend Buffet Supper. This buffet dinner is hosted by the Parents Club and is held in a convenient location close to the Academy. Parents will have a place to go and have a nice dinner after a tiring day of attending classes with their cadet. The supper gives us a place to relax and unwind, without the hassles of traffic, long restaurant lines and crowds. So, for good food and the chance to meet other Arizona parents and their cadets, come join us! We are planning to have a photographer present for parents that would like a photo with their cadet and family!

Where:Glen Eagle Golf Clubhouse

345 Mission Hills Way

Colorado Springs, CO

When:Friday, August 31, 2001

Time:5:30 PM -- 9:00 PM

Cost: We are finalizing details with the Glen Eagle Golf Clubhouse. We presently have an approximate cost of $12.00 per person; $7.00 for Cadets and children under the age of 11 for the buffet.We will provide more information in our next newsletter and/or bulletin.

ALL ACADEMIES BALL

The AZ USAFA Parent Club will host this event on December 29, 2001 at the Sheraton Crescent Hotel, Dunlap & I-17.

Music, dancing, great food...what a marvelous way to celebrate the Holidays with our cadets and families! Please mark your calendars. More information will be given in future newsletters.

E-MAIL ADDRESSES

We are part of the electronic age! We often send bulletins via e-mails to those members that have an e-mail address. It is fast and convenient. And it helps us keep the expenses of photocopying, and postage for mailing the "traditional" way down to a reasonable amount. We need our members to keep us informed of any changes in their e-mail addresses. You may contact our club Vice-Presidents, MaryAnne& Neal Carpenter at (480) 838- 4302, with changes in your address. Thank you.

(We will still send a "paper" copy of any news to members that don't have an e-mail address)

FORMS MAILED WITH THE MAY NEWSLETTER

The Club secretary is in the process of updating the cadet, and family rosters. Our May newsletter contained various forms for you to fill out. Please take the time to look at these and mail them back to us. We update our rosters every year. When you send in your membership forms and cadet roster forms we have the most current information for our files.

CADET ROSTER FORMS

We need to update our cadet roster for all of our AZ cadets (USAFA Parent Club members & non-members). Our May& Dec. boxes of treats are sent to the Cadet's squadrons, not their P.O. boxes. If we don't have the correct information, your cadet will not receive the items we send them. (Cadets in the Class of 2004 have changed squadrons for the academic year 2001).

(Also, if your cadet is no longer at the Academy, kindly, if possible, let us know. We do not wish to burden you with unnecessary mailings and the information will be kept in confidence. We do not receive this information from USAFA).

Please send your cadet rosters to Liz Montes, 4523 E. Hearn Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85032. Thank you.

PARENTS CLUB MEMBERSHIP

If you haven't joined the Air Force Academy Parents Club, please consider doing so. The purpose of the Parents Club is two-fold:

1)     To support all Arizona young people who receive appointments and attend the Academy or Prep. School.

2)     To support the Arizona families who have a Cadet at the Academy or Prep. School.

3)     The club sends boxes of goodies twice a year to the Arizona Cadets. Once, during finals before Christmas break, and again during spring finals. The Club participates in the annual Holiday All Academies Ball, sends gifts to graduating seniors of Club members, hosts the Doolie Send-Off Dinner, the Parent's Send-Off Breakfast, and the Parent Weekend Buffet.

Most importantly, Parent Club members are there to support and encourage cadets and their parents when they encounter difficult times. The strength of this club is solely dependent on the strength of its membership. The more members we have, the stronger the club will be.

Dues cover, among other things, postage, newsletters, cookie packing goodies and supplies, gifts for graduating seniors, funding for the All Services Holiday Ball, etc.

We urge you to become a member or renew your membership, if you haven't already done so.

The following is the list of families with current memberships. If you are not on this list, your membership is not up to date, as per our files. If you have any questions please call Liz Montes at 602-788-1730:

Class 2002

Class 2003

Class 2004

Class 2005

Prep. School

Debbie & Martin Montoya

Associate Members

LTC Raymond C. Black

Karen & Mick Busch

Bill & Janice Cook

Major Rick De Brock

Don & Susan Gallegos

Pat & Tom Hawn

LTC Jack Jessup

LTC Carol McKnight

Jay & Ellen Norton

Col. Cathy Swan

CADET NEWS

C1C Brian Carpenter received the Bret Hyde Award at the Track & Field Banquet in May. Bret Hyde was a record holder at USAFA and he died last year of Lou Gehrig's disease. This award is given to the track athlete who most exemplifies hard work, determination, performance and attitude. Congratulations, Brian!

C1C Randy J. Heusser has been selected to serve as Cadet Major and to lead USAFA's Wings of Blue Parachute Team for the Fall 2001 semester. If all goes as planned, he and selected teammates will jump in the Outback Bowl, and the Fiesta Bowl on Jan 1, 2001. Each parachutist will have attained a minimum of 500 jumps. Well done, Randy!

CIC Stephen Olivares is serving as 1^st. BCT SQD. OPS Officer. During 2^nd. BCT he will serve as Medical Officer. He was selected as Executive Officer at group level for the fall semester. Excellent, Stephen!

Class 2003

C2C Adam Keith is an Instructor Pilot in the Soaring Program during the 1^st. summer session. Then for OPS he is going to Aviano AFB in Italy. When OPS is finished, he plans to stay and vacation. He will be visiting a high school friend in Vienna, Austria, and doing some traveling. Have fun, Adam!

Class 2004

C3C Tyler J. Young was chosen in the spring of 2001 to be part of the Falconer Team. Way to go, Tyler!

C3C Erin Shay was the Manager of the Women's Soccer Team in the fall. She played with the team during its spring season. She is moving to Squadron 30 in the fall (her dad's "old" squadron) and she has accepted a leadership position with Campus Crusade for Christ. Congratulations, Erin!

Class 2005

The Hulse family has contributed impressive information regarding Basic Cadet Katherine Hulse's achievements during her school years:

"Katherine was active in student government, was a member of National Honor Society, was a Rotary Student of the Month, and was chosen as the Arizona Republic Athlete of the Month. She was chosen for 3 years Centennial's Most Valuable Girl diver, was 3 time State 4A Diving Champion, volunteered at Thunderbird Samaritan Hospital, and received the Young woman Recognition Award for her Church. She is a great friend, sister and daughter!!!"

Thank you, David and Geri, for your contribution to our Cadet news. Katherine is a fine example of our select group of students entering USAFA this year!

Congratulations to all of our Basic Cadets, Class of 2005, as you begin your journey at USAFA. You are part of an outstanding group of young men and women, the "Cream of the Crop". We wish you the best!

GRADUATE NEWS

1^st Lt Travis Norton (USAFA Class 1998) is now stationed at OSAN Air Base in Korea flying the A-10. Great inspiration to our Cadets!

2^nd Lt Timothy Cook graduated on May 30^th with a degree in Operations Research. He wed Miss Jennifer Kell on June 16^th, and will be in Hurlburt Field in Fort Walton Beach, Florida by July 4.

Congratulations to Lt and Mrs. Cook and their families on Tim's graduation and their recent nuptials! Thank you also to Bill and Janice for your lovely letter and contribution to the Parent Club.

COMING EVENTS

LAST MAILING:

Due to printing and postage, this will be the last mailing to non-members. If you are not a member of the Parent Club, please consider joining this support group for our Arizona Cadets. Thank you.

Newsletter Editors: Tom & Debbie Grayson, Liz & Ramon Montes