SHALIMAR MENUS FOR JULY

• July 2 - French dip sandwiches, macaroni and cheese and assorted salads.
• July 9 - Barbecue chicken and ribs with baked beans, French friends, cole slaw, pasta salad and fresh fruit.
• July 16 - Scoops of ham salad and chicken salad, with Shalimar’s Soup and Salad Bar.
• July 23 - Beef pepper steak with white rice, hot vegetable and assorted salads.
• July 30 - Catfish nuggets and chicken strips, with French fries, cole slaw and variety of salads.

FIREWORKS SHOW JUST DAYS AWAY:
We’re down to one week of delivering "The 58th Annual CBS 5 July 4th Tempe Town Lake Festival, Produced by the Kiwanis Club of Tempe."

The Saturday event hopefully will feature the moderate temperatures that have we’ve had in June. Lance Gray, Bob Polley, Mike Cryer and their team, working promoter Judi Yates, are about ready turn it loose to the public. Kiwanians are urged to be on hand on Thursday, July 2, for our luncheon meeting to get last instructions, get parking passes and T-Shirts and get the lay of the land. CBS 5 has been promoting the show regularly (with clear mention of "Kiwanis Club of Tempe." The City of Tempe Water Bill has given it a good ride.

We have collected $55,000 of the sponsorships, $20,000 from vendors and $6,000 in VIP tickets as for June 24.

The official program, produced by the College Times, for patrons will feature pictures and bios of current KCOT officers and a strong rundown on the Club’s projects and programs, some history, the Club’s mission statement, The Objects of Kiwanis International, a letter from both President Mike Cryer and Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman, information on the Star-Spangled Banner "idol singer," a map of the grounds and more.

May we get a good turnout of all our volunteers, the weather cooperate and the skies light up to amazing colors to wow every child and old folk.

Funny lady, educator, Kiwanian to the core --Dr. Judy Aldrich
This is the 11th in a series of profiles on members of the Kiwanis Club of Tempe.
By Lawn Griffiths
Bulletin Editor
Beyond her enthusiasm and wit, Dr. Judy Aldrich is one of those Kiwanians who is always doin’ somethun. And she is usually there when the Club calls for volunteers. Her fingerprints are all over the Club’s business and activities since she joined KCOT in 1989. Her years on the board and intense involvement have made Judy one of the leading authorities on anything KCOT.

More than 40 years as an educator, Judy is still teaching when she could be out more often pursuing some of her many other passions, including tennis, travel and community work. Today, she teaches English courses at Chandler-Gilbert Community Colleges and is quick to say she loves her students. She has a compact schedule that allows her to take on her adventures.

She joined KCOT in 1989, served as Club treasurer 1990-94 and was a director on the KCOT Board 2001-2007. She was the 2002 Kiwanian of the Year and the Club’s 2005 recipient of the George F. Hixson Award. She has led the volunteer coordination for 4th of July, chaired the Club’s Halloween Carnival booth projects, driven convertibles in the Fantasy of Light Parade, been involved in Club golf tournaments, has taken leadership of Homeward Bound and has been a regular participant in Interclubs during her 20 years as a member.

Born Oct. 15, 1944, in Fort Riley, Kan., Judy earned her B.A. degree in English from the University of South Dakota in 1966 and her masters in English from there in 1968. She received her doctorate in educational administration in 1994 from ASU, doing her dissertation on "A Critical Analysis of the Arizona State University Cadre Program."

While in grad school at U of South Dakota, Judy was director of the University Student Union, responsible for leadership and coordination of all student activities and coordination of all student activities and programs.

For two decades - 1968 to 1988 -- Judy held numerous teaching and administrative roles in the Clark County School District in Las Vegas - junior high English teacher, high school dean of students, administrator of the adult education campus program, assistant principal and then principal for middle schools and finally the director of the Nevada Assessment Center, which was responsible for professional development.

During those days she was a United States Tennis Association professional umpire, a member of Soroptomists International (treasurer in 1985), a regular judge for "I Speak for Democracy" student contests, and a member of numerous professional organizations, including two terms as president if Delta Kappa Gamma educators honorary, the Nevada Administrators Association and Phi Delta Kappa.

Judy made a midlife change in 1988 when she came to Tempe. She was hired as assistant superintendent for personnel of Tempe Elementary School District, responsible for all personnel functions for a district with 1,600 employees. She remained there until 1994. Her job was eliminated in major district restructuring, and Judy moved north to the Deer Valley School District as associate superintendent for educational services in a district of 26,000 students.

In 2000, she took her current job as adjunct professor at Chandler-Gilbert, teaching English 101 and 102. She got that district’s Seatbelt Award in 2007. Judy has maintained membership in a slew of professional groups. For 30 years, Judy has been given numerous education presentations to professional groups, taught seminars and done consultant work on such areas as management skills, employee selection, sexual harassment in the workplace, assessment and legal background checks. She’s a veritable guru on all dimensions of public education.

Her Valley community activities have been extensive: Tempe Boys and Girls Club Board, 2001 to the present, holding roles as secretary, vice president and project chairman; service on four City of Tempe entities: chairman of the Personnel Merit Board; both Police and Fire Public Safety personnel retirement boards; and Judicial Review Board. She was co-chairman North Valley Partnership Parade in 1999 and 2000.

Judy received the Distinguished Service Award from the Ladmo Branch, Boys and Girls Club, in 2003.

Judy’s interests include "tennis, movies, people-watching and volunteering." She lists her favorite moments "all July 4ths." She quips that her old Kiwanis friend and one-time colleague at TD3, Bob Lizardi, who sponsored her with the Club "indicated that I was a ‘lush with questionable morals and a gambling problem.’"