Party July with a Purpose! FINLINES 2020 June Phlocking July Phlocking Stumbling July 14th 6:30 pm Monkey We will be holding our July meeting The June phlocking was at the Stumbling Monkey Bar & at the Grill. Sixty-two (62) Parrot Heads attended our meeting on their Patio this month. Dead Armadillo Craft Brewing What a great turnout!!!

We had a mini- Pre-golf (On the Patio with Craft Beer and Tournament Silent Auction Wine for sale and possibly a food at the meeting. The weath- truck) er was great as we walked around placing bids on our favorite silent auction Golf Tournament Phlocking items. am sure everyone knows our annual Golf Tournament Phlocking was quite a challenge to plan again this year. The June phlocking was We were in the middle of a pandemic earlier in the year so our final club meeting before everythingI was pretty much up in the air. After many phone calls, our annual Phlocking at Golf we were able to confirm we would be able to have the tournament Tournament which you will as scheduled. read about later in this news The next challenge was sponsor and donations. With all the letter. Thanks so much to businesses having to be closed due to COVID-19, we were really everyone who provided dona- questioning if they would be in a position to help us out. Luckily tions we had some really great businesses still willing to help out our and tournament charities Tulsa Cerebral Palsy Association and Special prizes for the tournament. Olympics. You ALL did a fabulous The one thing we did not have any issue with this year was get- job again this year to sup- ting golfers. With everyone ready to get out of the house, the golf port our charities Tulsa tournament had a full thirty-six (36) teams sign-up this year. We Cerebral Palsy and Special actually had to shut down the registration early. Olympics! Continued on Page 3... Rick Lamb & Steve Hopper $20 per Person House Concert Rick Lamb and Steve Hopper will from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Pulled The Dawson’s are located at: be performing a house concert pork sandwiches will be served. th 3721 N Battle Creek Dr on Saturday July 11 at Char- Bring a side dish and your favor- Broken Arrow, OK 74012 ley and Trina Dawson’s House ite beverage. Bring your Swimsuit and a Lawn Chair!

23rd Annual Parrothead 7s Boley Bash Rugby tournament st July 18th August 1

The Parrothead 7s Rugby Tournament will be held at Johnson Park (6002 S. Riverside Dr) from 9:00am to about 7:00pm. Winner will receive up to $1,000 in cash and an opportunity to challenge teams with cross union Live Music competition for both Men’s and Women’s division. by Stay tuned to Facebook.com/Parrothead7s for details. Rick Lamb For more information contact the Tournament Director: Luke Turner (918) 344-2212. & Rob Davis!

Leftover BEER from the Golf Tour- nament will be provided. Bring a lawn chair, your swim suit, and a beverage of your choice if you are not interested in FREE BEER. We will be serving Hamburgers and hotdogs this year so start thinking about what side dish or desert you want to bring. 2 Golf Tournament Phlocking part II Continued from pg. 1 Volunteers started arriving We also cannot forget to thank Jan Wollenschlager for tak- the day of the tournament at ing care of our Volunteers throughout the day. She made sure about 7:00am and at about they had everything they needed, food, beverages, and most of 7:15 they started making their all making sure they got bathroom breaks. Nice job Jan! way to their respective holes Now let us hear about our award winners: to begin setting-up. We had some GREAT volunteers and The Longest Drive from the Toilet returned to hole #1 this volunteer holes this year! year. The longest drive from the toilet winners were Kelby Fritz (ladies) and Kenneth Butler (mens.) The weather could not have been more perfect. It was very cloudy and cool (for June) most of day. The sun did not even The par three closest to the pin winners were Debbie McK- start emerging from the clouds until later in the afternoon. isick (ladies) and Jimmy Williams (mens.) Most golfers were within a couple of holes from being done by There was not a Cadillac winner this year from the par three then. hole in one contest hole. Thanks to Jack Kelsey for taking care With a full thirty-six (36) golf teams of getting this arranged with the dealership for our golf tour- this year we actually played a pretty fast ney again this year. round of golf compared to other years. The Best Decorated Golf Cart winner I think the cooler weather had a lot to this year went to Barbara Keiser, Con- do with this. The golfers seemed to en- nie Rice, Jeremy Fair, and Jason Bobo. joy themselves. Thanks to all the golfers The Best Volunteer Hole (voted on by who supported our volunteers’ hard the golfers) was Hole #9 - The Sobriety work with their donations throughout Check Point Hole - Beth Dee, Vicky the day. All money will be going to our Courtney, Rebecca Land, and Katy tournament charities Tulsa Cerebral Pal- Davis. sy Association and Special Olympics. The first place Sandbaggers’ trophy, Now for a few thank yous. First we with a score of 52, went to Larry Eberle, would like to give a BIG THANK YOU to all the volunteers! Vicki Eberle, Jim Wollenschlager, and Kathleen Watts. They were abundant this year, and they all did a great job! Thank you to Jan Wollenschlager for organizing the volun- And the biggest winners of the day, for the beloved 13th place teers and of course to all of you who volunteered. You did an trophy went to Adam Golden, Harlan Guthrie, Chris Clark, amazing job of raising money at your holes this year. WOW! and Sean McClannahan with a score of 61. Without YOU, this golf tournament would not be possible. We ended the tournament with a 50/50 Our silent auction did well, with all but one basket going drawing which was won by the team of for at least the minimum bid bringing in a little over $2,000. Beth Brock, David Boley, Jay Kinnikin Thank you Jodie Rogers for all your hard work on the silent and Todd Kinnikin. They each took $200 auction and thanks to all who donated items and baskets for and donated $200 to our golf tourney the silent auction. charities. Also, thank you to all our hole sponsors. We ended up with In the end, we had many Parrot Heads twenty-three (23) hole sponsors which is down from previous who really helped out this year and the years, but considering the circumstances we were under that President really appreciated EVERYONES was not too shabby. help! The golfers were very well And now, drum roll please...... behaved this year and very Figures are still coming in, but it looks like we raised a little generous with their money over $18,000 this year. A check with be presented to Tulsa on the holes. Thank you to Cerebral Palsy Association and Special Olympics at the all who golfed and donated Boley Bash on Aug 1st. your money to our tourna- ment charities. AND, from all TPHC mem- bers, a great big THANK YOU John Hedge and crew and Job Well Done to Cathy did an awesome job with Boley our President and lunch this year. They served Golf Tourney Chairman for pulled pork sandwiches, pickles, chips, and cookies. The food another great Golf Tournament was a big hit. Thanks for taking care of our lunch. Everyone Phlocking!!! definitely appreciated it.

3 Trop Rock River Phlock Hey Parrot Heads, in case you have not been paying attention, Trop Rock River Phlock is coming up fast. Here is your reminder to get registered if We raised $300 in the June raffle. The donation went to Tulsa Cerebral Palsy Association and you have not already done so. Special Olympics. Cerebral Palsy - Is a group of permanent movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary We are also looking for T-Shirt among people over time. Often symptoms sponsors for $200 each, silent auction include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, & tremors. The mission of Special baskets, and goody bag gifts. Let Cat- Olympics is to provide year round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of hy know if you are able to help out. Olympic type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

The June raffle (after we picked-up a few tick- Heads Up! ets which jumped out of the hopper) was great! The August Phlocking will be August Thank You! to all those who donated gifts: 11th at a location yet to be named. Larry & Vicki Eberle, Jan & Jim Wollenschlager Rebecca Land, Kirstin & Shane Clark, Doug & Debbie McKisick, Robbie Thames & Jack Kelsey, Don & Carol Jones, Richard & Debbie Burling, What’s going on...? Bob & Lynn Scott, Amy Gray, Shane & Valerie Stogner, Erin & Mike Casillas, Stacy DeMas, Dan- Here are some events that are taking place in and around iele Burris, Greg & Melissa Keeter, Bettie & Mike Oklahoma in the coming months. Oliver, Tim Grogan, Meredith Hammons, Debbie Beach House on the Hill 2020 with Drop Dead & Barry Straabe, Becky Eagan, Mike Weaver, Re- Dangerous - becca Land, Jeremy Fair, Trina & Charley Dawson, th Mike & Erin Casillas, Dave & Neta Carrino, Janet Sat, July 11 , 2020 & Gary Orton, Don & Carol Jones. Cannibal and Craft, 212 W Dickson St, Fayetteville, AR 72701 If you have an event you would like listed (it doesn’t have to be Parrot Head related) please contact Cathy or David. Prayers for Parrot Heads We are happy to report that we have no Prayers for Parrot Heads this month. Let an officer know if there are others we need to add to our list. Welcome New Members! Be sure to seek out these new members at our next meeting and welcome them personally... Sanita Brainerd JD Colbert 4 GALVESTON BAY PARROT HEAD CLUB PRESENTS

RIDDLES IN THE SAND Unfortunately, is Canceled for 2020.

Hello Parrot Heads! Here is the current update for PHiP’s 29th Annual Meeting of the Minds 2020 “Party at the End of the World” in Key West, Florida. Unfortunately, it Has Been Postponed this year due to the CO- VID-19 Virus.

The TPHC Mailing List! It’s that time of year again. DUES ARE DUE! We are going to start removing the email address- es of those members who are not current with their dues. These individuals will no longer receive this informative newsletter, Madam President updates, or other club information. So please pull out your checkbook, credit card, or break into that piggy bank and pay your dues. It is a simple $20 per year investment that allows us all DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU! to continue to keep in touch. Thank You!

Stacey Penny 1st Linda Schachle 12th Mark McWilliams 16th Kathleen Watts 28th Korri Brown 3rd Paul Harris 14th Pat Milligan 16th Monte Moore 29th Jess Mitchell 4th Rick Kingery 14th Jeanifer Hollecker 17th Tony Kirkland 31st Jeremiah Kichler 5th Mark Olive 14th Rebecca Land 19th Bob Scott 31st Gordon Moeller 7th Juli Cain 15th David Biard 21st David Bjorkman 9th Cindy Gill 15th Debbie Straabe 22nd Bethany DeMas 10th Tina Crawford 16th Kelly Green 24th 5 music, what type of music might we Attitude of find on your playlist? You would find Gratitude Classic Rock on my playlist. My first mul- An interview with Doug McKisick. Sub- tiple concert was Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, mitted by Don Jones and the Eagles. KMOD is still my radio preset. his month’s member interview is with Doug McKisick. Doug has If not for the current pandemic, what Tbeen a TPHC member for over 20 do you like to do to chillax? Debbie and years. I like road trips. We love going to new places, even if they suck. You are still Tell us a bit about yourself. Where were doing something new and being with people you you born and raised? Where did you attend enjoy. It’s all about white sand, blue water, beach school? I have lived in Tulsa all my life. I gradu- bars, and seafood that was swimming in the ocean ated from East Central High School in 1970. After that morning. Due to the pandemic, we are a little graduating, I started TJC in its opening year. I concerned about our Clearwater, FL trip coming up attended three semesters before I dropped out. I in September. thought I already knew everything. That was prob- ably one of my big mistakes. What is one or two things that most Parrot Heads probably don’t know about you? That is I retired from the Tulsa Fire Department after a hard one with the way I live my life. One thing twenty-five (25) years in 2004. I am not good with- might be the fact that I don’t like pineapple or coco- out somewhere to work, so now I play a union stage nut so that eliminates all . It’s beer and hand for fun. whiskey for me but no lime in my beer. I LIKE the Who or what got you involved in the Tulsa Par- taste of beer. rot Head Club? Kerry Grisham invited me to my Now for a goofy question. If you were the new first meeting in 1997 or 1998. I then met Debbie at color in the Crayola box, what color would a Parrot Head meeting in 2000. you be and why? Definitely, Ocean Blue. I love to How many Buffett concerts have you attended? swim, snorkel, and dive with the ocean life up close Which was your favorite? I have attended a without being seen. half dozen or so Buffett concerts. My favorite Any closing remarks? Debbie and I are enjoying was the one at River Spirit. the hell out of life and the Parrot Heads are a big What is your favorite Buffett tune or tunes? I part of it! have a couple. Son of a Sailor and One Particular The next time you see Doug, give him a big hug Harbor. and a big thank you for his long time support If there was suddenly no Buffett or Trop Rock of the Tulsa Parrot Heads. Phins Up!

6 Buffett Trivia by Don Jones So do you think you to know a lot about • Jimmy is a very successful author our musical hero, . Maybe with one anthology of short stories, this little article will add some more three novels, two children’s books bullets to your arsenal of useless infor- and an autobiography. mation. We will start out with the easy • Buffett was introduced to Key ones. West in 1971 by Jerry Jeff Walker. • Buffett was born on Christmas Day • JB and the Coral Reefers played in 1946 in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Mallory Square in Key West several His given name was James William times in the 70’s for free. Buffett. • While in the Keys, JB served as firstmate on private • Jimmy graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the fishing charters. University of Southern Mississippi with a degree in history. • The first Store opened in 1985 in Key West selling only T-shirts. • He has been married twice and has three children, Savannah, Sarah, and Cameron. • was written for his wife and family because it was typically the day he returned home • He is not related to Warren Buffett even though he from weekend gigs. often refers to him as “Uncle Warren.” The first time I ever heard Buffett was on a jukebox in a • He took up the guitar to meet women while in col- bar in south Tulsa in the early 70s. The song was “Why lege. Don’t We Get Drunk”. I was an instant fan. He actually • Buffett trademarked the name “Parrot Head” in 1996 wrote the song under the pseudonym Marvin Gardens. which was originally coined by Coral Reefer Tim Get it? The first Buffett tape I remember buying was Schmitt in 1985 during a concert in Cincinnati. the double 8 track, “.” What is • Jimmy wears a chain with an anchor around his your first Buffett memory? neck in place of a wedding ring. Remember to check our website regularly for club news and updates. Shirts/hats/koozies in stock! www.tulsaparrotheads.com We have lots of shirts, hats, koozies Thanks Loads to Kathleen Watts, our Webmaster. and golf balls in stock. Check web- Past & Present ‘Finlines’ can be found on our site for sizes, styles and colors. website under the “Worth a Look” tab New members get $5 Also for all you Facebookers, check out off any shirt or hat. the TPHC Facebook page. ` 2020 Officers and Contact Information

Vice President: Don Jones President: Cathy Boley Secretary: Jan Wollenschlager [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] (918) 812-3115

Treasurer: Carla McMillen Photographer: Vicky Courtney Newsletter: David Boley [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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