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 Phoenix
    Sail and Power Squadron

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    of United States Power Squadrons® - District 28

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Phoenix Squadron loses former commander

P/C Clare Johnson, AP

Members of the Phoenix Sail and Power Squadron were saddened to learn of the death of P/C Clare Johnson, AP, who served as commander in the 1988-89 watch year. Johnson, who was known to everyone as “Gobi” had earned 33 merit marks, and was most recently remembered as the past commander who always brought the ice cream desserts to the past commanders’ barbecues. He is also remembered, although not quite so fondly, as the one who brought big bags of popcorn laced with a generous amount of cayenne pepper, which usually meant the amount of adult beverages consumed was raised. Gobi celebrated his 90th birthday on Christmas day.

Former member Winfred (Karl) Blume also died since the last issue. He was a long-time member who taught the sail course for many years. He also taught sail at Scottsdale Community College. A native of Germany, Karl served aboard a submarine during World War II.

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And Who Are We?
5 February 2012

Membership
126 Members
- 60 Senior Members (47%)
- 16 Life Members (12%)
10 Associate Members
0 New Members
0 Honorary Members
0 Misc Affiliates

Service
89 members have at least one Merit Mark (70%)
This squadron has a total of 1157 Merit Marks
For an average of 9.1 per member, or 13 per member with a merit mark
51 is the greatest number of Merit Marks for an individual
There are 17 Certified Instructors (13%)
There are 9 Vessel Examiners (7%)

Education
18 members are Seaman (14%), 94 have passed Seamanship (74%)
24 members are Pilots (19%), 76 have passed Piloting (60%)
26 members are Advanced Pilots (20%), 52 have passed Advanced Piloting (41%)
11 members are Junior Navigators (8%), 26 have passed Junior Navigation (20%)
1 members are Navigators (0%), 15 have passed Navigation (11%)
14 members are Senior Navigators (11%)
42 members have achieved Educational Proficiency (33%)

The Fleet
There are 73 boats in the fleet
- 17 are Sail (23%)
- 52 are Power (71%)
- 4 are Unspecified (5%)
- 17 have no name (23%)

 
Galley Gourmet
Phoenix Sail and Power Squadron's
Recipes for the Boat or Beach

Ingredients: (makes about 20 biscuits)

1/3 cup margarine
1/4 cup dry onion soup mix
2/3 cup milk
2 cups Bisquick

Melt margarine. Add 1/2 of onion soup mix. Spoon 1/2 of this mixture into baking pan.

In a bowl, mix the remaining ingredients. Beat vigorously until stiff and sticky. Drop dough by spoonfuls into cooking utensil. This can be any standard baking dish if you have an oven. A dutch oven can be used over a camp fire. If you are cooking on a boat with only a burner us two aluminum pie tins held together with clothpins (This pan must be turned after 8 or 10 minutes).

When biscuits are in pan, drizzle remaining margarine mixture over them. Bake about 20 minutes.

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