Sunday, May 25, 2014

President's Letter, May 2014

Dear Allen County Retired Educators:

I promise you that our spring will get warm and it will be a wonderful day for our final meeting of the 2013-2014 year on Wednesday, June 4, 11:00 AM promptly, at Catablu Grill, Covington Plaza, 6372 W. Jefferson Blvd.

RESERVATIONS: Please make your reservation with Mary Jo Purvis at least one week before the meeting. 493-4263 or mpurvis1@frontier.com. The cost is $12.00 payable at the meeting. Please arrive a little early to check in.

THE MENU: (All include one beverage):
  • Teacher's Pet Cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, onion, and hand cut fries;
  • Apple for the Teacher 1/2 apple salad and 1/2 grilled chicken Panini;
  • Apple Salad with romaine, spiced candied walnuts, gorgonzola, red grapes and maple cherry vinaigrette;
  • Chop Chop Salad with romaine, vegetables, provolone cheese and balsamic vinaigrette;
  • Spring Break Southern Fried Chicken Sandwich, white cheddar, slaw, tomato, tavern sauce, and hand cut fries;
  • Ivy League Brown Rice Bowl with edamame, steamed rice, baby bok choy, shitake mushrooms, miso mustard glaze.
State your choice to your meal server, and request any special dietary needs to be filled within our budget.

FREE LUNCH for 2013 retired teachers who have not joined AREA yet this year. MEMBERS who bring any other retired teacher, retired administrator, or non-member will get a TWO-FOR-ONE-DEAL.

PROGRAM: Nancy Tolson, IRTA Executive Director, will be our speaker. She will inform us of all that our organization is doing or diligently attempting to do for us.

EYEGLASSES: Please bring old eyeglasses for donation to the Lions' Club project.

NOTE: AREA is entitled to 22 delegates to the IRTA Representative Assembly in Indianapolis on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at Primo Banquet Hall South. The $25.00 cost for breakfast and lunch will be paid by AREA. Delegates must be members of IRTA and I must have your name by May 29. So far, it's just Pam George, Barb Kanning and myself. That's far from 22! Call or email me!

Hoping to see you June 4 at Catablu!

Carol

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Help Needed and a Reminder

HELP NEEDED

AREA received a call from a student at Indiana Tech who needs math help in a class titled, Foundation of Business Statistics.

If you can help, or know someone who can, please contact Edna Smith at 797-1922.

She said that she knows others at school that could use help with English Thesis. Give her a call if you can help with that as well.


REMINDER

THE IRTA REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY will be held on June 18, 2014, at Primo South in Indianapolis. Please consider attending. AREA is entitled to 22 delegates. Each delegate must be a member of IRTA.

IRTA pays for all meals and for fuel for one vehicle; AREA pays for fuel for additional cars.

Registration deadline is May 29. Please call or email Carol Buttell at 260-489-5413, cbuttell@frontier.com.