Our first of four 2018-2019 annual meetings will be held on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, at Metea County Park, 8401 Union Chapel Road, Fort Wayne, in the Gloria Goeglein Nature Center. We will begin our meeting promptly at 11:00 AM. Please arrive by 10:45 AM to check in and pay for your lunch. If there is an attendant at the Park Entrance Gatehouse, just tell them you are attending an event at the Park Nature Center and there will be no entrance fee. Please plan extra time to visit the exhibits, viewing areas and gift shop at the Nature Center. We are very excited and grateful for facilitating our first time use of this venue.
RESERVATIONS: Please make your reservations with Mary Jo Purvis at 260-492-6992 or mpurvis1@frontier.com by Monday, August 20. Our meal will be catered by Grant's Catering (this is the aterer we used for University of St. Francis downtown tour). Your lunch will cost $15.00 payable when you arrive (cash or check only please). If you are a 2018 retired teacher or administrator (attending for the first time) your meal is free. Members who bring a nonmember retiree (attending for the first time) will get a two-for-one deal for lunch. Let Mary Jo know this when you make your reservation.
PROGRAM: Jeff Ormiston is a park naturalist for Allen County Parks and has always had a strong interest in the outdoors. he is a Master Gardener and Master Naturalist who served on the Fox Island Board in various capacities including President. When he retired from Slater Steel he decided to work part time for Allen County Parks as a receptionnist, but soon was "snagged" as a naturalist. The rest is history. He leads numerous hikes, conducts workshops for adults and kids, and writes timely articles for the Fox Island Alliance publication, the Fox Tale. Jeff's program will focus on the Monarch Butterfly life cycle and presence in our area. Please dress appropriately if you would like to participate in the optional short walk and presentation outdoors after the indoor meeting program.
DUES: This August meeting is the beginning of the 2018-2019 AREA year so it is time to pay your AREA DUES of $15.00. Please pay at the August 28th meeting or contact Pam George at 260-471-5952, pamgeorgeph@comcast.net, or 6316 Tree Top Trail, Fort Wayne, 46845. She also has IRTA information. Please consider joining IRTA through automatic dues deduction from your TRF pension. Support is greatly needed to impact state retirement benefits and education change.
EYEGLASSES: Bring your "old" eyeglasses for Ed Delong to collect for the Lions Club
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: 2018-2019 AREA Meetings
- Monday, October 1: Fall Leadership Conference. Plymouth, IN (Info at August meeting).
- Thursday, October 25: Umi, 2912 Getz Road. Program by Nanette Yarde and Leslie Augustyniak, Girl Scouts of Michiana STEAM Program.
- Monday, April 29, 2019: Biaggi's Ristorante, Jefferson Pointe. Program by Emily Oberlin, Director New Tech and Wayne High School.
- Wednesday, June 26, 2019: Pine Valley Country Club. Program by Sgt. Chris O'Connor, FWPD. Scams and How to Protect Yourself.
Kathy Lepper, President
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