The purposes of this Association are to:

  • The purposes of this Association are to:
  • A. Promote and protect the interests, rights, and welfare of the retired educators of the Stevens Point area in conjunction with the Wisconsin Retired Educators’ Association (WREA).
  • B. Monitor and work to improve the benefits for retired educators and other members of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS).
  • C. Encourage Association members to maintain membership in the Wisconsin Retired Educators’ Association (WREA).
  • D. Develop working relationships with local service organizations whose main emphasis is on aging groups and with organizations sharing goals similar to those of the Association.
  • E. Inform Association members about and advocate for educational and other relevant societal issues.
  • F. Inform members of activities in the area provided for senior citizens.
  • G. Encourage Association members to be active participants in community affairs on an individual basis.

Thursday, December 29, 2022

T-Shirt Wisdom

I found a column from Justin Isherwood published on February 12, 2021.  He expressed the opinion that we cull pearls of wisdom from the Bible, Shakespeare, and Twain, but modern "scripture" is best summarized by T-shirt slogans.  So, here's a few to start out this series:

  • If you can't fix it with duct tape, you're not using enough.
  • Measure twice, cut once.
  • Fight Truth Decay.
  • The good thing about Science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.


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