Luncheon reservations for
January:
Call Sherilee Wallerman at (715)344-0031
Please call by noon on
Thursday, Jan. 5
STEVENS
POINT AREA RETIRED TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION (SPARTA)
MEETING AT
SKY CLUB, PLOVER, WI
Monday, January 9,
2017
“We must accept finite
disappointment, but never lose infinite hope,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
SPARTA OFFICERS
President: Santha Bickford
Vice President: Open
Co-Secretaries: David Blado,
Laure Isberner
Co-Treasurers: Janet Langton,
Arvalea Crawford
Immediate Past President: Joyce
Chekouras
AGENDA
11:00 Socialize; 11:30 Business
meeting called to order and lunch; 12:20 Program; 12:50 Business continued
BUSINESS
MEETING:
Call to order; Pledge of Allegiance; Time
of reflection; Guests and New Members Introductions; Drawing for door prize.
Consent Agenda/ Officers’ Reports:
Minutes of previous meeting as written on the final page (automatically
approved unless corrected); Treasurer’Report
Program: “Meet the New Superintendent”
by Craig Gerlach
Business Meeting Continued
1. Committee Updates:
Legislative: Joyce
Chekouras; handouts WREA Legislative Priorities 2017-2018.
Program: Santha Bickford :new
idea for September kick-off. Members will be contacted.
Sunshine:
Mary Beth Anday (Apr-Dec), Suzanne Fee(Jan-Mar)
Social: Eileen Payne:
Fireside trip is planned for the summer of 2017
Grants: Janet Swiston has
agreed to chair the committee through this year. Fall grants have been
distributed and applications for spring grants are now being considered.
Book: Nancy Kemmeter,
Janeen Kwarciany: Spring sale will be held in May. Intake days will be
from 10am-3pmon Jan.23,Feb 27, Mar.27, Apr24,and May 22. The book committee has
also been exploring additional space needs, particularly for the future.
Ad Hoc Tee Shirt Committee: Judy
Zimmerman: T shirt color and design have been selected. We will order them from
our local business Point Embroidery and Screen. Cost is $12, and we will
incorporate the logo designed by Shirley Multauf.
Health: Jerry Kasdorf, see
article after New Business
2. Thanks for stepping up!
Education Week: John
and Marge Laude, Sally Dehlinger, Mary Zinda, Darla
Hakala, Janet Swiston, Mary Moore, Joyce Chekouras, Lauren Isberner, Judy
Zimmerman, Eileen Payne, Barb Clementi, Carol Van Alstine, Sandy Schroeder,
Mary Ann Krems, Nancy Kemmeter, Santha Bickford, Janet Langton, and Santha
Bickford.
Reservations and meal arrangements:
Sherrilee Wallerman
Help with Data Entry:
Eileen Payne and Dave Blado
Submitting pictures and articles to the
local papers: Dave Blado
3.
Volunteer Hours
Remember to record your volunteer hours each
month to be turned in September, 2017. Forms are available for those who
haven’t yet picked one up.
4. Opportunities
The office of vice president remains unfilled.
One duty of the vice president is to serve as chair of the program committee.
Currently the president has had to take on this additional role. Please
consider if this could fit with your time and talents!
NEW BUSINESS:
1. How can we remember SPARTA members no longer
living at home?
2. Would Ed Week representatives be willing to
work with membership to keep in touch with their respective schools and inform
us of staff who may be retiring?
3. We have a web-site!!Kudos, admiration, and
thanks to our web-master Janet Langton!!
4. We have money to fully endow our scholarship
account with the Community Foundation if that is the will of the majority.
Treasurer’s
Report; January 09, 2017
For security reasons, financial details not listed on the website.
Jerry Kasdorf, chair of Health Committee, submits
this article on Beets for our consideration. It was originally published in
Berkley Health News Letter.
Beets are a root
vegetable, and both the root and the green leaves are edible. In ancient
civilizations, people ate only the green part of the beet plant.
The roots, which did not have the enticing look of modern beets, were primarily
used as medicine. There are conflicting accounts of when the rounded beets like
those we eat today were developed, but it is estimated to be in the 1500s.ypes
of Beets
Types of Beets:Most
beets in supermarkets are the familiar red beets. But these earthy root
vegetables come in a variety of hues, including purple, pink, golden, white,
and even striped beets.
Beets nutrition: Beets
are a good source of fiber, manganese, and folate, a B vitamin. Beet juice is also
an excellent source of nitrates, which research suggests can help lower blood pressure.Notable
for their sweet, earthy flavor, beets have the highest sugar content of any
vegetable, while still remaining very low in calories. And unlike many other
vegetables, their full flavor is retained whether they are fresh or canned.
Interestingly, because of a genetic predisposition, some people cannot properly
metabolize betacyanin, the pigment that gives beets their deep ruby color. The
betayanin passes into their urine and feces, which turn pink or red for a day
or two. This is harmless, and no cause for alarm.
November Minutes Stevens Point Area
Retired Teachers’ Association
Regular Meeting: On
Monday, November 14, SPARTA met at the Sky Club with 28 present. Attending was
guest speaker Jim Harris . The door prize was won by Elbert Rackow.
Congratulations!
Our veterans, Elbert Rackow, Jim Krems, David
Crawford, and Jerry Kasdorf, along with their spouses, were seated together and
were recognized for their service to our country. An anonymous donor paid for
lunch for our veterans and presented each with a copy of the book America’s
White Table. Thanks to our vets and to our generous donor.
Officers’ Reports:
The secretary’s minutes were accepted as printed. As of November 14, the
Treasurer reported a balance of $xxxxx in the checkbook.
Ongoing Business: Committee
Reports:
Book: We have had another
successful book sale due to the hard work of the committee and time
dedicated by SPARTA volunteers. Approximate sales: $xxxx. The next book sale
is planned for Wednesday, May 3 through Saturday, May 6th,
2017.
Historical: We
continue to receive items of interest for our collection. Thank you for
contributing.
Legislative: Joyce
Chekouras reminded members to be aware and vigilant with the upcoming changes
in government.
Program: Santha
Bickford wants members to know speakers have been booked for the first half of
2017. If you have ideas for other presentations, please let the program
committee know.
Social: Eileen
Payne reminded members that trips to the Fireside Theater will be every other
year. Feel free to offer suggestions for other activities.
Volunteer Hours Recorder: A
simple reminder to continue to keep track of your volunteer hours. The
recording sheet is available on the front table.
Grant Committee was
formed to review grant requests and update application forms Recipients for the
first distribution of this year’s grants have been selected and will be
notified. If you have other grant requests, see Janet Swiston for the new
forms. A motion was made by Elbert Rackow with a second by Joyce Chekouras to
approve grant selections. Motion carried.
A thank you to all members for recognizing
our schools during this American Education Week.
New Business:
An ad hoc committee will be formed to further
investigate details of having shirts made for members. If interested, please
contact Judy Zimmerman.
Please contact SPARTA officers with names
you feel would be deserving of the AARP community service award.
Joyce Chekouras and Santha Bickford visited with
the new superintendent Craig Gerlach. He will be our guest speaker at the
January meeting.
Barb Towey reminded us the River City Jazz Band
is performing at the Sky Club Friday, Dec. 9th,
8-10pm. The event is free. She also asked us to check local calendars for the
Master Chorale public concerts.
Laurel Hoeth reminded members of the Academic
Decathalon which will be held January 6th.
She asked members to try to keep their calendars open and consider
volunteering.
Jan Langton could use a volunteer to read for her
as she inputs information to the computer program.
Volunteers are needed to help take reservations
for our next meeting as Mary Ann Krems will be unable to attend.
FORMAL PROGRAM: Jim
Harris, former teacher and principal, presented viewers with brochures, photos,
and slides of his work in Laos helping to clear unexploded land mines left from
the Vietnam war.
Next Meeting: The
next meeting will be Monday, January 9th,
2017, at the Sky Club. The speaker will be Craig Gerlach, superintendent of the
Stevens Point Public Schools.A motion to adjourn was made by Judy Zimmerman and
seconded by Laurel Hoeth. Motion
passed.
Respectfully submitted by Lauren Isberner
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