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April 2024
Our Medina County Retired Teacher's Association has had a long history of helping university students in their last year or two of preservice.
Amy Panchumarti, Chairman
MCRTA Scholarship Committee
Our scholarship fund is so very close to the finish line! Our red cups will be on the tables waiting for your kind donations.
Please remember the little red cups make a big difference.
Thanks, friends.
Scroll down for a sneak peak for 2024 meetings!
Save the dates:
April 9, 2024
June 11, 2024
August 13, 2024
October 8, 2024
. Programs: Marilyn Buckloh marloh@zoominternet.net
Memorials/ Sue McMullen sumcirish@gmail.com
Outreach: Linda Crane greglincrane@roadrunner.com
News: Carol Klingel paintskyblue@msn.com
Suggestions/ideas: Liz Lapossy-Klocek
krosskreek@msn.com
Webmaster: Carol Callahan clcallahan@frontier.com
- ***Meeting at Williams on the Lake
***New meeting place at Williams on the
Lake . . . the middle building (second building)
Program: Watch for April
**Sign up for Spin Off activities!
MCRTA opportunities- board openings for 2024: treasurer, newsletter, vice-president (president elect),
public relations (photographer???) Our board has such fun . . . won't you join us???!!!
Menu: April: Chef's Choice Buffet (yummy choices)
Assistance will be available for anyone needing help to access buffet
$$$$$$ Remember our two ongoing fundraisers: the MCRTA Scholarship and the Boomhower Grant. At regular meetings, 1/2 of the money collected from 50/50 raffle ticket sales goes to the Boomhower grant, the other half to the winner, and the red cups on each table collect donations to the scholarship fund. (See more info on our Scholarship page). One of our main reasons for existing is to support future educators and to encourage current educators so that they can continue the profession we all so dearly loved and still care about. If you cannot attend a meeting, you can still send donations for either or both fundraisers to our treasurer: Nancy McNeal 1044 Brimfield Dr. Medina, OH 44256
50/50 RAFFLE TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR!
$1 each, $5 – six tickets... proceeds = Boomhower Grants
*****Reminder: Many of you are members of ORTA, but we would love it if you would also join MCRTA each year! Dues are only $10.00/year! This helps pay for prizes, newsletters, stamps, scholarship winner lunches and much more. ORTA dues are also due ($300 for a lifetime membership, or $30/year). Nancy McNeal (treasurer) will be at our meetings looking forward to you joining MCRTA or ORTA.
Our members are special people!
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR DECISION MAKING BOARD? WHAT POSITION WOULD BEST SUIT YOU? secretary treasurer reservations public relations other Name_______________________________________________________________________________ best contact information_______________________________________________________________
October 2023: $50/$50 winner: Shirley Mann
Pastry and cookie drawings: Nancy Jackson, Brittany Loutzenhiser, Karen Carducci,
Denise Harrison
MEETING INFORMATION
When: Our meetings begin at NOON with lunch.
Agenda: Registration, social, lunch following
with a program and our MCRTA business
meeting. Can't make the luncheon? You
can join us around 12:45 PM for any month's program.
**April 9, 2024
Where: **Williams on The Lake**
787 Lafayette Road, Medina, Ohio
Prospective members are welcome to learn more about us by attending an event. We'd love you to join our Medina County Retired Teachers Association. But you do need a reservation.
Reservation Form: Please complete and send this form along with a check payable to MCRTA for $15.00 per person by March 29, 2024 (so we can call our reservations into Williams on the Lake) to:
JoAnne Zurell
2901 Hamlin Rd
Medina, Ohio 44256
330-723-2364
Name_________________________
Phone No.__________________ e-mail address _______________________
Please reserve ___ spaces
Amount enclosed______
($15.00/person, please do not send cash)
When: Our meetings begin at NOON with lunch.
Agenda: Registration, social, lunch following
with a program and our MCRTA business
meeting. Can't make the luncheon? You
can join us around 12:45 PM for any month's program.
**April 9, 2024
Where: **Williams on The Lake**
787 Lafayette Road, Medina, Ohio
Prospective members are welcome to learn more about us by attending an event. We'd love you to join our Medina County Retired Teachers Association. But you do need a reservation.
Reservation Form: Please complete and send this form along with a check payable to MCRTA for $15.00 per person by March 29, 2024 (so we can call our reservations into Williams on the Lake) to:
JoAnne Zurell
2901 Hamlin Rd
Medina, Ohio 44256
330-723-2364
Name_________________________
Phone No.__________________ e-mail address _______________________
Please reserve ___ spaces
Amount enclosed______
($15.00/person, please do not send cash)
April 2024 TRIVIA
Watch for your April Trivia in 2024
Record your answer at the next meeting and place it in the bag to win a prize.
Good Luck!
October Trivia: In Watertown, Wisconsin, there is a plaque dated 1856 that commemorates America's first what?
Answer: America's first kindergarten
Winner: Sue McMullen
August Trivia: When was the Declaration of Independence actually signed?
Answer: August 2, 1776
Winner: Joellyn Leget
Trivia for June 2023:What famous company was founded by two brothers in 1923?
Answer: Disney Land
Winner: Sandy Smith
Trivia for April 2023: What famous game show host turns 100 this year?
Answer: Bob Barker
Winner: JoAnne Zurell
Trivia for October 2022: Who was Jacob Sapirstein?
Answer: founder of American Greetings Corp
Winner: Joellyn Leget
Trivia for August 2022: What Cleveland mayor was so unpopular that he wore a bullet-proof vest to throw out the first pitch
at a Cleveland Indians (now Guardians) game?
Answer: Dennis Kucinich
Winner: Bobbie Davis
Trivia for June 2022: Who coined the term 'Rock 'n' Roll'?
Answer: Alan Freed
Winner: Joellyn Leget
Trivia for April 2022: About how many flowers must a hive of honey bees visit to produce one pound of honey???
Answer: 2,000,000
Winner: Barb Woodman
Trivia for October 2021:What book was George W. Bush reading to a class of second graders
when he learned of the 911 attacks?
Answer: The Pet Goat
Winner: Liz Lapossy Klocek
Trivia for August 2021: Who was buried with a bottle of burgundy, chocolates, HB pencils, and a power saw?
Answer: Roald Dahl
Winner: Carol Klingel
Trivia for October: Where did the word "nerd" originate?
Answer: from Dr. Suess, "If I Ran the Zoo".
Winner: Sandy Smith (she's on a roll!
Trivia for August: Who was buried with a bottle of Jack Daniels Whiskey, a pack of cigarettes, a Zippo lighter, and $1 worth of dimes?
Answer: Frank Sinatra
Winner: Sandy Smith
Trivia for June: During the Civil War, which company supplied soap & candles for the Union Army?
Answer: Procter & Gamble
Winner: Joe Crisafull
EXTRA!! EXTRA!!!
Read All About It!
Sue McMullen (Sunshine, Community Participation)
330-725-0480 if you have information concerning members or their families.
Save the Date 2024
April: What is your verdict?
An interactive presentation featuring the MCRTA board members and you!
June: presentations by the 2023 Boomhower Award recipients. Find out what new in the
classroom!
August: Valuable or Not ?
Have your prized possessions evaluated by Evie Kidder.
Fund raiser for scholarship fund
October: Victoria Woodhull, first woman to run for president in 1872.
This unique controversial Ohio woman is presented by Kathy Krause.
