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Volume 36, Issue 1 September 2012

Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Alpha Delta State, Beta Zeta Chapterpromotes professional and personal growth

of women educators and excellence in education.

All I Really Need To Know ILearned In Kindergarten.

Welcome to a new year for Beta Zetachapter! I look forward to the help andsupport of each of you as I begin myterm as your President. The programcommittee has already been hard atwork and we have some fun andinformative meetings planned for thecoming months. We are going to learn

lots of new things!

Which reminds me, as much as I agreewith Robert Fulghum when he said inhis famous piece that all you really needto know you learn in kindergarten, wekeep learning new things every day ofour lives. I may be a bit prejudicedabout kindergarten, having spent 36years there, but we learn and have funat every chapter meeting, for example.

Having retired at the end of last schoolyear, I have learned a few new thingsmyself lately too, such as:

You really can have too manybooks, especially when you haveto pack them all up and bringthem home!

Back to School Sales are just astempting as they always were.Don't you still go weak at theknees when you see crayons onsale for 25 cents a box or pens at

99 cents a pack? Admit it, youdo!

Your bladder can be trained towork at times other than recessand lunch time.

Speaking of lunch, it reallydoesn't have to be gulped in 10minutes!

You don't have to buy newunderwear and socks justbecause it is back to school time.

For the first time since I startedkindergarten (not telling you howlong ago), I am waiting untilHalloween or maybe evenThanksgiving to buy undies!(Unless I find too many holyones!)

Here's hoping that we all learnsomething new every day and at everychapter meeting! And as Mr. Fulghum

says at the end of his piece: And it isstill true, no matter how old you are--when you go out into the world, it is bestto hold hands and stick together.


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Wish these Beta Zetas

A Happy Birthday!

1 RAE ANN GAMBLER

4 MARLENE SMITH

6 MARY ANN WADE

8 CAROL SONNENBERG

10 NANCY MILLER

10 BEV WITTES

13 JACQUELINE URAN

18 CAROL FABIAN19 JOAN KENNEDY

22 CAREN BUSH

3 TARA CZARTOSKI

4 CANDACE OVERMYER

6 CATHY CRONINGER

7 NANCY JO SUNDAY

12 CAROL RORICK

Important Date to RememberOctober 20, 2012

Next Chapter MeetingNorthwest State Community College

Building C, Room 200Archbold, OH

Come at 9:15 am for our businessmeeting. At 10:00 am enjoy ourprogram, Culinary Art, presented byPete Harrold, Instructor at Four CountyJoint Vocational School. Well end ourday with luncheon at 11:00 am.

June Minutes

The June Meeting of Beta Zeta Chapterwas called to order by President MillieHolzer. She welcomed the membersand said she hoped they had indulgedthemselves with shopping at the Candy

Cane Shoppe and the Sauder VillageGift Shoppe.

Copies of the OUTPOSTwere available.Minutes of the April Meeting wereprinted in the newsletter. Sue Myersmoved that the Minutes be approved asprinted. Bonnie Sasaki seconded theMotion and it carried.

Also printed in the OUTPOST was the

Treasurers Report with a balance of$1,309.07. With no objections, thisreport will be filed for audit.

President Millie announced that BetaZeta as awarded a Gold Key Certificateduring the Alpha Delta State. Thecertificate was given Doris Ruby for theHistorical Records.

A thank you was read from Margie

Dresbach for the donation to DollyPartons Imagination Library, which wasgiven at our April Meeting. In addition tothe donation, her honorarium forpresentation of the April program will beused for books for children.

It was moved by Candi Overmyer andseconded by Nancy Jo Sunday thatKarlyn McPike be invited to membershipin Beta Zeta. Motion carried.

The following Officers of Beta Zeta forthe 2012 2014 Biennium wereinstalled: President, Bev Wittes; FirstVice President, Nan Bretz; Second VicePresident, Ann Hange; CorrespondingSecretary, Kim Spiess; and Treasurer,Candi Overmyer. The RecordingSecretary, Carol Rorick, will be installedlater.


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It was announced that several of our

members retired from teaching at theend of this school year. Included were:Bev Wittes, Bretta Pendelton, Nancy JoSunday, Roxanne Headley, and MaryAnn Wade. Our best to these folks asthey pursue new ways to fill the days!

Millie thanked the hostess committee fortodays meeting. She also thanked theChapter for allowing her to serve aspresident and for the work of the

members to make it a great biennium.

The meeting was declared adjourned bythe President.

A delicious lunch from the buffet of TheBarn Restaurant was enjoyed byeveryone.

Respectfully submitted,Millie Holzer,Recording Secretary Pro Tem

Notice to snowbirdsSee Kim Spiess if you do not want

meeting cards sent while you are gone.

From the Audit Committee

Pat Furnas and Sharyn Wheeler met onAugust 6th to audit the DKG treasurersbooks. We found all work to be in order

and commend Candi for a job well done.

Sharyn Wheeler

Treasurers Report

Balance carried forward: $1,309.07

Credits: 206.50

Subtotal: $1,515.57

Disbursements: 374.00

Total on Hand9/02/12: $1,141.57

ITS DUES TIME AGAIN.PAY TREASURER

CANDI OVERMYER

Active Members - $71.00Reserve Members - $27.00

Active Life Members - $17.00

Bev Wittes, Ann Hange, Nan Bretz, and

Kim Spiess were installed as officers for

the 2012-2014 Biennium


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Congratulations to

Tara Czartoakis son Trent whoqualified for the National 4-HEngineering Challenge with his weldingproject after earning a clock trophy atthe state level for his Aces and Sparkswelding project. (Read about this feat inthe August 19, 2012 Defiance Crescent-News article written by Lisa Nicely)

Doris Ruby who had served asPresident of the Florida Arbor ofGleaner Life Insurance Society for morethan 14 years and is now steppingdown. Charlene Freppel is taking herplace.

STRS eUpdate

From August 17Board NewsSTRS Ohio Presents PensionReform Proposal to HouseSubcommittee

At the August meeting of the StateTeachers Retirement Board, executivedirector Michael Nehf provided anupdate on the status of pensionlegislation that is pending before theOhio House of Representatives. Nehftold the board that the House Healthand Aging Subcommittee on Retirementand Pensions held several hearings onpension bills during the summer. OnAug. 8 Nehf presented STRS Ohiospension reform proposal to thesubcommittee and responded toquestions from its members.

Nehf told the subcommittee that STRSOhios changes are necessary topreserve the pension fund andacknowledged that the board-approvedplan has the support of the Healthcareand Pension Advocates for STRSa

coalition that is comprised of groups ofactive members, retirees andemployers. The STRS Ohio planincreases age and service requirementsfor retirement; calculates pensions on alower, fixed formula; increases theperiod for determining the final averagesalary; increases member contributionsto the system; reduces the cost-of-livingadjustment (COLA); defers the COLAfor future retirees; and call for no COLAto be added in fiscal year 2014.

Now that all five statewide pensionsystems have made presentations to thesubcommittee, this body is hearingtestimony from proponents, opponentsand interested parties. Houseleadership has indicated that it plans tohold additional hearings in August andearly September and expects to takeaction on the bills in September.

(From your editor: Would you like tohave future eUpdates from STRS sentto you? I receive this and othersbecause of my role as webmaster of theHenry County Retired Teacherswebsite. Give me a request and Illforward these to you.)

Submit articles for the October OutpostNo later than October 1to:

Karen Brubaker, Editor919 Greenbriar LaneDefiance, OH 43512

[email protected]

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