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October Red Pencil
The Red Pencil
Newsletter of Watauga County Retired School Personnel
Vol.XIV, No.2 October 2011 ntn1066@hotmail.com
October Meeting
When: Thursday, October 20, NOON,
$10, check made payable to Watauga County NCRSP
Where: Deerfield Methodist Church
Why: To share time with each other AND to learn from Clarissa Schmal about the current state of bullying education in the Watauga County Schools. Bullying is SUCH an important topic and preventing it will be our unit focus for the next year or two.
Please come!
With: lots of travel-size items for our soldiers (SEE
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE FOR DETAILS)
We need
Plastic bags of all sizes
Aluminum can-tabs (NOT the cans) for Ronald McDonald House
all the lovely, noisy, loose change you’ve been collecting
for the Scholarship Fund
NO medicine bottles!!!!! Not this time. Nope, nada. Next time, maybe.
If your caller has not reached you by October 15, phone Margaret Sigmon, 264-2036, to make your reservation. Remember that we’ll be selling take-home meals for
$5.
Please remember that we still have a few of the cell phone trappers for keeping your phone safe and handy on your dashboard. Designed with our NCRSP logo, they’re $10 each and will make terrific holiday gifts.
In Memoriam The members of the Watauga Unit of North Carolina Retired School Personnel send their deepest sympathy to Sue Aldridge on the death in August of her sister, Mary Ann Lawrence, and to Barbara Moy on the death of her sister, Margaret. This month we also note with sadness the passing of Dr. Mary Moore, former ASU faculty member and longtime member of this organization, and Roby Triplett, widower of Appalachian Elementary School and Hardin Park legend Dee Triplett. We also acknowledge with appreciation the gifts to the Scholarship Fund from Ann Winkler in memory of Jessie Pease and from Barbara Moy in memory of her sister. If you would like to remember or honor a friend or colleague in this way, please give your check to Dot Barker along with the name of the person for whom you are contributing.
Go Back to Work!!!OK, that was a cheap attempt to get your attention.
Eula Mae Fox, our Community Participation Chair, has received a request from Beth Mueller, Watauga County Literacy Association Volunteer Coordinator, for experienced teachers with a little time to spare for an important cause. Read on…. Recently the Basic Skills Department at our branch of Caldwell Community College has added a new “offering.” They are accepting Watauga Opportunity clients for work in lower-level reading and math. The Watauga County Literacy Association is seeking volunteer tutors for these clients who will patiently devote time one-on-one with them for two hours a week at the Basic Skills Building located at the college. The hours are all in the middle of the day such as 10 to 12 or 1 to 3, etc. Many of the students come every day so devising a work plan convenient to the tutor should not be difficult. If you like to travel, don’t worry. Basic Skills is accustomed to taking over when someone is away; that’s expected of volunteers just as long as Basic Skills is notified. Basic Skills runs on the regular-class snow schedule for the college, too. For more information please call Beth Mueller, WLA Volunteer Coordinator, 828-265-2963.
Eula Mae’s latest gorgeous Christmasy tablerunner will be up for RAFFLING at our October meeting. $1 per ticket or $5 for 6 tickets. Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells! The season will be here before we know it! Remember that all the money goes to our scholarship fund.
A wonderful bumper sticker says, “If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you’re free to read this, thank a soldier.” Thank you, soldiers!
La Verne Franklin
If you have not renewed your membership in the Watauga Unit of NCRSP for this year, you will find the amount of your dues in the upper right corner of the mailing label on this newsletter. Your Horace Mann Accidental Death Insurance policy will end on October 31 if you do not renew your membership by that time. If you are newly retired and have not joined yet, please make your decision now to join this vital organization. You need us, and we need you, too! In fact, we need every retired educator to be on our membership roster in order to strengthen our position as advocates for retaining and improving benefits for all retired school personnel in this state. Together, we have strength. You can pay your dues at our October meeting or mail them to Dot Barker, 451 Poplar Hill Dr., Boone, NC 28607. If you are a new retiree, your dues are $106 and can be paid by check or you can join by Payroll Deduction and your dues will be deducted from your retirement check and will be spread out over the year. Both forms will be available at the meeting. If you have questions, please call Dot at 264-3521 or Barbara or Roland Moy at 264-8811.
This summer R.G. and Agnes Shipley and their daughter Janie attended a Sunday School class in Plains, Georgia taught by President Jimmy Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Shipley were seated on the front row and were treated to a personal visit with the former President and First Lady. The Shipleys have wonderful stories to tell. Ask, and they may also tell you about being recognized and honored at a performance of “I Do! I Do” at Lees-McRae as the longest-married couple in the audience (67 years, was it?).and desperately needed!
WANTED: Watauga Unit NCRSP members willing to help with tasks of the organization such as setting up and taking down room where meeting is held-no pay-little appreciation, no recognition, but a little act of kindness can go a long way. Please let La Verne (264-8596) or Margaret (264-2036) know if you can help. Heroes in the Making – Our Newest Members The Watauga Unit of NC Retired School Personnel is delighted to welcome (and welcome back) these new and nearly-new retirees. We’re happy to have you! Dian Edmisten Ardease Greene Lynn Greene, returning Candace Hall, returning Janice Hensley Thomas Jamison Martha Moretz , changing from associate to regular member Charlotte Ross
Also receiving her first Red Pencil is Wendy Nicholson, librarian at Valle Crucis and current president of WCAE, the Watauga Unit of NCAE. Wendy hasn’t retired yet, but she is our terrific new link to active members of our profession. If you know of retired school persons who would benefit from membership in our organization, and wouldn’t they all, please invite them to attend the next meeting with you. The Book Nook, a corner in which our members recommend a good book for you. Have you read Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons, about a little girl in eastern North Carolina who finds herself in the foster care system when her mother dies and her father becomes abusive? Well, Vanessa Diffenbaugh’s Language of Flowers isn’t about THAT foster care system. In this one, a foster child in San Francisco learns from a foster mother all about flowers and discovers that she can express herself through them when words won’t work. The novel is beautifully written and sensitively both heartbreaking and uplifting. For a retired teacher, it’s also an education.
1. As we age, we become more and more subject to MCI, Mild Cognitive Impairment, a condition which does not prevent a person from doing what he/she normally does. Ten percent of us will develop MCI by age 65 and nearly half of us will develop it by age 85. NOT EVERYONE WITH MCI DEVELOPS DEMENTIA.
2. Dementia and delirium are often confused. Delirium is treatable/curable and is often caused by an infection, depression, or a dangerous combination of medications.
3. Diagnosis of classic dementia can be done in a number of ways, but the best first step is to make an appointment with a neurologist. The tests include a mental status exam (spelling words forwards and backwards, naming two or three recent events in the news, remembering a short list of words for 30 minutes), tests for B12 levels, imaging/scans/volumetric MRI/EEG exams, tests for electrolytes/liver/kidney function, and reports of REM sleep disturbance that leads to acting out dreams.
4. Alzheimer’s and dementia are not preventable, but the onset can be delayed.
·Vascular health – probably the most important thing we can do it to look after this one. Take a statin (Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor) if your doctor prescribes it.
·Sleep – an early indicator of a problem. If you have active dreams that involve hitting or sleepwalking, see your doctor.
·Walking – the best exercise in the world. Try to get in at least fifteen minutes a day.
·Education – probably a great way to delay the onset but not a prevention
·Social interaction – excellent. The busier you are, the better, and the wider your group of associates, the better. The theory here is that the more people with whom you interact on a regular basis, the more likely someone is to notice the very first signs of a problem and help you to get an early professional diagnosis.
·TOTAL MYTHS ABOUT THE DELAY OF ALZHEIMER’S AND DEMENTIA: brain teasers, crossword puzzles, and any and all herbal supplements. In other words, Sudoku and gingko biloba won’t help at all.
5. Alzheimer’s was first described in 1906 and now affects up to 5.6 million Americans. The ten warning signs of Alzheimer’s: ·
Memory loss that affects job skills
·Difficulty performing familiar tasks
·Problems with language
·Disorientation to time and space (What day is it? Where am I?)
·Worsened judgment
·Difficulty with abstract thought
·Misplacing things (not “Where are my keys?” but “Where is my coat?”)
·Significant changes in mood or behavior
·Changes in personality
·Loss of initiative
We will be voting to approve this budget at our October meeting. Watauga Unit of NCRSP Proposed Budget for 2011 - 2012
Income
Local dues based on 80 members @ $8.00 640.00
Local dues based on 50 members @ $10.00 500.00
Total income 1140.00
Other estimated income 400.00 1540.00
Expenses
Newsletter printing (5 @ $100.00) 500.00
Other printing 25.00 Postage for newsletter (5 @ $70.00) 350.00
Other postage & supplies 50.00
Total printing, postage, & supplies 925.00
Officers’ expenses State Convention 300.00
Workshops, etc. 100.00
Total Officers’ expenses 400.00
Miscellaneous (Memorials, gifts, TLC) 150.00
Committee Expenses 65.00
Total Expenses 1540.00
Remember to check our local blogspot, http://wcrsp.blogspot.com/, for the latest issue of The Red Pencil, photos of the most recent meeting, news of the members, and links to important information.
2. Go to www.ncrsp.org for legislative updates, information about NC retirement, supplemental insurance, and lots of retirement links.
3. Send a quick note to your humble editor, Nanci Tolbert Nance, at ntn@skybest.com to insure that you receive The Red Pencil by email and save our unit more than $5 per year for your subscription.
Appalachian State University's Solar Homestead finished the national competition in Washington DC on Saturday, October 1, in 12th place and won the People's Choice Award. During the 10-day competition, the team's greatest achievements included a tie for first place in the hot water competition, second place in communications, a tie for third in home entertainment and a third place finish in architecture. The People’s Choice Award, based on 92,538 votes, shows the popular support for ASU’s Solar Homestead and reflects in large measure your participation in the voting process. Thank you, NCRSP members, and congratulations, ASU! Don’t Miss Out!!
October 20 Watauga Unit NCRSP, 12.00 Deerfield Methodist Church
October 21 District Meeting, NCRSP, 10.30A Lenoir (please attend!)
December 15 Watauga Unit, NCRSP, 12.00P Deerfield Methodist Church
March 15 Watauga Unit, NCRSP, 12.00P Deerfield Methodist Church
March 21-22 NCRSP State Convention Marriott Hotel, Winston-Salem
May 17 Watauga Unit, NCRSP, 12.00P Deerfield Methodist Church
Newsletter of Watauga County Retired School Personnel
Vol.XIV, No.2 October 2011 ntn1066@hotmail.com
October Meeting
When: Thursday, October 20, NOON,
$10, check made payable to Watauga County NCRSP
Where: Deerfield Methodist Church
Why: To share time with each other AND to learn from Clarissa Schmal about the current state of bullying education in the Watauga County Schools. Bullying is SUCH an important topic and preventing it will be our unit focus for the next year or two.
Please come!
With: lots of travel-size items for our soldiers (SEE
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE FOR DETAILS)
We need
Plastic bags of all sizes
Aluminum can-tabs (NOT the cans) for Ronald McDonald House
all the lovely, noisy, loose change you’ve been collecting
for the Scholarship Fund
NO medicine bottles!!!!! Not this time. Nope, nada. Next time, maybe.
If your caller has not reached you by October 15, phone Margaret Sigmon, 264-2036, to make your reservation. Remember that we’ll be selling take-home meals for
$5.
Please remember that we still have a few of the cell phone trappers for keeping your phone safe and handy on your dashboard. Designed with our NCRSP logo, they’re $10 each and will make terrific holiday gifts.
In Memoriam The members of the Watauga Unit of North Carolina Retired School Personnel send their deepest sympathy to Sue Aldridge on the death in August of her sister, Mary Ann Lawrence, and to Barbara Moy on the death of her sister, Margaret. This month we also note with sadness the passing of Dr. Mary Moore, former ASU faculty member and longtime member of this organization, and Roby Triplett, widower of Appalachian Elementary School and Hardin Park legend Dee Triplett. We also acknowledge with appreciation the gifts to the Scholarship Fund from Ann Winkler in memory of Jessie Pease and from Barbara Moy in memory of her sister. If you would like to remember or honor a friend or colleague in this way, please give your check to Dot Barker along with the name of the person for whom you are contributing.
Go Back to Work!!!OK, that was a cheap attempt to get your attention.
Eula Mae Fox, our Community Participation Chair, has received a request from Beth Mueller, Watauga County Literacy Association Volunteer Coordinator, for experienced teachers with a little time to spare for an important cause. Read on…. Recently the Basic Skills Department at our branch of Caldwell Community College has added a new “offering.” They are accepting Watauga Opportunity clients for work in lower-level reading and math. The Watauga County Literacy Association is seeking volunteer tutors for these clients who will patiently devote time one-on-one with them for two hours a week at the Basic Skills Building located at the college. The hours are all in the middle of the day such as 10 to 12 or 1 to 3, etc. Many of the students come every day so devising a work plan convenient to the tutor should not be difficult. If you like to travel, don’t worry. Basic Skills is accustomed to taking over when someone is away; that’s expected of volunteers just as long as Basic Skills is notified. Basic Skills runs on the regular-class snow schedule for the college, too. For more information please call Beth Mueller, WLA Volunteer Coordinator, 828-265-2963.
Eula Mae’s latest gorgeous Christmasy tablerunner will be up for RAFFLING at our October meeting. $1 per ticket or $5 for 6 tickets. Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells! The season will be here before we know it! Remember that all the money goes to our scholarship fund.
President’s MessageWhile in Holland one year I visited the memorial to the American and English soldiers who fought and died there during World War II. I went to some of the graves and had no idea that our country had done so much for the Dutch people during and after the war. In fact, I do not have a realistic idea of what our armed forces have done in coming to the aid of countries around the world. Since visiting that memorial, however, I have never felt the same about the sacrifices our soldiers have made and are still making. I may not agree that we need to be fighting on several fronts but I do believe soldiers are out there who would give his life for each of us. As the Dutch would say, "If you have nothing worth fighting for, you have nothing". Today I am saying thanks on behalf of our organization to all those soldiers who are putting their lives on the line for a cause. May they be blessed with good judgment and protected from harm. May our politicians have the welfare of the working people in mind when making decisions and treat our fighting men as family.This month, we’re partnering with the NC State Employees Credit Union in collecting items for our soldiers serving abroad. Look in this issue of the Red Pencil for more information.
A wonderful bumper sticker says, “If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you’re free to read this, thank a soldier.” Thank you, soldiers!
La Verne Franklin
The Importance of Membership
If you have not renewed your membership in the Watauga Unit of NCRSP for this year, you will find the amount of your dues in the upper right corner of the mailing label on this newsletter. Your Horace Mann Accidental Death Insurance policy will end on October 31 if you do not renew your membership by that time. If you are newly retired and have not joined yet, please make your decision now to join this vital organization. You need us, and we need you, too! In fact, we need every retired educator to be on our membership roster in order to strengthen our position as advocates for retaining and improving benefits for all retired school personnel in this state. Together, we have strength. You can pay your dues at our October meeting or mail them to Dot Barker, 451 Poplar Hill Dr., Boone, NC 28607. If you are a new retiree, your dues are $106 and can be paid by check or you can join by Payroll Deduction and your dues will be deducted from your retirement check and will be spread out over the year. Both forms will be available at the meeting. If you have questions, please call Dot at 264-3521 or Barbara or Roland Moy at 264-8811.
This summer R.G. and Agnes Shipley and their daughter Janie attended a Sunday School class in Plains, Georgia taught by President Jimmy Carter. Mr. and Mrs. Shipley were seated on the front row and were treated to a personal visit with the former President and First Lady. The Shipleys have wonderful stories to tell. Ask, and they may also tell you about being recognized and honored at a performance of “I Do! I Do” at Lees-McRae as the longest-married couple in the audience (67 years, was it?).and desperately needed!
WANTED: Watauga Unit NCRSP members willing to help with tasks of the organization such as setting up and taking down room where meeting is held-no pay-little appreciation, no recognition, but a little act of kindness can go a long way. Please let La Verne (264-8596) or Margaret (264-2036) know if you can help. Heroes in the Making – Our Newest Members The Watauga Unit of NC Retired School Personnel is delighted to welcome (and welcome back) these new and nearly-new retirees. We’re happy to have you! Dian Edmisten Ardease Greene Lynn Greene, returning Candace Hall, returning Janice Hensley Thomas Jamison Martha Moretz , changing from associate to regular member Charlotte Ross
Also receiving her first Red Pencil is Wendy Nicholson, librarian at Valle Crucis and current president of WCAE, the Watauga Unit of NCAE. Wendy hasn’t retired yet, but she is our terrific new link to active members of our profession. If you know of retired school persons who would benefit from membership in our organization, and wouldn’t they all, please invite them to attend the next meeting with you. The Book Nook, a corner in which our members recommend a good book for you. Have you read Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons, about a little girl in eastern North Carolina who finds herself in the foster care system when her mother dies and her father becomes abusive? Well, Vanessa Diffenbaugh’s Language of Flowers isn’t about THAT foster care system. In this one, a foster child in San Francisco learns from a foster mother all about flowers and discovers that she can express herself through them when words won’t work. The novel is beautifully written and sensitively both heartbreaking and uplifting. For a retired teacher, it’s also an education.
For the sake of your healthDr. Lee Kennedy is a neurologist in practice with Dr. Jeffrey Crittenden in Boone. His area of expertise is Alzheimer’s and related conditions. In August, he spoke to a group at Hound Ears and what follows is a summary of his talk.
1. As we age, we become more and more subject to MCI, Mild Cognitive Impairment, a condition which does not prevent a person from doing what he/she normally does. Ten percent of us will develop MCI by age 65 and nearly half of us will develop it by age 85. NOT EVERYONE WITH MCI DEVELOPS DEMENTIA.
2. Dementia and delirium are often confused. Delirium is treatable/curable and is often caused by an infection, depression, or a dangerous combination of medications.
3. Diagnosis of classic dementia can be done in a number of ways, but the best first step is to make an appointment with a neurologist. The tests include a mental status exam (spelling words forwards and backwards, naming two or three recent events in the news, remembering a short list of words for 30 minutes), tests for B12 levels, imaging/scans/volumetric MRI/EEG exams, tests for electrolytes/liver/kidney function, and reports of REM sleep disturbance that leads to acting out dreams.
4. Alzheimer’s and dementia are not preventable, but the onset can be delayed.
·Vascular health – probably the most important thing we can do it to look after this one. Take a statin (Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor) if your doctor prescribes it.
·Sleep – an early indicator of a problem. If you have active dreams that involve hitting or sleepwalking, see your doctor.
·Walking – the best exercise in the world. Try to get in at least fifteen minutes a day.
·Education – probably a great way to delay the onset but not a prevention
·Social interaction – excellent. The busier you are, the better, and the wider your group of associates, the better. The theory here is that the more people with whom you interact on a regular basis, the more likely someone is to notice the very first signs of a problem and help you to get an early professional diagnosis.
·TOTAL MYTHS ABOUT THE DELAY OF ALZHEIMER’S AND DEMENTIA: brain teasers, crossword puzzles, and any and all herbal supplements. In other words, Sudoku and gingko biloba won’t help at all.
5. Alzheimer’s was first described in 1906 and now affects up to 5.6 million Americans. The ten warning signs of Alzheimer’s: ·
Memory loss that affects job skills
·Difficulty performing familiar tasks
·Problems with language
·Disorientation to time and space (What day is it? Where am I?)
·Worsened judgment
·Difficulty with abstract thought
·Misplacing things (not “Where are my keys?” but “Where is my coat?”)
·Significant changes in mood or behavior
·Changes in personality
·Loss of initiative
We will be voting to approve this budget at our October meeting. Watauga Unit of NCRSP Proposed Budget for 2011 - 2012
Income
Local dues based on 80 members @ $8.00 640.00
Local dues based on 50 members @ $10.00 500.00
Total income 1140.00
Other estimated income 400.00 1540.00
Expenses
Newsletter printing (5 @ $100.00) 500.00
Other printing 25.00 Postage for newsletter (5 @ $70.00) 350.00
Other postage & supplies 50.00
Total printing, postage, & supplies 925.00
Officers’ expenses State Convention 300.00
Workshops, etc. 100.00
Total Officers’ expenses 400.00
Miscellaneous (Memorials, gifts, TLC) 150.00
Committee Expenses 65.00
Total Expenses 1540.00
From our Community Participation Chair:First let me give you a virtual pat on the back for your biggest donation of school supplies EVER. My car would hold only half of the things you brought to our August meeting. Lottie Downie carried her car full, too, and then it took four of us making four trips each to carry all those goodies into the Margaret Gragg Board of Education Building! The school board awarded us a framed certificate of appreciation at the September meeting and the local newspaper carried a story on the award.Now let me remind you again of our goals that 50% of our members report their volunteer hours and that 25% of those hours be in some kind of educational effort. I know you are out there doing many acts of kindness and selflessness; please be diligent in recording them. Eula Mae Fox Who’s Been Where Eula Mae Fox and Lottie Downie have just returned from the grand finale of the Ain’t Done Travellin’ Club, which is now “done,” unfortunately. The group’s farewell trip was a cruise to the Maritimes in September. Barbara Moy can tell you all about being in the Kansas in the summer heat wave and attending the International Barbershop Convention, and both La Verne Franklin and Janice Burns will be happy to share the exciting details of their recent trips to exotic Hickory, but perhaps that’s news for another time. The winners of our non-existent contest for “Most Adventuresome Members” this month are Dot Barker and Mary Hazel Mast, who spent part of their summer vacation white-water rafting on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Just ask them! If you have news of trips, graduations, classes, activities, and other doings of our members, please send a note to ntn@skybest.com. Keeping Up with the Computer Age1.
Remember to check our local blogspot, http://wcrsp.blogspot.com/, for the latest issue of The Red Pencil, photos of the most recent meeting, news of the members, and links to important information.
2. Go to www.ncrsp.org for legislative updates, information about NC retirement, supplemental insurance, and lots of retirement links.
3. Send a quick note to your humble editor, Nanci Tolbert Nance, at ntn@skybest.com to insure that you receive The Red Pencil by email and save our unit more than $5 per year for your subscription.
Appalachian State University's Solar Homestead finished the national competition in Washington DC on Saturday, October 1, in 12th place and won the People's Choice Award. During the 10-day competition, the team's greatest achievements included a tie for first place in the hot water competition, second place in communications, a tie for third in home entertainment and a third place finish in architecture. The People’s Choice Award, based on 92,538 votes, shows the popular support for ASU’s Solar Homestead and reflects in large measure your participation in the voting process. Thank you, NCRSP members, and congratulations, ASU! Don’t Miss Out!!
Mark your calendar now for upcoming important events:
October 20 Watauga Unit NCRSP, 12.00 Deerfield Methodist Church
October 21 District Meeting, NCRSP, 10.30A Lenoir (please attend!)
December 15 Watauga Unit, NCRSP, 12.00P Deerfield Methodist Church
March 15 Watauga Unit, NCRSP, 12.00P Deerfield Methodist Church
March 21-22 NCRSP State Convention Marriott Hotel, Winston-Salem
May 17 Watauga Unit, NCRSP, 12.00P Deerfield Methodist Church
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
La Verne & Eula Mae received the "Education Partnership Award"
This award is given to the WCRSP for our partnership with the local elementary schools through our contributions of school supplies. These school supplies are used by students with financial needs.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
The Red Pencil
Newsletter of Watauga County Retired School Personnel Vol.IX, No.1 August 2011_ntn1066@hotmail.com___
August Meeting
When: WEDNESDAY, 10 August 2011, 9AM Registration, payment of dues to begin at 8AM
Where: Deerfield Methodist Church
How much: $10, check payable to Watauga County NCRSP, for a buffet country breakfast catered by George Wellington
What: getting together on the first day of school, welcoming new retirees, and enjoying the pleasure of each other’s company, with musical entertainment If your caller does not contact you, call Margaret Sigmon at 264-2036 before 8 PM on Saturday, the 6th of August or email her at margaretsigmon@bellsouth.net.
NOTE NOTE NOTE that school begins on WEDNESDAY! Don’t forget to put your golden apple pin on your lapel, either! Every year we say the same thing about our first meeting, but it still matters and you can really help “the staff” by being ready when you arrive to:
1. pay your dues. You’ll find more about the amount later in this newsletter, but you know by now that your dues are noted on your mailing label on this issue of the RP. Bring a check in that amount made out to Watauga Unit, NCRSP. Remember to pay particular attention to the article about dues later in this newsletter;
2. contribute to the Scholarship Fund. The sum of $5 is a suggestion, but we’re happy to be the recipients of your generosity in any amount;
3. drop all the lovely, noisy, loose change you’ve been collecting into the little watering cans at your table;
4. turn in your first form for volunteer hours for Community Participation chairperson Eula Mae Fox; and
5. pile the tables just inside the door high with school supplies for distribution to the students in the Watauga County Schools. Please make a point to purchase 1 ½” - 3” three-ring binders if you can, instead of spiral notebooks. Students are also in need of backpacks of all sizes. Because the backpacks usually cost between $15 and $20, perhaps you’d like to team up with another member or two and hit Wal-mart!
Remember that school supplies are tax-free on the weekend before school begins. BIG RAFFLE COMING: At our August meeting, we will raffle one of Janice Burns’ world-famous coconut pound cakes. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. As always, proceeds benefit the scholarship fund. Heads Up!!!!! At the beginning of a year, we have lots of information on lots of subjects to share. Please, please, please read this issue of The Red Pencil carefully; you never know when something extremely important might sneak up on you. Look for the walking exclamation point for facts, hints, and pointers.
A REALLY IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM MARGARET SIGMON The members of Watauga County North Carolina Retired School Personnel receive a call before each of the five annual meetings reminding them of the meetings and confirming their attendance. Our volunteers make many phone calls and leave many messages on answering machines. If you find a message on your machine, returning that call is EXTREMELY important so that the callers can get their lists to Margaret Sigmon by Sunday before the meeting day. A total number must be given to George Wellington on Monday so he can do his grocery order. If you do not receive a call about the meeting, please phone Margaret Sigmon at 264-2036. Our really important callers for the 2011-2012 year are Jackie Adams, Sue Aldridge, Wanda Bentley,Beth Carrin, Nancy Cooke, Eula Mae Fox, Mary Moretz, June Mann, Hazel Mast, Susan McKay,Ann Millsaps, Gay Murphy, Rebecca Robinson, Joyce Sherrill, and Deane Shuford. We thank them for taking their time to make sure we know about meetings and have other timely information.
Electronics = Savings Each electronic issue of The Red Pencil saves our unit roughly $5 per year per member. That’s slightly more than $500 we’re putting to use for scholarships and community projects instead of on paper, ink, postage, and printing. If you have an email address, please notify Nanci Tolbert Nance at ntn@skybest.com and begin helping our unit to help others.
President’s Message
For most of July, Mother Nature has seemed to be paying us back for all the times we said, "It's too cold" during the past winter. I don't know if our weather is getting worse or our bones don't like the weather extremes as much!
Thanks to your executive board, we are off to a good start for this year. This past year we qualified for a silver award from NCRSP and we weren't even trying. This year, let’s make an effort and bring home the gold! Much of the credit for the award is determined by our volunteering to help students in some manner. Let's set our goal to keep a record of all the volunteering we do and turning in our records.
As a BIG change this year, we’re asking you to bring your volunteer form covering your volunteer hours from January 1 through July 31, 2011 to our August meeting. Please sit down right now and complete the form you’ll find in this issue of The Red Pencil. Eula Mae will tally the hours for us, and we’ll collect another form from you in December.
We are planning to have informative and entertaining programs for you this year and those of us who pay for membership by payroll deduction need to remember to support the scholarship fund by bringing a check as soon as we are able. The first meeting is a great time to contribute.
I hope to see you on the 10th of August at Deerfield church at 9 a. m. for our first meeting and breakfast together for the year.
Blessings and regards to all of you. Have a pleasant rest of the summer.
La Verne Franklin The Book Nook
Each month, the folks at The Red Pencil are going to ask for a reading recommendation, something you think your friends in the Watauga Unit will enjoy reading. Please keep your suggestions non-religious and non-political, something we’d all like to read. To start us off, LA VERNE FRANKLIN recommends Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Seth Grahame-Smith weaves historical facts and figures into pure myth – or maybe not - in this book which will have you coming back to it time and time again. Although fiction, it has many details that are so believable that the story has a hypnotizing effect – and it will make you wonder just how much you really know about history. The book is a "must read" for the summer. MARY HAZEL MAST is happy with anything by Salisbury NC’s John Hart, who writes thrillers that are vividly beautiful and graphic. Mary Hazel says they’ll make you bleed and stay up too late reading!!! Try The Last Child, Iron House, King of Lies, and Down River.
REMEMBER THAT OUR AUGUST MEETING IS ON WEDNESDAY, NOT THURSDAY! $$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$
MONEY MATTERS: paying dues the efficient way As always, your dues amount is printed in the upper right corner of your mailing label this month. If you receive your newsletter by email, you may check with Dot Barker, dot24@bellsouth.net on your amount. Please bring this amount to the August meeting, with your check made payable to Watauga Unit of NCRSP. If you are unable to attend the meeting, you may mail your check to Dot Barker, Treasurer, 451 Poplar Hill Dr., Boone NC 28607. If your label has PR printed on it, you have chosen to have your dues deducted from your retirement check through the Payroll Deduction Plan. DO NOT WRITE a check for your dues if you see PR on your label. You certainly will, however, want to write a check for the Scholarship Fund.
If you are a new retiree or a membership prospect, you will find no dues amount on your label.
If you retired after July 1, 1999, your annual dues are $106.
If you retired between July 1, 1985 and July 1. 1999, your annual dues are $60. Please consider paying your dues this year through the Payroll Deduction Plan, whether you are a new retiree or a current member. With this plan your dues are deducted from your retirement check each month, so they are spread over the year rather than in one check. You have no check to write at the beginning of the year. Also, even though we all hope that we won’t have to use it, the amount of the Accidental Death and Dismemberment Policy that comes with your membership is $7,500 for those members on the Payroll Deduction Plan and only $2,500 for cash-paying members. Please note that the state will drop accidental death coverage for cash-paying members who have not paid by October 15. The forms for both types of membership will be available at our August meeting. Again, PLEASE consider paying through Payroll Deduction, for your benefit and our chapter’s.
Our unit has an Associate Membership plan for noncertified personnel - assistants, secretaries, cafeteria workers, etc. The Associate Membership is $10 and is for nonvoting membership in the local unit only, which includes our newsletter, The Red Pencil. This does not include membership in the district, state, or national organization. This is available only for noncertified personnel. If you have any questions about dues, please call Dot Barker at 264-3621 or email her at dot24@bellsouth.net. Contributions/Suggestions/Email Edition of The Red Pencil, anyone? Change of email or snail mail address? ntn@skybest.com or snail mail toNanci Tolbert Nance, P.O. Box 188, Blowing Rock NC 28605
A BIG suggestion for your health: Keep a pouch of these crystals with you at all times. Put the crystals under your tongue immediately if you think you’re having a heart attack. How easy is that?
Welcome to Mariann Clawson, who assumes responsibility for our door prizes, and thank you to Barbara and Winston Kinsey, who will take care of our invocations.
We are happy to acknowledge a donation from Mary Frank Smith to the Scholarship Fund in memory of Gaynelle Wilson. Please be aware that donating to the fund is a perfect way of remembering or honoring a colleague. The family of the person for whom you are making the donation will receive a note informing them of your generosity.
Need a Lift?If you or anyone you know needs transportation to one of our meetings, please call Beth Carrin at 264-9227 and she will make arrangements.
2010-2011 Officers Watauga Unit North Carolina Retired School Personnel President La Verne Franklin 964-3337 franklin160954@bellsouth.netVice
Pres/Pres. Elect Billy Ralph Winkler 264-3330 winkler3@bellsouth.net
Sec./Treas. Dot Barker 264-3621 dot24@bellsouth.net
Parliamentarian Robert G. Shipley 297-2832
Legislative Comm. Chr. Ben Strickland 264-2320 benstrickland@bellsouth.net
Membership Comm. Chrs.Roland, Barbara Moy 264-8811 moyrf@appstate.edu
Memorials Susan McKay mckayinboone@live.com
Community Participation Eula Mae Fox 264-3066emfox@bellsouth.net
Scholarship
Decorations Linda and Roger Harwood 264-3974 rlharwood@bellsouth.net
Meeting Arrangements Margaret Sigmon 264-2036 margaretsigmon@goboone.net
Remembrance Lera Randall 264-3979 lerarandall@earthlink.net
Historian Janice Burns 295-7454 burnsjn@bellsouth.net
Red Pencil Editor Nanci Tolbert Nance 963-8892 ntn@skybest.com ntn1066@hotmail.com
Webmaster Lee Stroupe 264-1276 lstroupe@gmail.com
NCRSP – What Have You Got to Lose?
Do you know any prospective members of our unit, new retirees who would benefit from membership and who would add energy and another perspective to our group? If so, please let them know that we need them and they need us. What do they have to lose if they don’t join? Subscriptions to Panorama and NCAE News Bulletin, FREE accidental death and dismemberment insurance up to $7,500, lobbyists representing retirees’ needs, free hearing screenings, member discount cards for discounts at over 150,000 locations/businesses – and all for as little as $6.75 a month on payroll deduction, that’s what – and more.
New retirees have received a letter from our unit. At the bottom of the letter is a coupon for breakfast at our first meeting of the year. If people ask you exactly what we do, please tell them that in addition to meeting five times a year for fellowship and information, we also donate school supplies to Watauga County students; collect children’s books for Santa’s Toybox; collect food, medicine bottles and plastic bags for the Hunger Coalition; give cell phones to OASIS and to our troops overseas; and provide services to our members that include Christmas gifts for our shut-ins and transportation to meetings.
Volunteer Hours , Our Continuing Struggle and a BIG Change Beginning with this August, Eula Mae Fox, our Community Participation chair, and Gay Murphy, her cheerful assistant, are going to be asking you to turn in your volunteer form twice a year.
When you come to the meeting in August, please bring a volunteer form (an extra is included in this newsletter) which covers your activity from January 1, 2011 through July 31, 2011. PLEASE understand that this is no time for modesty. Every single day you do something for someone else. You visit friends in nursing homes, you help to write a newsletter, you work in a community garden, you sing in your church choir, you meet with like minds on a library board or an arts board or a church board, you provide flowers for meetings, you volunteer to take a friend shopping, you’re a substitute grandma in an elementary school class, and you do a hundred other things. Part of our reputation with headquarters in Raleigh and part of that award our president discussed in her message is based on our volunteer hours. Please pitch the modesty and tell us LOUD and PROUD about all the wonderful things you do. Remember that caring for a family member doesn’t count, but almost everything else does!
TECHIE ALERT:
Do you own a Kindle? Do you buy books/shoes/baby buggies/plants/movies/anything on the planet online? Do you EVER shop at Amazon.com? The next time you’re thinking of buying anything through Amazon.com, make a quick stop first at http://wcrsp.blogspot.com/, our Watauga County Unit of NC Retired School Personnel blog. Look just below the photograph of our latest scholarship recipient and you’ll see a link to Amazon. Click on it to begin shopping in the Amazon store AND you’ll be sending a few pennies back to our unit! How’s that for clever? Calling all “Computerites”: Sites You Need to KnowWatauga Unit, North Carolina Retired School Personnel: http://wcrsp.blogspot.com/
North Carolina Retired School Personnel: http://www.ncrsp.org/Index.html (home site for all information about our state organization, including how to sign up for electronic delivery of Panorama)North Carolina Association of Educators: http://www.ncae.org/ (home site for our active association/affiliate)AARP: http://www.aarp.orgNRTA: AARP's Educator Community: http://www.aarp.org/about-aarp/nrta/ Senior discounts, hundreds of discounts on everything from milkshakes to sweatershttp://goo.gl/I5v8B
My Kind of Teacher...
A new college graduate took his first job as a school teacher. Just before the school year started, he injured his back and was required to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body.
Fortunately, the cast fit under his shirt and wasn't noticeable.
On the first day of class, as so often happens with new teachers, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in the school. The punks were facing an unknown and decided to see how tough or easy the new guy was before trying any pranks.
Walking into the August-warm classroom, the new teacher went straight to the window, opened it wide, and sat on the corner of his desk with his roll book. A strong breeze made his tie flap and the students snickered. The second time the breeze took his tie, he reached across his desk, picked up the stapler, and promptly stapled the tie to his chest - twice.
Discipline? No problem.
The Red PencilWatauga County NCRSP
451 Poplar Hill Dr.
Boone NC 28607
Newsletter of Watauga County Retired School Personnel Vol.IX, No.1 August 2011_ntn1066@hotmail.com___
August Meeting
When: WEDNESDAY, 10 August 2011, 9AM Registration, payment of dues to begin at 8AM
Where: Deerfield Methodist Church
How much: $10, check payable to Watauga County NCRSP, for a buffet country breakfast catered by George Wellington
What: getting together on the first day of school, welcoming new retirees, and enjoying the pleasure of each other’s company, with musical entertainment If your caller does not contact you, call Margaret Sigmon at 264-2036 before 8 PM on Saturday, the 6th of August or email her at margaretsigmon@bellsouth.net.
NOTE NOTE NOTE that school begins on WEDNESDAY! Don’t forget to put your golden apple pin on your lapel, either! Every year we say the same thing about our first meeting, but it still matters and you can really help “the staff” by being ready when you arrive to:
1. pay your dues. You’ll find more about the amount later in this newsletter, but you know by now that your dues are noted on your mailing label on this issue of the RP. Bring a check in that amount made out to Watauga Unit, NCRSP. Remember to pay particular attention to the article about dues later in this newsletter;
2. contribute to the Scholarship Fund. The sum of $5 is a suggestion, but we’re happy to be the recipients of your generosity in any amount;
3. drop all the lovely, noisy, loose change you’ve been collecting into the little watering cans at your table;
4. turn in your first form for volunteer hours for Community Participation chairperson Eula Mae Fox; and
5. pile the tables just inside the door high with school supplies for distribution to the students in the Watauga County Schools. Please make a point to purchase 1 ½” - 3” three-ring binders if you can, instead of spiral notebooks. Students are also in need of backpacks of all sizes. Because the backpacks usually cost between $15 and $20, perhaps you’d like to team up with another member or two and hit Wal-mart!
Remember that school supplies are tax-free on the weekend before school begins. BIG RAFFLE COMING: At our August meeting, we will raffle one of Janice Burns’ world-famous coconut pound cakes. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. As always, proceeds benefit the scholarship fund. Heads Up!!!!! At the beginning of a year, we have lots of information on lots of subjects to share. Please, please, please read this issue of The Red Pencil carefully; you never know when something extremely important might sneak up on you. Look for the walking exclamation point for facts, hints, and pointers.
A REALLY IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM MARGARET SIGMON The members of Watauga County North Carolina Retired School Personnel receive a call before each of the five annual meetings reminding them of the meetings and confirming their attendance. Our volunteers make many phone calls and leave many messages on answering machines. If you find a message on your machine, returning that call is EXTREMELY important so that the callers can get their lists to Margaret Sigmon by Sunday before the meeting day. A total number must be given to George Wellington on Monday so he can do his grocery order. If you do not receive a call about the meeting, please phone Margaret Sigmon at 264-2036. Our really important callers for the 2011-2012 year are Jackie Adams, Sue Aldridge, Wanda Bentley,Beth Carrin, Nancy Cooke, Eula Mae Fox, Mary Moretz, June Mann, Hazel Mast, Susan McKay,Ann Millsaps, Gay Murphy, Rebecca Robinson, Joyce Sherrill, and Deane Shuford. We thank them for taking their time to make sure we know about meetings and have other timely information.
Electronics = Savings Each electronic issue of The Red Pencil saves our unit roughly $5 per year per member. That’s slightly more than $500 we’re putting to use for scholarships and community projects instead of on paper, ink, postage, and printing. If you have an email address, please notify Nanci Tolbert Nance at ntn@skybest.com and begin helping our unit to help others.
President’s Message
For most of July, Mother Nature has seemed to be paying us back for all the times we said, "It's too cold" during the past winter. I don't know if our weather is getting worse or our bones don't like the weather extremes as much!
Thanks to your executive board, we are off to a good start for this year. This past year we qualified for a silver award from NCRSP and we weren't even trying. This year, let’s make an effort and bring home the gold! Much of the credit for the award is determined by our volunteering to help students in some manner. Let's set our goal to keep a record of all the volunteering we do and turning in our records.
As a BIG change this year, we’re asking you to bring your volunteer form covering your volunteer hours from January 1 through July 31, 2011 to our August meeting. Please sit down right now and complete the form you’ll find in this issue of The Red Pencil. Eula Mae will tally the hours for us, and we’ll collect another form from you in December.
We are planning to have informative and entertaining programs for you this year and those of us who pay for membership by payroll deduction need to remember to support the scholarship fund by bringing a check as soon as we are able. The first meeting is a great time to contribute.
I hope to see you on the 10th of August at Deerfield church at 9 a. m. for our first meeting and breakfast together for the year.
Blessings and regards to all of you. Have a pleasant rest of the summer.
La Verne Franklin The Book Nook
Each month, the folks at The Red Pencil are going to ask for a reading recommendation, something you think your friends in the Watauga Unit will enjoy reading. Please keep your suggestions non-religious and non-political, something we’d all like to read. To start us off, LA VERNE FRANKLIN recommends Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Seth Grahame-Smith weaves historical facts and figures into pure myth – or maybe not - in this book which will have you coming back to it time and time again. Although fiction, it has many details that are so believable that the story has a hypnotizing effect – and it will make you wonder just how much you really know about history. The book is a "must read" for the summer. MARY HAZEL MAST is happy with anything by Salisbury NC’s John Hart, who writes thrillers that are vividly beautiful and graphic. Mary Hazel says they’ll make you bleed and stay up too late reading!!! Try The Last Child, Iron House, King of Lies, and Down River.
REMEMBER THAT OUR AUGUST MEETING IS ON WEDNESDAY, NOT THURSDAY! $$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$
MONEY MATTERS: paying dues the efficient way As always, your dues amount is printed in the upper right corner of your mailing label this month. If you receive your newsletter by email, you may check with Dot Barker, dot24@bellsouth.net on your amount. Please bring this amount to the August meeting, with your check made payable to Watauga Unit of NCRSP. If you are unable to attend the meeting, you may mail your check to Dot Barker, Treasurer, 451 Poplar Hill Dr., Boone NC 28607. If your label has PR printed on it, you have chosen to have your dues deducted from your retirement check through the Payroll Deduction Plan. DO NOT WRITE a check for your dues if you see PR on your label. You certainly will, however, want to write a check for the Scholarship Fund.
If you are a new retiree or a membership prospect, you will find no dues amount on your label.
If you retired after July 1, 1999, your annual dues are $106.
If you retired between July 1, 1985 and July 1. 1999, your annual dues are $60. Please consider paying your dues this year through the Payroll Deduction Plan, whether you are a new retiree or a current member. With this plan your dues are deducted from your retirement check each month, so they are spread over the year rather than in one check. You have no check to write at the beginning of the year. Also, even though we all hope that we won’t have to use it, the amount of the Accidental Death and Dismemberment Policy that comes with your membership is $7,500 for those members on the Payroll Deduction Plan and only $2,500 for cash-paying members. Please note that the state will drop accidental death coverage for cash-paying members who have not paid by October 15. The forms for both types of membership will be available at our August meeting. Again, PLEASE consider paying through Payroll Deduction, for your benefit and our chapter’s.
Our unit has an Associate Membership plan for noncertified personnel - assistants, secretaries, cafeteria workers, etc. The Associate Membership is $10 and is for nonvoting membership in the local unit only, which includes our newsletter, The Red Pencil. This does not include membership in the district, state, or national organization. This is available only for noncertified personnel. If you have any questions about dues, please call Dot Barker at 264-3621 or email her at dot24@bellsouth.net. Contributions/Suggestions/Email Edition of The Red Pencil, anyone? Change of email or snail mail address? ntn@skybest.com or snail mail toNanci Tolbert Nance, P.O. Box 188, Blowing Rock NC 28605
A BIG suggestion for your health: Keep a pouch of these crystals with you at all times. Put the crystals under your tongue immediately if you think you’re having a heart attack. How easy is that?
Welcome to Mariann Clawson, who assumes responsibility for our door prizes, and thank you to Barbara and Winston Kinsey, who will take care of our invocations.
We are happy to acknowledge a donation from Mary Frank Smith to the Scholarship Fund in memory of Gaynelle Wilson. Please be aware that donating to the fund is a perfect way of remembering or honoring a colleague. The family of the person for whom you are making the donation will receive a note informing them of your generosity.
Need a Lift?If you or anyone you know needs transportation to one of our meetings, please call Beth Carrin at 264-9227 and she will make arrangements.
2010-2011 Officers Watauga Unit North Carolina Retired School Personnel President La Verne Franklin 964-3337 franklin160954@bellsouth.netVice
Pres/Pres. Elect Billy Ralph Winkler 264-3330 winkler3@bellsouth.net
Sec./Treas. Dot Barker 264-3621 dot24@bellsouth.net
Parliamentarian Robert G. Shipley 297-2832
Legislative Comm. Chr. Ben Strickland 264-2320 benstrickland@bellsouth.net
Membership Comm. Chrs.Roland, Barbara Moy 264-8811 moyrf@appstate.edu
Memorials Susan McKay mckayinboone@live.com
Community Participation Eula Mae Fox 264-3066emfox@bellsouth.net
Scholarship
Decorations Linda and Roger Harwood 264-3974 rlharwood@bellsouth.net
Meeting Arrangements Margaret Sigmon 264-2036 margaretsigmon@goboone.net
Remembrance Lera Randall 264-3979 lerarandall@earthlink.net
Historian Janice Burns 295-7454 burnsjn@bellsouth.net
Red Pencil Editor Nanci Tolbert Nance 963-8892 ntn@skybest.com ntn1066@hotmail.com
Webmaster Lee Stroupe 264-1276 lstroupe@gmail.com
NCRSP – What Have You Got to Lose?
Do you know any prospective members of our unit, new retirees who would benefit from membership and who would add energy and another perspective to our group? If so, please let them know that we need them and they need us. What do they have to lose if they don’t join? Subscriptions to Panorama and NCAE News Bulletin, FREE accidental death and dismemberment insurance up to $7,500, lobbyists representing retirees’ needs, free hearing screenings, member discount cards for discounts at over 150,000 locations/businesses – and all for as little as $6.75 a month on payroll deduction, that’s what – and more.
New retirees have received a letter from our unit. At the bottom of the letter is a coupon for breakfast at our first meeting of the year. If people ask you exactly what we do, please tell them that in addition to meeting five times a year for fellowship and information, we also donate school supplies to Watauga County students; collect children’s books for Santa’s Toybox; collect food, medicine bottles and plastic bags for the Hunger Coalition; give cell phones to OASIS and to our troops overseas; and provide services to our members that include Christmas gifts for our shut-ins and transportation to meetings.
Volunteer Hours , Our Continuing Struggle and a BIG Change Beginning with this August, Eula Mae Fox, our Community Participation chair, and Gay Murphy, her cheerful assistant, are going to be asking you to turn in your volunteer form twice a year.
When you come to the meeting in August, please bring a volunteer form (an extra is included in this newsletter) which covers your activity from January 1, 2011 through July 31, 2011. PLEASE understand that this is no time for modesty. Every single day you do something for someone else. You visit friends in nursing homes, you help to write a newsletter, you work in a community garden, you sing in your church choir, you meet with like minds on a library board or an arts board or a church board, you provide flowers for meetings, you volunteer to take a friend shopping, you’re a substitute grandma in an elementary school class, and you do a hundred other things. Part of our reputation with headquarters in Raleigh and part of that award our president discussed in her message is based on our volunteer hours. Please pitch the modesty and tell us LOUD and PROUD about all the wonderful things you do. Remember that caring for a family member doesn’t count, but almost everything else does!
TECHIE ALERT:
Do you own a Kindle? Do you buy books/shoes/baby buggies/plants/movies/anything on the planet online? Do you EVER shop at Amazon.com? The next time you’re thinking of buying anything through Amazon.com, make a quick stop first at http://wcrsp.blogspot.com/, our Watauga County Unit of NC Retired School Personnel blog. Look just below the photograph of our latest scholarship recipient and you’ll see a link to Amazon. Click on it to begin shopping in the Amazon store AND you’ll be sending a few pennies back to our unit! How’s that for clever? Calling all “Computerites”: Sites You Need to KnowWatauga Unit, North Carolina Retired School Personnel: http://wcrsp.blogspot.com/
North Carolina Retired School Personnel: http://www.ncrsp.org/Index.html (home site for all information about our state organization, including how to sign up for electronic delivery of Panorama)North Carolina Association of Educators: http://www.ncae.org/ (home site for our active association/affiliate)AARP: http://www.aarp.orgNRTA: AARP's Educator Community: http://www.aarp.org/about-aarp/nrta/ Senior discounts, hundreds of discounts on everything from milkshakes to sweatershttp://goo.gl/I5v8B
My Kind of Teacher...
A new college graduate took his first job as a school teacher. Just before the school year started, he injured his back and was required to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body.
Fortunately, the cast fit under his shirt and wasn't noticeable.
On the first day of class, as so often happens with new teachers, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in the school. The punks were facing an unknown and decided to see how tough or easy the new guy was before trying any pranks.
Walking into the August-warm classroom, the new teacher went straight to the window, opened it wide, and sat on the corner of his desk with his roll book. A strong breeze made his tie flap and the students snickered. The second time the breeze took his tie, he reached across his desk, picked up the stapler, and promptly stapled the tie to his chest - twice.
Discipline? No problem.
The Red PencilWatauga County NCRSP
451 Poplar Hill Dr.
Boone NC 28607
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
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