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IPIBCC IEM\IElfll!llU!S lFACUllL lnY ASSOCllA l!llON NIEWSILIElnllElfl August 2002 Left-right: Sunny Meyer, Mary Bosworth, Dorothy Manor, Sylvia Meeker, and Honey Duncan. A message from your President - Bill Wilson The May 9 meeting was we ll attended. Two new faculty retirees- Allan Gerson and R. Mike Donnelly-were recognized but un abl e to attend. Annual election results for 2002-2003 were th ese: President, Bill Wilson; Vice-President, Kathleen Asher; Secretary, Joan Holloway; Treasurer, Honey Duncan. Appointed positions were Newsletter Editor, Joan Young; Social Welfare C hair, Helen Darcey; Co llege Li aison, Lis Erling; and Parliamentarian, Honey Duncan. Our membership updating process has been completed. Current membership lists have been mailed. We are right at 100 EFA members at present, a record number. Our thanks to Joe Schneider for hi s presentation on health insurance and Medicare med ical options for retired people. His was not only a timely message but one of vital importance to all. Our one b ig social event is scheduled for December 6 at the Atlantis Country Club. Mark your calendars! Joan Young, Editor Above: Eleanor Myatt and Janell Bloodworth Although Atlantis h as raised its fees, we are st ill holding the event for $20 per person. A couple of members have opined that $20 is steep for lunch. But this is more than a soc ial lunch- eo n. It's .. . a . . . HAPPENING! Come and greet your long-t ime friends and co ll eagues. You will receive specific information fo r this third annual fi esta in early November. Our next meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 4. Invitations and information wi ll be mailed earl y in September. See you there!

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  • IPIBCC IEM\IElfll!llU!S lFACUllL lnY ASSOCllA l!llON NIEWSILIElnllElfl

    August 2002

    Left-right: Sunny Meyer, Mary Bosworth, Dorothy Manor, Sylvia Meeker, and Honey Duncan.

    A message from your President - Bill Wilson

    T he May 9 meeting was well attended.

    Two new faculty retirees- Allan Gerson and R. Mike Donnelly-were

    recognized but unable to attend.

    Annual election results for 2002-2003

    were these: President, Bill Wilson; Vice-President, Kathleen Asher; Secretary, Joan Holloway; Treasurer, Honey Duncan. Appointed positions were Newsletter Editor, Joan Young; Social Welfare C hair, Helen Darcey; College Liaison, Lis Erling; and Parliamentarian, Honey Duncan.

    Our membership updating process has

    been completed. Cu rrent membership lists have been mailed. We are right at

    100 EFA members at present, a record number.

    Our thanks to Joe Schneider for his presentation on health insurance and

    Medicare medical options for retired people. His was not only a timely message but one of vital importance to all.

    Our one big social event is scheduled

    for December 6 at the Atlantis Country Club. Mark your calendars!

    Joan Young, Editor

    Above: Eleanor Myatt and Janell Bloodworth

    Although Atlantis has raised its fees,

    we are still holding the event for $20 per person. A couple of members have

    opined that $20 is steep for lunch.

    But this is more than a social lunch-eon. It's .. . a . . . HAPPENING!

    Come and greet your long-time friends and colleagues. You will

    receive specific information for this

    third annual fiesta in early November.

    Our next meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 4. Invitations and

    information wi ll be mailed early in

    September.

    See you there!

  • News of members Frank Adams taught as an adjunct during the Spring Term. He and

    Kathy visited Washington, DC, and

    their daughter Kimberley in northern

    Virginia in June.

    Kathleen Asher has five grandchil-dren. The Ashers will be visiting them

    this summer in Raleigh, NC, and in

    Vassar, MI.

    Joanne and John Connolly are spending the summer at home in

    Delray Beach after a very busy travel-

    ing schedule during the first half of the

    yea r. They attended John's nephew's

    wedding in Los Angeles in January and

    cook side trips to San Diego and

    Coronado Island. T hen, Joanne visit-

    ed her father@i Portland, OR. During

    April, they toured Brittany in France,

    hiking and exploring megalithic sites,

    and visited England's Sutton Hoo

    archeological site. From there, they

    drove to Stratford-upon-Avon for a

    play and Wiltshire for more hiking and

    archeological "site"seeing. Their final

    days in England were spent in

    London- at the theatre, at the British

    Museum, and at the new Tate Gallery

    of Modern Art. They returned home

    to find their house flooded because of

    a leaking hoc water heater, bu'C)after

    resolving chat problem, traveled co

    Atlanta co celebrate their son's confir-

    mation and to watch their grandsons

    play tournament football.

    Don Cook writes that he and his wife live full-time in their motor home.

    They are members of MMAP (Mobile

    Missionary Assistance Program), doing

    construction and repair work at youth

    camps and churches all around the

    country. This past spring they were at

    the Sheriff's Boys Ranch in Live Oak

    and then in New Hampshire.

    Helen Darcey and her husband, John, traveled to North Carolina in early

    May co attend the Biltmore Estate's

    Festival of Flowers in Ashville, then to

    Blowing Rock in Boone, then to the

    Outer Banks.

    From June 25 through July 9, Lucile Dickinson was on staff on the cruise liner SS Extlore!'_, working in the com-

    puter classroom as it traveled along the

    Alaska Coast.

    Kathleen Drawdy and her husband spend April through October in their

    mountain home in Young Harris, GA.

    Lis Erling is on the mend from hernia repair that was performed in April.

    Congratulations to Dennis Gallon (above), current President of PBCC,

    who has received the University of

    Florida Institute of Higher Education

    Outstanding Graduate Award. The

    award recognizes graduates of the UF

    College of Education's Higher

    Education doctoral program who have

    established distinguished records of

    leadership in their institutions, com-

    munities, and professional activities. It is one of the highest honors conferred

    byUF.

    Craig Gathman keeps busy with his Military Auxiliary Radio, which

    enables active duty military persons to

    keep in touch with their families, etc.

    Banna Ghioto (above) was honored to be the principal speaker at a ceremony

    on Memorial Day at Pine Crest.

    Paul Graham received radiation therapy at Wellington Cancer Center

    through July 30.

    After many years of residency in Spain,

    Joan Jones is now living in Las Vegas, NY, and reports chat she is enjoying the beautiful scenery and all the activi-

    ties.

    Glen Marsteller is driving a tour bus in Yellowstone National Park for the

    summer.

    Jim McCue reports the following works in progress: E nergy

    Comparisons Poster, which was

    copyrighted in 2001, and Tsunami

    Deep Sea Monitoring Gauge, for

    which a patent is pending.

    Eleanor Myatt's travels in March took her to Caribbean islands with her

    half-sister, 96 years of age! They

    visited M argari ta, Venezuela; Bonaire,

    Sc. Lucia, Dominica; St. Thomas,

    Virgin Islands; and the Bahamas.

    Mary Orsenigo was very happy to see many "old" acquaintances at the Dolly

    Hand Center Gala in April.

    From April through October, Art Schneider leaves his Lake Worth home to live in his cottage at 770 Grace

    Road, Frankfort, MI 49635, six hun-

    dred feet from a sandy Lake Michigan

    beach . H e and his dogs love it!

  • In the spring, Frankie Sprague vaca-tioned in Malta, "older than the pyra-mids," she says. She still works part-time as communications consultant

    for Labor Finders International, a temporary staffing franchise firm.

    Jewell Sterling considered it "a real treat" to visit with everyone at the pre-

    holiday luncheon last year. She came all the way from California! This past spring she visited Williamsburg, VA.

    Jim Tanner was not at the May meet-ing, because he and Norma went to Iowa, where Norma's mother is in a nursing home.

    In mid-Oc~ber Bill Wilson will be in Branson, MO, for a reunion with all those who served on the US. Navy aircraft carrier, USS Coral Sea. Bill is also still participating in KAIROS, a

    prison ministry, and will be serving for a weekend in November at the Okeechobee Correctional Institution.

    Betty Woolfe and Bob are enjoying

    their life style in John Knox Village, a retirement community in Orange City, FL. Betty serves there on the Residents' Council and chairs the

    Activities Committee. ("What else for

    a retired Continuing Education Director?!" she writes.) They continue to travel and take lots of photos for

    their memory books.

    Joan Young is serving as Chair of the Retirees Commission of FACC, which she invites all of you to join. (She is

    also Secretary of the PBCC Chapter of FACC.) She continues to construct crossword puzzles for publication and has become an addicted player of

    NTN Trivia games in local bars and restaurants.

    Left: Paul Graham

    Right: Bill Wilson and Michael Hakucha

    Below: EFA members enjoying the May meeting

    May Meeting Report Guests at the meeting held on May 9, 2002, were Kathy Adams, Jan Bussell, and Rosalie Morrissey. Constitution Committee Chair Bill Boorman reported that amendments to the EFA's Constitution will be proposed at the meeting in October 2002. President Bill Wilson reported

    that the EFA pre-holiday parry at the Atlantis Country Club in December was greatly enjoyed by the 44 participants. Wilson also announced that Faye Ledbetter had resigned for reasons of health and that he had taken charge of the treasury in the interim and was in the process of updating the membership list.

    PROGRAM: Attendees were presented with an address by Joe Schneider about health insurance for retirees. The message included information about choosing between an HMO or a Medicare supplement, about Medicare HMOs, and about Medicare supplementary (Medigap) policies.

    DRAWING: Michael Hakucha was the lucky winner of a $50.00 certificate for lunch or dinner at Atlantis Country Club.

    If you weren't there, you missed a great meeting!

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  • PLEASE SEND US NEWS ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

    MEETING IN OCTOBER

    We will meet again at 12 noon on Friday, October 4, 2002, on the second floor of the Library on the Lake Worth Campus. Brian Kelley, Director of the Library, has invited EFA members to use the library's facilities. There will again be a drawing for a $50.00 lunch or dinner certificate for the Atlantis Country Club. (Michael H akucha won this prize at the meeting last May.)

    Let's have a good turnout!

    Send news about yourself or other members to:

    Joan Young 500 Davis Road, #43 Palm Springs, FL 33461 (561) 964-3238 E-mail: [email protected]

    If you have a change in address or phone number, contact:

    Bill Wilson

    2100 Springdale Blvd. #Y-2 16

    Palm Springs, FL 33461 (561) 967-5063

    E-mail: [email protected]

    DON'T FORGET E-MAIL

    ADDRESSES.

    If you would like to request that a sympathy or get well card be. sent to a member, contact:

    Helen Darcey 5440 N . Ocean Blvd., Apt 204 Singer Island, FL 33404

    (561) 439-5558 (561) 842-5260

    The PBCC Library has instituted a $15.00 annual fee for obtaining a library card and services for citizens not officially allied with the College. Brian Kelley, Director of LLRC, has waived that fee for members of the Emericus Faculty Association using the Central or Glades facilities. Present your current EFA membership card when requesting services.

    NOTICE

    Please direct all matters concerning the treasury to our new EFA Treasurer:

    Honey Duncan 1019 Snowden Drive Lake Worth, FL 33461 (561) 582-1823

    MEMBERSHIP DUES:

    Active Membership

    $10.00 - In Palm Beach County or within 100 miles of West Palm Beach

    Associate Membership

    $5.00 - Not in Palm Beach County or within 100 miles of West Palm Beach

    Honorary Membership

    $5.00 - Spouse of a deceased or incapacitated member

    Make Checks Payable To

    EMERITUS FACULTY

    ASSOCIATION, PBCC,

    and indicate type of membership.

    Send dues to Honey Duncan.

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