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The Chalkboard
CECIL COUNTY RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNEL
ASSOCIATION
VOLUME 32 NUMBER 1 Elkton, Maryland September 2018
2018-2019 OFFICERS PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
President: Anne Humphrey I hope that you have enjoyed a wonderful summer!
Cooler weather will be here before you know it and
Immediate Past President: Kathleen the colors of summer will begin to fade.
Mullen
We look forward to seeing you at the fall
Corresponding Secretary: Betsy Van luncheon on September 18th at Schaeffer’s Canal
House. Our new MRSPA President, Ann Marie
Culin
Downey, and our Executive Director, Wanda Twigg,
will join us. I am sure that Mary has whipped up
Recording Secretary: Sally Haberl
some good entertainment!
Treasurer: Tony Mattern This fall is election season. Please acquaint
yourselves with all of the local candidates listening to
Newsletter Co-editors: Gretchen what they are saying about education and support of
Ginder and Signe’ Mika senior initiatives. Make yourself a well-educated
voter – no election is too insignificant to warrant your
vote! There are many ways to cast your vote – check
Useful Web Sites out early voting and absentee ballots.
I want to challenge you to reach out to at least
Consumer Protection:
one retiree this year and explain the benefits of
www.usa.gov/topics/consumer.shtml membership to them. There are thousands of retirees
that are not members of CCRSPA/MRSPA. Help
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them see how beneficial a membership can be for
protecting their pensions and allowing access to
plan for bad weather special benefits. Look at it as an insurance policy for
your pension for $55/year!
I would also like to take a moment to thank
my terrific executive team! Their hard work makes
my job the easy one!
See you at the luncheon on the 18th.
CCRSPA MINUTES -May 22, 2018
The group gathered at 11:00 AM at Schaefer’s Restaurant. President Anne Humphrey called the meeting to order
at 11:05 AM. The Pledge of Allegiance was said.
Wanda Twigg, Executive Director of MRSPA, brought greetings from the state.
• The ASBO Conference will be held in Ocean City.
• Jill Holly, Cecil County paraprofessional, received a $1000.00 MRSPA scholarship for student teachers.
• Decline in membership due to deaths and members not remembering to pay cash dues.
• Incentive program to get new members to join new members will receive $10.00 dues deduction for one
year and supporting member will receive a $10.00 gift card. Those who are cash members now will get
$10.00 deduction for next year’s dues if sign up for dues deduction.
• Statewide primary election in June reminder to vote for those who support schools and pensions.
• State newsletters have list of benefits just for joining, such as insurance for protecting our pensions.
Dr. Debbie Chase, Area 3 Director, brought words from Anne Marie Downey, the new MRSPA president. She
is encouraging all members to “Connect, Protect, and Make a Difference”. Connect to other counties, to new
members, and to elected officials. Protect our pensions. Make a difference for seniors having a better quality
of life. Talbot County has started a scholarship program inspired by CCRSPA.
Minutes were approved.
Treasurers Report. Raffle ticket money will be split between Scholarships and Kids Fund.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Communication – no report
Benefits – New Medicare cards will be issued. Contact Benefits office when new cards are received. Health
insurance will go up about 2% on January 1, 2019.
Community Outreach – School nurses are amazed and grateful for what we do. Kenmore nurse called for
shoes for a brother and sister.
Legislation – Primary election is on June 26. Can vote early, absentee or on Election Day.
Membership – 290 state and local members. 18 local members only. Kathryn Carter is a new member. Sherry
makes three contacts with each new member. Free raffle tickets for anyone getting a member to join.
Publication – Cost to mail newsletters is $0.50 now. Encourage members to get newsletters on webpage.
August 15 for news articles.
Luncheons – Donna reported that December luncheon would be in Perryville at Minker’s Hall. The March
luncheon is moved to February at Cecil County School of Technology or Vocational School.
Trip. Amy Peters and John Smith from Globus presented detailed description of Enchanted Canyon Lands trip
set for September 14 – 24, 2019. Flyer and reservation forms are on the webpage. This trip will also earn
money for our scholarships.
Program. Mary McCleary introduced our speaker Treyvon Morgan, CC Teacher of the Year.
Meeting adjourned at 11:57.
Paul Humphrey asked the blessing for our luncheon.
LUNCH
Recognition of Volunteers
Presentation of Scholarships - $1000.00 scholarships were presented to Lauren Tank, Erika Wohner, and
Paige Bradford.
Elkton Presbyterian Church received the food from the Can-Can program.
School Raffles.
2COMING EVENTS
September 4, 2018 Executive Board Meeting CCRSPA TREASURER’S REPORT
+ September 18, 2018 Luncheon Meeting -(CC)
November 27, 2018 Executive Board Meeting
BALANCE: June 30, 2017 $6474.82
December 11, 2018 Luncheon Meeting - SUB TOTAL INCOME $14,534.89
(Minker’s Hall in Perryville) SUB TOTAL EXPENDITURES 14,748.16
February 12, 2019 Executive Board Meeting
February 26, 2019 Luncheon Meeting – Net Balance 286.73
(School of Technology) CD at Cecil Bank $11,068.57
May 7, 2019 Executive Board Meeting
May 21, 2019 Luncheon Meeting - (CC) Balance on Hand $17,830.12
CCRSPA Officers & Committee Anthony Mattern, Treasurer
Chairpersons
OFFICERS
TAX EXEMPT NUMBER
President Anne Humphrey
Past President Kathleen Mullen When purchasing items for use by
Corresponding Secretary Betsy Van Culin Cecil RSPA use our "Tax Exempt" number
Recording Secretary Sally Haberl to avoid added state sales tax charges. Call
Treasurer Tony Mattern Anthony Mattern for more information.
COMMITTEE
Community Outreach Paula Cobb
Education/Protective Services
Tony Mattern
Enchanting Canyonlands
Legislation Paul and Linda Elwood
Membership Sherry Lewis September 14-24, 2019
Nominating
Benefits Tony Mattern I hope you’re planning to pack your
Programs Mary McCleary bags and join us on this great trip visiting
Public Relations & Communications our Nation’s canyon lands in September
Betsy Van Culin 2019. The price is $3359.00 pp not
Publications Gretchen Ginder and Signe’ including air/insurance/gratuities. Deposit
Mika will be $250 pp plus $289 travel insurance
Scholarship Charlene Metzger pp for a total deposit of $539 per
Social Diana Lohr person. Remember, to get the 10%
Sunshine Debbie Pasco discount, you must deposit on the trip
before November 27, 2018.”
Thank you!!
Fred Metzger
3September Luncheon Meeting
MEETINGS Schaefer’s Restaurant
SEPTEMBER LUNCHEON 208 Bank Street
REMINDER
Chesapeake City, MD 21911
Please remember to bring a canned
September 18, 2018 - 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
good or non-perishable food item for
the Can-Can Program to the
September Luncheon Meeting. Menu
DECEMBER LUNCHEON Parmesan Crusted Mahi-Mahi or
MEETING
Roast Beef in a mushroom demi glaze
Mark your calendar! Plan to attend and
keep in touch with CCRSPA friends at the Tossed Salad
December 11th luncheon at Minker’s Hall
in Perryville, MD. Green Beans and Mashed Potatoes
Members who want to get on our Apple Pie a la Mode
electronic CCRSPA distribution list need
to send their email address to Shirley Coffee Iced Tea
Montgomery at
smmontgomery@verizon.net or to Tony Price per person $20.00
Mattern at ContactUs@CecilRSPA.org
RSVP by September 11, 2018
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Clip and Send
Price per person is $20 in advance OR at the door, but you must RSVP, make check payable to
CCRSPA. Write “Luncheon” in the lower left corner. Email, call or send reservation by
September 11, 2018 to:
Diana Lohr at 2 Clipstone Court, Baltimore, MD 21236
Phone Number 410-256-4228 or email: dklohr@verizon.net
**IF You RSVP, THEN YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR LUNCH EVEN IF YOU DON’T ATTEND.**
Luncheon RSVP for September 18, 2018.
My NAME ______________________________ My guest _____________________________
Mark your choice:
mahi-mahi _____ roast Beef _____ mahi-mahi _____ roast Beef _____
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Raffle Ramblings CARING FOR OUR BRAINS AND
BODY AS WE AGE
I recently attended the Healthy Lifestyle Expo at Elkton
We would like to thank members and friends of High School. This topic caught my eye, sounded interesting,
especially for our retired school personnel group. The
CCRSPA for donating items for the May’s speaker, Kim Burton, Director of Older Adult Programs,
meeting/luncheon! WOW!! The raffle was a huge Mental Health Association of Maryland, did not disappoint.
success! Come and learn more about caring for your brain and body as
it ages and, how doing so will improve your health and
Looking ahead to September’s meeting/luncheon, if overall quality of life, raise awareness and knowledge
you want to share an item, please bring it to the raffle regarding the influence and impact of alcohol and substance
table, or see me at a future meeting. Thank you! choices in the aging process.
Mary McCleary, Raffle Chair Mary McCleary, Program Chairperson
Tutors Needed
Cecil County Public Schools is looking for tutors to support first generation college-bound students. The program,
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination), is designed to teach students study skills and habits of mind
needed for college success. In addition, students are supported through the college and scholarship application process.
Elkton High, Elkton Middle, and Cherry Hill Middle Schools are participating offering an AVID elective to selected
seventh, eighth, and ninth grade students.
As part of the program, students participate in weekly Tutorology sessions. Through a process that helps them
identify their "points of confusion," students and their tutors work through homework and preparation for their classes.
The program requires some training and a commitment to participate approximately once a week throughout the
school year. (Travel and grandchildren are understandably reasons to miss days). The schedule will be determined
after we know how many tutors are available. If you are interested, please email Anne Gellrich, Executive Director for
Secondary Education at agellrich@ccps.org.
2017-2018 State of Treasury
Cecil County RSPA has had a very successful year providing for our members, community and students of Cecil County.
Thanks to the social committee we have met in a variety of places to enjoy fellowship with each other. This upcoming year will be
no exceptions. Check the CecilRSPA.org website and Chalkboard for times and locations. If prior years are any indications,
meetings will be very entertaining and great food.
Because of your generous participation in the raffle and donations, we have increased future teacher scholarships to three thousand
last year. More importantly students in the county have received necessary items to aide in their education via “Kids fund”. Over
$2300 has gone to various schools to meet their needs and supplemental items.
We continue to be tax-exempt compliant by filing forms 990N to IRS and COF-85 with MD tax office. I am happy to inform you
that our service organization is Maryland State Tax Exempt until 2022. We are registered with several local stores and if any items
need to be purchase for Cecil County RSPA, I can provide necessary paperwork.
Due to your great cost saving efforts we ended the year with a surplus of $286.73. This amount may not be significant but it is an
indicator of how much your dues, donations and attendance to our meetings have help us provide over $14,000 to the future
student in education of Cecil County. As a non-profit organization all funds go to provide our community benefit.
THANK YOU for your continued support!
5Membership News for September
Membership total is now 293. There are 18 local only members.
*If you mail in your Dues, you were contacted, via mailing. If you didn’t respond, another reminder was sent to you.
If the State does not hear from you by November 1, the state will drop you from its’ roster for 2018-2019. Please
Remember, MRSPA is our voice at the state house in Annapolis.
*Remember to contact Gretchen Ginder, Shirley Montgomery and/or me (Sherry Lewis) if you should change your
address and or email. I will pass it on to MRSPA for you.
We want to be sure you don’t miss any chalkboards, luncheons and information from us/or MRSPA.
** We are continuing the process of updating our association’s email listings. Thank you, to those who checked
our list, at the May Luncheon. Planning on having it out for September, too. We made changes and received many
new ones.
As time has gone by, more people are using their computers as an access to information and news. Shirley
does a great job emailing out information, you may want to know about. If you made a change in yours and/or want to
add yours, please contact us.
***Contact us at
Sherry Lewis 410-398-1337, chickeelewis@mac.com
Shirley Montgomery 302-731-5371, smmontgomery@verizon.net
**** Our members continue to take advantage of getting free raffle tickets. YOU CAN, TOO!“ Just bring a
prospective new member as a guest to our luncheon. (Notify someone at the check in table) Your guest can be
someone who retired this year or someone who retired years ago.” We hope that once they come and find out all about
what we do, visit with members, enjoy the meal and possibly be a prize winner, they will want to join us and help in
supporting our community, too.
Emeritus member Evelyn F Logan
New Members
Michael C Schmook Cheryl Lee Mona L Dellinger Peggy Stewart
Scholarship Award Recipients
Lauren Tank is a graduate of Elkton High School and is a junior at Towson State University. She is majoring in integrated
elementary and special education.
Erika Wohner is a graduate of Elkton High School and is a junior at Wilmington University majoring in Social Studies. She
wants to teach middle or high school.
Paige Bradford is a graduate of Rising Sun High School and is a junior at Towson State University. She is majoring in
elementary and deaf studies.
6Retirement Memoir
Donna Shubra Thachik
After 21 years of teaching elementary art, I bid the classroom and a wonderful academic
community farewell for the great unknown. I had no plan. I still have no plan. I enjoy each
day as it comes with no particular schedule. I am blessed to share this bliss with my husband
of 45 years, Stephen. I love to travel and look forward to the trip west to the National Parks.
Seeing Bermuda, Ireland, and New England was awesome. I enjoy yearly jaunts with Ellen
Buesgen to follow a particular gallery scene or artist – Georgia O’Keeffe in Santa Fe, New
Mexico (twice) being a major art destination. The Wyeth’s in Maine and the contemporary
scene in Ashville, NC and Greenville, SC were favorite destinations.
On occasion, I teach art classes in my home. I have a basement floral design area where
I create original and unique seasonal pieces for my yearly craft and sale, which has been a 35
year tradition celebrating the season with good friends and delicious food and with my
family’s assistance.
I’ve joined a wonderful community of Presbyterian women and yoga, Pilates, and
jazzersize classes at the church. I belong to two book clubs and love to read. I’ve also enjoyed
the love and support of my Bunco group for over 40 years. We have three daughters in three
states and I am very proud of their careers and achievements.
Life is good. Who could ask for anything more?
In Memoriam
Katherine E Wein Mary L Davis Lois M Kirk
11/12/1923 – 2/5/2018 7/3/1928 – 5/25/2018 8/21/1942 – 6/23/2018
Substitute Teacher Teacher (Science/Math) Secretary at Bohemia
Manor High School
Zelda C Briscoe Margaret Jackson
5/3/1951 – 2/21/2018 5/13/1926 – 4/24/2018 Norma A Gatchell
CCPS system Food Service for CCPS 6/27/1941 – 6/26/2018
Food Services for CCPS
Prudence M Lambert
Richard A Bonham
4/5/1930 – 4/30/2018
3/13/1958 – 2/20/2018 In School Cafeterias Lynnette D Brinton
Bainbridge Elem. 1/20/1962 – 7/15/2018
Alice D Mahoney Lead Custodian for
Carl D Winkler 10/21/1947 – 5/4/2018 several CCPS Schools
12/5/1946 – 4/11/2018 Continuing Ed Center
Cecil College Sidney L Campbell
Pauline D Gibson 6/8/1935 – 8/9/2018
Leonard I Hamilton 3/13/1928 – 6/12/2018 Teacher
7/21/1940 – 4/16/2018 Teacher’s Aid CCRSPA Member
School Bus Driver
Elizabeth J Akers
5/29/1926 - 6/16/2018
Active in PTA at Kenmore
7CCRSPA Donation
(Please Clip and retain for your CCRSPA Scholarship or Kids Fund Donation – 2018-2019
records) Make check payable to CCRSPA, write “Scholarship” or “Kids Fund
Donation” in lower left corner and mail along with this slip to Tony
__________________________ ______
Mattern, 160 Willard Drive, North East, MD 21901-1631. Thank
Name you. (*See Below)
Name Amount $
$________________ Ck #_________
Amount
❑ In Honor or ❑ In Memory of
Date: ____________________________
!Kids Fund !Scholarship Fund
*REMINDER: A separate check for donations to the Scholarship or Kids Fund may be sent with your
September luncheon reservation and returned to Diana Lohr at 2 Clipstone Court, Baltimore, MD 21236.
Prescription Drug Clarification
In the recent edition of the MSRPS newsletter,
it was stated that prescription drug coverage for
Visitors from the MRSPA
state Medicare-eligible retirees would no longer
are Debbie Twigg and be part of our healthcare coverage. This does
Dr. Debbie Chase. not apply to us since we have prescription
coverage through CCPS health care benefits.
MOVING?
, Don't forget to update address and phone info!
Have nice things that you don’t Name
need/want/use anymore? If so, Mary New Address
McCleary wants to hear from you; she may
be reached at 410-398-3556 or email
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