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TISDALE CHAPTER OF STS September 2, 2014
President’s Message
Welcome fellow STS members. Isn't it amazing how fast the summer goes by? In spite of some early rains the summer was mostly sunny and warm and wonderful! Here we are beginning a new year of STS activities!
Welcome to all new members! We encourage newly retired teachers to join the STS. It gives much greater clout to any requests we make when we can make them on behalf of 10,300+ retired teachers!
Because so many holidays land on Monday we are changing our monthly meeting date to every third TUESDAY this fall and we hope to see many new faces gather with us! Our meetings are informative and usually quite short and then we enjoy visiting over a lunch. Each fall and spring we go for an adventure of one kind or another, but always including food!
Have you checked out the new local STS website created and hosted by Tim Shire? The website is www.sknews.ca/tisdale_districts It includes our Tisdale School Division School Districts History Book and reports and photos of our meetings. We plan to attempt a new project this year to follow the Schools History Book. This is to be a collection of individual teacher's histories which may some day be published or may be kept in our archives. A format will be available on request. We hope you will want to participate.
I wish to thank our past president, Deanna Gruending and sincerely wish her well as she cares for her family out west, to our faithful secretary- treasurer, Darlene McCullough, for her continued support and direction, to Tim Shire for all the work to put our School Districts History Book online and give us a presence on the web, to Bob Donnan for the very professional job he does on this newsletter, and to all the members who give of their time and energy to serve on committees and attend meetings.
Outline for the 2014/15 Year
Tuesday, September 2 - 9:00 AM - THWTB - our traditional breakfast at the Riverside Golf course in Tisdale
Tuesday, September 16 - Trip to Creekside Orchards for lunch
Monday, October 20 - Lunch with the STS president and the presentation of membership awards Tuesday, November 18 - 1:30 PM - Regular meeting with a guest presenter
Wednesday, December 3 - Noon - Annual Christmas Party hosted by the Melfort Chapter at All Saints Anglican Church
Tuesday, January 20 - Regular meeting and a Virtual Tour of Maui, Hawaii with Darlene McCullough
Tuesday, February 17 - Regular meeting with lunch at a local restaurant - Charitable Donations collected - (Also, in February, STS hosts the Birthday Tea at New Market Manor)
Tuesday, March 17 - Regular meeting, selection of AGM delegates and donations to the TMSS Scholarship Fund
Tuesday, April 21 - Breakfast meeting at a Tisdale restaurant, election of officers for 2015-2016, and discussion of AGM resolutions
Tuesday, May 19? (Depends on AGM date) - Regular meeting with reports from the AGM - (Also, in May, STS hosts the Birthday Tea at Sasko Park Lodge) Tuesday, June 16 - A June Outing - TBA
Outgoing President Deanna passes the bell to new president Maureen
Best wishes, Maureen Donald