Fun lunch and pension news

Our July lunch was fun as always. Paul Ordog was back :-) and a non-retiree (!), Kathryn Schneider, joined us. Jean Lombardi shared a photo book she'd made of her trip to Nova Scotia, and Carol Reed shared her photos from Italy.

Carol, Joyce, Jean, and Marcia

We set the next lunch date for Wednesday, August 17th. (Dooney's Pub, Delran, 12:30)

An important item of note regarding our pension situation:
With our hopes pinned on the passage of a constitutional amendment to guarantee the funding for and preservation of our pension system as we know it, it becomes critical to ensure that the Senate will vote to allow that amendment to appear on the November ballot.

To that end, all retirees and current school employees are encouraged to call and/or email Steve Sweeney and their districts' state senators to 1) post the bill (SCR-2) for a vote (that's for Steve Sweeny) and 2) support its passage.

Senator Sweeney - 856 - 251-9801                     email:  SenSweeney@njleg.org  LD 3  (Senate President)

Senator Beach - 856-429-1572                            email:  SenBeach@njleg.org  LD 6

Senator Diane Allen - 856-314-8835                   email: SenAllen@njleg.org  LD 7

Senator Addiego - 609-654-1498                        email: SenAddiego@njleg.org LD 8

Senator Connors - 609-693-2469                       email:  SenConnors@njleg.org   LD 9

Senator Thompson  732-607-7580                     email: SenThompson@njleg.org  LD 12

I am heading to Trenton Monday (Aug. 1) for NJEA's Lobby Day. Any members are welcome to join me...and all non BCREA members are encouraged to join. This is a seriously critical time for all of us.

See you tomorrow!

I hope everyone has been enjoying a wonderful summer...(and surviving the heat!) How about that booming thunderstorm last night?? Did you lose power like we did?

What have you been up to? We just took my sister to the airport today to fly home to California. It was great seeing her...and also "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Beautiful" on Broadway. I joined a subdivision of that half price ticket place that gets discount tickets for seniors (among other special groups) and look forward to taking the train into NYC more often than ever to see more shows. Anybody interested in joining me sometime? :-)

Let's talk........

See you tomorrow, I hope!

Carol in Italy

Last pictured in the photo of the previous entry, eating with us at Dooney's Pub, Carol was more recently seen in this photo of her husband Frank's on Facebook today. (Looking good, Carol! Have fun!)

Meanwhile, happy Fourth of July week-end to all our DEAR friends!
Speaking of Independence Day, the movie of the same name was pretty good for a sequel.....