Bay Area

Retired School Personnel

Volume 26 - Issue 3 November 2017

Officers
President
Presidents Message
Joyce Sigelko For all of you on Medicare...you will be sent a NEW Medicare card between
April, 2018 and April, 2019. Your new card will NOT have your social security
President Elect number on it. You will be given a NEW ID number that will be unique to you
Barb Skowronski only. This will help keep your information more secure and should protect
your identity. Please understand mailing out new cards will take time. You
Program may get yours before or after some one else you know gets
Vice President theirs. Remember, NEVER give to anyone contacting you, especially via
Janet Brandt phone, your new Medicare ID number. Have a question on Medicare? Visit
Ardith Reszke Medicare.org or call them toll free 1-800-633-4277.

Secretary
Margaret Bird Got the Internet? Sign up and get the BARSP newsletter before it even goes to print. Save your
chapter money, man hours and get it instantly.
Treasurer
Phil Bosco Joyce

Past President
Sandy DeWaele
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO DELIVER MEALS Mobile Meals of Bay County is
recruiting seasonal volunteers to fill vacancies in its home meals delivery service.
The program provides hot and cold meals for the elderly, home-bound, or people
with special dietary needs. Volunteers are generally assigned one day a month and
work in pairs delivering meals. The process takes 1-1/2 hrs. For information call
BARSP Nancy Quinn at 989-684-4386.
Luncheon Meetings
Lumber Barons
Brewery All you need is one; one is all you need
804 E. Midland St. By Membership Co-Chairs Vicki Barnes and Lillian Jones-Thomas
2nd Floor Reprinted from September 2017 Vanguard

November 13 All you need is one; one is all you need.

11:00 This take on a quote from a popular Beatles song will be said many times in the coming
March 12 year. What do we mean? We mean please recruit one new retiree to join MARSP. You can
11:00 do so in several ways. One is to have your beneficiary join. A beneficiary stands to inherit
April 9
your pension, so he or she has a huge stake in our endeavors regarding pensions and
11:00
health care. Thank you to the many members who have already recruited their beneficiary
May 14
or other new member. Another way to bring a new retiree into our fantastic organization is
10:30
to give a gift of membership. Either use the form in your most recent VANGUARD or
download a form from our website, marsp.org. You might also know of a former member
who just hasnt gotten around to renewing his or her membership. Give that person a gift,
or maybe just a reminder. Lost the form? Get that person a new one ASAP. When the time
comes, make sure you renew your membership. Rather than put the renewal mail aside,
take care of it right away. We dont want to lose you. Auto-renewal is also available.
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INSURANCE
The good news about the insurance is there is no change in the deductible and co-insurance. The cost may have
changed slightly, a little less and the Dental/Vision a little more, overall a small savings. We will be going back to
EyeMed for vision coverage. You will receive a welcome packet from them.
More good news from Blue Cross is all members will receive a 100% covered physical each year and routine lab
work covered at 100%. For Non-Medicare members the time frame from January to April is removed. For Medicare
members you may need to make the appointment one year and one day from the last physical/Wellness Visit.
It is that time of the year to think about flu and pneumonia shots. Talk to your primary care physician/
provider. If you have a new baby in the family, talk to your primary care provider about the shot for pertussis/
whooping cough.

From the Desk of Dee Bishop

November Pre-Pays
If you are wondering when your membership expires look
Leeds Bird Marion Jones at your latest newsletter label. After your name you will
Margaret Bird Janet Kanicki see something like A18. This means your membership
expires June 30, 2018. If you see a number lower than
Dee Bishop Elaine Kirkpatrick A18, your membership has expired, and you wont be
receiving any more newsletters. In other words, this
Dr. Mary Boettger Arlene Lambert issue will be the last one you receive until you have
renewed your membership.
Cindy Bosco Kathy McMillan
If you are a snowbird, you must make
Kathy Bremer Marilyn Morales arrangements to receive your newsletter by whomever
collects your mail while youre gone. The post office will
Kay Bridenbaugh Shari Neuman not forward bulk mailings. Your other option will be to
receive your newsletter via email. Please contact me if
Grace Chevalier Sue Post
you choose to do that. Newsletters are sent in the
Shirley Clemens Ardith Reszke following months: August, September, October, February,
March, and April.
Betty Clifford Mary SanClemente Reminder to update any changes to your
address, email, and phone number information.
Janet Dixon Florine Schutkowski Please send any changes to Dee Bishop at
Mary Ida Doan Joyce Sigelko hdbishop451@aol.com, 989-686-9907 or (call or text)
989-450-2545.
Nancy Durocher Bob Sporman
Mary Garcia Sylvia Sporman
Greeters for 2017-2018
Leon Giffel Lou Ann Thompson
November, 2017:
Marge Giffel Jeanne Townsend Joan Hildinger, Ron Hildinger, Shari Newman

Marty Gilke Gary Tusciuk March, 2018:

Mary Boettger, Nancy Durocher, Carole Hoyle
Lois Gottleber Vonnie Tusciuk
April, 2018:
Franklin Grant JoAnn VanOver Nancy Rochow, Sylvia Sporman, Bob Sporman

Joy Heintskill Marvin Webber May, 2018:

Dee Bishop, Kathryn Bremer, Penny Martin
Ron Hildinger Phyllis Woody
Joan Hildinger Nancy Yurgaites Substitutes: Jeanine Link, Mary Moskal, Barb Skowronski, Pat Wilson
Phyllis Woody
Bill Jones
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BARSP Meeting Reservation Form

Monday, November 13 , 2017 11:00 am at Lumber Barons Brewery on Midland St.
$9.50 per person
Name(s)_________________________________________ ________________________________________

No. Attending ________________ Amount Enclosed __________________________(please do not staple)

Make check payable to BARSP and mail by November 3

Senior Safety Carl Learman
Bonnie Kanicki 6353 Lawndale Rd.
Michigan State Police Saginaw, Mi 48604

BARSP MEETING MINUTES---October 9, 2017

Joyce made a repeated call for someone to work with Phil
Bosco to learn the treasurers job. Someone (with Excel
BARSP MEETING MINTUES---October 9, 2017 experience) is also needed to help Dee Bishop with mem-
bership. People are needed to help with a mailing to be
The meeting was called to order by President Joyce Sigelko at
conducted in March in an effort to increase membership.
10:00 The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance and
the singing of God Bless America. October birthday cele- BLESSING: Dr. Mary Boettger offered this months blessing.
brants were wished Happy Birthday in song. Margaret Bird will offer the November blessing.
SECRETARYS REPORT: accepted as printed. 50/50 DRAWINGS: Cyndi Thomas, $55; Nancy Piotrowski,
$18; Shirley Clemens, $18.
TREASURERS REPORT:
Our next meeting is MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2017 at
Income $13,736.00 11:00. This will be our last meeting of the calendar year.
Expenses $ 1,254.00 Members are asked to bring food items for the Good Samari-
Check Acc. $12,482.00 tan Rescue Mission of Bay City.
Sav. Acc . $ 2,391.41
CD $ 7,352.61 Members had an opportunity to socialize while we waited for
Life Acc $ 7,352.61 our program presenter to arrive.

PROGRAM: Branko Bojicic, newly retired from BCBS of

Michigan, highlighted changes in our insurance coverage
Marty Gilkey moved and Sue Post seconded a motion to ac-
cept the treasurers report as presented. for 2018. EyeMed is our new provider for vision coverage.
There is no increase in our co-insurance or deductible for
MEMBERSHIP: Dee Bishop welcomed former Midland Chap- BCBS. Medicare members are eligible for a routine physi-
ter members in attendance. Dee reminded members that the cal and its accompanying lab work with 100% payment of
expiration of their membership is indicated by the date on the
the cost. Co-pay for emergency room visits will be $100
mailing label on the newsletter.
plus 10% co-insurance. Co-pay for urgent care visits will
INSURANCE: Sue Post reminded members of the need to be $65 plus 10% co-insurance. TruHearing will be the
keep their immunizations up to date. A whooping cough only provider for hearing benefits. A flat dollar amount of
booster shot is recommended for people with babies in their $499 or $799 per aid, depending on the type of hearing aid
families.
selected, will be the members cost. More details are
LUNCH RESERVATIONS: Carl Learman reported 83 reser- available in the Fall 2017 issue of VANGUARD.
vations and 73 meal tickets.
Submitted by
PRESIDENTS REPORT: Joyce Sigelko reminded members
of the Halloween Bash to be held at Our Lady of Peace Parish Margaret Bird
to benefit Brians House. Members are invited to attend the
dedication of the newly-renovated MARSP Office on Wednes-
day, November 8 from 1:00-3:00.
MARSP is conducting a new member membership drive; de-
tails are in the current issue of VANGUARD.
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VOLUME 26ISSUE 3 November 2017

Meet Mary Ida Doan

Hi, my name is Mary Ida and I have been a member of BARSP for 30 years, through my late husband Nate
Doan. I am currently the head elf at the Nate and Mary Ida Doan Santa House. Before that I was Mrs.
Santa for fifty seven years.
Nate and I taught Santa School from 1966-1990 and I am still an advisor for the school, which will be 80
years old this year.
I retired this year from the Fireworks Festival Committee after having volunteered there for twenty-five
years. This February I did, however, volunteer for the Fireworks Telethon.
I am looking forward to slowing down and starting to enjoy retirement. You can still see me at BARSP
meetings selling raffle tickets.

***Coming in March When asked, What does love mean? Heres

Charles and Lorraine Crandall what young children had to say:

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is
April and May are available for you to write different. You just know that your name is safe in their
your story to share. mouth.

Please contact Rika at Love is what makes you smile when youre tired.
usrika@sbcglobal.net if you would like to be
Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you
featured in either the April or May issue. have left him alone all day.

When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and

down and little stars come out of you.