BARSEAOct2013 - TRTA Local Unit Directory

Brownsville Area Retired School Employees Association
“Carrying the Torch for TRS Retirees”
From the President’s desk
October 2013
Newsletter #2
SPECIAL POINTS
NEW Members whose “VOICES”
will be added to TRTA/BARSEA 2013-2014
OF INTEREST
 BARSEA Meeting:
October 10th~ “Take a
Bite Out of Crime”
 Plant Auction October
10th~ to be held at October BARSEA meeting; donations welcomed
 District I Fall Convention,
Monday, October 21st,
McAllen
 Special Guests
November 14th BARSEA
Meeting: Tim Lee, Senator
Eddie Lucio, Jr, Representatives Rene O. Oliveira,
Eddie Lucio III & Armando Martinez
 Daylight Savings Time
Ends November 3rd
 National Children’s Day
November 8th
 BARSEA Golf Tournament: Saturday, Nov 16th,
Tee Boxes for $100
 Total Membership: 211
including 29 NEW Members (Yea!)
This picture was taken of some of our NEW Members to TRTA/BARSEA present at our
monthly meeting on Thursday, September 12th. We enjoyed having them and the total
of ninety-three members that filled VICC’s dining hall.
BARSEA would like to WELCOME
29 NEW Members to TRTA/BARSEA!
Norma Jean Alaniz…B’ville
Gloria S. Ayala…B’ville
Rose Mary Ayala…Los Fresnos
Mary Brown…B’ville
Mary Bowen...B’ville
Celia Campana…B’ville
Rosario Cardona…B’ville
Diana Fernandez...B’ville
Lydia Gaspar…B’ville
Lupita D.Gonzalez…Port Isabel
Georgina Gourley…B’ville
Royce Gourley…B’ville
Art Guajardo…B’ville
Kathy Harding...B’ville
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Ramon Hinojosa, Jr...B’ville
Mary Hoskins…B’ville
Cindy Johnson…B’ville
Sidney Johnson...B’ville
David Lopez…San Benito
Neck, Betsy...Laguna Vista
Celia Portillo…B’ville
Estela Reyna…B’ville
Jackson Tegarten...B’ville
Arminda Trevino…Olmito
Dolores O. Trevino…B’ville
Evangelina Vera... San Antonio
Garrett Withers...B’ville
Mary Helen Villareal...B’ville
Minnie Zamora…B’ville
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Yoli Garza, Sylvia Martinez, Zoila Rolon and Dora Cackley gather around
the memorabilia Zoila has collected through the years.
Past President, Sylvia
Perez, introduced our
guest speaker for
Thursday, September
12th. “Zoila Rolon is
the perfect example
of an ordinary person
doing extraordinary
things,” she said.
Zoila described her
early life in Brownsville with her job and
family.
There was a change
in her life when she
moved to Houston.
She met a priest from
Bosnia-Herzegovina
who saw the great
work she was doing
with the parish volunteers. He invited her
to go with a local
group to Bosnia to
help their parishioners there to help with
volunteer work. She
encountered difficult
times with sickness,
hunger and the cold
along with a political
war when these countries were declaring
their independence
from Yugoslavia.
It was at this time
that Zoila was told
about the Virgin of
Medjugorje, whom
she visited many
times during her
stay in BosniaHerzegovina.
She was honored for
her work with the
people of that region.
Zoila is indeed an extraordinary person.
Thank You, Zoila for
your visit and for
sharing such fascinating experiences
with us.
Written by Raquel Perez,
BARSEA Secretary
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Newsletter #2
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1st ever Golf Tournament on November
16th at the beautiful
golf course of the
Valley International
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members to
create a team.
fast and Mexican buffet will be provided .
Teams may pre-register 1st prize $500, 2nd
Prize $300 and 3rd
with Dora Cackley by
Prize $200 will be
emailing her at
[email protected] or announced at lunch at
approximately 1:00
by calling her at
PM.
956.451.4515.
Tee Box Anyone?
Do you have a son or
daughter, husband,
wife or friend who
might like to
advertise on a Tee
Box at our Golf
Tournament? ...$100
Call Tita @
956.455.5959 or email
[email protected]
them.
DISTRICT I
FALL CONVENTION
31 BARSEA members have
signed up to attend the District
I Fall Convention to be held
District I Fall Convention
at the Cooper Center at STC in
McAllen. Please begin volunMonday, October 21st
teering as a driver to carry
31 Members signed up to
three passengers. Mileage will
be paid. If you would like to
attend...Awesome!
join our caravan, we will meet
Please pay $12.75 @ Oct Meeting for
Registration which includes breakfast & lunch. at the Walmart on Alton Gloor
on Monday morning and leave
at 6:45 AM. Contact Tita for
info if needed...455-5959
Wear Red & Black
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Newsletter #2
Sending Gloria Aguilar,
Rosie Baez & Juanita Garcia
our brightest wishes to say
By Michael Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet Oz, M.D.
Preventing Early Memory Problems
Studies show that you can SLASH your risk for memory problems by adopting four simple, healthy behaviors. If you pick up
just one and make it a habit, your risk for memory problems
drops 21 percent; two cuts it by 45 percent; pick up three and
you're 75 percent less likely to be forgetful. Adopt four healthy
habits? Jackpot! Your memory will be unforgettably good.
Here's our set of beneficial behaviors:
1. Not smoking!
2. Exercising at least 30 minutes five or more days a week
(walking counts) and mix in strength training two to three
days a week for a metabolic boost.
3. Being able to say (every day), "I dodged junk food
today!" That means you ate none of the Five Food Felons (trans fats, added sugars and sugar syrups, red
meats and grain that isn't 100 percent whole).
4. Eating at least five to nine servings of fruits and
vegetables every day.
Bonus: Meditating daily is a super-effective way to
prevent memory problems.
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of "The Dr. Oz Show," and
Mike Roizen, M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and Chair of
Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic.
2014 Enrollment Opportunity for TRS-Care Medicare-Eligible Participants
If you are a TRS-Care enrollee covered by Medicare, and you made a
decision not to participate in the
Aetna Medicare Advantage medical
plan or the Express Scripts Medicare Part D prescription plan when
you were first eligible, you will
have an additional opportunity to
participate in these plans effective
Jan. 1, 2014. The enrollment period
is from Oct. 15, 2013 – Nov. 15,
2013.
This fall, TRS will send more
information to TRS-Care enrollees
who are eligible, but not currently
participating in the TRS Medicare
plans, about the enrollment opportunity for the Aetna Medicare Advantage plans and the Express Scripts
Medicare Part D plans. Please take
time to read these materials.
If you are not currently enrolled
and are interested in participating in
the TRS Medicare plans effective
Jan. 1, 2014, you will need to take action to enroll during the enrollment period mentioned above. If you do not
take action at that time, you will remain
enrolled in the standard TRS-Care plan.
However, you will miss out on the
richer benefits and lower costs offered
through the TRS Medicare plans.
Remember, if you decide to try the
TRS Medicare plans, you can terminate
participation at any time and resume
participation in your original TRS-Care
standard medical and/or prescription
plan. TRS-Care has received a lot of
positive feedback from the participants
who are currently enrolled in the Medicare plans. Currently, there are more
than 87,000 participants in the Aetna
Medicare Advantage medical plans and
112,000 participants in the Express
Scripts Medicare Part D prescription
plans.
Please note, if you are already enrolled in the Aetna Medicare Advantage
plan or the Express Scripts Medicare
Part D plan, you will not receive information about the enrollment period and
do not need to take action to continue
to participate in these plans.
BARSEA’s guest speaker for January 2014 Meeting will be Samuel Berrios from Aetna to answer any questions or concerns you might have.
More information can be obtained
by visiting the TRS website at
www.trs.state.tx.
"If you don't go after what
you want, you'll never have
it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you
don't step forward, you're
always in the same place."
~ Nora Roberts
Newsletter #2
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BARSEA plans to create exciting trips for its members. So, this semester we’re organizing
a Casino Trip to Coushatta, Louisiana for Monday-December 2nd thru WednesdayDecember 4th. If you’re interested, the cost for 2 nights and 3 days, bus-round trip is $120
per person with $30 added to your “Player’s Card.” We’ll be staying at the Coushatta Casino Resort. We still have room for more! Jackpots are waiting for us!
Contact me to secure your reservation… Tita 956.455.5959 or email me [email protected]
Make the Right Call
Benefits Check Up, www.benefitscheckup.org
Better Business Bureau, www.bbb.org
Cancer Information Service, 800.422.6237
Consumer Protection Hotline, 800.621.0508
Do Not Call Registry, 888.382.1222
Federal Citizen Information Center, 888.878.3256
FEMA, www.fema.gov
Government Freebies, www.myamericanbenefits.com
EACH ONE BRING ONE:
If you’ve helped bring in a NEW
member this year, you will be
asked to complete the “Each One
Bring One” form with Graciana de
Pena in December. Your name
will be added to TRTA’s raffle of
$100 to be held at TRTA’s State
Convention on April 13-15. The
drawing will be by Districts so our
chances will be greater to win.
Legal Hotline for Texans, 800.622.2520
Medicaid Hotline, 800.252.8263
Nursing Home Complaints, 800.458.9858
Office of the Inspector General Hotline, 800.447.8477
Social Security, 800.772.1213
Social Security/Food Stamp Hotline, 800.248.1078
Texas Abuse Hotline, 800.252.5400
Texas Comptroller, www.window.state.tx.us
Texas Health and Human Services, 800.500.4246
Texas Legislature Online, www.capitol.state.tx.us
Texas United Way Help Line, call 211
Unwanted Mail Advertising, 800.275.8777
Prepared by the
TRTA Informative and Protective Committee
in our Community
Contact:
Mersa Drew ~ 546-0893
Pro Life Center sponsored
by St. Mary’s Parish
TRTA website
TRTA.org
BARSEA website:
localunit/TRTA.org
TRS website:
TRS.state.tx.us