
Welcome
to the Website for the Richland County Retired Teachers Association

Our Mission...
We invite all retired educators to become members of the Richland County Retired Teachers Association. RCRTA offers
its members the opportunity to stay informed about relevant legislation on such issues as education, health care, and other
retirement concerns. At the meetings, members can connect socially and learn about opportunities to connect with our community
through volunteer efforts. Our current President Mary Thomas wants to become more involved with city and county schools. "
RCRTA distributed pencils to every active teacher in the county on teacher appreciation day.
The pencils had "Thank you for all you do for students. Richland County Retired Teacher's Asscociation Teacher
Appreciation Day 2010.
Explore this site to learn more about our organization.

February, 2010
Dear Fellow Retired Teachers,
It is a privilege and an honor to serve another term as your president.
Please mark the four meetings on your calendars. We are attempting to notify all of you of the meetings, but if you don’t
get a call or an email, please understand that you are welcome. We only ask that you call for a reservation so that we have
enough food. Spouses and teacher friends are always welcome as well.
We also want to invite all of our active colleagues
to our July meeting. We will try and inform them through an announcement before school ends, and we will have information
on the WEB site. However a personal invitation is the best! Retired educator, David Speas, is going to speak at the July meeting.
His talk is about wolves and their relationship to domestic dogs. He has a puppy that he will bring along. This talk comes
highly recommended by other groups who have heard it.
We have three other excellent programs lined up. One will be about
travel including the new airport rules. Another is on crime prevention. And finally, a music program by one of our schools.
Much is happening at our retirement headquarters in Columbus and we will keep you well informed about all of this. Carol
Bertholf, Legislative Chair, travels to Columbus to observe STRS-Ohio board meetings nearly every month, and will have a first
hand report at each meeting. She is also our WEB master and has placed lots of information on the site. Check it out at ,
or go to the ORTA WEB site and click on the Richland County link.
Last year our meetings were well attended, and we
hope to do even better this year. Be sure to make your reservations as we look forward to seeing you.
Mary Thomas, President
2010-2012


MEETINGS AND PROGRAMS 2010
July 12 at NOON Deer Ridge Golf Course, located on Rt. 97 near I 71
Program: Dave Speas, Retired Educator presenting "Wolves
and Dogs"
Downstairs Banquet Room
Cost: $13.00 If you require handicap access, please call Jan Castor at 884-0717, or
Mary Thomas at 884-2721
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September 13th
at NOON - Former Quinn Paint Store on South Main Street
Program: JoeSchininski, a retired Mansfield policeman presenting "Crime Prevention".
Cost $12.50
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November 8 at NOON
at the Brown Derby Roadhouse in Ontario
Program: A School musical program - to be announced

The STRS Board has to submit a plan
to the ORSC that will bring us back to a 30 year unfunded liability. The plan is due by mid- September. The ORSC
will consider the plans from all of the State Retirement Systems and then make recommendations to the Ohio Legislature which
alone has the authority to make needed changes.
Contact the
STRS Board: board@strsoh.org
Individual board members addresses are listed on the "News"
page.
Contact Jay Goyal:district73@ohr.state.oh.us