Anna King, Journalist with Northwest Public Radio, Presents "The Daughters of Hanford"

Anna King and Victoria Russell

The meeting began with a presentation from the local American Legion with three veterans presenting flags and Vickie Evans leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance, and a medley of hymns from branches of the Armed Services.  

Following a few committee reports, President-Elect, Victoria Russell, introduced Anna King, an award-winning journalist with Northwest Public Radio.  Ms. King's topic on "Daughters of Hanford" was excellent, and current with local involvement with the Hanford site.  Many questions were answered at the end of the presentation, and members stayed after with additional queries. 

Advice from Anna; get out of your rut – listen to different news presentations - change your routine- eat something different for breakfast. Bonsai Audio assisted with this multi-media event.  

During the Business Meeting the Legislative Committee and Pre-Retirement Committee were recognized for their hard work and accomplishment with the September Open Forum for candidates, and the October Pre-Retirement Seminar for 150 attendees.   Jim Foster and Elaine Banks commented further on these events.

90+ were in attendance including five presenters.

Meatloaf and taco salad was served for the luncheon.

Members were reminded about the November 19^th meeting and to bring unwrapped toys for the Salvation Army Toy Drive. “Mary Lou and Stevie” will be entertaining, and we will hear from WSSRA Executive Director Alan Burke.

Anna King delivers her program, "Daughters of Hanford." 

text and photographs submitted by Dottie Stevens

Pre-Retirement Seminar #6: Job Well Done

Matt Wiser, of Cornerstone Wealth Strategies, presenting,  "Social Security & Financial Planning." 

BFSRA sponsored its 6th Pre-Retirement Seminar, October 18th, at the ESD in Pasco. These seminars began in 2014 (we held two in 2015), and to date we estimate approximately 750 overall, soon-to-be-retirees, have attended overall. 

We didn't get an accurate head-count on this one, but we estimated approximately 150 in attendance, and with the help of  WSSRA Executive Director, Dr. Alan Burke, and his fresh $10 bills for any new member sign-ups, we collected 29 new members. 

Congratulations and thanks to Elaine Banks, Jim Bumgarner, Dottie Stevens, Victoria Russell, Ardith Eakins, and in absentia, Donald Parks, for their leadership, assistance and help offered.

Thank you's also go to ESD 123, from set-up to take-down, Matt Wiser, CornerstoneWeatlh Strategies; Dr. Alan Burke, WSSRA Executive Director; Larry Cade, Washington State Health Care Authority; Catherine Cadoo, Dept of Retirement Systems Plans II & III; Rohn Rutledge and Jeff Burgess, AMBA Representatives; Kristin Faris, VEBA; and Bob Fox, DRS Plan I.