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DIV20.CALRTA.ORGPresident: Bill Orenbillvoren@gmail.com - 209-479-6611Vice President: Marcos Contreraspickandpull@comcast.netNewsletter Publisher: Bill OrenVol. LVIII May 2022 No. 6SAN JOAQUIN DIVISION 20 NEWSLETTERWe have made it through the fiscal year! We have met in person at our regularly-scheduled luncheons. We have hostedmembers, speakers, and entertainers at “the end” of thispandemic. We have awarded teacher grants. We are awarding high school scholarships May 5. We are attending thestate conference. Let’s continue to move forward andaccomplish even more in working to protect teacherpensions and support public education!Thanks to members for recruiting new members, donating tothe scholarship fund in honor of deceased members,attending meetings, and all the other tasks too numerous tomention.You are all so appreciated for the work you do! THANK YOU!THANK YOU!Respectfully, Bill Oren, Division 20 presidentI offer gratitude to those who have helped to make ourachievements possible: Thanks to the Division 20 Board for their efforts and ideasin arranging our luncheons, guest speakers, sponsoringteacher grants and scholarships. Lily Bugarin, Marilyn Lagier, and Rose Hopkins deserveaccolades for managing our luncheons from choosing andordering food, desserts, and table decorations to keepingtrack of reservations. Thank you, Joy Fagler, for sponsoring our February luncheon at the church. Kudos to Glenda Schubert and Judy Rafert for their diligence in taking and publishing the minutes of the businessmeetings. Thank you, Tracy Pearse, for the interesting newsletterarticles and photos you have provided about the history ofDivision 20. Special gratitude is given to Helen Vignolo, ScholarshipFoundation chair, who continues each year with the hugetask of selecting recipients. Thanks also to John Bradford,Cecilia Moran, Marilyn Lagier, and Kim Bell for evaluatingapplications in this valuable project. We thank treasurer Minnie Eichele and Gloria Young foroverseeing the finances of Division 20, carefullymanaging financial transactions. Thank you, Minnie and Marcos Contreras, for volunteeringto serve as division delegates at the annual convention.Also in this issue:You are invited!!! Thursday, May 5, is the next luncheon catered by Angelina’s Spaghetti House. Plan to arrive at 11:15a.m. to catch up with old friends or make new friends. Wewillbegintheprogramat11:30.Theemphasis of this event is the presentation of fivecollege scholarships to area high school students. It isalways impressive to hear their stories with theirparentsinattendance.Entertainmentaswell.Menu: Green salad, ravioli, herbed chicken, fettuccini pesto,french bread, dessert by Northing Bundt Cakes,plus.beverage.Reservations due by Monday, May 2, along with your checkpayable to CalRTA Division 20 to: Rose Hopkins,125 Erma Ave, Stockton 95207. Call Rose with questions at209-477-7515. Reservation required.Reservation for Thursday, May 5, 11:15 a.m. forMeet and Greet. First Congregational Church3409 Brookside Rd, Stockton 95219Enclosed is .Please reserve lunches at 15.00 each.Name(s)Meet A Member2Tardy Tule Tales #154Scholars Honored2Mini Grants5March 3rd Mtg. Minutes3Susan B. Anthony5Memorial Tributes3Take a Book5Beloved Teacher3Donation & Membership 6Phone:
Background: Kim was born inAlaska as her father was in theAir Force, coming to Stockton(her mother’s birthplace) whenshe was in 10th grade. Aftergraduating from Lincoln HS, sheleft at age 21 to live in Atlanta,GA. Four years later, she movedto New York City as a sales representative for high-end jewelry,moving back to California after ten years. Employment: Kim held multiple jobs before deciding to goto college, everything from sales, real estate, health services, working for NY mayor Koch, eventually honing in ontechnology and writing technology personnel manuals.Since she also was a singer, she sang and acted atPollardville in the vaudeville shows there. Ask her sometime about her can-can dance! Education: As a single mother to her son, she decided tobecome a teacher at age 40, studying at Cal Poly whereshe earned her multiple subject teaching credential, thenearning a single-subject credential in English. Employment as a teacher: Kim taught 7th grade at StellaBrockman in Manteca, transferring to Weston Ranch HS,then to East Union HS where she eventually retired. Kim’screativity and technology expertise allowed her to utilizevirtual reality and Google links to enhance her lessons andinvolve her students. With her business background, herpassion for writing and using contemporary literature suchas World War Z became her focus. Known as a tough andstrict instructor, Kim believes “When it’s working, it’s somuch fun!” Family: Kim’s son is now an electrical engineering studentin Washington State. St. Patrick’s Day is her wedding anniversary to Mark, and this year they are off to England,Scotland, and France for an anniversary trip. Future: Kim has volunteered her red Volkswagen convertible for Stockton’s Fourth of July parade this year. Let herknow if you want to put on your red, white and blue andride with her in the parade! Thanks, Kim, for all you do!We love Kim’s enthusiasm for life and look forward to hercontinued participation with Division 20.by Helen Vignolo, ChairpersonThe Scholarship Foundation of Division 20 announces therecipients of the annual high school scholarship program.These five students from area high schools have demonstrated academic excellence, participation in school andcommunity activities, and a desire to become teachers.Each will receive a 1000 scholarship from CaliforniaRetired Teachers Association and will be honored at ourMay 5 luncheon.Kennedy Brubaker-Ripon High School (photo not available)3.87 GPAGoal to be an Elementary School TeacherCollege: San Joaquin Delta CollegeBrenda VegaRipon High School4.34 GPAGoal to be a Biological Science TeacherCollege: CSU StanislausEmily MiddletonEscalon High School 4.20 GPAGoal to be Secondary EnglishTeacherCollege undecidedRyan InderbitzenManteca High School4.01 GPAGoal to be a Business and ScienceTeacherCollege: UC Santa BarbaraSinh NguyenMcNair High School4.16 GPAGoal to be an English TeacherCollege: CSU FullertonWe thank the following division members for evaluating applications: Kim Bell, John Bradbury, Marilyn Lagier, CeciliaMoran. Thanks also to SUSD Local Scholarship Departmentfor emailing applications. Special thanks to all Division 20members who have supported and continue to support theScholarship Foundation to encourage future teachers
Welcome: President Bill Oren welcomed all rememberingWomen’s History Month and St. Patrick’s Day. Membersrecited the Pledge of Allegiance.Memorials: Send donations to Marilyn Lagier. Let her knowwhere to send a notice of the donation. Otherwise, she won’tknow where to send it.Lisa Gilmore: Special guest, Lisa Gilmore, shared theDurham Ferry STEM Program to members. This program isbased on outdoor education and anyone interested in helping by leading outdoor hikes and field trips is encouraged tocontact the County Office of Education. Flyers were distributed.Spring Conference: Since our membership is now below500, we are allowed 3 voting delegates. The conference is inSacramento May 12 – 14. Bill Oren, Marcos Contreras willbe going. Minnie Eichele is also going and needs a roommate.Minutes: Minutes of February luncheon were accepted asreviewed.Financial Report: Minnie reported a checking balance of 20,782.83. The luncheon income was 410 and expensewas 345.00.Newsletter: Because there is little time between Februaryand March meetings, getting the newsletter out in a timelyway was difficult. There are many steps to completing thiswork. Bill suggested changing the date of the October meeting to a week letter to keep the newsletter current.Luncheon: Honoring St. Patrick’s Day, we had corned beefand cabbage. Yum!Guest Speaker: Gwendolyn Dailey, President of Dome ofHope, shared the mission of this non-profit organization.Dome of Hope began in 1998 serving people from the SierraVista Housing Project. This group started as a family program and serves adults and children teaching independencethrough education, technology, trade, and arts. Donationsare welcome.Meeting adjourned at 1:04 p.m.Respectfully submitted, Glenda SchubertScholarship Foundation: Students from Escalon, Lodi, Lincoln, and Ripon responded to the announced scholarships.Applications will be read March 22 and recipients will beintroduced at the May meeting.The door prize of mints in a jar was won by Gloria Young!Thank you to the many people who have submitted memorial tributes, honorary tributes, and made donations---all ofwhich go to the scholarship fund.who are heading to college to become teachers. We canhelp with our scholarship foundation and your donations.As a reminder, tributes may be made in anyone’s memory orhonor. Perhaps you might want to consider a donation inhonor of your favorite elementary school teacher. Perhapsthere is someone who taught one of your children or grandchildren and you would like to honor that person becausehe/she is retiring this year. Maybe your next-door colleaguesaved your life more than once when you were a new teacher, and choosing to donate to honor that colleague would bea meaningful gesture. (You may use the Donation Form inthis issue.)The future of our education system will be those studentsWilhelmina Henry, longtimeteacher and member of California Retired Teachers Association, died April 2, 2022, at theage of 102. Mrs. Henry was thefirst African-American teacherto be hired by Stockton USD in1947, helping to make it possible for teachers of other racesto be hired as well. After teaching for 46 years, Mrs. HenryNext Meeting – May 5, 11:15 a.m. presenting scholarshiprecipients.In Memoriam:Mabel “Jimi” Choice by Fredrica CooperSydney Thacher by Fredrica CooperBeverly Fitch McCarthy by Marilyn LagierHarvey Addie by John and Elaine BradburyStan Jacobs by Grace SatoKathy White by Nina FreemanMyrtle Neal by Helen VignoloLerlean Kelley by Loneta ColbertWilhelmina Henry by Bill and Diane OrenDonations to Scholarship FundAnonymous - Margaret Bowen - Barbara Sarkany-Goreretired in 1994 and joined CalRTA, Division 20 that sameyear remaining a member until the end of her life.Division 20 was part of her 100th birthday celebration inJanuary of 2020 at the Wilhelmina Henry Elementary Schoolnamed after her presenting her with flowers and best wishes. During her birthday week, Division 20 presented a resolution to her and her family at a meeting of the SUSD Board ofEducation where we also led the audience singing “HappyBirthday.”Mrs. Henry’s daughter, Rachelle Mimms, is also a retiredteacher and member of Division 20.
by Tracy Pearce, Div20 HistorianTardy Tule Tales-Division 20 History-#15 by Tracy PearseShortly after finishing last month’s article on the Humbargersisters, I received an email from one of our retired teacherswondering about the old Jackson Elementary School. Shehad had a friend who had attended the school before WWIIand was curious about what might have happened to herJapanese-American classmates. What a coincidence that Iwas writing about this situation that I knew nothing about!This teacher had been interned at the Stockton fairgroundsas a child and remembered the older girls who becameteachers in horse-stall classrooms. When I asked her if shehad known Elizabeth Humbarger, she replied that Elizabethhad encouraged her to investigate teaching or nursing asher best professional prospects. At that time, second- andthird-generation Japanese-Americans were just being accepted into such professions.Examining the time she spent at the fairgrounds, she remembered enjoying all her new playmates. How resilientchildren can be! When I commented that my own GermanAmerican family had not been persecuted, she recalled seeing young German prisoners of war housed locally. It washard to believe that Japanese-Americans had been prisoners of war in their own country.and Ready Island and the fairgrounds after JapaneseAmericans were moved elsewhere. The photo below has asits ironic caption: “This center has been open to evacuees ofJapanese ancestry for one week.”Please continue to contact me at tpearse963@aol.com withyour suggestions and questions.“This center has been open to evacuees ofJapanese ancestry for one week.”When I investigated German POW camps, I learned thatthere had been several in California, including one on RoughSecond VP, Govt. Relations, Communications. Volunteer to shadow an officer.Write greetings to members (postage & cards provided). Like working on social media; Facebook? Have computer skills? Web master interest where you can post articles on Div20 website? Or don’t know but would like tohelp? Contact Bill billvoren@gmail.com This is a way to get to know other members and have some fun.
The teachers who receive our annual mini-grants are alwayshappy and grateful that we are able to award these grants.Last year we awarded six grants, while in December we sentchecks to five more teachers from smaller outlying districts inour area. We recently received a message of gratitude from TKteacher Rosalina Bonilla:the new train set. There are definitely enough train tracksto keep more than six kids busy. I could probably let eightkids play at a time if there was enough space on the carpet. There are many items like signs, trees, cones, andcargo to move with the crane. ““Thank you again for the mini-grant. I have been wantingto buy a train set for my TK class since I began teachingTK in 2018. The train set will teach kids teamwork formany, many years. The trains and train set were a big hit.The kids were very excited when I showed them the bin withIt’s exciting to read notes like the above to let us know thatthese grants are useful and worthwhile filling needs that maynot have been met using district funds.We invite you to become part of this teacher mini-grant program. Contact Bill if you are interested.Division treasurer Minnie Eichele was chosen this year as arecipient of the Susan B. Anthony award for women of distinction. She and six other community members were honored atthe Februrary 15 annual banquet. Many Division 20 membershave been honored in the past. The chairperson and emcee ofthis year’s event was division member Diane Oren.In the photo, Minnie is shown with Stockton mayor KevinLincoln and Division 20 president Bill Oren offering their congratulations.Remember to bring a book or two to drop off in May and pickup a book for your reading pleasure. We have many books tochoose from. Let’s keep reading and exchanging books.Something in the Water-Catherin Steadman#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Ashocking discovery on a honeymoon in paradise changes the lives of a picture-perfectcouple in this taut psychological thriller debut--for readers of Ruth Ware, Paula Hawkins, and Shari Lapena.Some titles recommended:The Paris Apartment - Kelly BowenWhen Aurelia Leclaire inherits an opulentParis apartment, she is shocked to discover her grandmother’s hidden secrets—including a treasure trove of famous artand couture gowns. One obscure paintingleads her to .Sunset Express - Robert CraisWhen a wealthy entrepreneur is accused ofmurder in Los Angeles, wisecracking private eye Elvis Cole is hired to prove thatthe evidence was corrupted and becomessuspicious about the defense attorney'smotivations. The sixth book in the ElvisCole series, Sunset Express is marked byRobert Crais's dark humor and edge-ofyour-seat suspense.Oxygen - Carol CassellaOXYGEN opens with Marie Heaton, ananesthesiologist at the height of hermedical career, facing a nightmarish operating room disaster that ends a child's life andlaunches a tangled malpractice suit.Others: The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead The Late Show - Michael Connelly The First Tycoon - T.J. Stiles Devil in a Blue Dress - Walter Mosley
Page 6California Retired Teachers AssociationMay 2022The Scholarship Foundation of San Joaquin #20 California Retired Teachers AssociationDonor’s Name:Street Address:City:State:Zip:Enclosed is my contribution to CalRTA Scholarship in the amount of It is a Memorial Special recognition Birthday recognition To honor A gift forName Please send an acknowledgement of this contribution to:(if this is a gift, the next two lines may be left blank)Name AddressCity StateZipWho is a relative of person being memorialized being honored being recognizedMake checks payable to: Scholarship Foundation of San Joaquin #20 and mail to:Tribute Chair: P.O. Box 7820, Stockton, CA 95267-0375 Donor and Honoree (or next of kin) will be notifiedAmounts are not disclosed. Donations may be tax deductible. Thank you for your contributionPlease note: The following membership application is published for your convenience in recruiting new members. Please clipand give it to a retired teacher who may not know about CalRTA. . *Soc. Sec. #NameLastSpouse’s NameIf joiningFirstMiddle . *Soc. Sec. #Street Address:City, State Zip:Birthdays: Mo DayPhone #:&Mo DayDistrict Retired From:Dues Deduct: 5.50/ Month 11.00 (for self and spouse) per MonthCash: 66.00I authorize the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) to deduct my Association dues. To terminate duesdeductions, I agree to make my request in writing to the CalSTRS office in Sacramento.The MEMBERSHIP YEAR is counted from the original date of membership.Signature:Spouse’s Signature*Social Security # is needed ONLY if you want dues deduction from your STRS check.Mail to: CalRTA Division 20 - PO Box 7820 — Stockton, CA 95267
Vice President: Marcos Contreras pickandpull@comcast.net Newsletter Publisher: Bill Oren Vol. LVIII May 2022 No. 6 SAN JOAQUIN DIVISION 20 NEWSLETTER Thanks to members for recruiting new members, donating to the scholarship fund in honor of deceased members, attending meetings, and all the other tasks too numerous to mention.
