Bay Area

Retired School Personnel

V O L U ME 2 9 I S S UE 1 B A Y A RE A RE T I RE D S C H O O L P E RS O N NE L PA G E 1

Greetings Bay and Midland County Retirees!

Officers
Our first meeting since 2019 will be September 13, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. at the Marriott Hotel,
President known as “Courtyard Bay City,” at their “Uptown” location, 2 E. Main St., Bay City, Michigan.
Dee Bishop Please make sure to park BEHIND the hotel where parking is plentiful. Please walk in the back
door on the parking lot side; make a left to reach the hallway, and our meeting will be in the
President Elect large room on the right side of the hallway. Vinny, from Uptown Grill, will be catering our lunch.
The price has increased slightly from our buffet at Lumber Baron’s to $12.00. If you bring a
Program guest who joins BARSP that day, they will receive their lunch free of charge! If you prepaid
Vice President (see list) you will not have to pay the additional $0.50 for our September meeting. Using
Janet Brandt the form, please indicate the number of people attending (noting guests) with your check to
Ardith Reszke Carl Learman. You MUST have your request postmarked NO LATER than September 4 th.
Things to note about this meeting:
Secretary  We are seeking volunteers and officers to fill remaining open positions. We need the
Nancy Yurgaites following: Membership Committee members of 5-6 people; Historians (scrapbookers
welcome) of 2-3 people; Board Members-3 in addition to the 4 officers; Ambassador;
Treasurer people to help with mailings; committee to update BARSP by-laws of 3-4 people, and
Connie Frank more as needed.
 All volunteer positions will require about 30 to 60 minutes per month part of the year.
Past President
Suggestions are always welcome!
Barb Skowronski
The BARSP Board, consisting of Barb Skowronski, Connie Frank, Nancy Yurgaites, and
BARSP myself met last month. Barb Skowronski and Connie Frank submitted their resignations.
Luncheon Meetings Connie’s is effective as of September 1; Barb’s was effective that day. During the meeting,
the following changes were made:
Marriot Courtyard  The BARSP Board of Directors will consist of the four officers and three
Bay City representatives. We encourage our Midland members to take some of these positions. We
2 E. Main St. Bay City need a treasurer, vice-president, and three board members. We generally meet just before
(uptown) our meetings six times per year and once in the summer.
11:00  Dates for the fall meetings are September 13th; October 11th; and November 8th at
the Marriott in Bay City; Spring meetings will be held in Midland, hopefully, at the Valley
September 13 Plaza Resort to encourage and include our Midland members- half of our membership.
October 11 Those dates are tentatively scheduled for March 14th; April 11th; May 9th
November 8
 Sunrise Family Credit Union will accommodate our checking and saving accounts.
Tentatively
PLEASE consider helping with one of the many things our local chapter does. We really need
Valley Plaza Resort
you.
Midland
March 1 ,2022
I can be reached either by email, mail, phone, or text. You are encouraged to volunteer,
April 11,2022
comment, share an idea for a presenter, program, or anything. We now have a post office box!
May 9,2022
The address is: BARSP P.O. Box 1112, Bay City, MI 48706.

WELCOME BACK!

Dee Bishop
hdbishop451@aol.com; 989-450-2545; P.O. Box 1112, Bay City, MI 48706

PLESE
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September Pre Pays BARSP Greeters 2021-2022

Leeds Bird Franklin Grant JoAnn VanOver September 2021– Arlene Lambert, Mary
Margaret Bird Joan Hildinger Marvin Webber Moskal, Nancy Yurgaites

Dee Bishop Ron Hildinger Nancy Yurgaites. October 2021– Kathy Bremer, Mary Moskal,
LouAnn Thompson
Cindy Bosco Bill Jones
November 2021– Lois Gottleber, Joan and Ron
Phil Bosco Marion Jones *Please note the Hildinger
increase to $12.00.
Kathy Bremer Carl Learman
If you prepaid you do
Kay Bridenbaugh Kathy McMillan not need to pay the
Charley Brown Ardith Reszke additional cost this
time.
Shirley Clemens Charles Rochow
Diane Cooley Mary San Clemente
Carl Learman Please turn in all information for
Kathy Cull Florine Shutkowski
the OCTOBER issue of the
Sandra DeWaele Barbara Skowronski BARSP newsletter to
Mary Ida Doan Bob Sporman
Rika Smith usrika@icloud.com
By
Mary Garcia Sylvia Sporman September 16
Marty Gilkey Gary Tusciuk
Lois Gottleber Vonnie Tusciuk
Positions for BARSP Program Chair—Ardith Reszke
Chapter Legislative Ambassador and Chairman— Past President—Barb Skowronski
Elaine Kirkpatrick
Newsletter Editors– Kathy Cull and Rika Smith
Chapter Health Insurance Chairman—Sue Post
Grants Chair– Grace Chevalier
Chapter Membership Chairman—Becky MacMillan
Cheer and Courtesy– Sandy DeWaele
Chapter Online Facilitator—Phil and Sandy Paulus
Recruitment and Nominations– Bill Jones
(email, Facebook)
Greeters– JoAnn VanOver
Chapter Secretary—Nancy Yurgaites
Chapter Treasurer—Connie Frank (at present)
Chapter Vice-President (President Elect)—
Open
Chapter President—Dee (Helen) Bishop 2021-
2023
Board Directors—Need 3
Mailing—Bill Jones and Charlie Brown
Historian—Need 2-3
Membership Committee—Need 4-6
Lunch Reservations—Carl Learman *Need 1 to
begin taking over
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BARSP Meeting Reservation Form

Monday, September 13, 2021 11:00 am at Marriot Hotel 2 East Main St., Bay City
$12 per person
Name(s)_________________________________________ ________________________________________

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

Make check payable to BARSP and mail by Sept 4
Carl Learman
6353 Lawndale Rd.
Saginaw, Mi 48604

Minutes of BARSP Officer’s Meeting 4. BARSP BY-LAWS

July 13, 2021 a. Need to be updated.
b. Ours should be aligned with MARSP By-Laws.
Present: Barbara Skowronski, President, President Elect, c. Board of Directors would include four officers. Job
Dee Bishop, Connie Frank, Treasurer and Nancy description of certain board positions will be created
Yurgaites, Secretary. and included in revised By-Laws

A. Called to order by President Elect at 12:15 p.m. First 5. MISCELLANEOUS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED
order of business was the official resignation of a. Out-reach person
Barbara Skowronski as President as of 7-13-21. Connie b. BARSP e-mail
Frank’s resignation will be official 9-1-2021. Upon res-
ignation of Barb, Dee Bishop is new acting President 6. MOTIONS MOVED, SECONDED AND PASSED TO
as of July 13, 2021 and Bill Jones will be contacting REFLECT DISCUSSIONS HELD AND DECISIONS MADE
members to fill treasurer and VP offices.
B. Next on the agenda were discussions on several a. It was moved by Barb that a committee be formed to
topics as follows: review and revise current By-Laws and that the number
1. MEMBERSHIP on Board of Directors be increased to seven which would
a. Recruiting new members as well as encourag- include our four officers, if approved by MARSP. Job de-
ing the attendance of present members, also past scriptions of new board members would be included in By-
retirees who held all types of support staff positions Laws. Seconded by Connie. Motion passed.
b. Presently looking for another venue to hold b. To set Calendar for the Year:
luncheon meetings that would be convenient for all 1. It was moved by Connie and seconded by Barb
Bay Area retirees to attend, such as Midland retir- that the BARSP Luncheon meetings on Mondays,
ees. Sept. 13th, October 11th, and November 8th, be held at
c. Recruiting new retirees – perk would be a paid the Marriott Hotel, 2 E. Main Street, Bay City, Michigan
lunch at meeting. As discussion continued, more at 11:00 a.m. Motion approved.
factors were included in this paid meal. 2. Dee moved we conduct meetings and hold lunch
at the Valley Plaza Resort located at 5221 Bay City
2. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Road, Midland, Michigan in an effort to include our
a. Updating positions of Board of Directors - are all Midland School District retirees and make more con-
positions needed? venient for March 14th , April 11th and May 9th at 11:00
b. Membership Committee: A very huge job – a.m. All approved.
should have 4 people to handle the workload – 3. It was moved by Barbara and seconded by Con-
include updating directory. nie that a member bringing a recently retired school
employee as a guest, who is not a member and be-
3. BARSP FUNDS comes a member of BARSP that day, be treated to
a. Consider change in using different financial lunch that day. Motion passed.
institution for BARSP accounts. Sunrise Family Credit 4. It was moved by Dee that BARSP Checking and
Union. Savings be transferred from Team One Credit Union to
b. Short discussion was held on where our monies Sunrise Credit Union by September meeting. Sec-
would be distributed if our organization would be dis- onded by Barb. Motion passed.
solved.
C. Meeting adjourned at 1:45 p.m.
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VOLUME 29—ISSUE September 2021

Meet Dee Bishop

Dee (Helen) Bishop has lived in Bay City since 1976 and retired from the Pinconning Area
School District in 2010. Her career in Pinconning began in January, 1977 when she was hired to
teach sixth grade at Central Elementary. Throughout the next 33 years she taught at Linwood
Elementary and Pinconning Middle School where she taught math and American history.
Dee was born and lived in upstate New York, mostly in Fredonia, until her second year of
high school when her father took a job in Caro, Michigan. During the next few years she had the
opportunity to live in Honolulu, Hawaii Seattle, Washington and Palm Springs, California. In 1976 she
returned to Western Michigan University and completed her student teaching in Bangor Township.
She took an educational leave of absence in 1981-1982 to attend George Washington University in
Washington, D.C. and earned a Master of Arts in Education and Human Development (Special
Education). While there one of her most memorable and rewarding experiences was orchestrating a
field trip of middle and high school students to the Air and Space Museum. The entourage arrived
with numerous wheelchairs, aides, attendants and one teacher!
Dee enjoys the theater, (especially musicals), kayaking, biking, reading, camping and
knitting Her involvement with OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) keeps her busy attending
classes and going on trips. Dee has one daughter, Meredith, who recently graduated from Wayne
State University with a master’s in Library Science and Information Systems. Merdith works in the
library at Delta College