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SIEMENS Westinghouse Retirees Association Orlando, FL www.SiemensWestinghouseRetirees.org April, 2018 Newsletter IN THIS ISSUE GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT James Steinmetz TREASURER’S REPORT Paul McCauley HARRY L STURLA – WWII STORY OF THE DIARIES Craig Sturla BENEFITS OF SWRA MEMBERSHIP Pete DeRosa HELPING HANDS UPCOMING EVENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SWRA FACEBOOK PAGE PASSINGS SWRA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING DATES AND DEADLINES RETIREMENT WORDS OF WISDOM COMICS Dilbert, Shoe, Rubes, The Argyle Sweater RETIREE RESOURCES OFFICERS AND CHAIRS FOR 2018 SWRA IS GOING DIGITAL John Blake SWRA is going digital in order to get information to you faster, cheaper and with greater efficiency. SWRA sends a Quarterly Newsletter and periodical emails with various news and information to a large number of recipients. For a number of recipients, we do not have any email address. If we don’t have your email address, you will not receive any emails from SWRA. We need a correct email address for every member. We know that a few members may not have an email addresses. Please let us know if your email changes or if you now have an email address we can use for you. Some of you receive only a “MAILED” copy of the quarterly newsletters [includes spouses of deceased members] because we don’t have an email address for you. If you have an email address, in the future we would like to email the newsletter to you. Please contact John Blake at 407-405-6944 [also John5670@ aol.com] to: provide your new or correct email address discuss your email address situation and SWRA communications let us know that you no longer need or want to receive a “MAILED” copy of the SWRA Quarterly Newsletter Thank you for your help.

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SIEMENS Westinghouse Retirees Association

Orlando, FL www.SiemensWestinghouseRetirees.org April, 2018

Newsletter IN THIS ISSUE

GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT James Steinmetz

TREASURER’S REPORT Paul McCauley HARRY L STURLA – WWII STORY OF THE DIARIES Craig Sturla

BENEFITS OF SWRA MEMBERSHIP Pete DeRosa HELPING HANDS

UPCOMING EVENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SWRA FACEBOOK PAGE PASSINGS SWRA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING DATES AND DEADLINES

RETIREMENT WORDS OF WISDOM COMICS Dilbert, Shoe, Rubes, The Argyle Sweater RETIREE RESOURCES OFFICERS AND CHAIRS FOR 2018

SWRA IS GOING DIGITAL John Blake

SWRA is going digital in order to get information to you faster, cheaper and with greater efficiency. SWRA sends a Quarterly Newsletter and periodical emails with various news and information to a large number of recipients. For a number of recipients, we do not have any email address. If we don’t have your email address, you will not receive any emails from SWRA. We need a correct email address for every member. We know that a few members may not have an email addresses. Please let us know if your email changes or if you now have an email address we can use for you. Some of you receive only a “MAILED” copy of the quarterly newsletters [includes spouses of deceased members] because we don’t have an email address for you. If you have an email address, in the future we would like to email the newsletter to you. Please contact John Blake at 407-405-6944 [also John5670@ aol.com] to:

• provide your new or correct email address • discuss your email address situation and SWRA communications • let us know that you no longer need or want to receive a “MAILED” copy of the

SWRA Quarterly Newsletter

Thank you for your help.

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GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT James SteinmetzDear fellow retirees and families, It was suggested that perhaps as President I should write a few words for the newsletter. As I was thinking about what I should say, it made me think about these past several years as a member and officer of the retirees association. I can truly say that my experience has been great and afforded me the opportunity of meeting many Westinghouse/Siemens coworkers that I never previously had known. Working in the Projects group, I mostly interacted with my customers, some contracts and engineering people, but missed many other groups. It’s been a pleasure meeting and getting to know so many others. The organization also encourages me and my wife to attend several social activities that we probably would not have done. For example, many times we rode by I-4 and saw signs for Fantasy of Flight and said one of these days we will go there, but because the retirees had an event, we actually made it to the attraction and found it to be fascinating. The same was true of the Sun-Rail trip to Orlando and lunch at the Bohemian. We often said we were going to try the Sun-Rail, but again because of the social

committee efforts, we actually did it. These are just a few examples. Perhaps my most appreciative thoughts go out to all the board and committee members. It’s amazing how much effort goes into just planning the quarterly meetings at the Quad – arranging the speaker, reserving the cafeteria, getting the refreshments, the sound system, the overheads, the notices, etc. – but thanks to so many for doing their parts, it all comes together so well. I am so thankful to each member for their outstanding efforts and making things work so seamlessly. With a team like ours, it is a joy to be your president. I urge all you retirees to join, be active and participate in as many events as possible; I guarantee you will be welcomed and will enjoy the activities! Sincerely, James Steinmetz President SWRA

TREASURER’S REPORT January 1, 2018 to March 31, 2018 Paul McCauleyNew Members The Association is pleased to welcome the following new member: Scott Moser – Lake Mary Bill Turman – Oviedo Diane Perry – Altamonte Springs Peter Lavoro – Orlando Michael Sivick - Orlando Raj Subbuah – Oviedo John Olszewski – Merrit Island Financial Information Bank Balance as on January 1, 2018: $4,507.33 Deposits this period: $2,715.00 Expenditures this period: $436.22

Bank Balance at March 31, 2018: $6,786.11 This balance includes dues that have been paid in advance by members for future years. This amount is as follows: For 2019 $780.00 For 2020 $ 45.00 Total paid in advance: $825.00

Membership & Dues

• Total members – 258 • Died – 2 • New – 7 • Reinstated - 1

Signed Waivers Received – 165 (64% of the membership) If you have not submitted your signed membership application with liability waiver please do so as soon as possible. Make sure to initial the liability waiver paragraph as indicated. Dues payment and liability waiver forms can also be mailed to: Paul McCauley 1948 Houndslake Drive Winter Park FL 32792-6035 Also, please notify me at [email protected] of any changes to your email or postal mailing address so that we can maintain an accurate membership directory and keep you informed of Association activities. If you know of a retiree who is not a member of the Association, encourage them to join. Membership forms can be downloaded from the website at: www.SiemensWestinghouseRetirees.org You can also contact me for a form or to answer any membership questions

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HARRY L STURLA JR. – WWII STORY OF THE DIARIES Craig Sturla Like most men of the “Greatest Generation”, my dad, Harry L Sturla Jr didn’t talk much about his time in World War II, during those “kid years of growing up”. I knew that he was a navigator on B-24’s and that he was a POW in Germany, but there wasn’t much discussion on the subject. He didn’t volunteer, and, naturally I was too busy being a kid and/or teenager to delve into the subject. About the only tangible evidence was a diary that I would see from time to time, with pretty cool cartoon sketches of guys in some kind of “camp”. I left home at 18 to attend college, got married while in college, and started working for the Westinghouse Nuclear Energy Division in 1972. While Cindy and I were living in Brussels Belgium in 1976, we got a call that April that my dad had suddenly passed away of a brain aneurism. He was 59. Consequently, the time that I thought I’d always have to talk with him about such things as “what he did during the war” were gone! After my mother’s passing in 1984, I took permanent possession of that diary with the cartoons along with dad’s two other written diaries from the “war years”. I’ve had them on a shelf since then, without too much attention, thinking that I really needed to delve into them in more detail and actually read through them, “sometime”. During a trip to the Fantasy of Flight with the SWRA Retirees group in July 2017, I happened to take along one of the books and showed it to a few folks, including Jim Steinmetz. He encouraged me to “get those diaries scanned and digitized” and share them with one of the WWII museums. Since that time, I took Jim’s advice and have scanned all three and sent them to the 8th Air Force Museum outside Savannah Georgia, where they have entered them into their well-respected data base. With the requisite scanning of every page, I finally actually read the diaries and thereby “talked to my dad about his war years”, some 42 years after his passing. What a gift! With that background, let me tell you about my dad and those diaries. My dad was born in Cincinnati and raised outside Chicago in Oak Park, Illinois. He and his sister were raised in a family that loved and encouraged reading and the arts. After graduating from Oak Park HS (same one as Ernest Hemingway), he attended Yale University (Class of 1938). While his major was economics, he was a member of Branford College, “the college of Classical Intellectualism”, where the men were “steeped in classical traditions” and used “only the Latin language as a medium of conversation during dinner”! Upon graduation, dad moved to Peekskill NY in the Hudson Valley, working at the Standard Brands (Fleischman Yeast) factory there, living as a boarder at 1262 Maple Ave. (a home we visited in October 2017)

His first diary was from those years, documenting aspects of his personal life, including going into New York City to attend the theater, Carnegie Hall, recitals, dining and drinking with friends etc. Meanwhile, war was brewing in Europe as Hitler steam rolled his way across the borders. As recorded, on October 6, 1942, “There is a possibility that I will have the eagerly anticipated good fortune of becoming a ‘soldier’. Unless I have been maliciously deceived the 22nd of this month at 8:30 am, I will be en route with some 200 odd good men to an army induction center for physical examination and hopeful induction or distressing rejection. Even limited acceptance will be a salvation from the prospect of another four years with Standard Brands”. On November 5, 1942, he was accepted and began his training in the Army Air Force (as it was called then) to ultimately become a Navigator on B-24 Bombers.

So, dad left a boring desk job in Peekskill NY and “Became a Soldier”, like so many other young men of the day, eagerly enlisting to “fight Hitler”! That November his evaluations and training began in a place known as Army Air Base Mitchell Field, from there to Nashville Tennessee, where he was afraid of being rejected (“Washed Out”) due to some health issues. Fortunately, he passed the various tests and was on the road to “Become a Navigator”, greatly relieved of the possibility of having to return to that desk job. The training period would last about a year and a half after various assignments at a total of nine locations across the country. He commented at one point about feeling “somewhat antique” at the ripe old age of 26! He also noted that “the prospect of navigating a bomber should be an artistic bonanza for literary rumination. But I don’t feel it.”

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In April of 1944 dad left from Morrison Field in Florida, to begin the long journey over the Atlantic to the UK. The group of young airmen journeyed for about 10 days, flying via Trinidad, Belem and Fortaleza Brazil, Dakar and Marrakesh Africa, finally arriving at their base at North Pickenham, England on April 18, 1944. He had officially joined the Eighth Air Force 492nd Bomb Group 859th Squadron. Training was over!

Again, like millions of other young men (boys?) of his generation, dad voluntarily left the safety and security of home in the US, putting his life at serious risk, in order to fight for his country and the cause of freedom. His first mission was on May 11 over Mulhaus, France. He notes, on that first mission, “The big first one – all of us quite enthused and a trifle nervously expectant. Wakened about 2 am.” He flew a total of 14 missions over Germany and France. Some were relatively “easy” while others were not! His third mission was over Brunswick, Germany on May 19. “They don’t come any rougher than this one! Eight of our twenty-eight bombers downed and plenty of holes in the rest of us.” “It was hell in the heavens over the target where we were aiming at some aircraft factories – enough flak for two wars bursting in our laps…”! Fortunately, he survived that one and another eleven missions. On June 12, dad changed crews after his eighth mission. According to the 492nd Bomb Group website, his original bomber and crew “met 125 German fighters over Bernburg on July 7 and exploded into a fireball”, with “only four men survived by either jumping out or being blown clear of the plane”. Another miracle as to why I’m here today. On July 12, 1944, dad’s fourteenth mission took them on a bombing run over Munich. According to the 492nd Bomb Group website, “On approach to the target, they were hit directly by a flak shell. It entered through the ball turret, killing the gunner inside, and then bounced around inside the plane but failed to detonate.” (Another Miracle!) “The damage began an oxygen fire on board, disabled some of the hydraulics and knocked out communications.” They tried to make it to Switzerland but the clouds were heavy and they ended up landing in Ghedi, Italy, where they were taken prisoner by the Nazi’s and transported to a POW Camp at Barth, Germany on the Baltic coast. The next photo is of dad’s plane shortly after landing in northern Italy, with German soldiers taking them under command.

The sketches are examples of some 42 in dad’s POW diary. The sketch of “Smitty” at the end of this article is Captain Herschel Smith, their pilot who got them safely on the ground in Italy, under extraordinary conditions. Thankfully, dad was provided a blank book to document his POW experience, “A Wartime Log”, “A Remembrance from Home Through the American YMCA”, so he could continue this “personal war story” for posterity! Following their transport from northern Italy, my dad began his life as a POW on July 24, 1944, after being “searched, interviewed, and showered – received additional clothing and ushered into the gates of South Compound Stalag Luft 1A.”

He documented the daily lives of the prisoners, the names and addresses of his fellow barracks mates, drawing caricatures of many of them, describing the most welcome arrival of the essential Red Cross rations and parcels from home, how they kept busy with various assignments like KP duty, cooking, cleaning etc. It is very fortunate that there is absolutely NO discussion of any kind of ill treatment by the Germans. This was NOT a Japanese POW Camp! Their biggest issues seemed to be keeping “occupied”, staying warm during that cold winter of ‘44/’45, and, most importantly, eating! Although the setting looked very much as depicted in the classic movie “The Great Escape”, there don’t appear to have been any grand plans of escape in dad’s camp. Not that they didn’t think about it!!

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Dad received another smaller notebook courtesy of the YMCA, and began another series of musings and experiences in February 1945. “I think I am wasting time in this place. Hours which are too much my life & blood are hurtling past and I am not producing. Life here, as a prisoner of war, is entirely too social, too inescapably crowded! Sixteen of us, men and boys, eat, sleep, live, wait; sixteen individual positive personalities savagely exert themselves in one confined room twenty-four hours a day, day after day!” My sense is that this “confinement” and the associated boredom, along with the cold and hunger of course, were their biggest obstacles to surviving. Fortunately, thanks to those Red Cross packages with food and cooking ingredients, clothing, cigarettes, candy,

etc. along with personal parcels from home, they made it to April 1945. At that time things started to “change”. They were “instructed to construct slit trenches in the area- also rumors immediately became insistently rampant that the Russians were within forty miles – coming hard!” The regimented German order started to show signs of fraying. “Roll call at 4:00 pm was conducted as usual but without the presence of German guards and counters – and created the fallacious impression that the camp had been left unattended.” Rumors and anticipation continued to build in those late days of April, until his log documents on May 1, in big bold letters “10:20 PM THE RUSSIANS ARE HERE!!!”. Over the radio, they heard at 10:32 pm, “Berlin has just announced that Hitler is Dead!” I can only begin to feel what those men must have felt that night! Freedom at last after 10 long months of captivity, not knowing when, if ever, they would get home again! It took roughly another two weeks for all of the logistics to be put in place to get the men out, but on Sunday May 13, dad’s notes say “Take off 14:30 BDST. It’s now 14:40 and hurrah and goddamn – we’re on our way! B-17’s out of England taking us to France.” His last entry states, “Monday May 14th Take off 14:08 FDST. This is the last entry of Kriegie history! Am just off the ground in a C-46 out of Rhilius (sp?) Halfway station going to La Harve, one hour and fifteen minutes away. Hot showered and all new clean GI clothes- the last vestiges of Germany cleared away! A GI mess hall lunch (and how, liver and string beans, half boiled potatoes) - but good! For trip home, see next blue book coming out soon.”

My dad returned home to Oak Park, Illinois to be home and “recover” from his almost three years of “military life”, including 10 months as a POW. Photo shows dad explaining to his dad how the plane had to maneuver to avoid fire. In 1946, he used his GI Bill allotment and got a Masters in Philosophy from the University of Chicago! I guess experiencing a war, first hand, might do that to a very literate man such as my dad! He married my mom in 1947, a divorcee with two boys, aged 8 and 5. He ended up working for Ryerson Steel in their Marketing

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Dept. and rarely talked about his “war years”. Well, he is “talking now”, through his amazing documented personal

history, to be shared with anyone and everyone! Thanks Dad! I love you!

BENEFITS OF SWRA MEMBERSHIPQuarterly Membership Meetings

• Yearly “State of the Business” by Siemens Executive Management

• Presentations by local medical doctors, industry speakers, state wide elected government representatives, etc.

• Legal advice on wills, trust and things to consider if a spouse passes away.

• Other timely relevant presentations (i.e., 9-11 Pittsburgh air traffic controller/Shanksville Project), etc.

• Coordinated meetings with other senior focused organizations (Care, Insurance, etc.)

• Coffee and donuts provided

Financial Planning • Periodic presentations /discussions at St.

Stephens church on stocks, bonds and other investment vehicles

• Special visits to Senior Service facilities, financial institutions and assisted living facilities

Social Events

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• Semiannual Casual Dinners • Bi-annual picnics (Spring and Fall) • Group coordinated field trips • Various industry plant visits • Local senior facility tours • Social group activities throughout the year;

museums, boat tours, concerts, etc.

SWRA Helping Hands access

• Available to members and surviving spouses; for instance: need a ride to the doctor’s office?

• Support in dealing with CBS & Siemens Benefits personnel.

Timely receipt of the SWRA newsletter Community Service

• Support local charities through organized group activities (Habitat, Second Harvest, etc.)

Access to the SWRA group Facebook page • Communicate with other members • For Q&A on our health insurance and prescription

insurance plans. • Share information relevant to retirees

Access to, and ability to provide input to, the SWRA website (www.SiemensWestinghouseRetirees.org)

• Provides links to various benefits sites, meeting minutes, activity photos, SWRA by-laws, links to other W retiree groups, etc.

Cost of membership: $15 per year (about 29 cents a week

HELPING HANDS The Helping Hands program was established to assist SWRA Members and their families in time of need by allowing us to do what we are best at – fixing things.

If you are in need, or know of anyone that we can help, please contact any SWRA Board Member; or visit SWRA on Facebook. Dave Berrong and George Baker will coordinate the response.

UPCOMING EVENTSpring picnic - April 28 The SWRA Spring Picnic will be held on Saturday, April 28 at Seminole Woods Park. The Park is located in the Seminole Woods development located off State Road 426 in Geneva. If you are using your GPS the address to the front gate is 944 Seminole Woods Blvd., Geneva. The picnic will start at approximately 11:00 AM and end about 3:00 PM. BBQ and beverages will be provided by Sonny’s BBQ. The picnic will be open to members and their

spouses/guest at no charge In order to allow proper planning please RSVP Ron Artinger at [email protected] by April 22nd. Please indicate the number to attend, along with their names Please note that if your name is not on the list provided to the Seminole Woods Guard you may not be allowed access into the development. Once you pass through the Guard Gate on Seminole Woods Blvd. signs will be posted to direct you to the Park Thank you and we hope to see you at the picnic but please don't bring any ants.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Casual Dinner - May 17 Oyishi Japanese Steakhouse, Oviedo Mall. Contact Ish ([email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Future events (dates to be determined)

• Fall picnic • Painting @the Winey Wench at Oviedo Mall (in

the Fall) • Blue Apron Cooking Class • One Senior Center Seminars (Altamonte

Springs) • Concerts at St. Luke's

• Trip to Warbird Museum Titusville (Fall) • Christmas Concert for the Homeless of Central

Florida @St. Margaret Mary (Winter Park) • Stetson Mansion Trip (Deland) @Christmas • Bus trip to Disney Hotels @Christmas

(progressive dinner?)

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SWRA FACEBOOK PAGE Do you have questions about your health insurance coverage or Medicare supplement, want to get help with a particular retiree issue, or just want the input of your fellow SWRA members on something? You can do these and more if you are taking advantage of the SWRA Facebook Page. Currently, about one third of the SWRA membership already does. Getting on the page is easy, but, as the page is open only to SWRA members, it requires an SWRA administrator to

grant access once it has been requested. Here is how to join: Once on Facebook, simply type “Siemens Westinghouse Retirees” in the Facebook search box. Then, click on the search result with the group’s name. Now make the request to join by clicking on the “join” box. Once one of the SWRA administrators authorizes, you will have access. Should you have any problem, contact a Board member.

PASSINGS Frank Artusa

Frank Artusa passed away at his home, surrounded by his family, in Johns Creek, Georgia on February 17, 2018 at the age of 87 years old. Frank was born on May 2, 1930 in Brooklyn, NY to, Dominique and Mildred Artusa. He graduated from Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy in 1952. Frank married Rosemarie Lauria at the Holy Family Catholic Church, in Brooklyn, NY on

November 28, 1953. Their first son was born a couple years later in 1955. Frank and Rosemarie Artusa chose to move their family to the Philadelphia area where they had three more children and Frank continued working as a mechanical engineer for Westinghouse Electric Corporation. In 1983, Westinghouse relocated to the Orlando, Florida area where Frank continued for another twelve years, until he retired in 1995. Being the dedicated man that he was, after retirement, Frank continued as a consultant for Siemens Westinghouse. He had a strong sense of responsibility and was a hard worker. Frank was a devoted family man and enjoyed spending time with his family camping and traveling. He also loved being outdoors and working in his yard. Frank was a dedicated Catholic and was very proud to be a member of the Knights of Columbus at Annunciation Catholic Church. Frank is survived by his wife, Rosemarie; his three children, Mary, Jane and Frank, eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, Dominique and Mildred; his son, Steven; and his grandson, Jason.

Joe Davids

Joseph Davids of Longwood, Florida, passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2018. The last surviving child of Aaron and Sadie Davids, he was born on Oct. 5, 1925, in Newark, N.J. He retired from Westinghouse Electric Corporation after working there for 38 years.

He is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Bernice; children-Mark (Debbie) Davids of Longwood, Florida, Enid (Michael) Rudney of Havertown, Pennsylvania, and Idelle (Frank Boggess) Davids of Asheville, North Carolina. He was the very proud grandfather of Aaron (Gabriella) and Benjamin.

Joe Davids was, unless emceeing at a Westinghouse retirement dinner, a soft-spoken man of few words. He was an identical twin, a violinist, an Army veteran,

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an engineer, a dancer, a Masonic Past Master, a sports trainer, and a fan of the Yankees and the Orlando Magic... but those were things he did, not who he was as a person. Joe loved his family. And, oh boy, he loved his wife and children. But one cannot express how much he loved Aaron and Benjamin. The latter years of his life were marked by the events in their lives. He wanted to be alive to see Aaron's wedding, and he did. He wanted to see Benjamin graduate veterinary school, and he did. In

the last 6 months he wanted to assure that Bernice, his Bootsie, would be safe and taken care of so they moved to Brookdale. And during the all-too-frequent hospitalizations he endured in the past few months, he was happy knowing she was okay. Through his life and his actions, he taught: If you are fortunate to live 92 years and to be married to one person for 65 years, then that life will be well lived if you say less and love more.

John Reynolds

An Eagle Scout and a man of engineering and science, John was dedicated to making the world a better, more efficient and organized place via his many dedicated years at Florida Power and Light and Siemens. A proud Tiger, John was a Clemson University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Alumnus as well as an adopted USC Trojan.

SWRA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING DATES AND DEADLINES The SWRA Newsletter is published quarterly based on the following sequence:

General Meeting Date Newsletter Input Deadline Newsletter Mailed and Sent* 2nd Tuesday of 1st Qtr 3rd Tuesday of 1st Qtr 5th Tuesday of 1st Qtr 2nd Tuesday of 2nd Qtr 3rd Tuesday of 2nd Qtr 5th Tuesday of 2nd Qtr 2nd Tuesday of 3rd Qtr 3rd Tuesday of 3rd Qtr 5th Tuesday of 3rd Qtr 2nd Tuesday of 4th Qtr 3rd Tuesday of 4th Qtr 5th Tuesday of 4th Qtr Of course, “Special Bulletins” will be issued in advance of major events, as appropriate; and emails / Facebook notices will also be issued for quick release information and reminders. Have you explored a new hobby in retirement? Have you recently taken an exciting vacation? Would you like to share a favorite recipe with other retirees? Are you having problems adapting to retired life? This newsletter is YOUR newsletter, and we are constantly looking for new ways to serve the readership. Please submit your articles to the editor for publication. RETIREMENT WORDS OF WISDOM I’ve been attending a lot of seminars in my retirement. They’re called naps. ~Merri Brownworth

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DILBERT

SHOE

RUBES THE ARGYLE SWEATER

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RETIREE RESOURCES The SWRA is pleased to provide the following information regarding people/organizations that have made presentations to our membership. Please note that the SWRA cannot officially endorse the services of any provider. SWRA INVESTMENT GROUP SPEAKER CONTACT LIST NAME COMPANY SPEC EMAIL / WEBSITE TELEPHONE Ashworth John Morgan Stanley Fin Plan [email protected] 407 740 4971 Dorman James Dorman Financial Mgt Fin Plan [email protected] 407 774 6815 Flanagan Michael Metlife Insurance [email protected] 407 660 8866 Hoyt Peggy Hoyt& Bryant Lawyer [email protected] 407 977 8080

Joe Santiago Medicare / Affordable Healthcare Act [email protected] 407.265.3244

Kirkendall Donald Affordable One Ins Insurance [email protected] Kronsbein David Investors Capital Fin Plan [email protected] 727 791 7303 Thomas Dennis Medicare Benefits For You Medicare [email protected] 407 844 4719

SENIOR LIFE STYLE OPTIONS

One Senior Place 715 Douglas Ave Altamonte Springs

Alternative Living Arrgts www.OneSeniorPlace.com 407 949 6733

RETIREE DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE VIA SIEMENS Beneplace http://www2.beneplace.com/home.jsp?Client_UserId=60082251

OFFICERS AND CHAIRS FOR 2018 President Jim Steinmetz [email protected] 407.625.7854 Vice-President Leslie Dawson [email protected] 407.808.9439 Treasurer Paul McCauley [email protected] 407.678.8609 Secretary John Blake [email protected] 407.405.6944 At Large Ron Artinger [email protected] 407.443.4653 At Large Lee Vickers At Large Bill McCown [email protected] 407.365.8840 At-Large Paul Minard [email protected] 407.365.7994

SUPPORTING MEMBERS Newsletter Editor Joe Yarusinski [email protected] 407.310.7472 Facebook Management Pete DeRosa [email protected] 407.359.1731 Website Management Andy Ayoob [email protected] 407.349.5255 Casual Dinner Lead Ish Aneja 407.339.8732 Financial Committee Chair George Baker [email protected] 407.365.3747 At Large Dave Berrong [email protected] 407.542.5951 At Large Dick Hood [email protected] 407.977.4249

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