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DAVE WENZEL, SECRETARY - TREASURER S68 W17281 ROSSMAR CT. - MUSKEGO, WI 53150 262-679-3212, ddrywl@sbcglobal.net July 2009 Members & Spouses Well another summer has passed us by and the colors of fall are here or for many probably gone. We held our annual conference on Sept. 24th and had about 60 people attending. I know for many of you (we have over 85 members over 80 years old) it is difficult to travel but every year the number of those attending drops a bit. Please consider attending next year if possible. It was good to see President Emeritus Bob Burtard and his wife Maid Marion as well as VP Emeritus Jim Sciborski and his wife Virginia they haven't changed a bit. We did hear from the ETF and SWIB boards and things are picking up but still mighty grim for the future. As of August 31st of this year the Core Fund was up 14.2% and the Variable Fund was up 21.5%. However, the core has to be up at least 29% to not be a minus again next year. There was some good news reported. There are currently 136 annuitants that are over 100 yeras old and about 4,500 that were over 90. So hang in there you may still see an increase one of these years. We had Pat Kilbane representing IAFF speak to us as well as PFFW President Mike Woodzika and PFFW VP Bob Baird. I've been told by executive board member Rich Placek that our web site had some issues and anyone who previously signed up to receive their newsletter by email will have to sign up again. Please visit our website at http://www.rpffw.org for updates, pictures, clothing items and more. Renewal forms are included in this mailing. If you receive one it means your 2010 dues will be due by January 1st 2010. If you do not receive one it means your 2010 dues have already been paid. Also, if you are 80 or older and exempt from dues I still need you to return the form on an annual basis just so I know you're not pushing daisies. This mailing also includes your new membership cards. Everyone is being sent a new card just because you receive the new card does not mean you are paid for 2010. The new cards are not dated. We need all of you who said you were interested in a gold outing to try and attend this years outing. It will be held on Monday, June 28th at the Baraboo Country Club. The April Newsletter will have more details. We had a great time the last 2 years but we need a better turnout to keep it going. A father put his 3 year old daughet to bed, told her a story and listened to her prayers. which ended by saying: God Bless Mommy, God Bless Daddy, God Bless Grandma and goodbye Grandpa. The father asked, 'Why did you say goodbye Grandpa?' The little girl said, 'I don't know daddy it just seemed like the thing to do'. The next day Grandpa died and the father thought it was a strang coincidence. A few months later the father put the girl to bed and listened to her prayers which went like this 'God Bless Mommy, God Bless Daddy, and goodbye Grandma.' The next day Grandma died. Holy shit, thought the father this kid is in touch with the other side. Several weeks later he again puts the little girl to bed and her prayers are God Bless Mommy, goodbye Daddy. He practically went into shock. He couldn't sleep all night and got up at the crack of dwan to go to the office. He was nervous as a cat all day, had lunch and watched the clock. He figured if he could get by until midnight he would be okay. He felt safe in the office so instead of going home at the end of the day he stayed there, drinking coffee, looking at his watch and jumping at every sound. Finally midnight arrived; he breathed a sigh of relieve and went home. When he got home his wife said, 'I've never seen you work so late, what's the matter?' He said 'I don't want to talk about it; I've had the worst day of my life. She said 'you think you had a bad day, you'll never believe what happend to me. This morning my golf pro dropped dead in the middle of my lesson! Until next time Dave. |
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