Blue Flame Retirees Club

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1 Blue Flame Retirees Club MARCH EDITION NEXT MEETING TUESDAY, March 12, :30 a.m. Tracy Thomas and Krysten Ruzylo Wellness and Volunteering MEMBERSHIP REPORT DECEMBER, 2018 Paty Kozlowski-Hansen, Acting Membership Secretary and Tom Wozniak Total Membership as of New Members 5 Renee Beatty Brenda Puckett William McKinney William Smith Tomi Payne-Walker Deceased -5 John Ganz,III George Keller, Jr. Forrest Kelley Reno Maccardini Richard Sproul President MICKI BLAZ mickifinn7267@gmail.com Vice President JOHN MIDDLESTEAD jamiddlestead@sbcglobal.net Treasurer BILL CLINE clinew@wowway.com Recording Secretary JUDY PRICHARD Corresponding Secretary TOM WOZNIAK twozniak@mac.com Membership NANCY FUNTSCH nancyf@charter.net Directors BARBARA LAHO RON LINSLEY ronlinsley@comcast.net DONNA LONG suedonna.4148@gmail.com MARCIA WHITED mlw3113@aol.com Note: Membership cards are no longer being produced. Use you pension check stub for identification purposes. JANET YNTEMA Janety602@aol.com ANNIE J. YOUNG

2 MEMBERSHIP REPORT FEBRUARY, 2019 Total Membership as of New Members 2 Johnnie Boone, Jr. Stephen E. Ewing Re-instated 1 Ester M. Cook Not Renewing -3 Total Membership as of Renewals to Date = 231 ANNOUNCEMENTS Tom and Nancy Funtsch are collecting pop and beer can tabs for Ronald McDonald House. Please bring them to the meeting. DTE offers discounts to retirees for new vehicles, dining, and shopping. For more information, go to the DTE/Michcon Retiree website at: www2.dteenergy.com/wps/portal/dte/retiree Ron Linsley is collecting BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION and Campbell s COUPONS FOR EDUCATION for a good cause. The American One Credit Union office is open at Allen Road Monday thru Friday until 4pm. Note, that retirees need photo ID and may need their CU membership card. If you need a new card, call or To receive the DEAR newsletter (Detroit Edison / Michcon Alliance of Retirees), please send your address to DEAR c/o Charlie Mahoney, Williams Ct., Livonia MI, If you would also like to make a contribution, make it payable to DEAR and send to Robert Barrette, 58 Greenbriar Lane, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI The DEAR webpage is located at: CONDOLENCES Alfred Glancy III passed away January 10, 2019 Nancy Middlestead passed away December 3, 2018 Reno Maccardini passed away November 7, 2018 George Keller Jr. passed away on December 25, 2018 CHRISTMAS RAFFLE $300 Toni Berta $200 Cheryl Gruziani $100 Teddy Kozlowski $50 Amelia Sharp, Aaron Nichols, Roger Addison, Ronda Cage, Holly Mondy, Anne Gies, Bettye Ellington

3 HAM RAFFLE Carol McEachran, Tom Chokreff, Ken Burnett, Jo Garcia, Curlee Vickers, Donna Clark, Gary Pawlek, Karen Belloli, Shirley Iovaldi, Anne Young, Olga Zaglewski, Ed Jones 50/50 RAFFLE $50 Carole Gray $50 Rocky Stone $50 Jan Yntema $50 Ron Staschke $25 Renee Beatty DOOR PRIZES ($20) $25 Karen Frank $25 Cindy Maryu $25 Tom Hammond $25 Amelia Sharpe $25 Helen Gutowski $10 Dennis Kulaszewski $10 Anne Gyarmati $10 Shirley Iovaldi $10 Tom Funtsch $10 Delores Miller Nancy Therssen, Ed Jones, Bettye Ellington, Gaila Cook, Sandy Burnett, Ken Burnett, Mary Adams, Rocky Stone, Bob Young, Rose Crew DOOR PRIZES (PIONSETTIAS) Marie Stanuch, George Francis, Susie Kaiser, Mike Lombardo, Ron Staschke TREASURER S REPORT by Bill Cline The bank balance as of December 31, 2018 is $18, and the charity can collection for YTD was a total of $ WORDS OF WISDOM You need to understand something that will liberate your life: You don't need other people's approval to be happy. MEMORY JOGGERS & FUTURE EVENTS RAFFLE TICKETS Janet Yntema, 3862 Grayton, Detroit, MI DUES & NAME OR Blue Flame Retirees Club ADDRESS CHANGE P.O. Box St. Clair Shores, MI patyjack1330@comcast.net, CONDOLENCES & SICK Annie J. Young: If you leave a message: speak loud and clear, leave a phone number, and repeat key data. For condolences, our club makes a $25 memorial donation to a charity designated by the family. This applies only for the club member who was the employee.

4 NEWSLETTER Call or mail anything of interest to: Tom Wozniak Fox Run Road #221, Novi, MI SPEAKERS John Middlestead BOARD MEETINGS Training Center, 9:30 AM 1st. Tuesday MEMBERSHIP MTGS 10:30 AM 2nd. Tuesday, Lunch at 11:30 Local 223 Union Hall, Commerce Drive North, Dearborn, Michigan, (March thru November) NAME ON CHECKS Make checks payable to BLUE FLAME RETIREES CLUB WEBSITE To have your old photos reprinted in the Blue Flame Newsletter, contact Tom Wozniak at or The DTE Benefits Resource Center number is JOKES No sex after surgery... A recent article in a West Australia newspaper reported that a woman, Mrs.Maynard, has sued a Perth Hospital, saying that after her husband had surgery there, he lost all interest in sex. A hospital spokesman replied: Mr. Maynard was admitted for cataract surgery. All we did was correct his eyesight. SICK : Jim Gutowski has been in the hospital twice and is now in rehab. LUNCHEON SPEAKER Christmas Party

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