Page 18 • September 2021 • Golden Gazette
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Retired Teachers to meet Sept. 23 The Lubbock-South Plains Retired Teachers Association is the local unit of Texas Retired Teachers Association. The group meets once a month at the Lubbock Women’s Club, 2020 Broadway, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $18, and reservations are required to navrkal@swbell.net. The Sept. 23 program is on the United Way. Other programs are: Oct. 14 – Fall Conference Nov. 18 – Lubbock Volunteer Center Dec. 16 – Celebrate the Season with Family Jan. 27 – Phishing Scams & Officer Elections Feb. 24 – Preparing Your Home for All Kinds of Weather March 24 – Membership Kick Off April 28 – Scholarship Winners May 26 – Officer Induction Officers are Terri Navrkal, president; Dennis Hargrove, immediate past president; Karen Turner, 1st VP membership; Marjorie Malek-Ahmadi, 2nd VP/PR; Cindy Andrews, secretary; Valerie Addington, treasurer; Elizabeth “Ann” Hilgers, legislative chair; Lynn Stigler, CVS chair; Debbie Cooper, healthy living chair; Bettye Ruth Wilson, I&PS chair; Jesse Garza, member benefits; Eric McKnight, retirement ed. chair; Robert Cooper, foundation representative; Candis Conard, hospitality chair; Elaine Milam, LWC liaison. The group works to promote the professional, economic, intellectual, social, and healthy well-being of Region 17’s retired school employees and their spouses who receive Texas retirement benefits plus retirees from other Texas districts and other states. The group encourages volunteerism in the community, as well as providing advocacy for all public school and higher education retirees.
The goodness of masking 1. Make-up needed on only half of face. 2. No bad breath exchanges. 3. No one sneezing or coughing on you. 4. No one can see food stuck in your teeth. 5. A mask somewhat lessens the 2nd-hand smoke effect. 6. No one knows if you are smiling or frowning. 7. A mask can be a fashion statement. 8. When cold weather sets in, a mask is warm. 9. Guys who don’t want to shave – it’s OK. 10. And maybe, just maybe, we’ll keep someone from getting sick.
Golden Gazette Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1. Destiny 5. Monkeys 9. Annual horse race in England 14. Egg-shaped 15. Predict 16. Rock 17. Trundle 18. Leather shorts 20. Sesame plant 21. Given to scratching the ground for food 22. Appetite 24. Smeared 28. Conceal 29. Off-Broadway theater award 31. Fur scarf 32. Crown of the head 33. Antelope 34. Male sheep 35. Think 36. Move to and fro 37. Low in pitch 38. Abstract being 39. Annoy 40. Diplomacy 41. Very skilled person 42. Admirable 43. Republic in the Caribbean 44. Ancient city in S. Egypt 46. Tedium 49. Zealous environmentalist 52. Period of human life 53. Coming before 56. Showing unusual talent 57. Paddled 58. Hawaiian goose 59. Worry 60. Hearth 61. Sledge 62. Soviet news service
DOWN 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 19. 21. 23. 25. 26. 27.
Specialty Shun Capital of Florida Former measure of length Remove by melting Poetry Root of the taro Prophet Feeling shame Shoulder scarf of fur Long-leaved lettuce Single unit Cardinal number Ascending Travel on Call to mind Magical incantation Heat excessively Edible roots
29. Evergreen tree 30. Ruin 32. Blow with the fist 33. Pitcher 35. Flesh 36. Period of the year 37. Small child 39. Go before 40. Inhabitant of Turkey 43. Having a coat 45. Slant 46. The sesame plant 47. Leers 48. Confronts 50. Fish appendages 51. Spool 53. Hawaiian food 54. Hurried 55. Unit of energy 56. Toward the stern Solution on P. 21
