New Year, New Publication, New Look
Starting later this month, TIAA will add a new electronic publication to
our communications efforts. Please join us in welcoming Linda Stopani as
Editor of our eCalendar which will be issued approximately the middle of
each month and will list forthcoming TIAA events in chronological order.
New coordinated graphics have been created for this publication as well
as our existing publications, eNews and
eNotes. eNews will continue to
be published approximately the first of each month while eNotes will be
published as needed. Please be aware that we maintain only one email
list, so unsubscribing from any one electronic publication also
unsubscribes from the others.
January TIAA Breakfast
All TI retirees and TIAA members are invited to meet at the
Southern Recipe Café at 1381 W. Campbell Rd.
in Richardson on Friday, Jan. 20 at 9:30 a.m. for fellowship and
good food. Feel free to bring a friend. No RSVP needed.
Community Involvement Team
TIAA members are invited to
make a difference in our community by participating in community
involvement activities. Round-trip transportation is provided from
Texins Activity Center. There is no fee for volunteering for the
following TIAA-sponsored service projects. Contact the TIAA office at
admin@tialumni.org or
214-567-8444 to register so we can inform you if plans change.
White Rock Center of Hope, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.,
Tuesday, January 10 - The White Rock Center of
Hope is a community coalition of individuals, civic and social
organizations, and over 50 Member Churches united to provide emergency
aid and steps toward self-sufficiency to their neighbors. Founded in
1988, 89% of all donations go to client services. They provide food,
clothing, household goods and sometimes rent and utility payments to
help people in the White Rock area make it through tough times. TIAA
members will help stock their food pantry and sort clothes and household
items for the resale shop and clothing closet. Volunteers will meet at
Texins Activity Center and ride a bus to the climate-controlled
warehouse. Afterwards, we will have lunch at our own expense and return
to Texins about 1:30 p.m.
Meet & Greet the Troops at DFW, Tuesday,
February 14 - With the Iraq war over and troops
coming home, Meet & Greet the Troops is winding down. Please join us for
one of the last opportunities to greet our active soldiers returning to
the United States via DFW airport. This is truly a heartwarming event
and one you don’t want to miss!
TIAA Tax Seminar
TIAA Tax Seminar, 1 - 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26 -
Need help with your taxes? Come hear Rick Griffin, Senior Consultant,
IRS, in CR1&2 at the Texins Activity Center. Please register for this
seminar by emailing admin@tialumni.org or calling the TIAA office at
214-567-8444 by Jan. 19 so that we can plan for sufficient refreshments.
TIAA Travel Events
Arlington
Baptist College (a.k.a. Top O’ Hill Terrace Casino) Tour, Arlington,
Friday, Jan. 6, 2012 – See this
hidden gem, which was one of the top attractions during the 2011
Super Bowl. This Texas Historical Site became a casino in 1926 with
escape tunnels, a secret room for hiding the gambling paraphernalia
during Texas Ranger law enforcement raids, a tea room and a brothel.
Bootleggers used to run whiskey up the 1000-ft. hill (highest point in
Tarrant County) during Prohibition. Over the next 20 years, the visiting
luminaries included Howard Hughes, boxer Joe Louis, Bonnie & Clyde, Jack
Dempsey, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Buster Keaton, W.C. Fields, Gene
Autry, Will Rogers, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Bugsy Siegel, Tommy Dorsey
and his orchestra, Mae West, Walter Winchell, Amarillo Slim, Tom Mix and
some guy called John Wayne. Ginger Rogers, a local girl, used to dance
here and Jack Ruby used to gamble here (yes, the guy who shot Oswald).
We will depart Texins at 10 a.m., eat lunch at Catfish Sam’s in
Arlington at our own expense, enjoy a 90-minute history lesson and a
guided, easy-walking tour beginning at 1 p.m. and return around 4 p.m.
Cost is $15 for members and $17 for nonmembers.
DMA
Basement Art Tour, Dallas, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 – Want to
view the other 90% of the fabulous art owned by the
Dallas Museum of Art?
This museum covers 370,000-square-ft. but that’s not large enough to
display everything, hence the basement. Their collection contains over
24,000 works of art spanning 5,000 years of human creativity and is
especially known for its arts of the ancient Americas, Africa, Indonesia
and South Asia; European and American paintings, sculpture and
decorative arts; and American and international contemporary art. So
join us for a walking tour of the DMA basement to hear about these
fabulous treasurers. We will depart Texins at 10 a.m., begin the
docent-led tour at 11 a.m., enjoy lunch at the DMA café and return to TI
about 3 p.m. Price is $10 for members and $11 for nonmembers.
Fort Worth Livestock Expo and Rodeo, Fort
Worth, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 – Join us for this legendary
event at the Will Rogers Memorial Center – going on for over 100 years.
The show offers an atmosphere rich in culture and diversity as
professional rodeo athletes compete for the championship by roping those
calves, riding those bulls and broncs, and showing their great cutting
horses. There will be lots of animals up close and personal, including:
horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, poultry, pigeons, rabbits and even llamas.
This is great for the whole family including a festive carnival/midway,
unique shopping and hands-on educational experiences. It is a
handicapped- accessible and non-smoking facility. We will depart Texins
Activity Center at noon, ride a bus to Fort Worth, look around the
grounds, eat lunch on our own, and enjoy the 2 p.m. show. We should
return to TI around 5 p.m. Price is $35 for members and $38 for
nonmembers including admission to the grounds, the rodeo and
transportation.
Next Travel Events
SEA
LIFE Aquarium at Grapevine Mills, Grapevine, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012.
Date?
Glassblowing Demo at UTA, Arlington, Friday, March 2, 2012.
See
www.tialumni.org/travel/ for more detailed and updated
information. Each TIAA member may bring one guest at the member price. Others may join us at
the nonmember price. To register, contact the TIAA office at
admin@tialumni.org or
214-567-8444.Payment (by check only) is due seven days prior to event to
reserve your place on the bus. Mail check
to TIAA, PO Box 740181, Dallas, TX 75374.
Slide Show Archive
Our website now boasts a
Slide Show page
listing almost 40 slide shows that Ronnie Brandenburg has created using
pictures taken by Linda Stopani and Jerry Brandenburg. The newest
addition is the Heritage Village tour on Nov. 26. To view any of these slide shows, click the above link and then
click the event link.
In Memoriam
TIAA has learned of the
recent deaths of the following former TIers and/or TIAA members: Nona V.
Clemmons, Kay A. Craddock, William L. Crawford, Jonnie G. Daniel, James
R. Fiebiger, Josephine Gamboa, R. C. "Gil" Gilbert, Dixie A. Grigg,
Betty S. Guillory, Mary L. Haneline, Garland R. Haynes, Anita H.
Holloway, JoAnn Hopper, Paula G. Jowell, Alton "Delora" Lewis, Cheryl C.
Mancini, Lyle E. McBride Jr., Stephen W. McKinney, Bobby L. Perkins,
William J. Roche, Louis P. Steacker, Santiago "Jim" Vasquez, Joan
Washington, Josephina N. Wightman, and Berniece R. Youree.
TI Alumni eNews
eNews
is published monthly by the TI Alumni Association to help connect the TI
alumni community and TI. Editorial Staff: Jon Campbell, Editor; Ronnie
Brandenburg, John Byers, Max Post and Jessica Stewart, Contributors; and
Jerry Brandenburg, David Drake and Linda Stopani, Photographers. Alumni
with comments or possible contributions to this publication should
contact Jon Campbell at
editor@tialumni.org.
Check the TI Alumni
online calendar for current listing of events
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