SEPTEMBER 2014

ANNUITANTS ASSOCIATION

Past President’s Message by Gene Humke In addition to all the activity concerning saving our pensions by SUAA now taking place in the Illinois Court System, there is also much activity within our own Chapter. Our activity, however, is a more personal nature. We as a chapter lost a leader with the death of our former President, October 15 • 8:30 a.m. Jack Hall. He died of metastasized cancer on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, Men’s Warm Oatmeal Club in rural Danvers at Hall’s Ponderosa. (This is the name the Hall family and Marching Society called their farm home.) Jack was a leader because his commanding Busy Corner • Goodfield voice and his message required your attention. I am continuing on in the leadership position but as the Past —— • —— President of the ICCAA. At our June Annual Meeting no one volunteered October 27 • Midnight to become President of the ICCAA. Jack’s membership on the Executive Newsletter Deadline Board ended with our June Annual Meeting this year. My membership will end as Past President with the 2015 June Annual Meeting. A new volunteer to be President can take this position now but definitely must by the June 2015 Annual Meeting. Perhaps this new President will not actually live in the Peoria area. This would be possible because electronic media can make it possible via conference calls and also email. I have also suspended all regular meetings of the ICCAA due to lack of attendance except for the June Annual Meeting. This is illegal according to our Constitution, but my being “acting” President is also illegal. I will gladly quit this “Acting President’s Position” when someone available PRESIDENT will come forward and “right” this situation. However, communication to Gene Humke you will continue via this newsletter and emails will continue thanks to PAST PRESIDENT Bob Wegner, our newsletter editor and Ed Smith our email sender. Marilyn Walter Finally, there is a “hint” that SUAA and all the other member and SECRETARY retiree supported organizations might win their lawsuits to have recent Louise Heimann legislation passed by the General Assembly. Senate Bill 1 as Amended TREASURER could be declared unconstitutional by the State Supreme Court. A recent Bob Wegner lower court ruling has implied the courts will support constitutional docu- NEWSLETTER EDITOR mentation that states: “Membership in any pension or retirement system Gene Humke of the State, any unit of local government or school district, or any agency SUAA & SUAA ACTION REPRESENTATIVE or instrumentality thereof, shall be an enforceable contractual relation- ship, the benefits of which shall not be diminished or impaired.” Article XIII, Section 5 of the current 1970 Illinois Constitution Your contributions are essential for both an informative and entertaining Just how is government to operate and function when contractual newsletter. Anyone who would like to relationships are not supported and sustained? I doubt that it can. How- contribute to the ICCAA newsletter may ever, both the Legislative and Executive branches of Illinois government submit copy directly to the editor, can, along with the voters, pass legislation which could change Article Bob Wegner, at [email protected]. XIII, Section 5 of the Illinois Constitution. This would be a Constitutional Amendment. Please keep your donations to the SUAA Legal Fund flowing. ICCAA Special Meeting Minutes submitted by Jan David, Secretary Pro Tem JUNE 12, 2014 • 1:30 P.M.

President Gene Humke called Gene Humke and Hugh The final item on the agenda the Annual Meeting to order Clymore will be our delegates and the required business of at 1:35 p.m. There were 13 to the SUAA Annual Meet- the Annual Meeting was the members present. Gene ing in Springfield, Illinois, on election of officers for the next welcomed those in attendance June 17 and June 18. Gene year. The offices of President, and thanked them for coming to and Hugh also attended a Vice President, and Secretary the meeting. SUAA Mini Briefing earlier this are vacant. There have been month where they received no volunteers willing to serve The minutes from the April 17, information on the impact of as candidates, and none came 2014, meeting were approved as pension reform legislation as forward at this meeting. Gene printed in the May issue of the contained in Senate Bill 1 and stated that he would be in ICCAA Newsletter. In the absence background information on the violation of the Constitution to of the Treasurer, the current proposed changes to the SUAA continue serving as President. Treasurer’s report was distributed Bylaws. The changes to the Therefore, at this time no by Gene, reviewed, and approved Bylaws will be voted on at the meetings are scheduled until on a motion by Bill Lindgren/ SUAA Annual Meeting. Gene the Annual Meeting of 2015. Chris Rodgers and placed on file. provided copies of the Power- Gene will be acting in the Gene projected that we may have Point presentations for both capacity of Past President a large enough balance on hand topics. He also discussed the to oversee continued to fund two ICC Scholarships for pros and cons of some of the communication via email 2015 ($1,500) which are sched- proposed changes to the SUAA and the Newsletter. Members uled to be paid in December. Bylaws. It is possible that not expressed their thanks to him all of the proposed changes will for his additional year of Rich Karnopp, reporting for the be approved. service, and he declared the Insurance Committee, indicated meeting adjourned at 2:50 p.m. that there have been no meet- ings recently, but he was happy to report that the cost for ICC insurance for the year beginning July 1 dropped by $84 per person per quarter. This was welcome news after the large increase that went into effect last year.

September 2014 2 And Speaking of And What Constitutions ... Happened to submitted by Gene Humke

At the recent SUAA Annual Meeting held in the Proposal to Springfield at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel on June 17 and 18, 2014, a proposal to amend the SUAA Constitution in terms of positions Change How and operation was defeated due to lack of a two-thirds majority voting in favor of the Legitlative Districts Amendment. SUAA is still operating under the Constitution which is found in your Handbook. Both Hugh Clymore and I attended this meeting are Drawn? as voting delegates. Please feel free to contact submitted by Gene Humke them if you would like more information on how these changes were part of the agenda items You may have signed this petition to have legislative and how the meeting was conducted according districts drawn by an independent commission rather to Robert’s Rules of Order. than being selected by the political party who wins the most votes in the decennial election. I signed this petition and other members of the ICCCAA did also. The result was to be that this question would be placed before the voters. It was thought that 500,000 signtures would get this before the voters of Illinois as a Constitutional Amendment. However, The State Election Commission ruled that there were not enough valid signatures out of the 500,000 to warrant this question to be placed before the voters. Next time maybe 1,000,000 signatures will have to be obtained? What is going on here?

Treasurer’s Report submitted by Louis Heimann

As of 09/17/2014: Beginning Balance – 06/11/2014. . . . . $1,363.09 Income: Deposits (Dues/Dues Deduction/Renewals). . . $ 792.75 TOTAL...... $2,155.84 Expenses: Travel...... $ 145.28 Memorials (Hall, McNett)...... $ 174.72 TOTAL...... $ 320.00 Balance as of 06/11/2014...... $1,835.84 Membership (2014-15 as of 07/31/2014): SUAA Regular Members = 224 3 September 2014 Now, to be sure, there is no substitute for consulting your Well, that’s a stretch! physician for a chronic problem. submitted by Ed Smith There are other conditions that could be in play. And plantar fasciitus therapy treatment can “Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!” That’s the sound not truly inflammation anti-inflam- require physical therapy, night of me getting up in the morning. matory drugs won’t be effective in splints, orthodontic appliances, Or getting up after sitting in a chair treating the problem. What to do or even surgery. But if Ibuprofen or for about 20 minutes. Or after instead if anti-inflammatory drugs other anti-inflammatories don’t help standing for a while. Hellooooo don’t help you? (And some, such and the condition is not unbearably plantar fasciitus! Toddling off into as cortisone, may since it reduces painful or limiting, one might try the “geezerhood” is not for sissies. pain as well as inflammation.) simple stretching regimen suggest- As you probably already know, An inexpensive, simple, and ed. I have talked to folks who said the symptom of plantar fasciitus is a effective cure is to do less offend- stretching was a big help and an sharp, stabbing pain on the bottom ing activity and add stretching to eventual cure. However, it’s not an of your foot at/near the heel. The the exercise routine. Dr. Terrence immediate cure. It can take a while condition is usually at its worst upon Philbin is an orthopedic surgeon so you’ll need a little patience. But waking and getting out of bed in the at the Orthopedic Foot and Ankle it certainly can be worth a try. morning; those first few steps are Center in Westerville, Ohio. He killers. But, as noted above, other recommends backing off training times following inactivity can be a bit to let the tissue tears heal.  painful, as well. The plantar fascia – If you run every day, he recom- Information for this article was the long rope of tissue that connects mends ratcheting back to twice a collected from two columns written by your heel to your toes and supports week or substituting walking for a Gretchen Reynolds, health and fitness your arch – is the offending (and while. Dr. Philbin says you would reporter for the New York Times, and offended) body part. The condition need to talk to a physical therapist can be found in these online locations: is one of overuse and the onset is for a complete stretching program • http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/ most common in folks aged 40 to but the American Academy of 2013/04/24/ask-well-healing- 60 who are active, but one can get Orthopedic Surgeons has an plantar-fasciitis it at any age and any time. Up to effective calf stretch that may • http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/ 10 percent of runners have the help you. To do this stretch, lean 2013/02/20/no-consensus-on- affliction and golfers, walkers, forward against a wall with one leg a-common-cause-of-foot-pain soccer players, et. al. can easily behind you, heel on the ground, Other information was gathered from develop the ailment. Any active and the other leg ahead and bent the Mayo Clinic website, prepared by person can get it. Kobe Bryant has as if you were taking a step. Push the Mayo Clinic staff and can be found it. So does Mitt Romney. (Who wins your hips toward the wall to fully at the following: that dunk contest?) stretch the calf of the back leg. www.mayoclinic.org/diseases- There is agreement among all Hold for ten seconds and repeat conditions/plantar-fasciitis/basics/ medical professionals that the 20 times on each leg. definition/con-20025664 disorder is one of irritation of the plantar fascia. Until recently the conventional thinking had plantar fasciitus pegged as a chronic inflammatory problem. But lately there is evidence from affected biopsied tissue to indicate the cause may well be degeneration due to small tears that are a normal part of exercise activity but, for some as yet unknown reason, don’t heal. The tears accumulate and the tissue begins to degenerate. The preceding has become the thinking of many sports medicine experts. Now, the significance is that if the problem is

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Twhwe wco.Astr itss A$1tI CeaCc.hc owma y•, w(3i0th9 )s e6n9i4or-s5 16356 years from the Great American Songbook. cBolamckb ihniamtiosenl fo. f great music, audience participation, and of age or older riding free! sheer zaniness, mayhem can ensue at any moment. New Odyssey Musical variety performance Avoid the fuss...ride the bus! Improv and sketch comedy Friday, May 22 Once again this season, CityLink is providing its Park Saturday, November 29 • 7:30 pm 7:30 pm and Ride service from Peoria for all ICC Guest Artists 5 September 2014 $30 all ages $20 general public Series events. Buses leave Evergreen Square (near the The Second City’s revue features a seasonal blend of $10 students LensCrafters store) in Peoria at 7:00 pm and transport hilarious scenes, songs, and the troupe’s trademark Showcasing three guys playing 30 different musical passengers directly to the ICC Performing Arts Center. improvisation, with a sprig of holiday mischief for a instruments, New Odyssey features a vast array of Buses return to Evergreen Square immediately after the night of spirited fun. Rated R for some mature content. music spanning more than five decades. With a unique show. The cost is $1 each way, with seniors 65 years combination of great music, audience participation, and of age or older riding free! sheer zaniness, mayhem can ensue at any moment. Obituaries Evelyn M. Stephenson Jack Hall DUNLAP – Evelyn M. Stephenson, DANVERS – Jack Louis Hall, 69, 70, of Dunlap passed away at of Danvers died at 8:35 a.m. 4:53 p.m. Sunday, June 8, 2014, Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at his in the UnityPoint Health-Methodist home in rural Danvers. emergency room. Born March 28, 1945, to Albert Evelyn was born on March 12, (Pete) and Hilda (Kellerstrass) Hall 1944, in Springfield, Ill., to of Peoria, Ill, he married Yvonne William T. Sr. and Otilia (Malnar) Bojrab of Fort Wayne, Ind., on Huddleston. She married Thomas Aug. 14, 1966. Stephenson in July of 1970 in Springfield. He He attended Valparaiso Technical Institute for survives. Electronic Engineering, Indiana-Purdue Univer- She also is survived by her son, Craig Stephen- sity in Fort Wayne, Ind., and received a Master’s son of San Francisco, Calif.; her daughter, Jessica Degree in Education from the University of Illinois. Stephenson of Peoria Heights; one grandson, Jack taught electronics at Illinois Central College Byron Jorgensen of Peoria Heights; two brothers, from 1970 to 2000. He loved teaching, farming, William T. (Kathleen) Huddleston Jr. of Valencia, traveling, fishing, and designing and building new Calif., and David Huddleston of Maroa, Ill.; one “gadgets.” sister, Carol Straka of Palos Hills, Ill.; three nieces; Jack was preceded in death by his parents; one one nephew; and four cousins, Michael and brother, Larry Hall; and four infant children. He is Christina Walton and Donnie and Sherril Lazar. survived by his wife of 47 years, Yvonne; daugh- Evelyn received her master’s degree in biolog- ter, Crystal Hall at home; daughter, Jacque (Brian) ical science and was certified as a nuclear med- Grant of Danvers; son, Chad (April) Hall of India- icine technologist. She worked as a teacher for napolis, Ind.; and three grandchildren, Nathaniel Cuba and Farmington school districts and taught Grant, Katharina Grant and Brinley Hall. anatomy, physiology, and biology at Illinois Central Jack was an active member at the Mackinaw College. United Methodist Church, where he sang in the She loved to go to auctions, collect frogs, and choir and served as chairman of the Remodel- cook. ing Committee. For more than 30 years, Jack Evelyn was a member of St. Jude Catholic and Yvonne presented Marriage Encounter to Church. strengthen and refresh good marriages. The funeral service was held at 10 a.m. Friday, Services were at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 25, June 13, 2014, at Wright & Salmon Mortuary. 2014, at Mackinaw United Methodist Church. Father Patrick Henehan officiated. Visitation was The Rev. Joy Schlesselman officiated. Visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 12, 2014, also at was from 4 to 7 p.m., July 24, at his church and the mortuary. An additional visitation was 30 one hour prior to services. Burial was in Hillcrest minutes prior to the service at the mortuary. Memory Gardens rural Morton. Haensel Funeral Burial is in Mount Hawley Cemetery. Home in Mackinaw assisted the family with Memorials may be made to PAWS or St. Jude arrangements. The family asked that memorials Catholic Church. be made to World Wide Marriage Encounter or to Tributes and condolences may be submitted to Mackinaw United Methodist Church. www.wrightandsalmon.com. Online condolences may be made to www.haenselfuneralhome.com.

September 2014 6 Bill McNett Bobbie Wittmer WASHINGTON – Dr. William “Bill” Our friend and long-time M. McNett, 85, of Washington ICC employee Bobbie died passed away peacefully at 12:50 in Florida on May 19, 2014. a.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, at No obituary for Bobbie Reflections in Washington. Bill was born on Aug. 14, 1929, in is available, but plans for Oregon, Ill., to William D. and Glady a memorial service are (Nalley) McNett. He was raised in being discussed. More Mount Morris. Bill married Gloria information will follow as McDonald on Sept. 13, 1951, at the Lacon it becomes available. Methodist Church. Gloria survives. Bill and Gloria were blessed with two children, Dr. Michael McNett of Genesse, Wis., and Kelly (Bob) Ziegler of Washington. Also surviving are two granddaughters, Michelle McNett and Amber O’Malley; great-granddaughter, Hailey Bolen; sister-in-law, Kathy (Wayne) Armbrust; and brother-in-law, Bill Nettz. He was preceded in death by his parents and four sisters, Drucilla, Virginia, Katie, and Joan. Bill was a 1947 graduate of Mount Morris High School. He went on to graduate with honors from Eureka College, where he was student body president and was active in the music areas. After serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, he went on to earn his MA and Ed.D. at Bradley University and Western Colorado University. Bill spent 13 years teaching English at Washington High School. He was one of the first teachers hired when ICC opened in 1967, where he spent 18 years as an English professor and department chairman. Bill received honors from the White House Conference on Economic Concerns, Nu Upsilon Upsilon, Phi Delta Kappa Service Award, Who’s Who in American College and Universities, Who’s Who in the Midwest, NDEA Fellowship Award, Peoria County Genealogical Society Service Award, and the r Logsdon, Loren, Ed., Eureka Literary Magazine, If you have fond memories of Advisory Board. He also had three publications: “Community College Frontiers” (1976), “A Descrip- Evelyn, Jack, Bill, or Bobbie tion and Evaluation of a Sequential Composition that you’d like to share Program in a Comprehensive Community College” (1975), and “The Forgotten Residents of Peoria in a future issue of this newsletter, State Hospital” (1995). A time of sharing and remembering Bill was please send to held at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, at Bob Wegner, [email protected]. Crossroads United Methodist Church. Memorials for Bill may be directed to either Eureka College or Crossroads United Methodist Church. Online condolences to the family may be r made at masonfuneralhomes.com.

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