November Meeting of BCREA Announced

The Barron County Retired Educators’ Association will meet on Thursday, November 10, at Red’s (formerly Pete’s Landing) located at 121 Lakeview Dr., Chetek.  Registration will begin at 9 a.m. with coffee and cookies being served.  Local BCREA dues of $15 and state WREA dues of $50 can be paid at that time.  At 10:30 a.m., Bob Unbehaun of Chetek will share some of his interesting kayaking experiences.  All retired teachers, administrators, and staff are invited including guests.  The cost of the noon meal is $12.  Reservations may be made by calling Barb Millerman at  715-743-2390  or  e-mailing her at bamillerman@chibardun.net no later than Sunday evening, November 6. 

Jim Perala Recognized

Jim Perala was recognized by WREA President, Marcia Trentlage at the WREA 65th Annual Convention for his many years of service to the organization He has served on the WREA membership committee, served as District I Director for 4 years and as Arizona Liaison for 5 years.  Jim deserves our appreciation for representing Barron County Retired Educators Association for these many years.  

WREA president Marcia Trentlage and Jim Perala

WREA president Marcia Trentlage and Jim Perala

Vic Bekkum, Jim Perala, and BCREA vice president Keith Kolpack

September 2016 BCREA Meeting

About 40 members of the Barron County Retired Educator's Association (BCREA) attended the September 15, 2016, meeting held at Bethany Lutheran Church in Rice Lake.  The program was the new Executive Director of the Wisconsin Retired Educator's Association (WREA).  Diane Wilcenski was recently hired as the full time director.  She spoke on the topics of the upcoming election, possible items that may be changes in education in the upcoming legislator, benefits available to members of WREA, and several other topics.
Kathy Duerr was president and Keith Kolpack was elected as vice-president of the organization.  The service project voted on for this year is the Caboose currently housed at the Barron Museum.  All BCREA members are asked to submit their volunteer hours to Steve Eichman or Kathy Duerr.
The next meeting will be November 10th at the Chetek Lutheran Church.  This site is subject to change.  Watch for updated information.  The program will be Bob Unbehaun on the topic of Kayaking.

Diane Wilcenski

Diane Wilcenski

Please consider join us for future meeting and becoming a member of BCREA and WREA.

Members listening to presentation

Pesident - Kathy Duerr

Vice President - Keith Kolpack

Visitor - Shirley Peterson

New Executive Director Named

We proudly announce that Diane Wilcenski, Ed.D. has been named as the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Retired Educators' Association (WREA) as of September 1, 2016.

September meeting

WREA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ADDRESSES LOCAL RETIRED EDUCATORS (BCREA)

The Barron County Retired Educators’ Association will meet on Thursday, September 15, at Bethany Lutheran Church located at 35 W. Messenger St., Rice Lake.  Registration will begin at 9 a.m. with coffee and cookies being served.  Local BCREA dues of $15 and state WREA dues of $50 can be paid at that time.  At 10:30 a.m., Diane Wilcenski, WREA Executive Director, will present a program on WREA’s website, benefits, and educational position.  All retired teachers, administrators, and staff are invited including guests.  The cost of the noon meal is $12.  Reservations may be made by calling Barb Millerman at  715-743-2390  or  e-mailing her at bamillerman@chibardun.net no later than Sunday evening, September 11.     

New Year Begins

The 1st meeting for 2016/17 of the BCREA will be held on Thursday, September 15, 2016.  It will take place at Bethany Lutheran Church in Rice Lake.  Social hour/registration will take place from 9:30 am to 10:30 am with the program to begin at 10:30 am.  The program will be a representative from the Wisconsin Retired Educator's Association speaking about the association and the educational positions of the association in this year's election.
A new president and vice-president will be elected at this meeting.  It is important that all members/prospective members try to attend this meeting.
A copy of the dates, places, and programs for the 2016/17 year will be handed out at this meeting.

Annual BCREA Summer Picnic

The annual Barron County Retired Educator's Association picnic was held on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at the Narrows Park in Rice Lake.  A turn out of about 30 members/prospective members had a great time talking and enjoying the meal.  Brats on the grill were provided and the pot luck of the dishes people brought were much enjoyed.  No one went home hunger.  Two recently retired educators were present at this picnic.  They were Mary Hoeft and Joe Huftel, both running for office in this year's election.