Leaders,

A note to your parents about this would be great as well, with reminder to please contact their legislators.

Thanks

Dr. Bob

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A new issue of the Benefit Wise newsletter is available at
http://www.kpers.org .

Topics include:

Annual Statements on the Way

Pre-Retirement Seminars in March & April

Investments on the Uptick, Funding Still a Concern

Tax Time Tips

Fiscal Year 2009 Financial Snapshot

Planning for Retirement Takes Time and Timing

Working After Retirement Change Raises Questions

Tips for Saving in a Tough Market

See Your Benefits at a Glance

Nation's ed-tech chief reacts to budget concerns
Karen Cator on the administration's FY11 budget proposal: 'Every pot of money is really an opportunity to purchase technology'
eSchool News 

Karen Cator, director of education technology for the U.S. Department of Education (ED), has heard the concerns from ed-tech groups about President Obama's 2011 budget proposal , which would fold the largest single source of federal funding for school technology equipment, software, training, and support into a larger grant program that aims to promote effective teaching and learning.

Read more...  

Many of you know Nancy Johnson - she was our Foundation Director and also worked for the City of Bonner. Last week Nancy had a brain hemorrhage and has subsequently passed away. There will be a celebration of life service this Saturday, the 13^th at Lake Forest from 2:00 - 5:00.

    Kaos Football

Kansas Kaos Football is a part of the World Football League and plays all their home games at BSHS.  They have 4 different teams, 8 to 10 year olds, 11 & 12 year olds, 13 & 14 year olds, and an adult team. My son, Caden Henley, is playing on the 8 to 10 year old team and is selling season passes.

He is required to sell 12 passes which will cover the cost of all the equipment needed for him to play. The season passes are good for all home and away games and cost $50.00 per pass. The cost of individual games is $12.00 per person. Ages 10 and under are free.

If you would be interested in purchasing a pass please let me know, money is due March 14, 2010.

Thank you,

Lynn Wendt

wendtl@usd204.net

913-645-9994

Teachers - Free Tax Preparation March 1st - 14th!
(Note: only new customers to Libery Tax Service are eligible)

This FREE competition is now open to Kansas middle & high school students.  The challenge is a great way to   generate excitement for classroom fi­nance materials while rewarding students for their hard work.  No finance course required.

·   Test categories include Money Management & Income, Spending, Credit, Saving and Investing .

·   Teachers can register teams online now.  A team is comprised of 3 - 5 students. Teachers may register multiple teams.

·   The Preliminary round is an individual online quiz of 30 questions (see rules online) . Top online teams will advance to the State competition. 

·   T-shirts, lunch & prize drawings will be provided at the in-person competition. Travel stipends may be awarded based on budgetary needs.

·   Separate divisions for middle & high school.

·   Top team from high school division in-person com­petition will go to Nationals  at the Federal Reserve Bank in KC.  Hotel & travel provided.

3/11 - Joy Marts
Barb Pickert
3/13 - Kristin Moulin
3/14 - Aaron Miller
Linda Orangkhadivi
Gayla Reeves
3/17 - Kerry Wylie
3/19 - Anne Holt
3/20 - Rosemary Kruger

inveterate \in-VET-uhr-it\, adjective:

1. Firmly established by long persistence; deep-rooted; of long standing.
2. Fixed in habit by long persistence; confirmed; habitual.

In Montpelier, where this prison stands, the inveterate prejudice against prisoners has been swept away.
-- Morrison I. Swift, "Humanizing the Prisons", The Atlantic, August 1911

He is an inveterate nibbler, popping nuts and chocolate into his mouth as he talks, leaning forward in his chair to forage in the tins with his right hand.
-- Michael Ignatieff, Isaiah Berlin: A Life

I was an inveterate museum-goer from the age of fourteen, when I'd take the trolley to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts after school and wander the halls of Greek antiquities.
-- Jane Alexander, Command Performance

Inveterate is from the past participle of Latin inveterari, "to grow old, to endure," from in- + vetus, veter-, "old." It is related to veteran, "one who is long experienced in some activity or capacity; an old soldier of long service; one who has served in the armed forces." The noun form is inveteracy or inveterateness.