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Welcome to Area VIII
WILLIAM (BILL) GOLDMANN
Winner of the Ruth Q. de Prida Award
Bill Goldmann, long time resident of La Canada Flintridge, won the Ruth Q. de Prida Award, the highest award given by the California Retired Teachers Association. This award was presented Saturday, May 15 2010, at the annual State Convention held in Sacramento.
Bill was born in Dawson, NM, moved to CA at 3yrs, spent his early education in the Montebello School district and served in the military as an Army Sgt. in Korea in ’46 and ’47. He earned his BA in Education from USC, an MA in History & Social Studies from CSULA, and his PhD in Modern European History from USC. He taught in Pasadena at the elementary, Jr & Sr High School levels and Pasadena City College. He also taught classes at USC and CSULA and worked as the Dean of Educational Services at Pasadena City College for 11 yrs.
Bill has always been involved in his community. He worked with, then served as Chief Deputy for Assemblyman Jack Scott for over two years. He has served on the board and as President of PLAN, Union Station, Salvation Army and Pasadena City College Retirees. He has also worked on the boards of Pasadena Art League and Five Acres. He is cofounder of CTA at PCC in 1966 and an active member of La Canada Presbyterian Church.
Bill is a great asset to the California Retired Teachers Association. He is an active member of Pasadena Foothill Division 01, serving as Legislative Chair locally and for Area VIII for the past 6 yrs. He contributes News Articles, conducts Seminars, participates in Legislation day at the Capitol, promotes the PAC and the repeal of the Social Security’s GPO and WEP and works on the Rapid Response Team. Bill has the knowledge, the background, and the expertise to present complicated issues in a concise and simplified manner for all to understand.
Congratulations, Bill! Area VIII salutes you!
Lynda Siminske
Winner of the Ed Ely Award
Lynda Siminske was presented with the prestigious Ed Ely Communication Award at the California Retired Teachers Association annual state conference held in Sacramento on Saturday, May 15, 2010. This awards is given annually to the person who has done an outstanding job of communicating the vision and goals of the California Retired Teachers Association to members, legislators, and the general public. The Ed Ely Award recognizes a person who has a record of outstanding communication services.
Lynda retired from the Glendora Unified School District after forty years of service and quickly joined the California Retired Teachers Association. She has given tirelessly of her talents and has made the communication in this community wide-spread and effective.
Lynda has faithfully served as publicity chairman and historian for Division 13, Area V111, of the California Retired Teachers Association for many years. In this capacity she has had many articles and pictures published in the local papers about our activities and legislative concerns.
By being a member of many clubs and organizations she is also able to spread the word of our organization. She helps inform the community about about key issues regarding health and legislation.
We are proud of Lynda and all the work she has done to make the communication in this community so wide-spread and effective.
Congratulations, Lynda. Area VIII salutes you!
The background of Area VIII
Area VIII encompasses the northeastern portions of Los Angeles County and into the edge of San Bernardino County. We have five Divisions; Bady View (Division 61), Pasadena Foothill (Division 01), Pomona Valley (Division 13), San Gabriel Valley (Division 71), and Whittier (Division 31). Our Divisions are similar in structure but unique in their individuality.
Area VIII has a special place in the hearts of many members of the California Retired Teachers Association. It is the birthplace of the Association. Laura E. Settle and a handful of other retired teachers from the Pasadena and Los Angeles areas first organized CRTA in this part of the state back in 1929. Our Pasadena-Foothill chapter carries the designation of Division 01 in recognition of our beginnings.
We are proud of our past, but we want to focus on the present and the future. Our members are active and fully engaged in promoting the Association’s core mission of protecting teachers’ pensions and supporting public education. We have become very aware and involved in promoting legislation that protects our future. We also have made great strides towards defeating those measures that are detrimental. We are the only California State Organization whose main agenda is the protection of the pensions for 170,000 California retired educators.
Retired teachers are insatiable volunteers. You find them in schools, colleges, nursing homes, churches, and hospitals freely giving of their time for the good of others. In our area alone, this last year, we have donated over 130,727 volunteer hours with a value of over $2,000,000. All our Divisions are also offering Scholarships to student teachers as well as providing gifts and grants to teachers in the classroom.
If you are a retired educator; classroom teacher, principal, superintendent, college professor, or librarian and are not already a member of CRTA, I invite you to join us at a luncheon or other event. If you are a spouse or family member of an educator, or just believe in our core purpose, we would love to have you too. We want you to see for yourself the importance of working together to protect our hard-earned pensions and the pleasure of socializing with colleagues with similar interests. Come join us!
Membership is Invited!
You can (1) contact a Division member or
(2) Print a membership form from our link on the left or
(3) Download a form for the CRTA State web site on the left or
(4) Call the CRTA State business office at 916-923-2200 or 800-523-2782
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