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<br />country: to keep retirees -- talent and
<br />txpertlse comprising the mare asset of
<br />tvery corporation - working to improve
<br />ire in their communities and actually
<br />reproving their own lives at the same
<br />amc. That's what NRVC does at the
<br />~ttom line. Oh yes, the corporation
<br />comes out way ahead, too, with an
<br />zxtended legion carrying its banner for all
<br />:he community to see.
<br /> I spend three or four months a year on
<br />~ongboat Key, just off Samsota, Florida.
<br />Fhere I have a wonderful opportunity to
<br />~bserve what happens to retirees who
<br />aaven't been recruited and "hooked" by an
<br />5~RVC program or by the Executive
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<br /> Minnesota State Trails
<br /> Report .- Now
<br /> Available
<br /> The Trails and Watenvays Unit in the
<br />Minnesota Department of Natural
<br />Resources has just completed a report
<br />entitled Minnesota's State Trails: Im-
<br />provements For The Future.
<br /> This is a report that every park and
<br />recreation professional who has anything
<br />to do with trails should become familiar
<br />with if they wish to keep up to date.
<br /> Copies of the report and its appendices
<br />are available upon request from the Trails
<br />and Waterways Unit of the DNR., 500
<br />Lafayette Road, Saint Paul, MN 55155-
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<br /> Cincinnati To Host
<br /> 1992 NRPA Congress
<br /> Cincinnati, Ohio, will host the 1992
<br />National Congress for Recreation and
<br />Parks, October 15 to 19.
<br /> The Congress, held annually by the
<br />National Recreation and Park Association
<br />(NRPA), will celebrate the 200-year
<br />birthday of the "Queen City of the West"
<br />with its theme, "Relive the Past - Reach
<br />for the Future."
<br /> informative and innovative educa-
<br />tional sessions, networking opportunities,
<br />entertaining social events, popular
<br />speakers and the largest exhibition of pm'k
<br />and recreation products are just a few of
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<br />retiree minds (and bodies) are beint~\
<br />a'asted -- minds that could be helping
<br />almost every United Way agency, m~ds
<br />:hat could be helping to solve the tripl~-
<br />~ecked social, fiscal, and environment~
<br />problems of U.S. cities.
<br />So our mission is clear and vital. ~.
<br />We have a goal of 140 programs by
<br />:he end of 1995, but my vision is shorter
<br />range. We will enter 1992 around the 50
<br />mark, and our aim is to finish the year at
<br />'5. The team, led by Donna Anderson. has
<br />:he capability to make that happen. The
<br />.:our-year Kellogg grant of $1,300,000
<br />2ives NRVC a firmer financial base.
<br />Reprinted with permission from
<br />National Retiree Volunteer Center,
<br />~oundtable, Vol. 2, No. 4.
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<br />gervice Corps. 4052. Telephone: 612-297-.l!.SFor toll the activities delegates can see and
<br />The first, most obvious thing, is that free in Minnesota 1-3gg,.g66.4~00'i~ participate in at the annual conference.
<br />almost all of them have lost their ties to ~ - ~ ,T, he conference will be held immedi-
<br /> , · ~ . ~ , . ~ / % I atet5 after the Tall Stacks celebration
<br />;heir mrmer companies I ney re getting { /
<br /> , ' (October 14 - 16),just one of the local
<br />:he pensmn cheeks, but they no longer ,ar~_ _~:~ ~ sr~s ~ n t_ .... ~'x(c. .
<br />-elate to the comnanv and in some cases I l,,~fO I¥11%I'A l¥1emDers I bi,centenmal events happening this year.
<br />i ." ~ ' · , ' lye stean~boats will participate in
<br />~lo, even to. tlf,.l~d, ustry of which th? ~Relocate rTac..ewe, , 1 Vas well as competitions invol ring
<br />w~ere a p.an. ,~tl~tn. Is mean? a p,e. po.n nas. [/, c/ ............. [ calliorxes, whistles, bells and sirens.
<br />a~most closea on~nterest m a ntenme ct 4 var. aaa ~Lrs oeu ^sram nave movea ~ . · x .......
<br /> · . , /I . -.,-~-:-- , ' . ~, , ~aunng~ntervatsm me competmon,
<br />wor~: -- a career. It also usually means a / ] to Elk River where oennas taken a new ·
<br />>erson who is just not as interesting to ta~ } position of Recreation Coordinator with
<br /> the ___ts _r .... or snmll exc ........
<br />with as he or she used to be. / } the School District's Commumty Educa- In m:ld~iion, visitors have the oo~ortu-
<br />· What are the replacement interests)/ [ tion Departmen . He started hts new work re'tv_ to tak~ a n'ver boat nde' on the Delta
<br />Well, on Longboat Key, they are golf/. .1on March 16th. _Oueen or -re Mississippi_, _ueen.O
<br />four to five hours a day) and the Wait I _. Beth A?ahl resigned her position as
<br />Street Journal. Most new retirees ar~ not }Director of Handicap Services for the I I 1
<br />attracted to community service in t~i.r_ ~ :1, Roches).er .Recreation and Park Depart- Ill
<br />new setting. (When NRVC has helpled 300 I merit. She is looking for employment mill/
<br />- 400 corporations form their progr.gms in generally in the northwest quadrant of the l~ III
<br />major cities, we can mm our attent!on to , Minnea~2~n metropolitan ~~ [II I I~ l
<br />'&e fertile retirement fields of Flotilla and } ~3'~tTs is a newly created position that
<br />.4a'izona where there aren't many corporate [/offers a unique op~rtunity and challenge. \
<br />aeadquarters, but millions of retirees.) t The school district has entered into a joint ~ \
<br /> 'l'l~e situation calls to mind the Wonder- ~ powers agreement with most, if not ail,
<br />:'ul slogan of the United Negro College cities and townships within th-~iStnct.
<br />Fund "A Mind is a Terrible Thing ~o Although he is presently employed by the Relive the past
<br />'~Vaste." The fact of life is that cour~tless school district, an important part of his
<br /> ch for the future
<br /> responsibilities will be to bring about /
<br /> ~ some 'kind cfa mutually agreeable e~eg
<br /> ' arrangement whereby comprehensive / D ares to the conference emi visit
<br /> planning for parks and recreation will be tihe ¢incinna,~i Zoo, once described as the
<br /> done. This then to lead to actual land '"s~iest zoo in the country by Ne,,sweek
<br /> acquisition and development for recre- ~e{agazine. The zoo is a leader in success-
<br /> ational use in this rapidly growing area. /fully breeding rare and endangered
<br /> \ Congratulations and good luck to both Jeff
<br /> -~d Beth in '°ur new vent. Tes' ~,'
<br /> " " lng: flora, palm, desert, and tropical. The
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<br /> species·
<br /> The Krohn Conservatory, located in
<br /> Cincinnati's Eden Park, is the home to
<br /> four distinct horticultural habitats includ-
<br /> MR P-A d emb ership park also contains the Cincinnati Art
<br /> Museum and the Playhouse in the Park.
<br /> S u rvey Ale rt The "Queen City" offers more culture
<br /> 1 than other cities its size. A few of these
<br /> A professionally designed compre- attractions include: the Cincinnati An
<br />hensive survey will be an insert in your Museum, the Cincinnati Ballet Comp,'my,
<br />May issue of Keeping Up. Look for it the Cincinnati Opera, the Contemporary
<br />and respond quickh'. PLEASE[ Arts Center and the Cincimmti S~lphony
<br /> · . ...... Orchestra.
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