The Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) held its 66th Annual Convention last week in Austin on April 1-2, at the Hilton Austin. The convention was a two-day affair packed with information, including committee and officer training sessions and a productive House of Delegates meeting. The convention was followed by a rousing day of advocacy at the Texas Capitol on April 3, where more than 1,500 TRTA members and friends convened to rally and meet with their legislators. The enthusiastic crowd of educators wore red shirts, carried red bags, and donned specially made bracelets that read “Raise the Base!”

Throughout the day, retirees were honored with proclamations in both the House and the Senate and set up meetings with hundreds of legislators. At noon, hundreds of retirees gathered at the TRTA tent on the east lawn for a rousing rally and heard from multiple legislators. 

This year’s convention theme “Connecting the Dots to TRTA’s Success” gave everyone a chance to connect with old friends, make new ones, receive training and meet with their legislators.

Among the delegates representing the Magic Valley Retired School Personnel Association were Alicia Handy, Anita Rodriguez and Sarah Nenque Franz.

Meeting note

In March the MVRSPA met at Salsa Tex-Mex in Mercedes. The guest speaker was Barbara Storz-the garden gal.  She writes a regular gardening column for the Monitor (for 21 years) and is a radio show host at KURV Radio (5 years.) She taught the attendees at the meeting how to plant and care for a vegetable garden in their backyard. 

The MVRSPA meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month September through March at Salsa Tex-Mex Restaurant, 1990 West Expressway 83, Mercedes, at 10:30 a.m.  Any TRS retiree from the Mid-Valley or surrounding areas is welcomed.  For inquiries you may contact Anita Rodriguez at (956) 929-6428.

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