Senate withdraws Healthy Wisconsin
Senate Democrats on the state budget conference committee Friday offered to withdraw their Healthy Wisconsin universal health care plan from their version of the 2007-09 state budget if the Assembly Republican conferees agreed to support BadgerCare Plus and various revenue enhancers to fund health care.
Senate Majority Leader Judy Robson (D-Beloit) said the Democrats took the action to help move budget negotiations forward. The Republicans on the conference committee did not accept the Democrats' offer, but only said they would review it over the weekend. An Assembly-Senate conference committee is currently negotiating budget details and will meet again next week to discuss counter-offers. http://www.weac.org/Capitol/2007-08/sept07/healthywisconsin.htm
Memories of Hortonville 84 shared
The memories of the 1974 Hortonville teachers' strike are still fresh in the minds of some of the 84 teachers who put their own futures on hold to take up the cause of collective bargaining rights for Wisconsin teachers. http://www.weac.org/News/2007-08/sept07/hortonville.htm
Members can play 'guess the score'
Football season is back, and so is OnWEAC's Packer score contest. Guess the total final score of this Sunday's Green Bay Packers-San Diego Chargers game and qualify to win a Packer executive sweatshirt valued at $79.95! You only have until game time to enter, so consider this your two-minute warning. http://www.weacm.org
Educators partner with the Packers
A group of educators from the Green Bay area are finding a unique way to use their teaching skills - as tour guides at Lambeau Field. http://www.weac.org/GreatSchools/2007-08/sept07/packers.htm
Depression screening available
National Depression Screening Day (NDSD) is October 11. A simple, free, online screening for depression (through a NDSD link) is available on the Web site of Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton. See this and other links on the Educators' Bulletin Board. http://www.weac.org/Resource/bulletin.htm
OnWEAC In Print now available online
OnWEAC (WEAC's Web site at www.weac.org) and OnWEAC In Print (WEAC's monthly print publication) have always been closely linked, but they are now even more interactive. A new OnWEAC In Print Web page helps you locate more in-depth articles, background information, additional photos and videos related to articles that appear in the paper. You also can open a pdf file of each new issue of OnWEAC In Print. http://www.weac.org/InPrint
Flu shots available at Convention
Free flu shots are available to WEAC members at the 2007 WEAC Convention. Bring your WEA Insurance card to booth 433, next to the WEA Insurance booth, to take advantage of this opportunity. The cost for members without a WEA Insurance card is $25, check or cash only. http://www.weac.org/aboutwea/2007-08/convention07/main.cfm
Win a trip to Disney World
One lucky member who attends the WEAC Convention October 25-26 in Milwaukee will win a six-night stay in Orlando, Florida, including four seven-day Disney World theme park tickets.
Access, which operates the OnWEAC Savers' Club, is giving away this six-night stay at the Liki Tiki Village. To enter, all you have to do is stop by the OnWEAC Savers' Club booth at the Convention and fill out an entry form. The winner will be selected in a random drawing and announced Friday, October 26.
For more about the Convention, which features dozens of workshops and keynote speaker Tavis Smiley, visit the 2007 WEAC Convention page. http://www.weac.org/aboutwea/2007-08/convention07/main.cfm
Teacher Kris Grasley hugs Ruthie Melzer, whose husband Bob was killed in a bicycle accident this summer. The Neenah Education Association renamed its annual food drive in his memory. http://www.weac.org/shar ephotos.htm
Enter OnWEAC's trivia contest for a chance to win two tickets to see the Wisconsin Badgers take on Northern Illinois on October 20 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison. http://www.weacm.org
Congratulations to Justin Strickler, a Student WEA member from Beloit, and Peter Sonn from Jackson for winning tickets to see the Wisconsin Badgers take on Michigan State on Saturday, September 29. http://www.weacm.org
WEA Trust Club Mom Expectant moms can now participate in WEA Trust Club Mom - a service that offers information on preparing for the birth process, caring for an infant, and much more. http://www.weac.org/we atrustnews
Members attending the 2007 WEAC Convention in Milwaukee will have the chance to make a lifesaving gift by donating blood. http://www.weac.org/Ab outWEA/2007-08/convention07/blood.htm
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