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| Kay was born in San Diego, California the only child in a Navy Family.
From Florida to Hawaii, she attended 14 different schools in 12 years.
She graduated from William and Mary with a major in art and a minor in
Education. After teaching Art in N.J. for two years she returned to Norfolk
to teach and obtain her masters degree in Guidance & Counseling, from
the University of Va. Having skied in Austria, traveled and painted
through Spain, Greece, Germany, England, and France she then transferred
to Okinawa. There she met a Major named Steve Palko. They were married
two years later in The Chapel in the Woods, NAS Norfolk. Steve was assigned
to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, where Kay worked for Model
cities developing school programs for under privileged children, and doing
Psychological testing. Steve retired in 1971 and
they, with baby Monique, came to Virginia Beach. It was here that she and her mother Miriam Lutzelman became the first mother and daughter charter members of ROWS. It was at that time that Kay designed the ROWS logo depicted in the oil painting seen at our luncheons. Kay returned to school to complete the 30 hours past the masters level for certification as a school Psychologist. After 22 years with the Chesapeake school system, Kay retired to become the first Vice President of ROWS followed by the Presidency in 2000-2001. |
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Darlene Nelson – Doreen Steuteville ROWS extends a warm welcome to the following new members: Pearl Moyers Dean, John, Virginia Beach
Renewed memberships not in the 2004-05 yearbook: Sally Tobin, Byron, Virginia Beach |
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By Sally Saunders |
| Issue 1 |
| A Tuesday New York Times editorial raised eyebrows among the MOAA staff
and members around the country by carping about the cost of TRICARE For
Life, concurrent receipt, SBP, and other recent legislation. Author Cindy
Williams, a research scientist at MIT, said the cost of these and other
benefits are a weight on the DOD budget and don't do anything to help current
retention.
Wrong on both counts. Congress, with strong support from MOAA and The Military Coalition, has shifted TFL and concurrent receipt funding responsibility out of the DOD budget to ensure that funding is additive to other DOD budget needs. And past experience has shown clearly that retention of today's force is, in fact, affected by retirement benefits. MOAA President VADM Norb Ryan, Jr.'s (USN-Ret) January 12 letter to the Times provided a forceful rebuttal to the "factual errors and ill-founded assertions" in Williams' piece. |
| Issue 2 Senator Sessions Moves to Improve Survivor Benefits |
| In a speech in Alabama on Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) announced
plans to introduce legislation that would greatly improve military survivor
benefits. Sen. Sessions plans to introduce a bill on Jan 24 that would
raise the maximum Servicemen's Group Life Insurance (SGLI) benefit to $400,000
from $250,000. Under his plan, the government would pay for the first $150,000
of coverage when the member enters a combat zone. The bill also would raise
the death gratuity from $12,420 to $100,000 for members killed in combat,
and the increase would be made retroactive to cover members killed while
deployed to operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi
Freedom.
MOAA appreciates Sen. Sessions' lead on efforts to do more for the families of military members killed on active duty in the war on terror. We strongly supported his successful effort last year to include language in the FY2005 Defense Authorization Act directing DOD to submit legislation for improved death benefits for FY2006. |
| Issue 3 New Bills |
While the Senate will not introduce any new bills until January 24,
the process already has begun in the House. To date, House members have
introduced almost 300 new legislative initiatives, including several of
interest to MOAA members:
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October-November-December 2004 January 2005 Sharron D’Angelo, Gladys Jenkins, Patty Leon, Lucy Page TLC COMMITTEE: Margaret Delaney, Sarah Dorin, Fran Erbe |
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| ROSES |
Ruth Driscoll broken foot |
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| GET WELL CARDS/NOTES OF CHEER |
Ruth Driscoll home after rehab in Lake Taylor Hospital |
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| THANK YOU NOTES |
from Ruth Driscoll for roses recovering from broken foot |
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| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
Frances Asbury United Methodist Church memorial sent in honor of Sybil M. Williams 9/20/04 |
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| MEMORIALS |
Captain Earl R. Peters, USN-Ret, husband of Darlene, 11/25/04 |
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| SYMPATHY CARDS |
Darlene Peters loss of husband Earl on Thanksgiving Day |
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| TLC LIST Christmas Cards and visits after Christmas |
Jane Hammond Sickel, Mary Ritchie, June Vollmer, Peggy Newman,Mary Laird, June Carter, Lil Youell |
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The Official Newsletter for the Retired Officer's Wives Society (ROWS) The Rambling ROWS is published monthly and is intended primarily for distribution to, and non-commercial use by, members and associates of the Retired Officer's Wives Society. The Rambling Rows
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