------------------------------------------- Make SURE "Format > Word Wrap" is NOT set in Notepad ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ copy & paste into Microsoft Word and run a SPELL-CHECK ------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- click on every URL to be sure that it works "as typed" -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- in Gmail, use "Rich formatting" 8-25-11 -- make item titles bold -- make section titles bold & centered -- first line of paragraphs indented 5 spaces -- no blank line between paragraphs within a given item -- do not put URLs on a separate line -- get rid of underscore-line separators -------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- Subject: MSU Retirees -- e-Notices, 9/19/11 ------------------------------------------- ________________ MSU Retirees Association Events & Announcements ________________ Bugs and Bodies: The Role of Insects in Crime Scene Investigation (Dr. Richard Merritt, MSU Professor of Entomology). MSU Retirees meet at 2 pm on Monday, October 10, MSUFCU Headquarters, 3777 West Rd, East Lansing. More details: http://www.retirees.msu.edu/meetings.html ________ Tour of new Brody food services at 1:30 pm on Wednesday, October 26. Please meet in the northeast lobby to start the tour. If you would like to eat before the tour, purchase tickets at the cashier's stand at the entrance. Photos of extensive renovations: http://rhs.msu.edu/const/page/brody-building-brody-neighborhood ________ New Facebook page for MSURA. We need retirees who are Facebook members to "Like it" so we can qualify for a simpler link to our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michigan-State-University-Retirees/257411494292919?sk=wall ________ MSURA's Listserv has 4,867 recipients for our newsletter announcements and e-Notices: 4,286 retirees plus 581 other persons (spouses and partners of retirees that have provided separate email addresses, as well as MSU's Executive Management staff). ________ Please visit our redesigned web site: http://www.retirees.msu.edu/ ________ Newsletter subscriptions to the "Spartan Senior" (form and postal address): http://www.retirees.msu.edu/NewsLtrSubscrFrm.html ________ Charitable contributions to MSURA (info, form, and postal address): http://www.retirees.msu.edu/Gifts%20to%20MSURA.htm Please note: To be eligible for a tax deduction, you must mail your check to University Development (see form for postal address). ________________ Other MSU Events & Announcements ________________ Constitutional Decay and the Politics of Deference (Jeffrey Tulis, University of Texas at Austin) at 7:00 pm on Thursday, September 22, Kellogg Center Auditorium, East Lansing. More details: http://undergrad.msu.edu/news/stories/read/constitutionaldecaylecture ________ Taking Away the Car Keys from Elders (Gary Pollitz, Mareck Family and Geriatric Services) at noon on Wednesday, September 28, Room 27 Nisbet Bldg, MSU, East Lansing. More details: 517-432-3745 or frc@hr.msu.edu (Family Resource Center, MSU) ________ Optimal Aging 2011: Critical Partnerships & Resources from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm on Thursday, October 27, Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. More details: 517-432-3745 or frc@hr.msu.edu (Family Resource Center, MSU) ________________ Community Events & Announcements ________________ Estate Planning Seminar at 5:15 pm on Tuesday (Sep 20) or Wednesday (Oct 12), Valley Court Community Center, 201 Hillside Court, East Lansing. More details: Jane Stone 517-319-6809 or jstone@cityofeastlansing.com (City of East Lansing) ________ Reuse, Recycling, & Disposal Event from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm on Saturday, October 1, Meridian Township Service Center, 2121 Gaylord Smith Drive, Okemos. More details: http://recycle.meridian.mi.us/news/Oct1.pdf ________ Community Health in Challenging Times (Olga Dazzo, Director, Michigan Community Health Department) from 6:30 to 8:30 pm on Wednesday, October 5, Hannah Community Center Banquet Room, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing. More details (see Oct 5 entry on League of Women Voters calendar): http://www.lansing.mi.lwvnet.org/calendar.html ________________ Laugh, Smile, Enjoy ________________ (from a library newsletter) Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands. ________________ Miscellaneous ________________ Our online newsletters and many resource files for retirees require that "PDF Reader" software be installed on your computer. Adobe provides a free PDF Reader for both Windows and Mac computers: http://get.adobe.com/reader/ To unsubscribe from "e-Notices" and newsletter announcements, or to change your e-mail address, send your request to the e-Notices List Manager at MSURA.List.Manager@gmail.com MSU Retirees Association, Michigan State University, 22 Nisbet Building, East Lansing, MI 48823. Phone (517) 353-7896, e-mail: msura@msu.edu and web site: http://www.retirees.msu.edu/ Gordon Williams, MSURA List Server Manager (en1112) ________________