{"id":204381,"date":"2026-03-31T20:32:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=204381"},"modified":"2026-03-31T20:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:33:07","slug":"retired-teachers-group-to-meet-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/03\/31\/retired-teachers-group-to-meet-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired teachers group to meet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert Area Retired Teachers Association (VWARTA) will be meeting for a spring luncheon program at 12 p.m. Friday, April 10, at Willow Bend Country Club in Van Wert. The luncheon meal cost is $13 and a reservation is needed by 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 8. Reservations may be made by contacting Jean Minnig at 419.203.0642, or by email, <a href=\"mailto:jaminnig@hotmail.com\">jaminnig@hotmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The luncheon menu includes: cup of potato soup, mini chicken salad croissant, gelatin salad and dessert, along with coffee or iced tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program speaker will be retired area educator Tona King, who will share her experiences lived in achieving a longtime goal of becoming a published children\u2019s author. A few books will be available for purchase and for signing by the author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A business session will follow which will include an update on STRS news, local association concerns, and community volunteer opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on ORTA (Ohio Retirement for Teachers Association) or the local Van Wert Area Retired Teachers group, contact Deb Kleinhenz at 419.203.2283.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information The Van Wert Area Retired Teachers Association (VWARTA) will be meeting for a spring luncheon program at 12 p.m. Friday, April 10, at Willow Bend Country Club in Van Wert. The luncheon meal cost is $13 and a reservation is needed by 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 8. Reservations may be made by contacting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyles","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 08:34:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204382,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204381\/revisions\/204382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}