Retired educators gathered Wednesday for music, a meal and a reminder of their mission to support current and former educators.
The Community Teachers Association’s monthly meeting at Christ & Trinity Lutheran Church took on a holiday flavor, with many of the 30 or so attendees sporting Christmas sweaters, and the Helen G. Steele Music Club Chorus filling the room with both sacred and secular songs of the season.
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