This Active Life

November 2005

On dues, membership, pensions, and Katrina

NEA-Retired dues will increase in September of 2006. This increase will help meet the costs of our many activities. It will provide for new programs and for retaining and expanding our current successful efforts, like our mentoring program that lets NEA student members learn from retired veterans.
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When Alzheimers Hits Home

Think the unthinkable: Someone you love develops Alzheimer’s disease. How would you cope? NEA-Retired members tell their stories, and we report on the latest in prevention and treatment.
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Ask the Expert: The New Bankruptcy Law

It’s called “The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Pro-tection Act of 2005.” These names seem to get longer and longer and to have less and less to do with what the law actually does.
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People

Steve Cates dances around the world. Also, Johnnie Mae Armstrong shops for cheap furniture. What’s so special about that? Find out.
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Member Profiles

Phil Long (Ohio ), Georgia Goodwine-Christian (Alabama ), and Ramon MacFarlane (Wisconsin ) talk about retirement.
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Books

Two excellent guides to making the most of your life after retirement.
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My Contribution: Climbing Mountains to Level the Playing Field

It’s a familiar story—an impressionable child connects with an elementary teacher and decides right then to become a teacher.
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