PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Thank you for the privilege of serving as the SRA president the past four years.  I have enjoyed working with many of you and with colleagues from the RFA.  Our Trojan Family, due to the efforts of so many in the USC retirement community, is learning more about our value to the university.  We are learning more about ways we can stay connected to USC.

On June 8, we will elect a new group of officers.  Let's support them by offering to help, if asked, or to volunteer to work with the board.  Our new officers will be:

President ----- John Hisserich
Vice-President ----- Jeanne Church, with Bob Church
Secretary ----- Helen Jones
Treasurer ----- Dick Martin

We look forward to their strong leadership.  Again, thanks to all of you for your support over the past four years.

Carole Gustin
<cgustin@usc.edu>


SAVE THE DATE

The next SRA Field Trip will be to the Nethercutt Collection in Sylmar on Thursday, 9 July 2009.  We will board a chartered bus at the Emeriti Center at 10:00 a.m. and start back at 3:30 p.m.  There will be a no-host lunch at 12:00 Noon.  The Nethercutt Collection is the world's largest collection of classic luxury automobiles, displayed in an appropriatly opulent setting with a self-guided tour.  At 1:30 p.m. we will be on a guided tour, with entertainment, of the amazing automated musical instrument collection.  A highlight of the musical instruments is to hear "Rhapsody in Blue" as Gershwin himself played it.  Also included is a tour of a private pullman car and a Merle Norman Cosmetics facility.  Admission to the collection is FREE.  Your only cost will be $10 for the chartered bus and your no-host luncheon.  See page 9 in the June 2009 Retiree Community Newsletter.  Questions: Dick Martin (323) 343-1146 or dickmar@msn.com or 3585 Tacoma Avenue, Los Angeles, 90065–1725.


SOME WORDS OF WISDOM, POSSIBLY

On Deep Thoughts:
A day without sunshine is like night.

On Higher Education:
College is a fountain of knowledge...and the students are there to drink.

On Problem Solving:
When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.

On Materialism:
He who dies with the most toys, is, nonetheless, still dead.

On Economics:
The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.

On Publishing Or Perishing:
I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top.
--Unknown Professor of English, USC

On Revisionist History:
What was sliced bread the greatest thing since?

On Poetic Love:
When you're swimmin' in the creek
And an eel bites your cheek
That's a moray!


WEB SITES THAT HAVE INFO ABOUT CREDIT CARDS

<www.bankrate.com>: Plus a lot of other financial information.

<www.lowcards.com>: Detailed evaluations of individual credit card offers with all the card terms highlighted.

<www.cardweb.com>: Compare terms and features of many cards, as well as finding out what benefits or incentives your card is offering and when they expire.

<www.cardratings.com>: "Thanks to consumers, our site has become the most comprehensive free source for comparing credit card offers and has helped over a million people find the best credit cards for their individual needs."


SONNET XLIII
by Edna St. Vincent Millay

What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,
I have forgotten, and what arms have lain
Under my head till morning; but the rain
Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh
Upon the glass and listen for reply,
And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain
For unremembered lads that not again
Will turn to me at midnight with a cry.
Thus in winter stands the lonely tree,
Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one,
Yet knows its boughs more silent than before:
I cannot say what loves have come and gone,
I only know that summer sang in me
A little while, that in me sings no more.


FROM BOTTOM LINE RETIREMENT JUNE 2009

Save money by purchasing energy-efficient products.  Visit <www.dsireusa.org> for a database of state incentives for using energy-efficient products and <energytaxincentives.org>, where you will find out about federal tax incentives for the products.

Other helpful Web sites: Department of Energy, <www.energy.gov>, Energy Federation, which sells efficient products <www.efi.org>, and <www.energystar.gov>, which offers advice on purchasing energy-efficient products and suggestions for cutting energy costs.


TROJAN ENCORE
USC WANTS YOU!!!!
USC UNITS ARE EAGER FOR RETIREES!!!!

The Trojan ENCORE Web site is waiting for you.  Logon today.  The system is easy to use with clear instructions.  Fill out the application, attach your resume, and your information is online for hiring managers to view.  Hiring managers will be able to access your information and contact you with opportunities at USC to support their school, department, or division.

With the hiring freeze continuing and the economy still volatile, you truly have an opportunity to give back to the Trojan Family.  These departments and schools understand the importance of retiree experience and knowledge and highly value university expertise.

You will be making a significant contribution to the university community, working with students, faculty, and staff.

Don't delay!!!  Do it today!!!

Logon to <sites.google.com/site/trojanencore> and click on "For Job Seekers."

For further information please contact:
Carole Gustin
<cgustin@usc.edu>


AND LAST, AND DEFINITELY LEAST

Q: How many USC students does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Two; one to mix the margaritas, and one to call the electrician.

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If money could talk, it would say "Goodbye."

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Q: Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?
A: Mount Everest, it just hadn't been discovered.

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Vital papers will demonstrate their vitality by spontaneously moving from where you left them to where you can't find them.


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