The Gray Hawk NEWSLETTER OF

THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RETIREES ASSOCIATIONVolume XXV Issue 8 (6 pages) https://uira.org.uiowa.edu April 2021

Upcoming Programs

Life Design: How to Live a Consequential Life David Gould, Visiting Associate Professor, University of Iowa's Public Policy CenterFriday, April 9, 11:00 a.m. via Zoom

For the last ten years, graduating seniors at the University of Iowahave recognized Mr. Gould as one of the top faculty and staffmembers "who has had a positive effect on their life." For overa decade, the focus of Mr. Gould's work has revolved around re-imagining higher education, and in turn, he has created anumber of distinctive university courses concentrated on issues of meaning and community engagement. These courses havegarnered considerable media attention and professionalrecognition. Mr. Gould is a sought-after public speaker and hasdirected and produced several documentaries. He is currentlyproducing the feature film Gable.

Sharing Our Wealth--Food Insecurity in Johnson County Sarah Witry, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Iowa School of Social WorkThursday, April 22, 1:00 p.m. via Zoom

More than 19,000 people in Johnson County were food insecure in 2017. Nationwide, food insecurity is on the rise amidst soaring unemployment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This presentationwill discuss the prevalence of food insecurity in Johnson County, the causes and impact of food insecurity, and solutions.

Sarah Witry is a University of Iowa alum who has spent the past decade working in anti-poverty and food insecurity services. Her previous role was Director of Services at CommUnity, where she oversaw the Crisis Intervention and Food Bank departments and led COVID-19 initiatives, including a collaborative county-wide food delivery program.

David Gould

Sarah Witry

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Greetings from the UIRA President, 4/2021

Early spring is surely one of my favorite times of the year. I enjoy noticing the little buds on trees and shrubs begin to plump up getting ready to bloom. The emergence of leaves, first as a little green fuzz seen on the trees, to the full opening of leaves is a wonder to behold. In just a few weeks we will be in full bloom. What an amazing time of rebirth and growth. It has been a long, hard year since lockdown a little over a year ago. Now we too can begin to imagine rebirthand growth as we are vaccinated and begin to venture out to socialize and connect in person with friends and family. It has been a long time coming.

UIRA continues to work for you, promoting ways to donate to our food insecurity agencies herein Johnson County, connecting you with the UI Center for Advancement to add to our scholarship fund, and providing exciting and innovative programming. Our ‘Share the Wealth’ campaign agency for April is Table to Table (T2T). I know many of you are familiar with the good work they do, so let’s throw T2T a little support by donating generously. In addition, please be sure to read about upcoming programs in the newsletter including a program on food insecurity by Sarah Witry and a program by popular UI faculty member David Gould.

In addition to developing our outstanding array of programs, the program committee is putting together a membership survey for distribution later this year. We want to know your feelings about returning to in-person programming for the coming year and ideas about programs for next year. Be on the lookout for this survey as we plan to move into next year with what we hope will be fewer constraints due to COVID.

And finally, mark your calendar for the UIRA annual meeting on Thursday, June 10, from 10:30 a.m. – noon. The UIRA board and program committee are planning a Zoom meeting to introduce our new officers and board members, announce our scholarship recipients, celebrate our award winners and photo contest winners, and review our accomplishments in this unprecedented time of COVID. Please plan to join us.

~ Sam Cochran

Share the Wealth Campaign to Fight Food Insecurity

Each month as part of UIRA's Share the Wealth campaign, we will feature or "sponsor" a local agency that is fighting hunger and food insecurity with the hope that you will make a financial contribution to each one of them. Small gifts can have an impact! This month we are featuring Table to Table.

As part of the campaign, our April 22 program Sharing Our Wealth--Food Insecurity in Johnson County presented by Sarah Witry, LMSW, will focus on the prevalence of food insecurity in Johnson County, the causes and impact of food insecurity, and solutions.

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Table to Table

Table to Table (T2T) builds connections between abundance and hunger through food rescue. Volunteers recover excess food from grocery stores, restaurants, farms, and food processors, then deliver this food immediately to nonprofit hunger-relief partners. This past year, T2T delivered 2.5 million pounds at no cost to agency partners. Financial donations help keep our services free for partners. T2T knows how to make the most of a dollar, $25 rescues more than 150 pounds of good food! You can make a gift at https://table2table.org/donation/.

T2T deliveries account for more than half the food available to our neighbors at Johnson County’s food pantries and meal sites. They also work closely with shelters, youth, and senior programs to meet their unique needs. To increase access to nutritious foods, the recovery efforts prioritize collection of fruits and veggies, protein, and dairy to increase access to well-rounded meals.

T2T increased food collection to meet the growing needs during the pandemic crisis. They delivered 9,000 restaurant-prepared meals for Food with Love; launched an initiative to collect produce from local farms and gardeners; and worked with food pantry partners to set up parking lot distributions of USDA fresh food boxes.

You can help this unique organization continue to grow. Jointhe team on a food rescue route to harvest produce or sign upto donate from your own garden! Learn more about ourvolunteer opportunities at .h ttps://table2table.org/volunteers/ .

Anne Langebartels, Communications and DevelopmentCoordinatorTable to Table, 840 S. Capitol St., Iowa City, IA 52240

UIRA Program Recordings

Zoom recordings of current UIRA programs are posted on the website under Programs and Events. Most of those from the previous calendar year are accessible at the bottom of that page, under “Archives”; just click the Program and Events link or the 2019-2020 hotlink.

Table to Table Volunteers at Work

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Emeritus Faculty Council Lecture

How Hand Papermaking Arrived at a R1 University: An Overview from the Driver’s SeatTim Barrett, Professor Emeritus of the School of Library & Information Sciences, UI Center for the BookWednesday, April 21, 4:00 p.m. Please join us on Zoom:https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/91356583679

Tim Barrett will share two of the bright spots in his career that occurred after he arrived at the University of Iowa Center for the Book in 1986. In the first, he will describe how his team made the paper that now sits beneath the Charters of Freedom – our Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution – which reside in the National Archives Rotunda (Washington, D.C.). In his second example, Professor Barrett will share how his research helped reveal some of the secrets behind the surprising longevity and aesthetic appeal of 15th century European paper.

Today, he is engaged in an end-of-career quest to help raise $1.75M in10 months for the UI Center for the Book.

Photo Contest Winners

One of the highlights of the annual business meeting and luncheon is seeing some of the photos taken by UIRA members. Because we will not have that annual meeting in person again this year, you can see the winners in this and the May issues of the Gray Hawk. There were not as many submissions this year as in the past, so the judges picked only first- and second-place photos.

Hills Bank & Trust again was the prize sponsor. Once again, Penni Ryan coordinated the contest, and Larry Mendenhall and Tim Schoon were the photo judges. Here are the winners for the three categories and a few of the photos as well as the photo judges’ comments. All of the photos will be on the UIRA Shutterfly site, https://uira.shutterfly.com/.

International:First Place: John Donelson: MinnewankaLake, Banff, Canada. We liked this becauseof the strong line leading the viewer’s eye into the picture and the blue color palette ofthe image.Second Place: Jan Lawler: Sunset View.

Tim Barrett

International 1st place, John Donelson

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USA:First Place: John Moyers: Egret.Second Place: KE Renquist: Osprey Nest. The nest is interesting, but we also loved the texture in the wall behind the nest and the general composition of the frame.

Iowa:First Place: Linda Muston: October Surprise. We loved thesmall details in this photo. Iowa doesn’t have dramaticlandscapes, so being able to see the beauty in small things is adefinite plus. The early snow gives a nice contrast to the fallcolors, and we thought this worked well as a photo.Second Place: Diana Cox: Goodness How Delicious.

UIRA Special Interest Groups

The Gray Hawk Writers have been meeting fortnightly since April 1999 and continue to meet every two weeks via Zoom. We read aloud what we have written, encourage one another, and offer friendly critique. In 2014 we published an anthology, Yesterdays. Our storytelling and writing styles are quite diverse; there are many pathways that can be followed when writing. Visit us as a guest; you may decide you would like to join the group. Everyone has a story to tell. Email the chair of the group Doug Paul (D ougPaul@harvestpreserve.org ).

Iowa 1st place, Linda Muston

USA 2nd place, KE Renquist

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Welcome New UIRA Members, April 2021

Linda AndersonLes FinkenMark A. GraberHetty Hall

William "Bill" HockensmithKim Elizabeth HorrasDale KinzenbawCharlene KinzenbawLaurel Schlabaugh

PathologyITSUIHC Emergency MedicineSpouse Student Life/Hawk ShopInformation Technology SystemsInternal MedicineInternal MedicineState Health Registry - College of Public Health

We look forward to meeting in person in 2021 as conditions permit.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2020-2021 (year term on board expires)

Sam Cochran President (2022) samcia1232@gmail.com

Carolyn Wanat President-elect (2023) carolyn-wanat @uiowa.edu

Pat Mason-Browne Secretary (2023)David Fitzgerald Treasurer (2023)Emil Rinderspacher Past President (2021)Diana Harris The Gray Hawk Editor (2021)Phil Klein Webmaster (ex-officio)Benny Hawkins Director (2023)Billie Townsend Director (2023)Charles Dayton Director (2022)Lois Lembke Director (2022)Richard Saunders Director (2021)Ed Dove Director (2021)Deb Cobb EFC representative (ex-officio)Stephen Vlastos EFC representative (ex-officio)

The UIRA Board of Directors monthly meetings are on-line at 1:00 p.m., second Tuesday of the month.