CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Pictured is Gloria DeBower displaying one of her Quilts of Valor while presenting a program on Central Iowa Sew-ciety’s mission to award these quilts to veterans.

The Marshall Country Retired School Personnel Association met Oct. 18 at the library.

The program was presented by Gloria DeBower who spoke about the Quilts of Valor. The Central Iowa Sew-ciety guild has presented 319 quilts to people in the Marshall, Tama and Hardin counties over the years. Quilts are “awarded” not gifted. It costs about $150 to make each quilt, and there are certain specifications to be met for each quilt. Anyone wishing to donate to this project can send a check to Marvis Drew, 1537 Yates Ave., Marshalltown, and the money will be spent to cover expenses.

The meeting was called to order by Carole Permar. The minutes of the last meeting were read by Barb Vana and they were approved. There were 13 members and one guest present. No treasurer’s report was given.

Permar passed out stickers to be placed in the yearly booklet telling who will be on the omitted social committees in March, April and May. Anyone who wasn’t present will need to get these.

Permar spoke about the State Meeting held Oct. 6-7 at the Honey Creek Resort. She and Phil Tetzloff attended. The volunteer hours have been turned in, and members showed more than 1,000 hours this past year. A reminder to keep track of volunteer hours was given.

Under new business it was noted that the library piano needs tuning. MCRSCA use it at a couple of the meetings. A discussion was held stating that it would be a good community service for the organization to pay for it not to exceed $200 as the group uses the rooms at the library monthly and this would be a nice “thank you.” The treasury is solvent enough to donate this. LaVonne Hildahl made a motion to pay for this; Sue Garrels seconded the motion and it passed.

Under new business, it was brought up that the club has had a Christmas project in the past. Gary Bryant spoke about the Emergency Food Box, and it was decided that will be the Christmas project this year. A monetary donation in November and December will be collected at the meetings.

An announcement was made by Permar about the School Board Forum Oct. 19 at the Coliseum.

The social committee of LaVonne and Arlo Hildahl, Diane and Keith Oleson and Linda Ruiter was thanked.

The next meeting will be at 1 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the library. The speaker will be Cynthia Knight who will talk about the Net High Academy for students who need assistance to succeed. The Social Committee will be Shirley Foster, Karen Clover, Mary Dixon, Jack Smith, Lyle Niemeyer and Linda Shatto.