VAN WERT — The Van Wert Area Retired Teachers Association (VWARTA) will have a summer luncheon meeting and program on Friday, July 11th at noon in the Willow Bend Country Club. Members are encouraged to attend to hear updates from speaker Dr. Robin Rayfield, ORTA Executive Director, and/or other ORTA officers, on the STRS pension system and the Ohio Retirement for Teachers Association” response to recent legislation passed in Ohio’s budget bill that limit the voices of retired and active teachers in the decision-making process involving their retirement futures. VWARTA members are welcome to invite other interested retired educators as guests to this luncheon program.