NARFE Chapter 469 members met for their regular meeting on Aug. 14 at the Pizza Ranch in Austin. President Jonathon Green called the meeting to order. Mark Rasmussen, president of the Owatonna NARFE Chapter, was present with updates regarding the 2014 Minnesota State NARFE Convention which the Owatonna and Austin-Albert Lea chapters are scheduled to host.

Guest speaker Jen Haugen, dietician at the Austin Hy-Vee store, explained the new nutritional scoring system call NuVal and told the group about the gardening and cooking program available to area children ages 3 through 10 called Sprout-Get Out and Grow.

The next meeting is scheduled for Oct. 9 at the Pizza Ranch in Albert Lea.