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News&Views Winter 2017 The Magazine of the Alberta Retired Teachers’ Association WINTER 2017 IN THIS ISSUE 2017 Scholarship Winners The Alberta Retired Teachers Charitable Foundation Launches Brothers of a Feather: Part 2 SEE ANOTHER SIDE of Italy Save up to $250 per person!* Mention you are an ARTA member to save even more! TUSCAN & UMBRIAN COUNTRYSIDE 11 Days • 16 Meals Explore Tuscany and Umbria’s smaller, more authentic towns. Learn the secrets of Umbrian cuisine & savour all the sights on this amazing small group tour. Visit a family-owned winery for a tasting and have a home-hosted lunch in a charming country home. Explore San Gimignano, known as the “City of Beautiful Towers.” Along the way, savour regional specialties and enjoy Italian wine with every dinner. For more information contact your local travel professional or call 800.468.5955 *Mention offer code 73AR5 for savings. Offers can expire earlier due to space and inventory availability. Savings are only applicable to select departures. Offers are not valid for group or existing bookings. Offer is combinable with member benefit but not with any other offer. Offer amounts vary based on tour and departure date. Other restrictions may apply, call for details. Travel Industry Council of Ontario Reg. # 3206405; B.C. Reg. # 23337 TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTA supports an engaged lifestyle after retirement through member-centred The Magazine of the Alberta Retired Teachers’ Association WINTER 2017 | VOL. 26:2 services, advocacy, communication, wellness and leadership. EDITOR Robin Carson ASSOCIATE EDITOR Margaret Sadler ASSISTANT EDITORS Vi Oko Bev Sawyer EXECUTIVE LIAISON Marilyn Bossert ADVERTISING AND MARKETING Amanda Shaw 32 PRINTING & DESIGN Burke Group news&views is published four times a year by Regular Features Articles the Alberta Retired Teachers’ Association (ARTA). 4 Member Services 24 Highlights of the 2017 ARTA AGM Contributions to news&views are welcome. 5 President’s Message They may be sent to: [email protected] 27 ARTA’s Honorary 7 Executive Director’s Deadline for submissions to the spring Membership for issue is January 20, 2018 Report Gordon Cumming Telephone: 780-822-2400 8 Opportunities Canada only: 1-855-212-2400 28 2017 Scholarship Winners fax: 1-780-447-0613 9 Editorial email: [email protected] 32 ARTA Welcomes the Alberta website: www.arta.net 10 Spirituality & Wellness Retired Teachers Charitable Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: 12 Financial Foundation 11835 149 Street NW Edmonton, AB T5L 2J1 14 Gardening 35 Book Review: Financial CANADIAN PUBLICATION AGREEMENT #40033998 16 Legal Planning in Steps This publication is provided for general 18 From the Branches 36 Travelling the Nayarit Riviera information purposes only and is not meant as legal or other professional advice. You should not 54 From our Partners 40 “School Days, School Days. rely on, or take or fail to take any action, based Dear Old Golden Rule Days…” upon the information provided in this publication. 58 In Memoriam If you require specifi c legal or professional 43 Hospice—Giving Families advice on any issue, please consult a lawyer or other professional advisor. The Alberta Retired a Chance to Be the Family Teachers’ Association, its directors, offi cers, Wellness employees, agents and authors shall not be liable 46 Into Africa: Zambia 1963–68 in any manner, or to any extent, for any loss, 50 Positive Thinking and damage or expense whatsoever, arising from 48 Brothers of a Feather: Part 2 or in connection with any use of or reliance on Emotional Well-Being the information contained in this publication, including but not limited to, any indirect or consequential damages. news&views WINTER 2017 | 3 CONTACTS + INFORMATION Contact Information ARTA: Edmonton area: 780-822-2400 Member Services Toll-free: 1-855-212-2400 Email: [email protected] Website: www.arta.net news&views: The ARTA staff wishes you Email: [email protected] Submissions: [email protected] and yours warmth and good Address change/cancellation: [email protected] cheer this holiday season and Next news&views deadline: January 20 throughout the New Year! ARTA Benefi ts Plan: Claims: 1-855-444-2782 [email protected] Holiday Hours TW Insurance: 1-855-894-2782 (Home and Auto) ARTA ATRF: 780-451-4166 December 7–8, 2017 Toll-free: 1-800-661-9582 Closed for ARTA Staff Training Email: [email protected] December 22, 2017 at 12:00p.m. CPP and OAS Benefi ts: to January 1, 2018 Toll-free: 1-800-277-9914 Closed for Christmas break Canada Revenue Agency: We will respond to all messages at our soonest (Individual Concerns) 1-800-959-8281 opportunity when the offi ce re-opens in January. Our offi ce numbers are Pension Dates Toll-free: 1-855-212-2400 (extension 1) In the Edmonton area: 780-822-2400 ATRF Pension Dates: Available at www.atrf.com ASEBP CPP and OAS Deposit Dates: December 22, 25, 26 and January 1, 2018 Service Canada has not provided any 2018 dates. Closed You may reach them at 1-800-622-6232 or at the For benefi ts and claims inquiries: number listed above for information. The dates Toll-free: 1-855-444-2782 are not on the Service Canada website. In the Edmonton area: 780-989-8709 If you receive these pensions via direct deposit, Allianz can be reached for travel emergencies the deposit date is usually three business days at all times. before the end of the month. December is the From Canada/United States: 1-844-996-9003 exception, with the deposit being made before Collect from any other country: 1-519-342-0142 the Christmas holidays. 4 | arta.net PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE The Journey Begins MARILYN BOSSERT | President, ARTA he adjournment of the ARTA 2017 AGM defi nes wellness as “an active process of becoming Tmarked the beginning of my journey as ARTA aware of and making choices toward a healthy and president. My initial sentiments were comparable fulfi lling life…a state of complete physical, mental, to my fi rst day of moving to the ‘big’ school in and social well-being, and not merely the absence Grade 7—anticipation for the privilege of playing a of disease or infi rmity.” role in the future in ARTA, but a touch of anxiety That same article shares the “Six Dimensions for the undisclosed. of Wellness” model developed by Dr. Bill Those same sentiments may also be experienced Hettler, cofounder of the US National Wellness by new retirees. The prospect of freedom from the Institute: (1) intellectual wellness—lifelong work force is very appealing, but there may also be learning, (2) social wellness—connecting and that element of apprehension. communicating, (3) emotional wellness— To our new ARTA members, we welcome optimistic attitude toward life, (4) economic you, and we would bring your attention to our wellness—fi nancial awareness, (5) spiritual ARTA mission statement: ARTA supports an wellness—discovery of the meaning and purpose engaged lifestyle after retirement through in life, and (6) physical wellness—maintaining member-centred services, advocacy, good health practices. communication, wellness and leadership. Within each issue of our news&views magazine, ARTA was established in 1963, a time when readers can anticipate wellness submissions from many of us were only vaguely aware of the concept our ARTA Wellness Committee, our ARTA Pension of retirement. We are truly grateful to the group and Financial Wellness Committee, and guest of visionaries who established this provincewide, writers such as Gerhard Sawatzky (fi nancial) and non-profi t organization. Peggy McDonagh (spirituality and wellness). What draws most members to ARTA is our My wish to all ARTA members, both new and group Retiree Benefi ts Plan, initiated in 1995. Our seasoned, is that you may maintain your wellness ARTA Health Benefi ts committees over the years so that you enjoy your engaged lifestyle after have worked diligently to keep the plan viable and retirement. This can be the ideal time to explore all the preferred choice of the members. of life’s opportunities that were not possible while When we take ownership of our own health and we were working. wellness, we increase the odds of enjoying that Before I conclude my fi rst president’s message, engaged lifestyle and, at the same time, do our part I want to express my appreciation to outgoing Past in sustaining our benefi ts plan. President Gordon Cumming for everything he has “The Concept of Wellness” compiled by our ARTA done for ARTA. His words of wisdom, his insight Wellness Committee in the 2016 autumn issue of and his wonderful sense of humour will be missed. news&views (arta.net/newsviews-fall-2016) My journey has begun. news&views WINTER 2017 | 5 Marilyn Bossert Responds to a Proust Questionnaire 1. What do you appreciate most in your As it is, all I can play is my car radio or my friends? wireless sound system, which has been known to give me grief. Honesty, a positive outlook, and a sense of humour are the traits I most appreciate in all my 4. What is your most treasured possession? associates, whether they be my friends, family or acquaintances. Currently, my most treasured possession is my sewing machine. Whenever time allows, I can 2. What is your idea of happiness? be found in my sewing room, creating another quilt that will most likely go to one of my family Happiness for me is family time. We have members, or perhaps working on one of my UFOs a family of four, but the reality of living in a (quilting term for an unfi nished quilting project). rural community is that once young people leave home to attend university, they must go 5. What is your favourite place in Canada? where their careers lead them.
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