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Issue 130 November 2020 STONY Bridges In this Issue p. 2 In Memory of Jan Siegel p. 20 “Stronger Minds Make for Stronger Kids” –PSTO Grant p. 22 Dreams Come True in Amalfiby Gail M. Murray p. 31 “I’ll See your Bet and Raise you $1000!” by Merv Mascarenhas p. 36 Photography --- Continuing to Enrich My Life by Wendy Nurgitz Photo by Wendy Nurgitz Table of Contents District 23 In Memoriam . 2 Champagne Breakfast . 19 by John Giannone, Convener by Mildred Frank, Convener Greetings to New District 23 Members!. 2 Stronger Minds Make for Stronger Kids . 20 In Memoriam Janis Siegel by John Giannone, Convener by Maureen Capotosto, Convener & Valerie Sterling, Member 1949 - 2020 In Memory of Janis Siegel… ��������������������������������������������������������2 Dreams Come True in Amalfi . 22 It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of by John Giannone, Convener by Gail M. Murray, Member the following members of District 23. We extend our heartfelt Jan was a very active member of the President’s Message ��������������������������������������������������������������������4 It’s Social Isolation Awareness Month . 26 sympathy to their families and friends. RTOERO District 23 executive and a by Gwen Scriven ,President by Sara Di Nallo, RTOERO Foundation Representative President for two terms in 2010 Fall & What a Team ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������5 RTO Scholarships ����������������������������������������������������������������������27 The following information was taken from RTOERO Provincial’s monthly 2016/2017. Jan also was the Project by Maureen Caporosto, Past President updates from June 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020 Book Club ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������28 Service to Others Convener for five Political Advocacy ������������������������������������������������������������������������6 by Sylvia Skippen, Convener years supporting community activities Savitri Ahuja, Sydney Baumal, Dielwen Bracken, Patricia Bremner-Ikeno, by Kathy Shorney, Convener through projects that involved members The Willow Winds . 29 Ronald Chapman, Catherine Cunsolo, Carol Dixon, Kathleen Hawker, Communications ��������������������������������������������������������������������������7 by Bev Gorbet, Member and a grant from the central office. by Karen Quinn, Convener Patricia Lindsay, Loretta Lundy, Ronald McIntyre, Elizabeth McLaren, e-Devices Group ������������������������������������������������������������������������30 Margaret Mooney, Helen Quinn, Remo Ramilli, Shirley Ratcliffe, Janis Jan brought her talents and skills sup- Bridge Musings . 8 by Vern Paige, Convener Siegel, Leonard Sparks Lynne Stoyan, Ene Sutt, Craig Williamson, Carol by Alan Ward, Bridge Convener porting many events and activities with- I’ll See Your Bet and Raise You $1000! . 31 Woo in the District. As well Jan was involved Cycling ……A Growing Life Style . 9 by Merv Macarenhas, Editor, Webmaster and Twitter Meister at the provincial level as a member of by Eileen Kearns, Convener Updated Posting Andalusía - Heart of Spain . 32 the Benefits Committee that oversees M. Joan Hunter January 2020 Pole Walking . 10 by Gail M. Murray, Member our Health Plan. Jan loved a challenge by Kathy Shorney, Convener Readers Letters/Questions ��������������������������������������������������������35 and bringing people together to support North York Strollers ��������������������������������������������������������������������10 good causes. Her love of travel with by Joanne Famiglietti, Convener A Floral Refrain . 35 Greetings to New District 23 her husband Courtney Doldron, also an by Bruce Jacobs Davidovitch executive member and Past President, Goodwill – Caring…Compassionate ����������������������������������������11 by Gwen Bumbury, Convener Photography – Continuing to Enrich My Life ��������������������������36 Members took her to many, many places bringing by Wendy Nurgitz, Member by John Giannone - Convener back great photos, new friends, and Recruitment and You ������������������������������������������������������������������12 by Mary Ellen Lawless, Convener LIGHTFOOT by Nicholas Jennings c 2017 . 38 The Executive welcomes all the new members who have recently joined wonderful memories. by Gail M. Murray, Member Have-a-Java . 13 RTOERO District 23 and invite them to become active participants in all Autumn 1987 . 39 We were fortunate to have Jan’s influ- by Elizabeth Clarke, Convener of our activities. As of September 30, 2020 RTOERO, District 23 has a by Bev Gorbet, Member total membership of 2819 members. ence, enthusiasm and ideas in devel- Health Benefits: More Than a Report! ��������������������������������������14 oping and promoting many of the things by George Meek, Convener Waxing Nostalgic ������������������������������������������������������������������������40 we do as a District. Jan’s family was by Mary Cairo, Archivist The following information was taken from RTOERO Provincial’s monthly Needlework and Crafts . 19 updates from June 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020 the centre of her life but her interests by Margaret Schuman, Convener extended far and wide. June: Aviva Brenner, Joan Chapman, Shelley Joffe, Ross MacDonald, May Nemr, Mark Silverstein, Kevin Watt In her last month, Jan was honoured by the Rotary Club of Willowdale for her Submissions Leadership as she concluded her year STONY Bridges RTOERO, North York, District 23 welcomes submissions for STONY Bridges from members. Do you have a story to tell, an July: Kwan-Ying Au, Francis Coffey, Rosario Cunsolo, Sheila Harbin, as President of their club. experience to share or a poem you have written? Consider submitting your work for publication. Please include name, address, and telephone Janet Jundler, Eugenia Marino, Shirley McIntyre, Leonard Nicholson, number (for identification only) and some past and present biographical information (for publication if space permits).Articles should be from Asdghig Ramilli, Gwendolyn Rattle, Sally Ungerman, Michael Winberg 400 to 1200 words (one half to one page) in length. Photos are also welcome (minimum 300 dpi in jpg or RAW format). Please send photos as attachments and do not reduce the size. We reserve the right to edit, condense, crop, or reject letters, photos, or other submissions. August: Cindy Greiver, Annie Heber, Geoffrey Ikeno, Kathleen O’Malley, Send submissions to: Maureen Capotosto at [email protected]. STONY Bridges is published for its members in March, August, and November by the Retired Teachers of Ontario District 23, North York. Linda Ramkissoon, Agnes Schwartzberg, Bonnie Sparks, Ina Turner The due date for material for the next issue is Wednesday, January 13, 2021 September: Olivia Coutinho, Dr. Altaf Qadeer, Frances Warga 2 | STONY Bridges STONY Bridges | 3 President’s Message What a Team by Gwen Scriven, President By Maureen Capotosto, Past President “Sometimes good things fall apart, so better things can fall together.” ― M. Monroe “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” ― Phil Jackson This has been an extra ordinary year in so many ways. New hobbies and creative ways of keeping in touch with those we love have become a way What a year to be President! instead of waiting until later in the year. pre-school/Kindergarten to grade 6 of life. I hope everyone enjoyed the warm summer weather and beautiful Calendar of Everything was moving along as teacher sworking in a TCDSB or TDSB fall colours before winter sets in. Congratulations to new retirees and wel- Events expected with our District until March This past year we had several mem- school to receive the Kids Have Stress come to new members to RTOERO District 23. You can keep informed and with the worrisome news of a virus bers propose an idea for our Service support materials. in touch through our newsletter STONY Bridges, monthly E-Newsletter, December 2020 that would soon upturn our lives. In the to Others Project. We decided to Facebook, website and Twitter. 9 Executive Meeting (ZM) space of 3 days we went from planning accept the one from Valerie Sterling I will continue to support the District 11 e-Devices Group (ZM) events into the Spring to cancelling as it best fit the requirements and put and the Executive as Past President There have been a few changes to the Executive this fall. In order for 16 Have-a-Java (ZM) everything as Prime Minister Trudeau together an application for the Stronger and in my other roles.If you would like Districts to move forward, the RTOERO Central enacted a process to install issued his first of many announce- Minds Make For Stronger Kids proj- to learn more about working on our the new Executive. The following persons were acclaimed through this pro- ments about the pandemic. As we ect. I am thrilled to announce that we executive and District activities please January 2021 cess. Vernon Paige is now Treasurer, Olga Mackenzie remains as Secretary, dealt with the isolation and restrictions have received a grant from RTOERO contact me – 8 e-Devices (ZM) Second Vice President is Karen Quinn, First Vice President is Mary Valtellini it sunk in that our executive needed to of $4000. Read about how you can [email protected] and myself as President. Sara Di Nallo has been appointed as our represen- 13 Executive Meeting (ZM) consider some different ways of doing support this project by nominating a tative for The RTOERO Foundation. Maureen Capotosto will serve as Past 20 Have-a-Java