coke/Y bi o o r t k Twenty-Second Report E District 22 and City of York

T The Retired Teachers of w o les enseignantes et enseignants retraités de l’Ontario enty-Tw Spring 2016

What is that on the front cover?

Calendar of Events • April 20 iPad Workshop • April 21 Have a Java • April 27 iPad Workshop • May 3 Executive meeting • May 9 Lunch Club • May 9 Financial Planning Workshop • May 13 Financial Planning Workshop • May 19 Mamma Mia, Drayton • May 19 Have a Java • June 7 AGM and Lunch, Crowne Plaza • June 13 Lunch Club • June 16 Muskoka Lake Cruise • June 16 Have a Java • July 11 Lunch Club • September 22 Port Stanley Train Excursion • October 12 Alice in Wonderland, Shaw • November 24 Sister Act, Dunfield

Inside This Isssue President’s Message 2 District Executives 2 What is that on the front cover? 3-4 In Memoriam 5 Award Announcements 5 Retirement 5 Membership Report 6 Syrian Newcomers 6 To Hell with the Bell Breakfast 6 Square Dancing 6 RTO/ERO Policyholders 7 Lunch Club 7 What are you Reading? 7-8 School Celebrations 8 What’s Happening 8 AGM and June Luncheon 9 Travel 2016 10-11 Coffee Club 12 District 22 Etobicoke and the City Of York

President’s Message District 22 Executive

A Legacy is defined as a gift of property, personal 2015 – 2016 property or money often by a last will and testament. It also refers to anything handed down from the Past President past, be it familial, as a successor or in an historical Gary Parkinson 416-621-1619 context. The term is also now commonly used in President commercial and computer lingo as in legacy Board, Sheila Tait 416-767-2406 legacy system or legacy soft ware. Indeed the model 1st Vice President name of my last car, with which I finally parted Claudia Mang 416-626-0798 company after 16 years, was Legacy. 2nd Vice President At the recent funeral of an esteemed and much Karl Sprogis 905-625-4839 beloved colleague, there was the opportunity for a Secretary long chat with a former student who had brought Janet Thacker 905-503-1484 with him a photo copy of a page of a year book which was circulated and then Treasurer included in the display of the mementos prepared by the family. He filled us Harold Royle 416-741-2781 in and brought us up to date on the careers, fortunes and whereabouts of his Awards brother and a special group of friends. Sharon Kular 416-241-7278 As educators we do not often see the long term results of our ‘interventions’. Goodwill We do not see the legacy that we have gifted and left behind. Maryanne Chard 416-626-1353 As retired educators the legacy of our labour manifests itself in a legion of Health/Insurance ways, in so many walks of life and literally in every corner of the globe. Many Anne McIlroy 416-237-0115 of the gifts we give may not be stupendous and obvious but may be subtle or Member at Large seemingly insignificant but with incredible consequences with the potential for Marilyn Jones 416-237-0251 good but unfortunately at times for bad. Member at Large Our influence never ceases although the capacity may diminish. There is Bonnie Hamilton 905-276-3049 still more that we can give and offer, be it in role modeling, volunteerism, Membership/Recruitment care giving, nurturing of young family members and friends or simply Adele Pick 416-622-7361 ‘participaction’, living life to the full or as best we can. Membership/Telephone At the beginning of each AGM, the names on the list of In Memoriam for the Lynn Farquharson 905-891-9838 current year are read aloud and also displayed on the scroll written in beautiful Newsletter calligraphy. It provides us with a unique occasion each year to honour and Helen Gill 416-536-9953 reflect on the lasting legacies of all our members and our profession. Pensions/Retirement Concerns Janis McCaskill 905-857-1187 Sheila Tait, President District 22 Political Advocacy Art Witham 416-242-3207 Social Corresponding Membership Judy Paton 416-769-1373 RTO/ERO members from another district may receive our newsletters by Travel Post for an annual payment of $10.00. Make your cheque payable to Pamela Guy 416-245-5201 RTO District 22 and mail to Adele Pick 1508-475 The West Mall, , ON Webmaster/Communications M9C 4Z3. Full colour versions of our newsletters are easily accessible by using Joel Nasimok 416-398-0733 RTO/ERO’s website. Canada Post is now charging $1.00 plus a weight charge for returning mail to the sender. Remember to register any change of http://district22.rto-ero.org address with the Provincial Office, at the contact found on this page. Do you have a new address? Do you have other changes to personal information or benefits questions? The Retired Teachers of Ontario/les enseignantes et enseignants retraités de l’Ontario Suite 300, 18 Spadina Road, Toronto ON M5R 2S7 Phone: 1-800-361-9888 (toll-free); Toronto area: 416-962-9463 Email: [email protected] or www.rto-ero.org For uninterrupted mailings from District 22 and RTO/ERO

RTO/ERO Group Benefits Program administered by Johnson Inc. Contacts: By mail - 18 Spadina Road, Suite 100, Toronto ON M5R 2S7 By phone - Toronto Area: 416-920-7248 Toll free: 1-877-406-9007 Fax: 416-920-0939 Email: [email protected]

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Submitted by Helen Gill

During a recent stroll in my neighbourhood, I stopped to snap a few photos only to discover that my 8 gigabyte memory card was full and these images were not coming home with me. Then I remembered my phone has a camera! It was a few hours later that I realized I have an unacknowledged hobby – the digital collecting of street art. The images I capture range from public monuments and memorials, to street signs and graffiti, some supported by the city through its STArts program, and some appearing anonymously.

As I started sorting through the images on my card, I noticed that I seem to have ‘categories’ for collecting. Some photos are clearly items of historical or local heritage importance. One day I was surprised to find images of cows with their names on the sidewalk pavers in the little park that once bordered the southern edge of Gibson House Museum. Did you know that the bovines ‘Grey’ and ‘Spot’ belonged to David Gibson, land surveyor and rebel in the Rebellion of 1837? The statues and sculptures at Ireland Park are a chilling reminder of Toronto past. Other markers, like the Air India Memorial (Humber Bay East Park, Lakeshore Boulevard West & Parklawn), the Fallen Firefighters Memorial (HTO Park, Harbourfront, near Fire station 334) are sobering reminders of events from my own lifetime.

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3 District 22 Etobicoke and the City Of York The personalities of neighbourhoods where I have walked are revealed in other images. The Parkdale Public Library, a heartbeat in this culturally diverse part of the city, is easily recognized by the huge globe outside its front door. Even the bicycle rack out front is reflective of the ethos of the neighbourhood. The alley that runs east and west from Portland Street to Bathurst, south of , is famous as the backdrop for many of Rick Mercer’s rants on his CBC show, The Mercer Report. Some of my favourites are signed by Uber 5000. I’ve spotted the Lovebot, work of a local Toronto artist, Matthew Del Degan, as far east as Ossington, north at Dupont and hidden within the streets of Brockton Village and Parkdale near Roncesvalles. A little research shows that this friendly little icon is popping up around the globe. Follow the link http://www.blogto.com/arts/2015/01/toronto_lovebot_spotted_around_the_world/

My category ‘signs and stickers’ is quite eclectic. Some of these appealed to me for their creativity and interest factor like the signage in the animal pens at the Zoo; others are informative, urging urban walkers to beware of coyotes along the Western Beaches boardwalk. Some signs have been ‘amended’ such as a Neighbourhood Watch sign that indicates ‘protected by Batman and Robin’ and another favourite of mine are the #SavetheBees stickers from the Sierra Club posted in public spaces. Murals, Art Boxes and Little Free Libraries of various shapes and sizes are popping up, but my favourite photos are installations or creations in the public realm, like the gLITTER Box, that reflect the humour, wit and creativity of the unknown artist. Currently I am on the hunt for signs of ‘yarn bombing’. Mine is a great ‘good weather’ hobby. All you need is a camera in your pocket and the inclination to play tourist for a day, tuned in and aware of what is around as you ‘day trip’ through parts of this great city

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• be a child/grandchild of a Old Age Security (OAS) In Memoriam Johnson employee. • universal • age 65 (67 in 2023 but under review) Submitted by Adele Pick We offer our sympathies to the family and Online Application Form • $564.87 per month friends of our departed members. Please note the following important • 15% claw back of individual details. income over $71,572 to $116,103 Elizabeth Chapman Elizabeth McGrade • The application is an on-line Anna DiVito Marion Morris document. For more information Old Age Guaranteed Income Octavio Gallardo George Ropchan and on-line application click on Supplement (GIS) Mary Lawand Lynda Schewenger http://www1.johnson.ca/scholarship • low income (individual $17,136; Lorna Laws Marilyn Wiggins • Applications shall be submitted combined $22,608) Velma McDonald on the completion of the • total guaranteed annual income applicant’s graduating year of $15,969.60 high school. Awards Announcements Completed application forms must Source 2: be submitted by August 31, 2016 and Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Submitted by Sharon Kular must include an official high school • established in 1966, financed Read below for updates and transcript of the applicant’s final year by the matching contributions of information on scholarships and marks. workers and employers awards that may be pertinent to • a person must have contributed member’s families. to access; income is based on years and amount of contributions RTO Special Awards • access at age 65 - can access at Johnson’s Inc. Scholarship All Canadian residents completing The Provincial Executive is accepting age 60 with a reduction or delay high school and who are beginning nominations for two awards. The to age 70 with an increase post-secondary education are eligible Distinguished Member Award may • maximum $1065.00/month to apply for a Johnson Scholarship. be awarded annually to up to three Annually, Johnson will award 100 members, selected in recognition of Source Three: scholarships each valued at $1,500 their outstanding and/or long term Pension/Savings/Investments to students attending a post- contributions to the work of RTO/ • Workplace Pension Plan secondary educational institution ERO at the Provincial and/or District • Liquid assets in Canada. level. The Founding Member Award, • Registered Retirement Savings not necessarily awarded annually, Plan (RRSP) • Investments Who May Apply recognizes an RTO/ERO member’s To apply, applicants must be: a outstanding voluntary contributions • Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) Canadian resident; completing high to the work of RTO/ERO at the • Real Estate school in 2016; and commencing provincial level. In addition to a Financial success during retirement = post-secondary education in the fall plaque, a donation is made to the pensions/savings + CPP + OAS/GSI of 2016. charity of the recipient’s choice. Nomination forms and details are Did you know? Applicants must also fall into one of available on the Members’ Centre of the website. the following categories: • The average retirement age has • have a home or auto policy increased slightly (59 years of age). through Johnson; • There were 10 teachers working • have a parent/guardian or for every retired teacher. Now grandparent who has a home or Pensions/Retirement there are 1.4 working for every auto policy through Johnson; Concerns retired teacher. • have a parent/guardian or • The average teacher teaches for grandparent who is a member/ 26 years and is on pension for 31 employee of a Johnson sponsor/ Submitted by Janis McCaskill • RTO now includes members client group; and has a home or whose pensions are drawn from There are three main sources of auto policy or group benefit plan OTPP and OMERS. revenue for a retired person: through Johnson; • 96% of retiree applicants apply • Old Age Security • have a parent/guardian or on line • Canada Pension Plan grandparent who is a member/ • OTPP has 182,000 active members • Personal savings (Pensions, RRSP, employee of a Johnson sponsor/ • After receiving your pension for RIFS, TFSA, etc.) client group, but does not have a 7.5 years you have received Old Age Security and home or auto policy or group Source 1: all that you have contributed. benefit plan through Johnson; or Guaranteed Income Supplement

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RTO/ERO is working with school system and/or the early years movements raise the heart rate just sector. But families may need support others to support Syrian like an aerobic exercise. Changes in many other ways. Filling out forms, in direction loosen and tone up

Newcomer Families navigating various Canadian systems, muscles. When not moving to the mentoring with job employment music you are clapping or tapping Martin Higgs, President RTO/ERO skills—these are only a few examples your feet contributing to long term of volunteer requests that local fitness. As you know, the federal community agencies might be Care to give it a try? Where: Christ government made a commitment making and which may be of interest the King Church, 475 Rathburn Road, to bring 25,000 Syrian newcomers to RTO members. Etobicoke. When: Friday night--- to Canada during the early months 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Contacts: of 2016. As an organization— Adele Pick 416-622-7361 or Aaron provincially and at the district To Hell with the Bell Goodman (caller) 905-896-4217. level—many RTO/ERO members Breakfast! have expressed significant interest in helping to support the newcomer When: Wednesday, September 14, families with their arrival and 2016, 9:30 a.m. settlement needs. Where: Canadiana Restaurant, 5230 West, Six Points In early December, 2015, the Plaza, Etobicoke. Province of Ontario formed a Special Advisory Table on Refugees to provide executive leadership, strategic guidance, sector collaboration and information-sharing Membership Report on issues concerning refugee arrival Our annual breakfast to recruit new members is approaching. and integration in Ontario. The Submitted by Adele Pick Special Advisory Table is co-chaired This is a free buffet breakfast to those Welcome to District 22. by the Minister of Citizenship, joining in 2016 or planning to join We hope you enjoy some of the Immigration and International Trade, RTO/ERO. activities we offer. Michael Chan and the Minister of It is open to retiring or retired As of March 1, 2016 we have 2213 Health and Long-Term Care, Dr. teachers, school and board full members and 228 associate Eric Hoskins. At the provincial administrators, support staff, members. level, RTO/ERO is a member of University and college faculty, and Special Advisory Table’s Education, any school board workers receiving Literacy, Training and Employment a pension from the Ontario Teachers’ Pavla Cervinka Working Group (ELET) for Syrian Pension Plan (OTPP) or Ontario Leslie Dobbin Newcomers, which is co-chaired Municipal Retirement Employees Mary-Eileen Donovan by the two learning ministries, Systems (OMERS). Current members Patrick Gleeson the Ministry of Education and the are welcome to attend with pre- Pia Kallas-Harvey Ministry of Training, Colleges and registration and payment of $15.00, Mary Kirk Universities. The benefit of this cheques payable to RTO District 22. Rene Lawand working group is that the learning To register attendance, or to remit Jean Donat Perreault ministries are taking a coordinated payment contact Adele Pick, by mail: Dale Simanavicius approach to supporting families, 1508-475 The West Mall, Vito Sinopoli with an emphasis on the needs of all Toronto ON M9C 4Z3, Ida Sottile by phone: 416 622 7361, family members from early learning Maurice Van Veghel by email: [email protected] to adult learning. There are other Sandra Vitale non-government organizations, the Nelson Gowdy partners at the table, whose focus Judy Ignatowitz is differently directed toward the Square Dancers and Elizabeth Ludkowski-Scaca settlement, social service and mental Douglas Nixon health needs of the families. Bridge Players Love There are many ways that RTO/ Holding Hands Roy Parteno ERO districts and members might Salvatore Turchiaro support Syrian newcomer families. A surprising new study says square Lana Vyte Of course, one obvious way is dancing will add ten years to your Richard Ward to provide volunteers to support life. Dr. A. Blackburn finds square Marina Wieland children with integration into the dancing is the perfect exercise. Its Zmagoslava Wolk

6 District 22 Etobicoke and the City Of York RTO/ERO opens Insurance: 1-877-406-9007 would like to bring. Membership: 1-800-361-9888 window for RTIP/ARM Contacts: Adele Pick 416 622 7361 Call volumes at this time of year [email protected]; policyholders are higher. If you need to leave a Betty Nykolaychuk 905 278 5382 message, we are committed to [email protected] RTO/ERO is receiving calls from returning calls within 24 hours. RTIP policyholders upset with the imminent OTIP renewal action and Upcoming Seminars: What are you reading? looking to RTO/ERO for a solution. We are pleased to announce the first Our commitment at RTO/ERO is 2 of 5 proposed training sessions to Spotlight on a local author “Here for you now, here for your help members become more familiar future”. We are here to improve the with their iPads. Work along with Submitted by Sheila Tait lives of our members and seniors. Pamela Tabak on your iPad and This guides everything that we iPhone as she demonstrates many do from a District and Provincial of the hidden features of the iOS perspective and members have operating system. Discover exciting overwhelmingly asked us to put ways to make your experience easier these guiding principles into action. and more fun as well as great tips Now is the time. and tricks. Your questions will be We are pleased to advise you that answered with live demonstrations. this morning, the RTO/ERO Health Wednesday April 20 Services and Insurance Committee 10 a.m. – 12 noon The Essentials approved the following motion: Wednesday April 27 10 a.m. – 12 noon Connectivity Where: Tapestry at Village Gate West, “Effective January 26, 2016, RTO/ 15 Summerland Terrace, Etobicoke. ERO waive the medical evidence M9A 0B5 requirement and implement a The topics of future sessions will be: 30 day open-enrollment window Scheduling & Leisure, Creativity & for those RTIP/ARM individual Window to the World. Camilla Gibbs, one of my favourite insurance plan policyholders For more information please contact authors, went to school in Toronto wishing to transfer to our Group Sheila Tait 416 767-2406 or and was taught by a wonderful Insurance Plans, subject to RTO/ Joel Nasimok 416 398.0733 or English teacher whom I know. ERO membership eligibility. visit our website. Born in England, Camilla moved to Coverage can commence as early Canada at an early age and attended as February 1, 2016.” Keep the following dates open: C. I. and Jarvis C. Already an RTO/ERO member? I. She studied at the American Complete the online insurance May 9 & May 13 for 2 seminars to be University in Cairo, University of enrollment form. held at Christ The King Church, 465 Rathburn Rd, Etobicoke on Financial Toronto and did her post graduate Planning & Practical Considerations work at Oxford where she earned a Need RTO/ERO membership PhD in social anthropology. Download and print our 2016 during retirement, Updating Wills, the too? Camilla is a Faculty member in membership application form Implication of the Provincial Estate and creative writing at University of our 2016 insurance application form. Tax Act and The role of Executors. Toronto, Guelph-Humber University, Simply mail completed forms to both and Humber School for Writers, RTO/ERO at 18 Spadina Road, Suite and is currently the June Callwood 300, Toronto, ON M5R 2S7. Professor in Social Justice at Victoria College, University of Toronto. Complete Once a Month Lunch Club Need more information? This Canadian writer has won many plan details can be found in the awards, the Trillium Award, the CBC following links: Our monthly Monday get-together for Canadian Literary Award, and the City Extended Health Care lunch, usually the second Monday of the month, is prospering. Mark of Toronto Book Award. She was also Semi-Private Hospital and your calendar for May 9, June 13 a Scotia Giller prize and International Convalescent Care Dental and July 11. Restaurant selection for Literary Dublin IMPAC nominee. Her the following month is determined first novel, Mouthing the Words, 1999,

Have questions? by ‘a majority rule’ of the attendees. established her reputation early. Call us from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Please phone or email the contacts Monday to Friday: to confirm your place and guest you Con’t Page 8

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Her other books include: Between email [email protected] This program is especially geared to Wars, 2001, which earned the CBC On the way to the front door, take adults and seniors. Short Story Literary Award, The a look at the 6 trees in the front 2016 Program: Week 1 – August petty details of so-and-so, 2002; yard which were planted on the 1st 8-12, Week 2 – August 15-19. Each Sweetness in the Belly, 2005, set Remembrance Day on November 11, week there are two courses – two 90 in Ethiopia, winner of the City of 1919 in memory of the twelve local minute lectures per morning, at 9:00 Toronto Book Award; the Trillium men named on the plaque located a.m. and 11:00 a.m., with a half hour Award offered by the province, was in the main hall. The trees will be break in between. Cookies, fresh short listed for the Giller Prize and 100 years old on Remembrance Day fruits and beverages are provided. long listed for the Dublin IMPAC 2019 and are currently submitted You may take one or more courses for Heritage Status with the City of and you save $ the more courses Award. The Beauty of Humanity Toronto in hopes that an outdoor you take. Movement, 2010, set in Hanoi, is designation plaque can be erected Visit www.knox.utotonto.ca/summer- an intriguing tale set in the political so that these tress and the sacrifices profram to download the form or to climate of the post Vietnam War era, of these local men will never be register online. For more information with the themes of the search for forgotten. contact: Knox College Summer identity, food as the narrative centres Program, Susan Gaby-Trotz, around the life of a pho seller, love Co-ordinator by phone: 416 946 and the legacy of art. (Teaser: This Loretto College School Centenary 8425, by fax: 416 971 2758, or by one may be of particular interest email: [email protected] to teachers.) The Penguin Book of Join us in celebrating 100 years Summer Activities Memoir, 2011, is an anthology of on Saturday, May 14, 2016 with a • Habitat for Humanity, Greater memoir of Canadian authors. This is Mass of Thanksgiving, His Eminence Toronto Area Building Homes happy, 2014, short listed for the RBC Thomas Cardinal Collins, Celebrant, Building Hope. Contact Taylor 2016 Prize is a very poignant at 2:00 p.m. at St. Clare Roman Information: http://www and frank memoir of her personal Catholic church, 1118 St. Clair habitatgta.ca/volunteer.html journey and is featured on many lists Avenue West. A reception follows • Highway of Heroes. A Tree for of the best books of the year. Let at Loretto College School, 151 Every Hero. Tree planting and one of her books be part of your Rosemount Avenue, at 3:30 p.m... other opportunities. Visit http:// summer and/ or book club reading Cost: $35.00 per person. Parking is hohtribute.ca/get-involved/ and be sure to visit her website at limited, TTC is recommended. Please • Join the Adult Learning Programs www.camillagibb.ca/ RSVP at www.lorettocollege100.com at the AGO Contact : http://www. by April 29, 2016 ago.net/courses-workshops • Explore Behind The Scenes at the ROM: Contact: www.rom.on.ca/ School Celebrations • City of Toronto Museums and Sizzling summers bring Heritage Sites (10 across the city). Lambton Park Community School www.toronto.ca/museums Pick up 50 Bernice Crescent, Toronto, ON good weather and a MAP Pass from the library for M6N 1W9. 416 394 3070 opportunities. free admission for 2 adults and up to five children. Are you at loose ends this summer? • Toronto Public Library- art Here are some recommendations installations, speakers, various from our members: events http://www.toronto publiclibrary.ca/programs-and- Knox Summer Program classes/ • Harbourfront Music Garden free The Knox College Summer Program concerts- see Harbourfront Centre is a morning lecture series for the website; details unavailable at curious mind, on topics you want to this time learn more about. Located in the • Festivals occur in parts of the city heart of the University of Toronto’s St. throughout the summer. Many Come and celebrate the 100 George campus - at 59 St. George feature free events. June: North by years of memories with former Street – the series focuses on diverse North East Music Festival, classmates and teachers, subjects with lectures presented by Luminato, Pride Week, Toronto Saturday, September 24, 2016 from experts in their fields. Jazz Festival July: Fringe Festival, 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. For more No homework! No exams! And Beaches Jazz Festival August: information: www.facebook.com/ classes end daily at 12:30 p.m., Caribana, Buskerfest groups/822115541267172 or leaving you the afternoons free.

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Annual General Meeting and June Luncheon Tuesday, June 7, 2016 Crowne Plaza, 33 Carlson Court, Toronto ON M6W 6H5 Phone 416-675-1234 Annual General Meeting: 10:00 am to 11:30 am Registration: begins 9:30 a.m. Refreshments available

Pre-registration for the lunch is required. You are encouraged to register quickly. Once the dining room seating allocation is met, a ‘wait list’ will be kept. Entertainment: Terry Fallis novelist - Winner of The Stephen Leacock Award for Humour Talk, Reading and Signing

Lunch: 12:00 pm Cost: $35.00 per person plus one guest at $35.00.

Entrée Choices:

CH Chicken Supreme with Hunter style sauce

S Grilled Salmon with Dill Sauce

V Wild Mushroom Risotto in a Porcini Mushroom Stock, drizzled with Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Truffle Essence

A glass of red or white wine will be offered at the table.

Pick up your Name tag at the registration table. There is no provision to pay at door. No refunds unless notification is received before Friday, May 27, 2016. Parking is free but you must register your license plate upon arrival. Parking is off the Hotel driveway. Note: The parking lot to the left of the Hotel with the gates is not the Hotel parking lot.

For further information, please contact: Judy Paton: 416-769-1373 £ £ £

Registration for District 22 - AGM and June Luncheon, Crowne Plaza Tuesday, June 7, 2016.

Name Indicate Choice of: CH S V

Name Indicate Choice of: CH S V

Please make your cheque for the full amount payable to RTO District 22 and mail with this registration to: Judy Paton, 152 Cordella Avenue, Toronto, ON M6N 2J9

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TRAVEL 2016

ALL CHEQUES must be made payable to “YEAR ROUND TRAVEL INC.”. The cheques will still be mailed to PAM GUY, but cheques must be made out for EACH tour and dated as requested with the trip. Pam must also have all the names to include on the trip. If the trip becomes fully booked, we will establish a WAIT LIST. If you cancel more than thirty days prior to the trip a full refund will be made.

If you cancel closer to the trip than LISTED PAYMENT DATE you may forfeit your payment, if a substitute cannot be found.

WE REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF 40 PARTICIPANTS FOR EACH TRIP.

ALL TRIPS will depart from CENTENNIAL PARK SE PARKING LOT (Centennial Park Rd. just North of Rathburn)

MAMMA MIA, Drayton Festival Theatre Thursday May 19, 2016

This is one of our usual tours with a little twist. On this trip we will travel first to St Jacob’s Market. Here you will have ample time to browse the vendor area, pick up many products that interest you and find a spot for LUNCH. You are responsible for your lunch or snack. Following this stop we will travel to the DRAYTON FESTIVAL THEATRE for their presentation of Mamma Mia, the music of ABBA used in a play set on the Greek Islands. Following the play we travel to GOLF’S STEAKHOUSE in Kitchener. The twist of course is no lunch, but a good supper. It should be a wonderful day with a little later return time – 8:00 pm. Departure 9:30 AM Payment due by April 19, 2016 Price: $120 per Person

MUSKOKA LAKE CRUISE note change Thursday, June 16, 2016 Situated in picturesque Bracebridge, “The Heart of Muskokas”, the 300 passenger Lady Muskoka offers an incredible sightseeing opportunity you’re sure to remember. Captain Al shares local folklore, directs attention to interesting sites and occasionally, reaches into his humorous side to share a few more “facts”. The “Lady” is carpeted throughout and has 6 modern, clean washrooms. After our 3 hour luncheon cruise, we have some free time in the quaint town of Bracebridge. Departure 9:00 AM Payment due by May 16, 2016 Price: $94 per person

PORT STANLEY TRAIN EXCURSION Thursday, September 22, 2016 The Port Stanley Terminal Rail (PSTR) is a heritage railway that passes over the historic tracks of the London and Port Stanly Railway (L&PS) between Port Stanley and St. Thomas, Ontario. The tourist trains began operating in 1983, after volunteers started maintaining the abandoned L&PS train corridor. TIMES AND COSTS HAVE NOT BEEN DETERMINED. PLEASE CONTACT PAM GUY IF INTERESTED.

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ALICE in WONDERLAND – Shaw Festival WEDNESDAY, October 12, 2016

The tale of Alice’s adventures underground is brought to life in a newly commissioned adaptation, written especially for the Shaw acting company. Delight in the stunning visuals and theatrical magic as we meet the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Mock Turtle and the Queen of Hearts and watch Alice try to make sense of this world of grown-up nonsense. A magical, musical experience for adults and children alike! We will enjoy a brief stop at Picard Peanuts prior to our buffet lunch at the Pillar and Post. Depart 9:00 AM Payment due by September 1, 2016 Price: $140 per person

SISTER ACT – Dunfield Theatre Cambridge THURSDAY, November 24, 2016 Our first stop will be at the Butterfly Conservatory to witness the amazing beauty if these wonderful creatures. Following that visit we will proceed to the MANDARIN Restaurant for a fantastic buffet lunch and then on to our Orchestra seating to see the play. Don’t miss the habit-forming musical comedy that gives audiences a reason to rejoice! Based on the hit movie starring Whoopi Goldberg, Sister Act is filled with glorious gospel-inspired music, dancing, and an uplifting story that celebrates sisterhood, Sister Act will leave you jumping for joy. Departs 9:00 AM Payment due by October 14, 2016 $114 per person

£ £ £

TRIP REGISTRATION FORM 2015

NAME:______ADDRESS______

PHONE:______e-mail (best contact)______

MAKE CHEQUE PAYABLE TO: “YEAR ROUND TRAVEL INC.” and attach list of attendees.

MAMMA MIA DRAYTON FESTIVAL TICKETS REQUIRED @ $120.00 = MUSKOKA LAKE CRUISE TICKETS REQUIRED @ $94.00 = ALICE IN WONDERLAND SHAW FESTIVAL TICKETS REQUIRED @ $140.00 = SISTER ACT DUNFIELD THEATRE TICKETS REQUIRED @ $114.00 = TOTAL Enclosed $

PLATE No. of vehicles left in Parking lot ______A cheque for each trip must accompany this registration.

For more information please contact either: Pam Guy ( 416-245-5201 8 [email protected] OR: Irwin Kelly ( 905-822-3334 8 [email protected] Mail registration with cheque(s) payable to “YEAR ROUND TRAVEL INC” to: Pamela Guy, 16 Sun Row Drive, Toronto, ON M9P 3H4

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YOU ARE INVITED!

Have A Java On Us…. Join us on the third Thursday of each month at Second Cup in Cloverdale Mall from 10:00-11:30 a.m. for some refreshment and socializing! All members are welcome! You will be given a coupon toward the cost of your refreshments, when you sign in.

RTO DISTRICT 22 HAVE A JAVA ON US

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