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LIFE AFTER RETIREMENT Featuring Artcles About Our Members RTO/ERO DISTRICT 27 OTTAWA-CARLETONHorizonsSPRING 2014 VOLUME 27 38 NUMBER 2 See page 2 for our cover photo contest LIFE AFTER RETIREMENT Featuring artcles about our members . by our members — a contnuing series Horizons 27 Magazine Co-Editors: Carol Barazzuol, Stuart Fraser Translation: Lise Rheault Website: Stuart Fraser HORIZONS 27 is published three times per year by RTO/ERO District 27 Ottawa- FEATURED SECTION Carleton to provide information to members on matters both at the district and provincial levels. LIFE AFTER RETIREMENT The editorial committee reserves the right to modify any p. 8 submission to determine the appropriateness of the submission and to fit the space available in a particular issue. Articles about our members . By our members The views expressed by the authors do not necessarily reflect those of RTO/ERO. The opinions of our members are important to us. If you Richard Chataway is the lucky winner of a $100 gift card have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to email from Future Shop for signing up to receive our e-news Carol Barazzuol at [email protected]. We will include Letters to the Editor as space allows. bulletins. Rick attended Peterborough Teacher's College in 1968 and started teaching in the old town of Markham (now the No magazine? Changed address or e-mail? York Region School Board). New to the area? Moving away? Later, having finished his M.Ed at Queen's University, he Contact Toronto at 1-800-361-9888 moved to Ottawa to work in the Carleton Board of Education. Rick’s good fortune was to develop lifelong friendships with people from Henry Munro, Metcalfe Deadlines for Submissions Public, Blossom Park, Riverview and Lamira Dow Billings public schools. Fall Edition June, 2014 His final administrative posting was at Regina Street Winter Edition October, 2014 Spring Edition March, 2015 Public School in the newly-minted Ottawa Carleton District School Board. Rick was one of many subscribers to our e-news bulletins. You could be a winner too! To receive occasional news and events updates by email, visit our website at rto-ero- ottawa-carleton.org and follow the links. Contact Information When Horizons 27 contacted Rick, we found a District 27 member who wanted to share stories about his very active retirement. His first installment appears on page 12. President Membership Denis Monnin Janet Booren 613-864-5193 613-256-4031 [email protected] [email protected] LETTER TO THE EDITOR Health Services Pension & Retirement Roger Lalonde Samir Khordoc 613-749-6267 613 824 7348 [email protected] Horizons 27 (November, 2013). [email protected] I just received the latest issue of ERO What a nice surprise to see the article I sent you about my Aunt Maria, a nun. I am very grateful. Goodwill Committee What a joy it will be for Aunt Maria to be made aware of this great news! I will If you know of a keep this special issue for a very long time. member who has 613-521-6714 I want to compliment you for the interesting and high quality articles. I love [email protected] . celebrated a receiving my issues of Horizons 27 special event, 613-739-7300 lost a loved one, [email protected] Bravo team! is hospitalized or is a shut-in, please ask Judy Knudson or Angèle Suzanne Bethiaume-Dorion Donoghue to send an appropriate message. Former teacher, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board 1 Horizons 27 • Spring 2014 • Volume 38 • Number 2 www.rto-ero-ottawa-carleton.org From the desk of Denis Monnin, President HEALTH PLAN - QUESTIONS & ANSWERS The members of our organization travel to all Q1 - Why is it important not to be late in applying for your corners of the world all the time, and, when they RTO/ERO Health Plan? return, they are full of sun and wonder. They have A1 - As of October, 2013, there were 86,338 insured taken lots of pictures and have lots of stories to tell. participants in the RTO/ERO Health Plans. Only 36.4% of late applicants, who must submit medical evidence of insurability, We would like to hear them all, so do not hesitate are approved for entrance into our Group Benefits Program. to take notes while you travel and send them to us. This strongly supports the importance of prospective members We will publish them, be it either about a farm stay, applying for participation in the Semi-Private/Convalescent a walk along Hadrian’s Wall in England, or the discovery of a Home Care or Extended Health Care Plans within the 60 day particular village on another continent. Why not make your expiration period of their board plan, spouse’s group plan or colleagues dream? any other group plan. Have a very good summer, and perhaps I will see you somewhere in Q2 - What percentage of retirees receiving an OTPP Europe. pension, who have a deduction for Health Benefit purposes, are insured with RTO/ERO? A2 - 83.3% are with RTO/ERO. E-News Bulletins District 27 occasionally emails members in order to keep them informed Q3 - Why should you maintain your Extended Health Care of our latest notices, social activities and new initiatives. (EHC) coverage when you turn 65 since you are eligible for the Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) program? Visit our website or go to the following link to sign up for our e-news A3 - While the Ontario Drug Benefit program provides bulletins: http://tinyurl.com/mny4kx6 coverage for certain drugs, more than half of the drugs available in the Canadian market today are not covered by You will still receive paper copies of Horizons 27 when you subscribe to ODB. In addition, the RTO/ERO Extended Health Care plan our email service. Member names and email addresses are confidential covers much more than prescription drugs. For example, it and will not be shared. also covers vision care, 15 different paramedical practitioners, private duty nursing, and travel coverage (including trip If your postal address or email has changed, or if you are adding an cancellation and interruption/delay), just to name a few. email address to your member profile, send your request to: [email protected] Read our latest e-news bulletin: http://tinyurl.com/nsf6u6x YOUR PHOTO COULD BE ON OUR NEXT COVER Submit your high resolution photo to Carol Three past presidents of District 27 at the annual St. Paddy's Luncheon on March 11, 2014 Barazzuol at [email protected] Vern Phillips and Sue Jones with Provincial President Norbert Boudreau (right) Horizons 27 • Spring 2014 • Volume 38 • Number 2 2 PUT A IN YOUR STEP! GET INVOLVED . DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE OFFERED THIS SPRING The Senior Citizens Council, in conjunction with RWTO and RTO/ERO, has organized two sessions of the Defensive Driving Course. They will be held on Friday, May 23 and Friday, May 30 from 9:30 am to 12:30 p.m. at the Maplewood Residence, 340 Industrial Ave. The cost is $30.00. Friends are welcomed to participate at the same price. Please mail a cheque, made payable to Senior Citizens Council of Ottawa, to: Senior Citizens Council (Attention Kay Freeman) 019-670 Albert St., ON K1R 6L2 Include your name, address, and telephone number or email address. WORKSHOP - GLASS FUSING BASICS Discover the exciting possibilities of glass fusing and slumping in a kiln. No glass experience required. Our experienced instructors will teach you how to work safely with glass. The project is a fully fused and slumped plate of your own design. You will learn about the properties of glass and how it reacts during the heating cycle so you can start planning your next project. Your plate has to be fused and formed in a kiln. It can be picked up one week later. All materials included. WHERE: Northern Art Glass (955 Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario) DATE: Wednesday, June 4 TIME: 9:00 a.m. - approximately 4 hours (MINIMUM 8 students, MAXIMUM 12) FEE: $90.00 + HST per person REGISTER BY: Friday, May 23 CONTACT: Yvonne Hough, Unit 206 – 1005 Beauparc Pvt., Ottawa, ON K1J 0A1 or 613-668-1384 or [email protected] JOIN US FOR BRIDGE Come and join RTO/ERO Bridge for a cost of $5.00 a year Monday Social Bridge - 12:00 p.m. Contact Cécile Roy, 613-738-2421. at the Heron Road Community Centre, Third Floor, St. Wednesday Duplicate Bridge - 12:30 p.m. Contact Chandra Beebakhee, Peter’s Room. See next page for Bridge Extravaganza. 613-425-3590. A partner is required. Chandra may suggest one for you. Thursday Social Bridge - 12:30 p.m. Contact John Quinn, 613-731-1152. No partner required. Players at all levels welcomed. JOIN ENTRE-NOUS CHOIR This bilingual RTO/ERO choir provides entertainment to seniors in the Ottawa area. Choir practices are held every Thursday from September to June at the Heron Community Centre, 1480 Heron Road from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Consult our website at choraleentre-nouschoir.ca or contact Ronald Desroches at 613-748-6950 or [email protected] for more information on how to join our choir or for information on the choir’s activities. 73 Horizons 27 • NovemberSpring 2014 2013 • Volume • Volume 38 • 37 Number • Number 2 3 www.rto-ero-ottawa-carleton.org www.rto-ero-ottawa-carleton.org Event Coupons Annual Bridge Extravaganza - 5 hours of fun, fellowship and food. Top score prizes and door prizes. St. Thomas the Apostle Church Hall, 2345 Alta Vista Dr., Ottawa, ON K1H 7M6 Friday, May 30th, 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Fee $12.00 Registration by Saturday, May 24th Name:______________________________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________________ Telephone: ________________________email: _________________________ Mail completed form and a cheque for $10 payable to Treasurer, RTO/ERO, District 27, to Wendy Old, 1754 Forman Ave., Ottawa ON K2C 1A8 80+ Reception The Centurion Conference and Event Center, 170 Colonnade Road, Ottawa, ON K2E 7J5 Tuesday, October 7, 11:30 a.m.
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