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Special Points of

Interest:

March with us in the

Labour Day Parade

Join us for Farewell

to the Bell

Meandering With

Mike: “Ottawa’s

Chateau Laurier”

Announcing an

“Aging at Home”

Symposium

Were You at the

Spring Luncheon?

In This Issue:

In Memoriam 3

Goodwill 3

Project Service to

Others

5

Membership &

Recruitment

5

New Members 7

Going Places 8

The Newsletter of District 14 - Niagara

Summer 2012 RTO/ERO has only two categories of

The Grapevine

We’re on the Web!

www.rtoero-district14.org

Our President’s Message

As I sit to write my message, I realize my term is half completed. I

hope the second half will be as smooth as the first. Our team is

supportive of the work done on behalf of you, our members. We

are always on the lookout to encourage member participation.

This past year we held Nordic Walking Clinics. Members had the opportunity to

socialize and to begin another programme of healthy interest. In January, we reintro-

duced a Curling Bonspiel Day. I am looking forward to participating next year. The

P. K. Hummingbird Steel Band, awarded the Project Service to Others Award in

2011, accompanied our marchers in the Merritton (I was advised it is not the St. Ca-tharines) Labour Day Parade. This band will again be part of our group, September

3, as we look forward to the support of the parade onlookers. We continue to look

for parade volunteers. You can walk, drive, or ride the parade route. Let me know

at bill.doyle@hotmail.com.

The Events Committee put together a number of activities for this year. Those of us

who went to see “Warhorse” enjoyed a wonderful performance as we; as an unex-

pected tour of north western Toronto. In May, we took in the Blue Jays vs. Texas

Ranger game and our Spring Luncheon with Walter Ostenak. June saw us at the

Shaw for the performance of “Ragtime” and Fort Erie “Day at the Races”. I am look-

ing forward to the Fall calendar - check our Website, www.rtoero-district14.org, for

further information.

Do you have relatives, friends, (and/or enemies) planning to retire from the educa-

tional workplace within the immediate future? If yes, please encourage them to join

you as part of RTO/ERO District 14 Niagara. If they are employed by a public school

board, college, university, or a private school they qualify to be either a full or associ-

ate member. Our insurance packages are established by fellow teachers based on

suggestions for improvement made annually by members.

As a member of this volunteer organization, we hope that you would consider volun-

teering yourself to be a Committee Member and/or an Executive Member. Share

your experience, enjoy the friendship of others, and be involved in the growth of our

District.

Continue to enjoy your break from the “have to go” workplace to the leisure of do-

ing the work you want to do when you want to do it. Keep on checking our web-

site, www.rtoero-district14.org, for news throughout the year.

Bill

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RTO/ERO District 14

Niagara Peninsula

District Executive

RTO/ERO 1-800-361-9888

Johnson’s Insurance 1-877-406-9007

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan 1-800-668-0105

Seniors’ Safety Line 1-866-299-1011

Area Representatives

Fort Erie, Ridgeway, Stevensville, Crystal Beach, Sherkston

Bill Szollosy 905-991-9779

Niagara Falls

Frank Pascuzzi 905-356-8859

Bill Houston 905-356-6524

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Virgil, Queenston, St. David’s

Dorothy Lees 905-468-7575

Wellland, Port Robinson

Mary Ann Stocco 905-835-5709

Jo-Anne Fabris 905-732-1509

Port Colborne

Norma Sieber 905-835-8340

Jan Taylor 905-834-9577

St. Catharines

Charleen Avedesian 905-934-2704

Kathy Main 905-688-0702

Thorold

Jane Michaud 905-227-1961

Wainfleet, Wellandport, Lowbanks, St. Ann’s, Smithville,

Caistor Center

Lois Tobias 905-774-6604

Grimsby, Beamsville, Lincoln, Jordan Station,

Jordan/Vineland Station, Vineland

Phyllis Dowd 905-563-3242

Mary Jane Tanner 905-562-7667

Fonthill, Fenwick, Ridgeville, North Pelham

Margot Smith 905-892-1891

David Whitehead 905-892-9793

NOTE: Additional Reps are needed for Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, and St. Catharines. If you are interested, please call

Margot Fraser at 905-892-2408.

Bill Doyle President 289-668-2721

Anne Dean Past President 905-685-7826

Marilyn Malton 1st Vice President 905-354-1831

Bill Szollosy 2nd Vice President 905-991-9779

Bonnie Bryan Secretary 905-562-7773

Kathy Smith Treasurer 289-820-7615

John Carruthers Archives 905-356-9620

Chereen Osborne Communications 905-646-2640

Mary Hesser Events 905-871-4353

Margot Fraser Good Will 905-892-2408

Joe Santone Health Services 905-732-2298

Pat Davis Membership 905-835-8056

Marion Woodcock Pension Concerns 905-562-7935

Political Advocacy

Carol Parker Public Relations 905-714-9435

Bonnie Bryan Grapevine Editor 905-562-7773

John Carruthers Webmaster 905-356-9620

Robert Halfyard Data Base 905-935-2197

RTO/ERO DISTRICT 14 NEEDS YOU!

We are always in need of interested volunteers to fill

Executive positions and Committees.

Currently we need a new Political Advocacy Chair, a Membership &

Recruitment Assistant Chair, and people interested in joining our

Public Relations Committee.

If you are interested in any of these positions, please contact

Bill Doyle, or any other member of the Table Officers

for further information.

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IN MEMORIAM

It is with sadness that we share with you the passing of the

following members.

Joseph Barlow

Rudy Bartel

Kathaleen Chamberlain

Lillian Condon

George Glover

Barbara Hulse

Martha Husain

Nellie Johnson

Mary Kormos

J. Manson

Elizabeth McIntosh

Betty Miller

Doreen Robertson

Mary Rothwell

Robert Walker

Gay Wilson

Pauline Wilson

May they live forever in our memories.

SAD NEWS

In the last three months, District 14 has bid farewell to all

three of our Centenarians.

Betty (Elizabeth) MacIntosh, our oldest member, passed

away on April 4, 2012 in her 105th year. She was proud to

say that she was born at the 11th minute, of the 11th hour

of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1907. She followed her

sister into teaching and had a long career, teaching in Chel-

tenham, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Port Credit, Elmer, Toronto

and later in life, Welland. During her 1938 exchange year in

London, she was invited for tea at Buckingham Palace, but

declined, as her principal would not give her the day off and

she thought good professional relations needed to be main-

tained. While in Toronto, a field trip to Canada Packers,

where many parents worked, had many of her grade 5 stu-

dents ill! Since her retirement in 1964, Betty was very active

with golfing, church work and playing bridge. Well on into

her 90’s Betty often drove alone to visit her family in

Georgetown, giving up driving when she was 98, because, as

she said, her older car needed repair and she thought it was

not worth it! Betty was always very alert, with many friends

and interests, always dressed up, and an inspiration to all

who knew her.

Loraine Forsey died peacefully at Riverbend Place, Cam-

bridge, Ontario in her 104th year on May 8, 2012. Loraine

was born on January 4, 1909 in Grand Valley. She was pre-

deceased by her husband, the Rev. George Forsey in 1966,

and one of her three children. Loraine loved her church,

her community, her teaching, her family and worldwide travel.

She enjoyed reading, playing cards, and especially cottage

summers in Quebec with her family and friends. A memorial

service will be held at Silver Spire United Church in St. Ca-

tharines (where her husband ministered for many years) at 2

p.m., on Wednesday, June 27, 2012.

Pauline Wilson passed away on March 21st at Maple Park

Lodge in Fort Erie, her home for the past year, having lived

beyond her 101st birthday, much to her own surprise. She

was born in 1910, in North Bay. She was in the first graduat-

ing class of St. Joseph's Academy, then achieved her teaching

degree from North Bay Normal School. After teaching

briefly in Welland and Iroquois Falls, she moved with her fam-

ily to Welland in 1934. In 1938, she married John, her hus-

band of 62 years until his death in 2000. In 1947, Pauline re-

sumed her teaching career as the first bilingual teacher in the

Welland school system, teaching every grade at Fitch Street

School. In 1953, she completed her Art Supervisor's Course,

enabling her to pass on knowledge to her teaching colleagues

at summer schools across Ontario for 14 years. Pauline or-

ganized the first French Canadian Girl Guide Company in the

Niagara Region and was the Regent of the Thomas A. Lannan

and Joan of Arc chapters of the I.O.D.E. A renowned canvass

artist and instructor, Pauline continued with her own educa-

tion, taking classes in ceramics and paper tole into her 90's.

Her beautiful artworks adorn the homes

and offices of many friends and family. She

was a mentor to hundreds of students and

teachers, an inspiration and adviser to all

who knew her, and a gracious host of

many parties.

All three will be missed!

GOOD WILL UPDATE

As chair of the Good Will committee, I continue to send out

birthday cards to the members who are turning 80 years of

age this year, welcoming them to the 80 plus club and re-

minding them that they will be invited as our guest to the An-

nual General Meeting/Luncheon in November. Also, cards

are sent to the members who are 85 years of age and those

who reach 90 and over. As well, the area representatives

send cards to members for other occasions, such as welcom-

ing new members, get well or thinking of you cards. Lu

Beange, our former chair sends bereavement cards. We

need the help of all of the members. Should you know of a

death, or a member who would appreciate receiving a card,

please let your area rep or myself know and we will take ac-

tion. The telephone numbers for the area reps are on page

two of the Grapevine, as well as on the RTO/ERO District 14

website.

Thank you to all of the members for helping us continue the

important work for the members of District 14 Niagara.

Margot Fraser, Good Will Chair

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THE 2012 SPRING LUNCHEON

On May 10, over 120 District 14 Members gathered at the Hilton Garden Inn in Niagara-on-the-Lake

to enjoy a beautiful spring day, renewing friendships, and hearing the wonderful stories and music of

Niagara’s own Grammy winner, Walter Ostenak. A great time was had by all! Thanks to Mary Hesser

and the members of her Events Committee.

RETIRED AND SINGLE AGAIN

When I moved back to Welland after my teaching career ended in Renfrew County, I needed to develop a

local social world. As a new widow, I found meeting people socially as a single was challenging. An ad in

the paper for the Single Professionals' Association of Niagara (SPAN) led me to a group whose purpose is

to provide a variety of social activities in various locations. It is not a dating or match making service.

Over the course of several months, I have met and mingled with single, separated, widowed and divorced Niagara area adults

from all walks of life, many of whom are retired. I encourage other single teachers and friends, to check out SPAN so they too

can enjoy group activities such as meet and greet nights, dinners, dances, picnics, movies, concerts, day bus trips, crafting ses-

sions, camping, etc. For thirty years SPAN has been a part of the Niagara area, and now it's part of my life.

By attending RTO/ERO and SPAN sponsored events, my social world is much brighter!

For more information about the non-profit group SPAN, contact me at 905-736-9435.

Carol Parker, RTO/ERO District 14 Member

MEMBER SURVEY

To improve member service, RTO/ERO surveyed a random

sample of members using Goldfarb Intelligence Marketing, the

same firm that conducted the previous two membership sur-

veys in 2006 and 2009. The survey was distributed in late

April by email and/or postal delivery with a stamped return

envelope. We encourage you to complete it if you have not

yet done so and return it to RTO/ERO as soon as possible.

RTO/ERO will use the results to plan programs and services

for the future. If you ever have a concern about the legiti-

macy of surveys like this one, check the RTO/ERO website

(http://www.ero-rto.org), or contact one of the District 14

Table Officers.

RTO/ERO PROVINCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS

The Retired Teachers of Ontario are looking for students

attending a Faculty of Education in Canada who wish to re-

ceive a $1000.00 Scholarship. To qualify, a student must be

in attendance in a full or part-time program at a Faculty of

Education in the year in which they apply and be a Canadian

citizen or a landed immigrant. They must also be a child,

grandchild, niece, nephew, grandniece, grandnephew, son-in-

law, daughter-in-law or step-child of an RTO/ERO member

who will become their sponsor.

They should apply on the RTO/ERO website (http://www.ero

-rto.org/application) and must use the RTO/ERO member’s

membership number. The deadline for applying is August 1

of the year they will be in attendance at the Faculty of Educa-

tion.

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PROJECT SERVICE TO OTHERS

RTO/ERO proudly operates a grant program for its 47

Districts, providing $100,000 to sponsor local commu-

nity projects. Through Project - Service to Others, Dis-

tricts apply for individual projects that support local,

national and international programs that often involve

children and/or disadvantaged groups, to a maximum of

$4,000 per project. Then a provincial committee of

RTO/ERO assesses the merits of each Project - Service

to Others submission according to established criteria,

including level of member and District participation in

the project. Examples of types of projects receiving

funding include: local heritage and culture projects, spe-

cial arts and education programs for children, support

for initiatives that assist Seniors, support for initiatives

in developing countries, literacy and numeracy pro-

grams, and school day care for the children of single

teenage mothers.

If you are involved in a project like one of these, or

know of a worthwhile local group that needs funding,

we encourage you to submit an application to District

14 for consideration. We want to help you! Appli-

cation Forms for approval for 2013 and a list of previ-

ously approved projects (which are a good resource for

ideas) can be found on the RTO/ERO Website –

www.ero-rto.org/project-service-others. We re-

quire your completed application to be submitted to

our District 14 President no later than February 1,

2013. For more information call current President Bill

Doyle at 289-668-2721.

RTO/ERO MEMBERSHIP REPORT

We are currently planning the Annual

“Farewell to the Bell” event to be held

on Wednesday, September 12, 2012.

We look forward to seeing our newly

retired members (from all departments

of your organization) and our current

members as well.

You can get further details on the flyer attached to this

newsletter, or watch for an invitation that is coming out

soon to your facility, and follow the instructions for reg-

istering before the due date of August 29th.

Come and enjoy the fellowship, a great meal, and a won-

derful view at the Niagara Falls Whirlpool Golf Course!

If you ever need to update your information in our re-

cords, please contact me.

Pat Davis

Membership Chair

District 14

905-835-8056

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR AN

IMPORTANT EVENT!

“AGING AT HOME”

The Political Advocacy Committee will be

holding a one day seminar to inform you

of your rights, access and barriers to government funded

programmes coming under the purview of the LHIN to assist

you with “Aging at Home”. “What is Aging at Home?” you

may ask.

In September 2008, all LHINs (Local Health

Integrated Network) received direction

from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term

Care that in order to receive “Aging at

Home” designated funds, they needed to

show an improved level of patient services

through the addition of Alternative Levels of Care that re-

duce visits to Hospital Emergency Departments. Our LHIN is

in the third stage of development of its Aging at Home Strat-

egy, which is designed to find innovative ways to help seniors

age independently at home and avoid unnecessary visits to

the emergency department.

Some of these programmes are: Step by Step,

Falls Prevention, Information and Referral,

Specialized Geriatric Services, Supportive

Housing and Supports in the Home, Healthy

Nutrition and Food Access, and Transporta-

tion.

The Keynote speaker will be Donna Cripps,

Chief Executive Officer of our LHIN fol-

lowed by ‘round table’, small group discus-

sions with professional in the fields of Mental

Health, Chronic Disease Prevention and

Management, Food and Nutrition, Supportive

Housing, Supports in the Home, Safety (Falls

Prevention), and Specialized Geriatric Services to name a few.

The event will include lunch.

Mark your calendar, October 16, 2012 at the Parkway,

Holiday Inn, Ontario Street, St. Catharines. More de-

tailed information and sign-up forms will be in the September

newsletter.

CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS!

RTO/ERO would love to use your best photographs in future

publications and on their website, Facebook page and in other

promotional materials for the or-

ganization. All photo submissions

should be at least 5” x 7” in size at

300 dpi resolution.

For more information about how

to contribute go to the Renais-

sance section of the RTO/ERO

Members’ Centre website via www.rto-ero.org.

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Most people check into a hotel for a few days. Not legendary photographer, Yousuf Karsh. He and his

wife, Estrellita, lived for 18 years in Fairmont’s posh Château Laurier in Ottawa, soon to celebrate its 100 th

anniversary.

Slated to open on April 26, 1912, the official launch was deferred until June after owner and Grand Trunk

Railway president, Charles Melville Hays, an American, died on April 14 in the tragic sinking of the Titanic.

With the Parliament Buildings close by, Karsh enjoyed access to international celebrities and world leaders, particularly after his reputation

skyrocketed with the celebrated 1941 photo of “British Bulldog” Winston Churchill, reportedly the most reproduced photograph in por-

trait history. “Two minutes were all that he would allow me,” Karsh wrote in Faces of Our Time. “He marched into the room scowling ... I

removed the cigar ... the scowl deepened, the head thrust forward belligerently, and the hand placed on the hip in an attitude of anger."

Karsh explained his success with, “It was the right time of history and the right man at that time in history, photographed 2-3 weeks after

Pearl Harbor and during the darkest hour of the free world.” Born in Armenia and aspiring to become a physician, Yousuf arrived in Can-

ada with his family at 16. His deft eye allowed him to become the only Canadian in the 2000 International Who's Who list of

the 100 most notable people of the last century – 51 of whom he had photographed. Throughout most of his career,

Karsh used an 8×10 bellows Calumet camera, made circa 1940 in Chicago. Work was processed in Karsh's studio on the

Château's sixth floor from 1973-1992, now a guest room. His photographic equipment was donated to Ottawa's Museum

of Science and Technology, and the National Archives preserves more than 300,000 Karsh items, including negatives,

prints, transparencies, manuscripts and audiovisual materials. The couple moved to Boston in 2000, and Karsh died there

in 2002. He was 93.

My wife and I are booked into Suite 358, the Karsh Suite, rented like any other room in the hotel, but the price

tag ($2,800 a night) sets it far apart. With its eminent address at Sussex and Wellington, the Karsh Suite appeals

to both diplomats and business travellers. A black and white private photo gallery (gifted by Estrellita who also

supplied the frames) includes portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Karsh, Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, George Ber-

nard Shaw, Barbara Ann Scott, Shirley Tabb, Grey Owl and our favourite ballerina, Karen Kain. Delicate wood

and plaster mouldings accent each room and frame the living room fireplace. The kitchen maintains its original

leather floor, 10-cm tiles of forest green and tan, and an antique refrigerator. A modern whirlpool tub domi-

nates the bathroom with a marble-lined shower armed with three tiers of jets.

The Château’s design combines the French Renaissance style with the neo-Gothic vertical lines of the Parliament Buildings. The builders

used granite blocks, white Italian marble, light buff Indiana limestone and a distinctive copper roof. Furnished with antiques and a travertine

marble staircase with brass railing, Czechoslovakian crystal and Sèvres vases, the regal Château changed the face of downtown Ottawa. An

art deco swimming pool with $500,000 in recent upgrades, now part of the Health Club, was the centerpiece of the spa, built with pale pink

Tennessee marble walls and dark green marble pillars. With a Greek fountain at one end, visitors relaxed on chaises lounges warmed by

overhead brass lamps. The building cost $2 million, and the 306 rooms, priced at $2 per night, were among the first hotel rooms to offer

indoor plumbing.

CBC Radio broadcast from Fairmont Château Laurier’s seventh floor for 80 years, until moving to their new location on Sparks Street.

Liberal Prime Minister, Sir Wilfred Laurier, was an early supporter of the hotel, seeing it as an opportunity to add prestige to Canada’s capi-

tal. However, he threatened not to sign the guest registry for the hotel’s opening, unhappy with the nose on his bust,

sculpted in France for the occasion. It was repaired to his liking, and remains impressively exhibited in the main foyer

amidst the elaborate and original oak woodwork.

Plans to celebrate the 100th anniversary include a memorabilia search, now underway, public Open Doors events, June

2-3 with costumed guided tours, a year-long Centennial Tea offered in Zoé’s lounge (named after Sir Wilfred Laurier’s

wife) starting April 26th, and a “culinary journey through time,” with table d’hôte menus reflecting the past decades.

Deneen Perrin, Public Relations Director, adds that an iPad app is being developed for self-guided hotel tours that will

transport guests through stunning “Peacock Lane,” where well-dressed notables once gathered to flaunt their status

amidst well-preserved ceiling paintings and an impressive wall of historic photos (Published in Toronto Star).

If You Go Web Resources

Stay: Fairmont Château Laurier: http://www.fairmont.com/laurier/

Dine: Try the nearby popular restaurant, Play Food & Wine, on York St., directly opposite the fortress-like U.S. Embassy –

www.playfood.ca

Do: The ByWard Market filled with restaurants, clubs, bistros, coffee shops, boutiques and food retailers – www.byward-market.com

Culture: Close to the hotel is The National Gallery of Canada with an upcoming blockbuster exhibit: Van Gogh-Up Close starting May 25

– www.gallery.ca

Ottawa Tourism: http://www.ottawatourism.ca/

Mike Keenan can be reached at his website: www.whattravelwriterssay.com; visit the Niagara Blog at http://www.whattravelwriterssay.com/wtwsblog2.html for more suggestions and Mike's St. Catharines Standard humour column at:

http://www.whattravelwriterssay.com/indexseniorhumour.html

Ottawa’s Château Laurier – 100 Years of Grandeur by Mike Keenan

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Over 900 Email Grapevines!

Now, more than ever, it is imperative that we have your correct email address. Over 900 copies of the Grapevine are received by

email link. If we do not have your correct email you will be missing out. Send all changes or corrections to

chereen@cogeco.ca.

We hope you will come out and enjoy the full benefits and camaraderie of being a member of RTO/ERO District 14 Niagara!

WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS!

Dian Anderson

Irene Bartel

Anne Clegg

Charles Condon

Robert D’Amico

Harold Hanson

Barry Samells

Valorie Samells

Maria Siolkowsky

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR MONDAY SEPTEMBER 3?

VOLUNTEER TO WALK, DRIVE, OR RIDE.

Want to walk, but “the legs ain’t what they used to be”, complete the route by riding.

All participants will receive refreshment tickets to use at the end of the parade.

Please e-mail Bill Doyle at bill. doyle@hotmail.com or leave a phone message 289 668 2721 with the following:

NAME

PHONE NUMBER and/or EMAIL ADDRESS

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS YOU RECRUITED

HOW YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE:

MARCH/WALK

VOLUNTEER YOUR VEHICLE and DRIVE (Convertibles, Vans, 2/4 door)

VOLUNTEER YOUR VEHICLE and OFFER RIDES FOR OTHERS

Number of passengers you can accommodate

FORM A MUSICAL GROUP/BAND

OTHER IDEAS WELCOMED!

PARTICIPATE IN THE MERRITTON COMMUNITY/ST. CATHARINES LABOUR

DAY PARADE

Let’s show our continued involvement in

our Community . . . INVITE family and

friends to join you in the parade

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The deadline for submitting material for the Fall Grapevine is August 15, 2012.

Editor’s Note: The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of RTO/ERO Dis-

trict 14 Niagara. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Grapevine Editor, Bonnie Bryan, at 905-562-7773 or the Chair of the

Communications Committee, Chereen Osborne, at 905-646-2640.

PLEASE NOTE All participants in District 14 Organized Trips MUST sign a Liability Waiver prior to the beginning of the activity. These forms can be

found on our District 14 Website, and will also be available at the activity. You should include one when you mail your payment to

Mary Hesser, or bring it to the activity and hand it in before departure. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Fort Erie

“Day at the Races”

June 5, 4 p.m.

Price includes a Buffet Dinner

Contact Mary Pos at 905-937-7539 to Register

$25.00

Shaw Festival June 12, “Present Laughter”

September 5, “Ragtime”

$56.00

Farewell

To The

Bell

September 12, 11:30 a.m.

Whirlpool Golf Course, Niagara Falls

See the attached flyer for Registration Details

$20.00

(for members)

Stratford Festival October 3, “42 Street”

Lunch stop enroute

Walmart Plaza (Welland) @ 9 a.m.

Lincoln Mall (St. Catharines) 9:30 a.m.

$90.00

Aging at Home

Symposium

October 16

Holiday Inn Parkway, St. Catharines

Lunch Included

See Registration information in the Fall Grapevine

$15.00

RTO/ERO District 14

Annual General Meeting

November 6, 11 p.m.

Coppola’s Banquet Hall

Carelton Street, St. Catharines

Entertainment to be Announced

$25.00

Going Places and Doing Things

2012

Watch the RTO/ERO District 14 Website and the Fall Grapevine for updates to our

2012 Event Schedule!

N.B. For all information, except where indicated, please contact Mary Hesser, 673 Niagara Boulevard, Fort Erie, L2A 3H9, Phone: (905) 871-4353