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Robert Michon | Communications Specialist , ARTA
Bonds to Last Beyond Retirement
When you finally decide it ’ s your time to retire , it ’ s usually an independent departure . You make your announcement and prepare to leave . You say goodbye to your coworkers , and they say goodbye to you . Sometimes people manage to keep in touch , while others find their working relationships fade . But for six women at Michael A . Kostek School in west Edmonton , retirement was not just a group event , it was the start of a new stage in their friendship .
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