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KEEP IN TOUCH Vol. 31 No.3 • Winter, 2019 Published by RETIRED TEACHERS’ Dauphin Area Retired Teachers CONTENTS President’s Message............................................................................................................................... 3 The New Government Must Invest in Public Education.....................................................5 RTAM Meets with TRAF........................................................................................................................6 Membership & Chapters Committee Bits and Pieces........................................................... 7 Ray Sitter...................................................................................................................................................... 7 Concerns In Portage la Prairie: On Day Of The Older Person ...........................................8 MTS 100th Anniversary Gala..............................................................................................................9 Teachers Join In Solidarity Parade.................................................................................................10 Wellness Advocacy and Student Awards Committee.........................................................11 WISE Manitoba 2019 Equality Breakfast.................................................................................... 12 Home Safety While Away.................................................................................................................. 12 Dauphin Area Retired Teachers' Association (DARTA)........................................................14 St. James-Assiniboia Chapter.......................................................................................................... 15 Coffee Break '19...................................................................................................................................... 15 Class of ’59 Celebrate 60th...............................................................................................................16 MTS Time Capsule.................................................................................................................................16 RTAM Is Leaving A Legacy................................................................................................................. 17 RTAM Photo Contest............................................................................................................................18 Manitoba 150...........................................................................................................................................22 Tribute to Raymond Bisson by the ÉMR Chapter..................................................................22 Normal School Class of '54 Reunion............................................................................................23 The 1919 Winnipeg Strike Revisited............................................................................................. 24 The Torch Be Yours To Hold It High..............................................................................................25 RTAM and MTS........................................................................................................................................25 Teachers and Students Together Again.................................................................................... 26 Dr. Louisa Loeb Permit Teachers of Manitoba....................................................................... 26 “THE BIG PAYOFF” For Reading..................................................................................................... 29 Caregiving With Confidence............................................................................................................30 NOTICES & COMING EVENTS........................................................................................................... 31 All materials for the next issue of KIT must be emailed with no formatting to [email protected] and received by February 19, 2020, 5:00 p.m. Materials published here do not necessarily represent the policies or views of RTAM. The Editorial Committee reserves the right to print, reject and/or edit for clarity, all materials received. 2 n RTAM KIT Winter 2019 ASSOCIATION OF MANITOBA 206-1555 St. James Street Winnipeg, MB R3H 1B5 Phone [phone] • 1-888-393-8082 Email: [email protected] • www.rtam.mb.ca Editor-in-Chief: Doreen Sage Box 252, Neepawa, MB R0J 1H0 Email: [email protected] Office Administrator: Denise Bellesia Member Services Coordinator: Nicole Welwood Board of Directors 2019-2020 President: Peggy Prendergast Vice -President: JoAnne Hoyak Secretary: John Sushelnitsky Treasurer: Pat Bowslaugh Past President: Joan Dawson Directors-at-Large Linda Blair Bill Cann Ralph Cibula Jack Fraser Guy Hansen Alison Logan Ken Malcolm Brian Paterson Doreen Sage Linda Scott Beth Smith Design: Gayl Punzalan Creative Director, Blue Ink Media Email: [email protected] Website: blueinkmedia.ca Images : freepik.com and pixabay.com, except the ones provided by the contributors. 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