PROGRAM SCHEDULE FOR 2010

Please remember the following information about our trips:
  • Each program has a firm deadline date and a minimum number of participants (usually 35).
  • Spaces available on the trips and tours are limited – please… book early.
  • You are not confirmed on your trip until your facilitator has your cheque.
  • Do not be concerned if your cheque has not been cashed… all cheques are held until we know the trip is a "go".
    Tip: Postdate your cheque to the activity's deadline date.
  • If you cannot make the trip, please let your facilitator know as soon as possible. Others may be waiting to take your place.

 

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Download our 2010 Schedule Here ~ PDF 145kb

Reminder:
Family and friends are always welcome to join you in any of our RTO trips and activities.

Did you miss an activity's deadline? Contact Judy-Anne Tumber by phone or e-mail. She will help you.


 Trip tips:

Reminder:
Family and friends are always welcome to join you in any of our RTO trips and activities.


About our "Front Of The Line" Service…

For 2009, we are continuing our Front of the Line program.

Anyone who is interested in reserving a place for any event should e-mail or phone Judy-Anne. If the event is MARKED t.b.a., Judy-Anne will contact you as soon as the dates and information for the events are released. She will e-mail or call you back with all the details and she will put you on the list.

Then, when you receive your newsletter, you simply send your program coupon and cheque to the facilitator — Judy-Anne will have passed on your name to him/her.

Phone: 416.264.6016
E-mail: jatumber@rogers.com
Use subject: RTO - Front of the Line (Messages without this subject will not be opened.)

~ Judy-Anne Tumber, Program Chair

FACILITATOR INFORMATION:

  Les Coombs:
7 Riviera Dr.
Scarborough, ON M1N 1J9
416.261.0568
lesonriviera@msn.com
Anne-Marie Ellis-Taylor:
1 Guildcrest Dr.
Scarborough, M1E 1E2
416.261.5190
 

Hal McCullough:
62 Chester Cres.
Port Perry
ON L9L 1K8
905.985.8760
hal@powergate.ca

Harolyn Panetta:
38 Castlegrove Blvd.
Toronto ON M3A 1L2
416.445.0885
h_panetta@hotmail,com

Marilyn Tregwin:
41 Ravencliff Cres
Toronto, M1T 1R7
416.493.3757
marilyn.tregwin@tel.tdsb.on.ca
Judy-Anne Tumber:
203 Sylvan Ave
Scarborough, M1E 1A4
416.264.6016
jatumber@rogers.com

PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

 
Buffet Lunch and Travelogue
Guest Speaker: Dorothy Parr


Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010
Time: 12:00 noon
Cost: $19.50
Location: Sisters Rrestaurant, Kingston Road

Program: Botswana and Namibia in Southern Africa
Note: you are asked to park at the Lutheran Church – 3 driveways east of Sisters.

Facilitator: Anne-Marie Ellis-Taylor

* deadline: Friday, March 26, 2010


Download Registration Form Here
Mennonite Country With a Difference

Date: Thursday, May 20, 2008
Departure: 8:00 am from Kennedy Commons
8:30 am from York Mills/Yonge on the south-east corner
Return: 7:00 pm
Cost: $55.00
Travel: note: transportation is by school bus.

Program: highlights includes a visit to a Mennonite school while it is in session. Converse with students and teachers. Women wearing slacks are requested to bring along a skirt they can slip on over their slacks when visiting the school. Visit a Mennonite museum and ask the curator any questions about their customs and beliefs.

Lunch: full course meal at a Mennonite restaurant.

Facilitator: Harolyn Panetta

* deadline: Friday, April 30, 2010


Download Registration Form Here
Drayton Theatre On Golden Pond

Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010
Departure: 8:00 am
Return: 6:30 pm
Cost: members: $100.00 / non-members: $110.00
Travel: depart Kennedy Commons.

Program: this endearing play is about a love story that spans the ages. You'll also visit the market, the outlet mall or the 20 000 sq. ft. antique warehouse in St. Jacob's.

Lunch: Benjamin's Inn

Facilitator: Harolyn Panetta

* deadline: Friday, May 7, 2010


Download Registration Form Here
Blue Jays Baseball vs. Detroit Tigers

Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010
Game time: 1:05 p.m.
Cost: price not known at time of printing! A special price, discounted by $5-$10, will be available to rto members, family and friends. Our excellent seats are in the 100 level along the 3rd base line. Ticket sales will generate a benefit for an as yet undetermined charity.
Travel: Note: transportation is not included.

Seats: field level, 3rd base side

Facilitator: Les Coombs

* deadline: Friday, July 30, 2010
'Heavenly' Tour

Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Departure: 9:00 am
Return: 6:30 pm
Cost: members: $116.00 / non-members: $126.00
Travel: depart Kennedy Commons.

Program: this tour takes us to one the GTA's grandest places of worship, the Mandir Hindu temple, hand-carved from marble by india's finest artisans. Shoes must be removed (or booties will be provided to cover your shoes) and clothing must cover knees and shoulders (wraps provided if necessary). Please: no photos, cellphones, or touching the delicate carvings. After lunch we visit the McMichael Gallery. The 'heavenly' tour then leads us to the physical heavens with a visit to the aerospace museum at downsview with its full-sized replica of the late, lamented avro arrow, and flight training simulators of the 1940s and 1950s. Our tour is led by historian, Ron Brown.

Lunch: Doctor's House, Kleinburg. Entrée: choose from seafood risotto or veal scaloppini.

Facilitator: Harolyn Panetta

* deadline: Friday, March 12, 2010


Download Registration Form Here
Prince Edward County
Wine Tasting and Guided Tour


Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Departure: 8:45 am – Kennedy Commons - page 14
9:15 am – Milestone Christian Ministries (Ajax) – for this trip only– page 14
Return: 6:30 pm Ajax ; 7:00 pm Kennedy Commons
Cost: Members: $85.00 / non-members: $95.00

Program: with local guide and retired teacher, Peter Brotherhood, we will have a backroads tour of Prince Edward County, including lake on the mountain overlooking Picton bay as well as 3 wineries: Black Prince, Casadaya, and Huff. Plus a stop at a lavender farm.
Lunch: Waring House (entrée is chicken)

Facilitator: Hal McCullough

* deadline: Friday, April 9, 2010


Download Registration Form Here
AGM & Spring Luncheon

Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010
Time: 10:30 am - coffee at 10:00am
Cost: $20.00
Note: members will have their cheque refunded at the door. Non-members will not.
Location:Q-SSIS restaurant, kingston & markham road

Program: * reports from committees for 2009
* voting on some constitutional changes
* election of executive for 2010-2011
cash bar opens at 11:30am

lunch at 12:15pm

Entertainment: Cruisin'

Facilitator: Judy-Anne Tumber

* deadline: Monday, May 17, 2010


Download Registration Form Here
Stratford Festival / Kiss Me, Kate

Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Departure: 10:00 am
Return: 7:00 pm
Cost: members: $137.00 / non-members: $147.00
Travel: depart Kennedy Commons.

Program: as backstage bickering between the co-stars of taming of the shrew threatens to sabotage opening night, along come a couple of gangsters with a debt to collect. The result is hilarity on and off stage. Music by Cole Porter.

Lunch: Verses Restaurant. Entrée: choose from roast strip loin of beef or roast pork loin.

Facilitator: Marilyn Tregwin

* deadline: Friday, May 28, 2010


Download Registration Form Here
Stratford Festival / The Tempest

Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Departure: 9:30 am
Return: 7:30 pm
Cost: members: $157.00 / non-members: $167.00
Travel: depart Kennedy Commons.

Program: marooned on a distant island with his daughter Miranda, Prospero has spent twelve years perfecting his magic arts. Now, with the help of the spirit ariel, he raises a storm at sea, bringing within his grasp the enemies who robbed him of his dukedom. But what vengeance does he propose to take? Starring Christopher Plummer.

Lunch: Waterlot Restaurant. Entrée: choose from baked Atlantic salmon or roasted sirloin.

Facilitator: Judy-Anne Tumber

* deadline: Friday, August 6, 2010


Download Registration Form Here

Program Notes

Good News #1:
You may have noticed that our trips now have 2 prices shown. At our November 5 Executive Meeting, it was decided that beginning in January, 2010 District 24 will subsidize all District 24 members by $10.00 on any trip you take!  Non-members must pay the full cost of the trip.

Good News #2:
For any of our trips that involve returning to Toronto at rush hour, your Executive has decided to make things a little easier for everyone: District 24 will subsidize the cost for using the 407ETR making the return trip faster for you! No more slowdowns and tie-ups on the 401 to worry about.  Note: This only applies to trips that are returning to Toronto from WEST of the city.

Trip Waiver Forms

Please read the information on this page very carefully. This deals with "changes" in how our RTO activities must now operate.

Context and Rationale
The trip waiver form was developed in response to a District's request for guidance re: liability arising for District organized trips. There is no requirement for those attending a District meeting including breakfast, lunch or dinner, or District Executive and/or Committee meeting to sign a waiver. Nor is a waiver required for District group activities such as playing Bridge where no extraordinary physical exertion is required.

The waiver serves a number of purposes. It is a reminder to all Districts and members who organize trips and events involving physical effort beyond regular daily routine that care and diligence are required in the planning and preparation of such events. It also protects RTO/ERO, Districts and members who organize District events in case of a mishap which leads to a claim against any of the above, and a court determines negligence on the part of RTO/ERO, its District(s) or members.

The waiver also serves to remind participants in any event, be they members or non-members, of their responsibility re: coverage and that they should consider their level of fitness and readiness before participating in an RTO/ERO District sponsored event.

Some individuals have suggested that the waiver is meaningless and the people will sue anyway should something go wrong. The waiver does not prevent individuals from suing, but it demonstrates that RTO/ERO and its Districts have an established practice of due diligence in organizing such events, and therefore negligence would be the only legitimate basis for a lawsuit.

Implementation Processes
Districts are advised that the waiver and/or reference to the waiver should accompany all advertisements for trips and special events.

It is acceptable to publish the waiver in a newsletter or on the District website and to have each participant sign on the registration form that he or she has read and agree to the statements in the waiver. The signature cannot be on a blanket form – i.e. – for unspecified trips/events over a period of time. A District may list a number of events on one page, but each participant must sign off against each trip/event in which he or she plans to participate and must sign off on having seen and agreed to the waiver.

It would be prudent that Districts include advice to participants in any trip/event that requires physical activity/effort beyond what they ordinarily exert. Participants should be advised to consult their doctor especially if they have a pre-existing condition that raises concern.

Districts should retain signed waivers for one year in cases where nothing untoward has occurred. Where there has been an incident, the District Executive should consult with the Director of Financial, Business and Building Services at the Provincial Office about how long waivers should be retained.

~ Provincial Executive, January 2010

Acknowledgement, Waiver and Release

The participant in (the "Event") acknowledges and agrees that RTO/ERO, including District 24, will not be responsible for any loss, injury or damage of any nature, including death, howsoever arising in connection with this trip/excursion/event. Participants in the Event are therefore hereby advised to carry their own insurance in connection therewith.

By signing below and in consideration of the participant's attendance at the Event, the participant hereby releases and forever discharges RTO/ERO, District 24, and their respective directors, officers, members, agents, employees and volunteers (collectively, the "Releasees") from any and all actions, causes of action, claims, and demands (collectively, the "Claims") from any loss, injury or damage of any nature, including death which has arisen or may arise from the participant's attendance at the Event, unless such loss, injury or damage has arisen as a result of the sole negligence of one or more of the Releasees.

Any claims arising out of the participant's attendance at the event will be governed by the laws of Ontario, Canada, and the participant consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts in Ontario, Canada in any such action.

...............................................................
Printed Name of Participant

...............................................................
Signature

~ Provincial Executive, January 2010 

Note: please… print your name and that of your spouse/guest (if applicable) on the coupon. You must then sign the coupon to indicate that you have read, and understood, the waiver shown above. Each name that appears on the coupon with yours must also sign that they have read and understood this waiver.

Your coupon and registration for the activity is not complete without the necessary signature(s).

OTHER EVENT DATES

Every Tuesday    Bridge Club (12:30 P.m.)
March 24  2010  Stagewest: Glorious
April 8  2010  Executive Meeting – Kingsway Arms
April 13  2010  'Heavenly' Tour - with Ron Brown
April 15  2010  Luncheon & Travelogue
May 11  2010  Wine Tasting & Guided Tour
May 17/18  2010  Spring Senate
May 20  2010  Mennonite Country with a Difference!
May 27  2010  Agm & Spring Luncheon
May 28  2010  Deadline: Summer 2010 Newsletter
June 3  2010  Executive Meeting – Kingsway Arms
June 10  2010  Drayton: on Golden Pond
June 29  2010  Stratford: Kiss Me Kate
June 30  2010  Summer Newsletter Delivery (Approx.)
August 28  2010  Blue Jays Baseball vs Detroit Tigers
September 8  2010  Stratford: the Tempest
September 14  2010  B4k Golf Tournament – Mill Run
September  2010 Champagne Brunch for New Retirees
September 20  2010  Stratford: Evita
October 7  2010  Health Seminar: Topic: T.b.a.
October 21  2010  Shaw: Harvey
October 26/27  2010  Fall Senate
October 28  2010  Fall Luncheon
November 24  2010  Old Mill: Mysteriously Yours
December 1  2010  Fall Newsletter Delivery (Approx.)
December 1  2010  Christmas Luncheon at S.g.&c.c.
December 10  2010  Christmas in the Country
Last Friday of the Month    Deadline for next Rto 24 E-news
1st Day of the Month    Rto 24 E-news E-mailed
Seasons Change on:    Mar 20; June 21; Sept 23; Dec 21
Daylight Saving Time:  begins Mar 14  '10; ends Nov 7', 10