RALU News – Volume 6 Number 1
November 2013
RALU news
The Retirees’ Association of Lakehead
University (RALU) was formed in 2007
to give a unified voice to retirees, their
spouses or partners; to provide social
and creative interaction and debate; to
be a forum for discussion of matters of
common interest; to provide contact
with similar associations, monitoring
retiree activity; to pursue benefits and
considerations from the University that
match the best practices of other
institutions.
IN THIS ISSUE:
President’s Message
Did You Know?
Member’s Articles
Upcoming Events
CURAC report
Our Thunderwolves
Humour Hub
There are eight meetings of the full
membership per year; September
(AGM) to April. A field trip is organized
in the Fall.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
RALU President's Report – 2013
Welcome to our new season. As with all
organizations, summer is a quiet time for
RALU, but we are now getting into gear for
an interesting fall/winter season.
The
Program Committee has put together a
series of talks that over the next few
months will introduce us to safe driving for
seniors, aspects of genealogy, teaching in
China, and more.
If any of you have
suggestions for future presentations please
let me know. All of the presentations will
take place at the 55+ Centre on River
Street.
Executive Committee:
President: Dave Kemp
Vice President: Clem Kent
Secretary: Beverley Stefureak
Treasurer: Bonny Wigmore
Past President (ex officio): Brian
Phillips
Communications Committee: Kathy
Crewdson, Walter Momot, Margot
Ponder, Ian Dew
Program Committee: Ernie
Jenny Phillips, Jim Stafford
We continue to keep in touch with other
retirees’ organizations through CURAC.
Earlier in the year, with the financial
support of the Emeritus Professors’
Committee of LUFA, Brian Phillips attended
its annual conference in St John’s,
Newfoundland. His report can be found
elsewhere in this newsletter.
Epp,
Home page: http://ralu.la/
One issue that has been around for
several years now, and is still outstanding,
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involves pensions. As most of you will
know, RALU has been working through the
Financial Services Commission of Ontario
(FSCO) to deal with concerns over the
university’s handling of our pension plan.
RALU’s Pension and Benefits Committee
has worked hard over the last several
years to deal with this and we hope that
the issue is now close to resolution. At the
moment we are still waiting to hear from
FSCO. As soon as we do I will let you
know what has transpired.
The flowers are frozen, and the bees are
nowhere to be seen.
They are now
confined to and clustered in their abodes
for the next five months. Actually, the
whole summer has been a preparation for
the coming winter. Our honeybees here in
northern Ontario evolved most recently in
Europe, where the colony must survive a
long winter or perish. The strategy for
survival necessitates storing enough nectar
and pollen to keep themselves alive until
the days begin to lengthen and rearing of
the young begins, as early as January.
The colony population increases more
quickly once pollen and nectar are
available from pussy willows, alder, fruit
trees and dandelions. Gathering the
As always, if you have any comments or
suggestions on RALU’s activities, I would
be happy to hear from you.
Dave Kemp
Your tongue is the fastest healing part of
your body
You burn more calories sleeping that
watching TV
A Crowded Hive Will Swarm
You begin to feel thirsty when your body
loses 1% of water
nectar and pollen by the bees involves a
complex system of gathering information
and
communication
and
cooperation
among the 80,000 members of the
summer bee hive. Tasks in the colony are
usually performed by bees based on their
age. First they are hive cleaners (but
unlike humans who are 74 years old and
still cleaning their abode, bees are
promoted), then they become nurse bees
feeding the young larvae pollen and
secreted brood food.
Later they are
involved in comb construction, secreting
beeswax and turning it into those beautiful
combs with hexagonal cells for storing
honey and pollen, with areas also used for
rearing brood. One of the last tasks is
guarding the hive, stinging intruders such
as honey collecting robber bees, bears and
The human body contains 96,000 km of
blood vessels
MEMBER’S ARTICLES
Honeybees and Winter
Beehives Buried in Snow
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beekeepers, as well as bee- eating
hornets and skunks.
Foraging usually
doesn’t begin until a bee is about 21 days
of age, although there is some plasticity in
the performance of the various tasks
depending on the needs of the colony.
Foragers first need to locate a source of
nectar and or pollen.
If they find a
particularly rich productive patch of
flowers, they will communicate information
regarding the source to their hive mates,
by performing a dance indicating both the
direction and distance to the location of
the find.
Bees that emerged in the fall, and didn’t
have to raise babies will live for the whole
winter, unlike their hardworking summer
sisters who only live about 35 days. The
queen honeybee actually begins laying
eggs in the honeycomb in the center of the
clustered bees of the hive in January, even
if it is thirty below zero outside.
The
middle of the cluster will be about 93
degrees Fahrenheit, and the increasing day
length stimulates the colony to begin
brood rearing.
The colder it gets, the
tighter the bees cluster. Of course, the
bees are only able to maintain such a
temperature if there is sufficient honey
available for fuel to keep them warm, and
if there are enough bees in the colony to
cuddle together in a ball and generate
sufficient heat. Pollen is also necessary as
soon as those eggs hatch, so it behooves
the colony to have some stored pollen
inside the hive, as there is none available
to
the
bees
outside
at
winter
temperatures. Larvae require both nectar
and pollen, and as the colony increases in
size, more stores will be required.
A
colony without sufficient stores in the fall,
about 85 pounds of honey, with pollen as
well, will likely perish before flowers bloom
and nectar is again available in the spring.
Lack of pollen will result in the bees using
stores from their own bodies to secrete the
royal jelly needed for the queen, and the
brood food for the larvae.
When the
winter temperature occasionally rises to 50
degrees Fahrenheit, the bees may take a
whirl around the bee yard.
Even in
January, with snow on the ground, bees
will take these cleansing flights. Some will
perish in the snow, but they will soon be
replaced by young bees emerging in the
center of the cluster.
Our summer in the Thunder Bay area was
not ideal for honey bees this year. July
was extremely wet and cold, and it is
usually a time when bees gather much of
the honey for the year. Another problem
our local bees are dealing with for the first
Harvesting a Beautiful Honeycomb
In addition, they may give interested bees
a taste of the nectar they have gathered,
and a whiff of the of the flower’s fragrance.
Many bees will follow the dancer, and be
directed to the source, and in turn perform
a dance when they return to the hive with
their bounty.
It doesn’t take long for
thousands of bees to start working a
lucrative area for its honey and pollen.
Years ago, clover fields in bloom were a
fine source of forage for honeybees, but
now farmers cut it before it blooms in
order to preserve the protein content of
the hay for the cattle, so one of the best
plants for honey and pollen is no longer
available to the bees. July used to be the
best month for honey production. That is
no longer the case because of “cut before
bloom” regarding the clover and alfalfa.
Bees are more dependent than ever on
weeds such as dandelions, goldenrod and
asters growing on their own in the wild.
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time is the mite Varroa destructor. It is a
very small external parasite of the
honeybee, about the size of the period at
the end of this sentence. For 25 years
roundup on the genetically modified crops.
Roundup is sprayed on these genetically
modified roundup-resistant crops.
All
other non-resistant-plants in the field and
surrounding the field are killed, resulting in
a lack of both nectar and pollen for the
bees. That is the current plight of the
bees:
poor weather and herbicides
resulting in lack of winter stores,
parasites to weaken them, and poisonous
pesticides affecting the winter survival of
colonies. Canada lost 30% of its bees last
winter. It is scary, as one third of the food
we eat is dependent on pollination by
honeybees.
With the world population
ever increasing, we need to guard the
health of every bee.
Queen bee with workers
concerned local beekeepers successfully
kept our Thunder Bay District free of that
parasite, but last year some uninformed
person foolishly imported infested bees to
our area. Before they were discovered,
the mite had spread to 200 colonies in the
Slate River area.
The mites suck the blood of the bees.
Varroa mites in a hive will shorten the lives
of the bees, damage their immune
systems (making them susceptible to
other diseases), and possibly infect them
with viruses. This parasite, together with
our lack of a good summer, resulted in a
very limited amount of honey and pollen
the colonies were able to gather this year.
Colonies did not thrive and increase in size
as they usually do over a summer. In
addition, the new neonicotinoid pesticides
being used as seed treatments including
corn, soybeans and canola to control pests
of those crops, causes the whole plant to
become toxic and therefore produce nectar
and pollen with sublethal effects on bees,
as well as butterflies and other pollinators.
Lethal effects on bee colonies from the
neonicotinoid contaminated dust generated
at planting time have also been reported
by many beekeepers. Europe has recently
enacted a temporary ban on the use of
neonicotinoid pesticides because of these
problems. In addition, there is a lack of
forage in the form of weeds on today’s
farms, because of the use of the herbicide
Jeanette Momot
Thailand, Our Second Home
We first went to Malaysia in 1960 (Malaya
as it was then) to teach in the British Army
Schools during the communist insurgency.
This was a very large-scale, violent and
bloody affair much like the Vietnam
situation and the principal victims were
civilians. This was an alternative to
military service. The Army garrison near
us while we were in Kuala Lumpur was
primarily that of the 17th Gurkha Rifles.
The Gurkhas were among the most
honourable and likeable people we have
ever met. While there we were able, to a
limited extent, to travel around Asia and
became greatly interested in the various
cultures. Travel within Malaya, except for
the main north-south road and the
western areas, was restricted because of
insurgent activity. Later, after a 2-year
stint of postdoctoral work in Britain, I was
offered an appointment at a Thai
University (The University of Medical
Sciences, now Mahidol University) in the
mid-1960s and we leapt at the chance to
return to Asia. We worked in Thailand
(Bangkok) for several years in the 1960s
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and again in the early1970s (on sabbatical
from LU) and we made lifelong Thai
friends. We were also able to explore a
vibrant and unique culture.
Thunder Bay for our remaining time there
but they were never really satisfactory.
We still wished, post-retirement, to
resume our visits to Thailand for much
longer periods but we needed to be sure
that physiotherapy facilities would be
available. One of our Thai friends found a
truly excellent clinic for Barbara and she
used it whenever we visited Bangkok.
Classical-style pavilion on the lake at
the Bang-Pa In Summer Palace
Upon coming to Canada and LU in 1968
with a young family and university
responsibilities, our visits to Thailand could
only be sporadic and short-term (except
for a sabbatical) although we kept up our
Thai friendships and a lively interest in
Thai culture. Incidentally, Thailand was
the only country in SE Asia never colonised
by European powers and attitudes towards
foreigners are generally somewhat
different from those in neighbouring
countries. One is judged more on one's
personal qualities rather than the colour of
one's skin or national origin. One can
easily feel at home there as indeed we do.
Pagodas in Ayuthaya Historical Park
After we moved to Qualicum Beach in
1999, we were able to continue her
program here and in Bangkok. Initially,
we were able to explore the cultural
treasures of the country (and of
neighbouring countries such as Cambodia,
Singapore, Vietnam, Bali in Indonesia,
Brunei, India, etc.) extensively and this
continued until about six years ago when
Barbara's condition deteriorated to the
point that the physiotherapy program (at a
new clinic much closer to our wonderful
hotel) became a major focus of our visits
while still being able to spend time with
our friends and enjoying the more local
culture. Just as Thunder Bay has winter
snow and blizzards, so coastal BC has
frequent heavy rain and high winds. Thus,
we go to Bangkok for several months
during the period of inclement BC weather
and at the time it is the cool(!), dry season
there.
Traditional teak house at the Suan
Pakkad Palace in Bangkok
Two years before I retired from LU in
1996, Barbara had a stroke, long-term
treatment of which required an ongoing
program of physiotherapy. She was able
to use the rather limited facilities in
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show of the various planes on the display
line, which will include the Spitfire, P40,
Tomahawk, Corsair, Avenger and Hell
Diver. Please come and join us for this
presentation, coffee and conversation.
Everyone is welcome and the Centre is
handicap accessible. Small tours can be
arranged by appointment. Please call 807
623 3522, or email [email protected] for
details.
Royal barge on the Chao Phya River
Alan Hughes
Northwestern Ontario Aviation
Heritage Centre (NOAHC) Open House
Editor’s note: Thanks to Jeanette and
Alan for their articles. All submissions
would be welcome!
Please come and join us for coffee and
conversation about aviation. Sundays 1 to
4 p.m.
Everyone is welcome.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday 19 November 12:30 pm.
Lumina Series
McNulty Recital Hall, Music and Visual
Arts Building, Thunder Bay campus.
Parking in the lot at the side (Security
does not ticket for the duration of the
concert). Tickets at the door $15 regular
and $10 for students.
Everett Hopfner piano
http://music.lakeheadu.ca/events/?display
=events&eventid=197
2014
Mid Winter Bash.
More details to follow.
Refreshments available. Annual Midwinter
Tea and Buzz.
For more information [email protected]
CURAC REPORT 2013
Thursday 28 November, 7 pm.
Northwestern Ontario Aviation
Heritage Centre (NOAHC) Special
Event
Note new location, 430 Waterloo Street
South (Facing the DaVinci parking lot),
Thunder Bay.
Wayne Pettit will be showing a DVD video
of the 2012 Hamilton Air show. It will
include some of the vintage planes on
display, and the fly-by of the Harvard,
Lancaster, B29, B25, Catalina, and DC-3. If
time permits he will also present a slide
In reporting on the CURAC meeting one
could follow the more traditional approach
of summarizing the sessions and events.
We were greatly entertained by a well
known Newfie storyteller; we were scared
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witless by a paper presented on 'elder
abuse' in Canada; I was able to talk with
the CURAC Pension Committee chair about
the LU Pension Amendments recently
deemed illegal by the OFSC and responded
to by LU with the hiring of a lawyer to
contest the issue; I did attend an
illuminating small group discussion on
Retiree Benefits.
memoranda of agreement with their
Retirees Association, that maintain a
database of retiree skills that can be called
upon, that subsidize their health care and
maintain a plan parallel with active faculty,
that provide space on campus for a
continuing presence of Retirees, that invite
their Retirees to their major functions, that
encourage Retirees to participate and use
the fitness and recreational facilities on
campus and formally and annually
recognize the special successes of their
Retirees in the third phase of their lives.
There are colleges and universities in
Canada that head their administrative
memoranda "To all administrators, staff,
faculty, students and retirees". How
wonderfully inclusive that is for all those
who are and have been part of those
institutions.
However, my report focuses instead on
what I was feeling and thinking as I
journeyed home from the meeting, and
reads as follows :I returned, as a delegate, from the 2013
annual meeting of the Colleges and
Universities
Retirees
Associations
of
Canada
(CURAC)
in
St.
John's,
Newfoundland,
both
saddened
and
encouraged. Though the sessions naturally
tend to focus on matters of pensions,
health issues and insurance, ample
opportunity is given for the exchange of
experiences between delegates from
across Canada.
In Canada, universities and colleges have
a fair degree of autonomy and each
develops a different culture, personality
and focus of excellence. Yet they are not
isolated from scrutiny and comparison,
and it is organizations like CURAC that
provide the forum for a national overview
of how the Retirees of its colleges and
universities are faring and how they are
configured within the ongoing activities of
their former institutions. The national scale
scenario reveals unfortunate differences
from institution to institution, one wonders
why.
It is uplifting to hear that there are
institution administrations that place high
value on their Retirees, recognizing first
that these older people, with a now old
fashioned work ethic, built the very
institutions they have inherited and now
administer. A local Retirees Association
comprised of former administrators, staff,
librarians, technicians
and faculty is a
remarkable resource of talents, skills and
experience, and very likely predisposed to
desire the continuing success of the
institution in which they spent their
energies, often over many years of
service. True, they are now grey haired
and possibly less spritely, but as older
persons know, the body seems to admit to
ageing well before the brain loses its
Is a former administrator, staff member,
librarian or academic of one institution of
greater worth or more deserving of fair
play and respect than one from another
institution? How is it that Retirees figure
on the administrative and academic
agendas of one institution yet perhaps
seldom, if ever, in another? How
reasonable is it that those who worked
within the Canadian university system
should find themselves in widely different
circumstances due only to the corporate
sharpness.
There are institutions that have signed
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personalities of the specific institutions in
which they worked?
And so I return
saddened, yet also encouraged in the
knowledge of what could be.
playing last season with Lake Superior
State of the NCAA. Joining Jeff Bosch in
goal will be Justin McDonald who hails
from Saskatchewan. He played in the
Saskatchewan Hockey League and last
season posted a win-loss record of 27-13
for the Manitoba Blizzards of the MJHL.
Other newcomers include Adam Restoule,
David
Quesnele
(defenceman
Mike
Quesnele’s brother), Paul Thompson, Matt
Kaarela and Nathan Bruyere.
The Wolves started off their season with
exhibition losses against the Prince Edward
Island Panthers and the Minnesota-Duluth
Bulldogs. They opened their regular
season with a sweep of the RMC Paladins
and followed this with a weekend split with
the Guelph Gryphons. October 25th and
26th we hosted the
Laurier Golden Hawks.
The fans were treated
to two extremely close
games with the Wolves
taking the sweep 5-4
and 4-2. This past
weekend
the
University of Alberta Golden Bears, the
number one team in the country, arrived in
town. Friday night the Wolves had the
crowd on the edge of their seats having a
two goal lead twice in the game but ended
up losing 7-5 with the Golden Bears
scoring the last goal into an empty net.
Saturday night was a different story as we
were outplayed and outmuscled, losing 7-2
to the powerhouse team who have not lost
a game this season. Next weekend the
team travels to play the rest of its
schedule before Christmas on the road.
They swept the Concordia Stingers
November 15 and 16th to ramp up the
momentum for the rest of the season. The
next home games are against Laurentian
Voyageurs, December 27 and 28th. Hope
to see you at the Gardens!
Brian Phillips, Professor Emeritus
Note. Emeritus members of LUFA pay an
annual fee of $25. It is from this money
that LUFA provides partial support for an
Emeritus delegate to attend the national
CURAC conferences. Thank you, LUFA.
OUR THUNDERWOLVES
Men’s Hockey
The Lakehead Thunderwolves hockey team
is starting off their 2013-2014 season with
a brand new coach, Bill McDonald, a
Thunder Bay native with extensive
experience coaching in Thunder Bay, the
UHL, CHL, and WPHL. From 2009-2012 he
was an assistant coach with the Allen
Americans of the CHL where he left in style
winning the President’s Cup Challenge.
After a tumultuous season last year and an
early departure from the playoffs, coach
McDonald has made it clear that the team
will be playing with an emphasis on
persistent hard work and more focus on
playing together as a team. His challenge
will be to restore discipline to a team
which has been prone in the last few years
to taking ill-advised penalties in often
crucial situations as well as wilting when
the pressure was on.
The loss of four of our top scorers,
including Matt Caria, Luke Judson, and
Adam Sergerie, the team is facing a
formidable challenge. Coach McDonald’s
new recruits will hopefully fill some of this
void. Both Cody Alcock (offense) and
Andrew Tessier (defence) were former
teammates with the Kingston Frontenacs
of the Ontario Hockey League. Forward
Kelin Ainsworth, who grew up in Thunder
Bay, is returning to the Lakehead after
Men’s Basketball
After a highly successful
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season which saw the TWolves earn the
silver medal in the CIS Championships, the
nucleus of the team which brought them to
the national Championships has gone.
Coach Scott Morrison has taken a year’s
leave to work for the Celtic’s organization
in the States. His duties have been taken
over by assistant coach Matt Erdman. Six
senior players have left, as well as Joe
Hart, who has opted to play in the Spanish
Pro League. Top scorer, Ryan Thomson will
be sitting out this year to recover from
knee surgery. This means that there are
four members left who are returning to the
team. Normally this would result in a year
of rebuilding for the team, however coach
Erdman is optimistic that the new recruits
will fill in some of the gaps, and they will
have to learn to rely on using the players’
size rather than their quickness. Joining
the team include highly touted point guard
Nolan Mackenzie from Oakville, shooting
guard Josh Bell and brother Justin Bell
from Mississauga, shooting guard Mitchell
Hearn from Mount Carmel, Newfoundland,
forward Igor Lebov from Toronto, 7’0”
Australian Brent Wallace, and 7’1” centre
Andrew McCarthy from Scituate, Mass. It
will be interesting to watch as the team
develops from week to week.
In their pre-season play at the Zanatta
Games Tournament held here October 3-5
against Winnipeg, Brandon and Algoma
they lost two of their three games. They
then travelled to Carleton where they
participated in the Carleton HouseLaughton Tournament. There they lost 7960 to the national champion Carleton
team, and 68-60 to the Victoria Vikes. The
third game they rallied back and took
down the Bishop’s Gaitors by a score of
78-70. At their final non-conference
tournament held in Winnipeg October 25th
and 26th they lost 75-64 to the Winnipeg
Wesmen and edged the Manitoba Bisons
74-72. Last weekend their regular season
opened with a loss puff 84-64 against the
Queen’s Gaels. Coach Erdman hoped their
lack of energy and focus would return in
the game the next evening against the
York Lions and they bounced back with a
79-73 victory. Next weekend they host
Carlton and Ottawa. We wish them luck as
they continue to rebuild!
Women’s Basketball
According to coach Kreiner, last year had
its share of ups and downs, defeating
Western and being able to compete
against the strong teams from Regina and
Ottawa were rewarding.
However they
lost in OT to Queen’s and lost their split in
Guelph so were eliminated from the
playoffs.
They do, however have some dominant
players. Ayse Kalkan had a strong year
averaging 11 points per game and an
excellent 8 rebounds per game and Kelsey
Bardsley lead all the players in Canada in 3
pointers.
Other
players
also
made
significant contributions to the team.
Kreiner has recruited eight players to
address the team’s weaknesses and feels
training camp will be very competitive.
New additions include: Essa Jacobsen
(Post) from Grand Marais; Jerika Baldwin
(Point Guard) from Brantford; Kylee
Kuchta (Guard) from Cape Breton; Blair
McNaughton (Forward) from Kitchener;
and Jylisa Williams (Guard) from Atlanta,
GA. Cassandra Soulias (Point Guard),
Katelyn Andrea (Forward), and Gillian
Lavoie (Post) have been recruited from
Thunder Bay.
The women’s team opened their season on
October 3rd vs Algoma, Oct. 4th against
Laurentian, and October 5th against
Manitoba
at
the
Zanatta
Games
Tournament where they won all three
games, which was an impressive start.
Essa Jacobsen and Ayse Kalkan were
dominant contributors to these games.
This was followed by the BOB FM Shootout
in Winnipeg where they lost 67-59 to the
Winnipeg Wesmen, 60-53 to the Brandon
Bobcats, and defeated the Manitoba Bisons
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61-52. In this last game Ayse Kalkan
scored a 27 game point high and was
named a Tournament All-Star. At the Shoot
for the Cure Invitational tournament in
Winnipeg October 25-27th they competed
against Winnipeg, Regina and Manitoba.
Regina is considered a powerhouse team
and one that plays at the national
championship level so it was a real
challenge for our team. Unfortunately it
was not a great weekend to finish off the
pre-season, as they lost all three games.
Their regular season opened November 1st
and 2nd with a loss against Queen’s by a
score of 58-52 and a victory against York
by a score of 53-39. Next weekend they
will host the teams from Carleton and
Ottawa.
A man walks into a bar, drinks a couple of
beers, and prepares to leave. The
bartender tells him he owes $8.
"But I already paid you. Don't you
remember?" says the customer.
"OK," says the bartender, "if you say you
paid, then I suppose you did."
The man goes outside and tells the first
person he sees that the bartender can't
keep track of whether his customers have
paid or not. The second man rushes in,
orders a couple beers, and later pulls the
same stunt.
The barkeep replies, "OK, if you say you
paid, then I suppose you did."
The customer goes outside and tells a
friend how to get free drinks. The third
man hurries into the bar and begins to
drink highballs.
The bartender leans over and says, "You
know, a funny thing happened tonight.
Two men were drinking beer, neither paid,
and both claimed they had. The next guy
who tries that stunt is going to get
punched in the -- "
The man interrupts, "Don't bother me with
your troubles, bartender. Just give me my
change and I'll be on my way."
Women’s Volleyball
Coach Chris Green should be very proud of
this team’s efforts so far this year. They
started off with a 3-0 loss against the
Waterloo Warriors but bounced back to
defeat RMC 3-2 and Brock 3-0 in preseason play. Their regular season started
with an exciting sweep over the Windsor
Lancers by scores of 3-2 at the
Thunderdome, According to Coach Green
both teams traded spike for spike and dig
for dig and he was very pleased with their
focus and hard work. Sarah Hudson, Jen
Sending The Bill…
A doctor and a lawyer were talking at a
party. Their conversation was constantly
interrupted by people describing their
ailments and asking the doctor for free
medical advice. After an hour of this, the
exasperated doctor asked the lawyer,
"What do you do to stop people from
asking you for legal advice when you're
out of the office?"
"I give it to them," replied the lawyer, "and
then I send them a bill."
The doctor was shocked, but agreed to
give it a try. The next day, still feeling
slightly guilty, the doctor prepared the
bills. When he went to place them in his
mailbox, he found a bill from the lawyer.
Casey and Jorie Daymond have been
big contributors to the team’s success.
November 1st and 2nd they met the
Ryerson Rams and the University of
Toronto Varsity Blues where they lost both
games 3-1 and 3-0. Their next home
games are November 15th and 16th against
RMC and Queen’s. This team has come a
long way in the last two years so we hope
to see them continue to do well.
Humour Hub
A Man Walks Into a Bar…
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Let Us Hear from You
If you are a new retiree, could you tell us a bit about yourself, for inclusion in the next
newsletter? When you came to Lakehead, the kind of work you did, hobbies, adventures,
anything about your family you would like to include.
If you have been on the retirees list for awhile, how about updating us on your present
whereabouts and what activities you are involved in?
RALU is one of the few places where you can stay in touch with one another, whether at
our meetings or through the newsletter. Send your piece to
[email protected]
Benefits of Membership in RALU
*Social support. Be informed and active in a group of like minded people who
share the same interests and background.
*Economic fairness. RALU Pensions and Benefits Committee represents retirees
and aims to be a consultancy for all members.
*High FP Rating. RALU members have a higher than average Fun Potential
rating. Get yours today!
Membership is $10 annually or $25 per individual per three years, with equal
status of membership for retirees, spouses and partners. Annual membership is
from Sept 1st to Aug 31st. You are encouraged to support the association by joining us,
even if you live far from Northwestern Ontario. Complete the membership form and
return with a money order or cheque made out to the Retirees’ Association of Lakehead
University 1881 Nickle Street, RR#12, Thunder Bay, ON P7G 2E6. For further
information please contact RALU President David Kemp, [email protected]
Please note that there is a new area for expertise, contribution. Tell us how you want to
assist RALU, for example, by contributing to the newsletter, givin us a presentation on
your expertise, and so on. The Association is inclusive and its membership is open to
retirees of colleges and universities.
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