Keeping In Touch. Dec 06 General Meet/ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY 1900 hrs RCMP D Div. HQ

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1 1 K.I.T. is published monthly by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Veterans Association, Manitoba Division. P.O. Box 5650, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 3K2 Website: Manitoba Division Executive President: Bob Wass 1st. V.P.: Dennis Hawkins 2nd V.P. Russell Hanna Secretary: Mike McDonald Treasurer: Doug Agnew Past President: Jan Wolynski Directors: Communications: Murray McNeill Trust Fund: Neville Hirst Awards & Recognition: Alan Whitson Welfare & Benefits: Dave Douglas Master at Arms: George Wright Membership: Stu Stuart Entertainment: Russ Waugh Mailing Address: RCMPVA P.O. Box 5650 Winnipeg, MB R3C 3K2 Communications Link: Murray McNeill (204) K.I.T. Editor: Alan Whitson Chaplains: Vacant Dues Dues Dues As you all know, the RCMP Vets Association cannot operate without funds. We in Manitoba Division have always been frugal stewards of our member funds and have been able to keep the annual dues relatively modest at only $ Witness the fact that we have some of the lowest dues in the country. We continue to strive to maintain a viable organization, but we do need your help. Please pay your dues!. R.C.M.P. Veterans Association ENTERTAINMENT Calendar of Events 2016 REVISED JUL Nov 01 General meeting/elections 1100 hrs ANAVETS, 3584 Portage Ave., Winnipeg Dec 06 General Meet/ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY 1900 hrs RCMP D Div. HQ NOTE: We could use some items for prizes, so if you have received some unwanted or no longer needed items that are in your way, either bring them or send them to us. Remember when talking to retired members, secretaries or public servants to remind them to join their Veterans Association. Any members/widows who require transportation to one of our events, please contact one of the Entertainment Committee members listed on the side bar 15 October, 2016 Volume 14, #08 Entertainment Committee: Russ Waugh (rlwaugh@mts.net) Gayle Frame gframe4@shaw.ca Ellen Jacobs ejacobs48@shaw.ca Ray Stokon ritewayrms@yahoo.com Dave Van Alstyne davevana@mts.net Alan Whitson alan.whitson@shaw.ca INDEX Last Post p 2 A Gift in Memory of a Good Friend and Colleague p 2 Photos from Oct 4th- General meeting p 2 Recent Passings p 3 Entertainment Committee Report p 4 Executive Minutes August 16, 2016 pp 6 & 7 Minutes of General Meeting September 10, 2016 p 8

2 2 The Last Post WHITE, Jack Norman 16/08/22 Calgary AB C/690 VALLIERES, George Emile 16/08/31??? WELLBROOK, Clifford John 16/09/09 Mission BC R/1433 CHILTON, Gylen Melville 16/09/14 North Vancouver BC COLE, Richard Stanley (Rick) 16/09/15 Winnipeg MB O HALLORAN, Allen Christopher 16/09/16 Vancouver BC GUINDON, J. Donald 16/09/18 Ottawa ON CASS, George H. 16/09/19 Winnipeg MB S/2545 GOULD, Howard Emerson (Howie) 16/09/25 Medecine Hat AB GÉNÉREUX, J.C.A.P. Luc 16/10/03 Ottawa ON SCHRADER, Nicholas Paul 16/10/05 Winnipeg MB Rest In Peace. Info Courtesy RCMP Vets Net. A Gift in Memory of a Good Friend and Colleague As already noted above, George Cass passed away suddenly on September 19th. At his funeral held on Sept 29 th, his daughter Lesley donated to our Association, tickets that she and her father had purchased for the upcoming Manitoba Moose season. They had 11 pairs of game tickets beginning with the season opener on the October 18 th. These donated tickets will be used as door prizes at our General Meetings with the first set already having been handed out at our general meeting on October 4 th. The game tickets had yet to be printed at the time of the first draw, but are now available. The tickets for first draw will be given to the winner upon receipt from the Hockey Team. Lesley asked that we inform our Veterans that this donation is made in memory of her Dad. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers go out to Fran and Lesley Cass and the entire Cass family. Stu Stuart inducts new member, Sherry Benson-Podolchuk Elizabeth St. Goddard speaks to us about diets President Bob Wass thanking guest speaker Elizabeth St. Goddard Our two new chaplains attend their first general meeting

3 3 RECENT PASSINGS Time has not been too favourable for Manitoba Division as we mourn the passing of four long standing members of our Division. On September 15 th Rick COLE passed away leaving behind Nancy, his beloved wife of 42 years. Rick served in the Force for 31 years. September 19 th saw the passing of George CASS who left behind Frances (Fran), his loving wife of 58 years. George served in the Force for 25 years. On September 30 th, we were advised of the passing of Bill ALLEN. In accordance with Bills wishes, there was only a graveside service of internment attended by his much loved wife Cheryl and close friends and family. On October 5 th, we said goodbye to Nicholas (Nick) SCHRADER who leaves to mourn him his beloved wife of 56 years, Muriel. Nick served in the Force for 22 years. We extend our most sincere condolences to the families of our dearly departed members. May all find solace and comfort in knowing that they are at rest in the hands of the Lord. May they Rest in Peace THE WORLD IS MINE - Author Unknown Today, upon a bus, I saw a very beautiful woman and wished I were as beautiful. When suddenly she rose to leave, I saw her hobble down the aisle. She had one leg and used a crutch. But as she passed, she passed a smile. Oh, God, forgive me when I whine. I have two legs; the world is mine. I stopped to buy some candy. The lad who sold it had such charm. I talked with him, he seemed so glad. If I were late, it'd do no harm. And as I left, he said to me, "I thank you, you've been so kind. It's nice to talk with folks like you. You see," he said, I'm blind." Oh, God, forgive me when I whine. I have two eyes; the world is mine. Later while walking down the street, I saw a child I knew. He stood and watched the others play, but he did not know what to do. I stopped a moment and then I said, "Why don't you join them dear?" He looked ahead without a word. I realised, he couldn't hear. Oh, God, forgive me when I whine. I have two ears; the world is mine. With feet to take me where I'd go.. With eyes to see the sunset's glow. With ears to hear what I would know. Oh, God, forgive me when I whine I've been blessed indeed, the world is mine.

4 4 R.C.M.P. Veterans Association ENTERTAINMENT Report & Calendar of Events 2016 REVISED OCT 11 PLEASE LET US KNOW ASAP IF YOU ARE ATTENDING AN EVENT 2016 Oct 04 Your General Meeting was held at the ANAVETS club, where we had 40 attend and after a 15 min meeting we had a presentation by Elizabeth St. Godard, RD, Community Dietitian, St James-Assiniboia Healthy Aging Resource Team who shared much information on diet and food selection. We had a pair of Manitoba Moose tickets donated by the family of the late George CASS for use as Door prizes and Stu STUART s name was drawn. More Moose tickets to be drawn for in the future. Our thanks to the CASS family for the donation. Nov 01 General Meeting/Elections 11:00 HRS - ANAVETS Portage Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba. The positions of 2 nd Vice President and Welfare & Benefits are open and any Vet can allow their name to stand for the positions. Please advise Russ WAUGH our Elections chairman if you want your name entered. We may have a special guest speaker. You can contact Russ WAUGH if you want your name to be put on one of the committees as well. Dec 06 General Meeting/ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY 19:00 HRS RCMP D DIVI- SION HQ. Note: We could use some items for prizes, so, if you have received some unwanted gift or have nearly new items to re-gift, please contact me or one of the committee members. Remember when talking to retired members, secretaries or public servants to remind them to join their Veterans Association AND attend events with their spouses, partners or significant other not both at the same time. Any members/widows who require transportation to one of our events, please contact one of the Entertainment Committee members listed below or phone an old vet friend who will always help. Entertainment Committee: Gayle FRAME gframe4@shaw.ca Ellen JACOBS ejacobs48@shaw.ca Wanda URSCHATZ urschatz@mts.net Russ WAUGH rlwaugh@mts.net cell e Alan WHITSON alan.whitson@shaw.ca R.L. (Russ) WAUGH ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTOR RCMP Veterans Association Manitoba Division

5 5 Keeping in Touch Canada Summer Games Manitoba will be hosting the Canada Summer games in This event spread over two weeks will require over 5,000 volunteers. As a service to our members, we are including information from the Canada Summer Games committee. If anyone of our members feels the urge to help, please apply at

6 6 Keeping in Touch Minutes Executive Meeting August 16, 2016 Order: Call to Order by Bob Wass at 10:00 A.M. Attendees: Bob Wass, Dennis Hawkins, Doug Agnew, Mike McDonald, Murray McNeill, Dave Douglas, Stu Stuart, George Wright, Alan Whitson, Neville Hirst. Absent-Russ Waugh Acceptance of Minutes of Previous Meeting: Motion to accept the Minutes of the June 21, 2016 Executive Meeting made by Russ Hanna. Second by Alan Whitson. Carried. Correspondence Received: Sixteen (16) Membership Dues, 27 Survey Letters for Stu Stuart, a Brochure from Alzheimer Society, a receipt from Cancer Care. Unfinished Business: Honour Roll Project-The next three dedications will be done on August 24 th and 25 th in Grand Rapids, Flin Flon and Gillam. Dom French will attend in Gillam along with George Wright and Wayne Mirrlees. Leslie Beck in Flin Flon and Murray Knudson and Al McLauchlan in Gillam. Al Whitson requested names on any photographs taken for entry in KIT. Book of Memory-The Book of Memory Service is on November 9, There are presently 27 names on the list and invitation letters will be sent out to the families. Dennis Hawkins will attend as our new president. Bob is going to have Tom Sutcliffe invite our new chaplains to attend. George Wright, Murray McNeill and Dave Douglas will attend to help at the service. The electrical outlet has now been installed for the Book of Memory computer and the contractor charged $5, Tom Sutcliffe is going to check on the billing costs. AGM 2018-Steve Walker has booked the Best Western Plus Winnipeg Airport Hotel for May 24-26, 2018 for the AGM. He will be preparing an update submission on the AGM for an upcoming issue of KIT. Financial Affairs- Doug Agnew will be representing our division on a committee formed by National to address financial issues for the association. Inventory Update Inventory update tabled to the September Executive Meeting. Accounts- Doug Agnew filed an Income Statement and Balance Sheet for the period ending July 31, 2016, showing our Current Assets of $37, Motion made by Doug Agnew to accept the financial reports as prepared. Second by George Wright. Carried. Financial reports will be held on file. Doug also advised that the accounting program he is using had a glitch last month and was sending invoices out to members that had already paid their dues. He has been attempting to determine the cause and rectify the problem. Doug also indicated that he had an inquiry from Bernie Miller s wife about members taking Bernie out for coffee. George Wright has been talking to Dom French about a coffee club in Brandon and will follow up. Committee Reports Trust Fund: Neville Hirst- There is a meeting of the Trust Fund Committee scheduled for September and there is nothing new to report at this time. There was some discussion with regards to where donations are made through the Trust Fund, which will be discussed further at the next committee meeting.

7 7 Keeping in Touch Credentials and Membership - Stu Stuart-There were 56 Survey letters sent out in July to members on the mailing list without addresses to determine if they want to continue to receive KIT. There was a return envelope sent with the survey and to date there have been 28 replies to the survey and 13 new addresses received for members to receive KIT via . Stu will wait till the end of the month and will be removing those names from the mailing list that don t reply. Stu has nine new members that will be sworn into the association as soon as they can get out to a meeting. Welfare and Benefits: Dave Douglas-The committee continues to follow-up on deceased members and spouses. A Letter of Condolence is sent out immediately with an information package for the family. All correspondence is filed electronically for follow-up and any subsequent assistance. There are also 2-4 sick and visiting requests a month looked after by the committee, as well as up to 6 requests a month for information about pensions, grave markers, drafting letters for health and insurance issues such as trip cancellations. The committee does ask sick members if they want to be mentioned in KIT when visiting them and this decision is left up to the sick members. Entertainment: Russ Waugh (Absent) Bob Wass advised that Russ wanted to remind the membership of the Corn Roast on September 10 th and that the cutoff for Golf Tournament in Gimli on September 6 th is August 30 th. Murray is going to send out a reminder. Awards and Recognition: Alan Whitson- No Report. Communication: Murray McNeill- The Google Group Communication system is working very well. There are nine people that want to receive KIT by , but are not on the Google Group. Murray is contacting them and hoping to get them on the Google Group. Murray will be taking over the regular mail list for people not on Google Group. New Business: Manitoba Divisions concerns identified by Alan Whitson s Committee were discussed and tabled to the October Executive meeting after Alan returns from the September AGM. Calgary Division Fundraising Project-Painting sale was discussed and it was decided that our division wouldn t get involved in this project. We will pass the information onto our membership and they can deal directly with Calgary Division if they are interested in purchasing the painting. Good of the Association: August 8 th Veterans Affairs Roundtable- Bob Wass attended the meeting and found that it covered general information and nothing specific to the vets. The RCMP Veterans Association is recognized by the Federal Government. Manitoba Division General Meeting Format- Bob Wass will be sending out an requesting feedback from the membership in regards to the meeting format we have been using for our general meetings. Book of Memory Service November 9, 2016 will be attended by Dennis Hawkins this year as our new President. November 11 th Service at the Convention Center will be attended by Russ Hanna and Mike McDonald representing the RCMP Veterans Association Manitoba Division. Meeting Adjourned: 11:55A.M. Next General Meeting: *Saturday* September 10, 2016 Corn 2:00PM Next Executive Meeting: September 20, 2016 St. James 10:00 AM

8 8 General Meeting Minutes Date: September 10, 2016 Location: Red Barn Corn Roast, Stonewall, Manitoba Order: Call to Order by Bob Wass at 3:15 p.m. Opening Prayer- Before leading the Binyon Prayer Don Fleetwood asked the membership to remember: S/S/M Hamish (Jim) Laing, died July 23, 2016, William (Bill) MacKenzie passed away recently in BC, Civilian Member Diane Gagnon, Associate Member Nell Ramsay, widow of the late Bill Ramsay, died on July 29, 2016, Kathy Onofreychuk, wife of Bruce Onofreychuk. Condolences were extended to John Baziuk on the death of his wife Elizabeth in July. Both Elizabeth and Nell have been interred at the RCMP Cemetery at Regina. Current Business- Acceptance of the Minutes of the June 18, 2016 General Meeting Motion was made by Dennis Hawkins to accept the minutes of the June 18, 2016 General Meeting. Seconded by Scotty Davison. Carried. Announcements of Important New Initiatives/Directors Reports Summary Bob Wass had the following announcements: George Cass is presently in the hospital RM 428 at the Grace Hospital and is accepting visitors. Russ Hanna and Mike McDonald will represent the Veterans Association at the Convention Center Remembrance Day Service this year. Dennis Hawkins will represent the Veterans Association at the Book of Memory Service at RCMP HQ on November 9, Dennis Hawkins will represent the Veterans Association at the RCMP Awards Ceremony at Government House on October 18, There are two more Dedication Services for Honour Roll Plaques to be held in the future at Churchill and Selkirk, dates to be announced. Trevor and Anne Lawless are attending their last General Meeting before moving to Nova Scotia later this month. Question Period/New Business- No questions or new business. Awards/Special Recognition- None Swearing in of New Members- There are eleven new members to be sworn in at future dates. Next Executive Meeting : September 20, St. James Legion 10:00AM Our next General Meeting: October 4, 2016 ANAVETS Club, 3584 Portage Ave., Winnipeg 11:00AM We will have a guest speaker: Elizabeth St. Godard, RD, Community Dietitian, St. James-Assiniboia Healthy Aging Resource Team. Her presentation will help (those interested) to find resources, maintain and improve one s health, provide information about health services and learn about healthy living. Meeting adjourned at 3:20 P.M. Corn Roast