MUN Pensioners’ Association (MUNPA) Newsletter Vol. 15, No. 6, November 2017Editor-in-Chief: Steve Wolinetz • Production Manager: Patrick Tyler

November 2017

Celebration of RemembranceAt this time of year, Memorial University pays tributeto those who risked their future and possibly theirlives in World War I. This year, as President ofMUNPA, and on behalf of our members, it was myprivilege and honour to receive the invitation to laythe wreath on November 9, at 11 am, at ceremoniesheld at the DF Cook Recital Hall, School of Music.The focus for this momentous occasion was TheWomen Behind the Scenes - A NewfoundlandWoman’s Perspective on WWI.

Tribute AwardsEach year, members of the Pensioners’ Associationare requested to nominate a member or mem-bers whom they feel have made excellent con-tributions in their retirement. This year, threemembers were recommended andapproved by the Board to each receive aTribute Award. They are Mr. W.Hewitt, Grenfell College, for hisextensive community involvement;from the St John’s campus; Dr.M. Haddara (Engineering) forhis continuing role as a publicspokesperson and ambassa-dor for the CanadianMuslim community, andDr. M. MacKenzie(Linguistics) for herdedication andcontinued workwith the Innu ofLabrador andthe St. John’sFriendshipCentre. Theseawards will bepresented

December 1, at a reception to be hosted by Dr. GaryKachanoski, President of MUN. Our congratulationsgo out to each of these very deserving recipients.

Scholarship RecipientWe are also pleased to announce that the

2017/2018 recipient for the MUNPA EntranceScholarship is William Smith of Logy Bay.

Our congratulations go out to him as well.He is wished continued success in his aca-

demic and personal endeavours.

Christmas SocialAnd so again, if you are in the St.

John’s area, a reminder to regis-ter for our annual Christmas

Social, December 7 at TheFluvarium. This is the

most popular event thatwe host throughout

the year: deliciousfood, fantastic

company, andthe mood isvery, verymerry. Seeyou there.

Jane M. FoltzJane@mun.ca

From the President• Upcoming Events - 2• From the Editor - 2• West coast report - 3• What’s been happening in St. John’s - 4• MUNPA Crafts Group activities - 5• What some members are up to - 6• MUNPA website update - 10• Notices - 10

Inside this issue ...

Fun! Friends!Finger Foods! Prizes!

MUNPA Christmas Social!The Fluvarium, Nagles Hill Place

Thursday December 7th, 4 - 6 p.m.With Silent Auction in aid of Campus Food Bank

Pre-register by December 1st at munpaevents@mun.ca

Your VoiceMasthead photo: Jane Foltz

From the editorIt is hard to believe that it’s mid-November and that this is the third YV that I’ve been rushing to get into

print. Thanks to Patrick Tyler's help with formatting, we’ll make it. If I am rushing, it’s because there’s been alot on the go. (It’s been a beautiful fall and a few days ago, barely cold or at all like November.) In addition,you, our members, have begun to make YV your voice rather than my own.

Included in this number are two pieces indicating things that MUN retirees have been doing that arrivedunsolicited if not quite ‘over the transom’. We’ve also included two reflections from the Memoir Group, our old-est and longest running focus and special interest group. Both evoke Halloween, not as it is today, but as itwas in the 1950s in Ontario and Illinois: a night for mischief and fun rather than store-bought lawn decorationsthat rival Christmas displays. Thanks to both Jo Shawyer (Geography) and Sharon Buehler (Medicine) for shar-ing their pieces.

Partial success does not mean mission accomplished. Always willing to challenge others, the same character-istic that made her an excellent research director on projects like Coasts Under Stress, Rosemary Ommer(History) wrote her piece Leaving Memorial hoping that it would spur others to action. Please let others knowwhat you have been doing and think about writing something for YV. I can’t be the only one who worked on aschool newspaper (I wrote columns for the Cornell Daily Sun) or enjoys letting his ‘inner journalist’ out. Iwould be delighted if more of you wrote or were willing to interview others about what they were doing. Thecorner of my brain that is YV’s assignment desk has some projects in mind.

Steve Wolinetz,yourvoice@mun.ca

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For all of these events, pre-registration atmunpaevents@mun.ca is required. Just name theevent in your subject line.

• NL Outdoors: a Photographic Slide ShowMonday, November 20by Gene Herzberg

• MUN Trivia FunWednesday, November 29hosted by Linda Kirby and Anne Sinnott

• Christmas SocialThursday, December 7The FluvariumPlease pre-register by December 1.

Find an activity that interests you. Check out ourGroup pages at

http://www.mun.ca/munpa/activities/st_johns

Upcoming EventUpcoming EventssSt. John’s Programme Committee

Outing Club members on Long Pond walk, October 30. Fromleft to right: Marguerite Jones, Karen Lippold, BernieConran, and Elena Hannah,

Report on west coast pensioner activities

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Past Events

Purple Shield hosted an advance funeral-planning seminar for local MUN pensionerson Tuesday, November 7.

Approximately 15 people attended anhour-long presentation that was light-hearted but informative. It outlined thegeneral process and advantages of pre-planning a funeral. Literature was pro-vided and a local Purple Shield represen-tative was introduced if people wishedto make arrangements to meet with herto learn more about the process.Afterward there were refreshments; thisprovided an opportunity to chat with thetwo Purple Shield representatives.

Upcoming Events

Human Resources is organizing an infor-mation session about the benefits thatMUN provides. It will focus on the travelinsurance plan (SSQ Financial Group)and the health and dental plans(Medavie Blue Cross). The session willbe held on Wednesday, November 29 inFA 224 (Fine Arts) from 9:30 - 11:30a.m. Refreshments will be available. Wewill let you know about parking closer tothe date.

• The SSQ Financial Group, the insur-ance company that handles the travelinsurance, will be represented by MyleneDesjardins, Inside Sales & Client ServiceRepresentative | Atlantic provinces.

• Medavie Blue Cross, the insurancecompany for health and dental benefits,will be represented by Susan King,Account Manager, Corporate ClientService. Please contact Sharon Walshswalshgrenfell.mun.ca if you plan toattend.

Christmas in November, a social featuring a turkey dinner, was heldWednesday, November 15 at the Blow Me Down Cross Country Ski Clubchalet. Thirty-four people enjoyed a lovely turkey dinner and door prizesand responded in kind by making a donation to the Grenfell campus foodbank.

by Lois Bateman

We moved to the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island in the fall of 2014from Corner Brook, NL. We love the fact that we can ski at Mt.Washington (30 minutes) from town and go sea kayaking on the sameday. The marine area is rich with wildlife from eagles to orcas to sealions. Although we knew no one in the Comox Valley when we movedwe have found it quite easy to meet people since this area is popularwith retirees from across Canada. There seem to be clubs or groupsfor just about any interest.

From the other west coastSubmitted by Keith and Heather Nicol

It’s been a busy time.

Shutterbug members havebeen snapping away; mem-bers of the Memoir Groupare nudging a collection oftheir work, Creating aUniversity, toward publica-tion, and the always busy,craft group has been doingprojects and producinggoods at a rate that putsthe rest of us to shame. Ifsome of you, looking at thepictures we have publishedor those now on theMUNPA websitehttp://www.mun.ca/munpa/gallery/ (click on CraftGroup), have wonderedabout overly full stockings,some of their product —dolls that members havebeen knitting — have foundtheir way to isolated peoplein Northern Nigeria and theIvory Coast. Always busy,members set their needlesto work responding to a callfrom Hope:Effect, TheLeprosy Mission. Kudos tothe Craft Group for doingtheir bit and helping others

Health and Aging

Other groups have beenbusy as well. At its Octobermeeting, Health and Aging,heard from Dr. Debbie Kelly,Associate Professor in ourSchool of Pharmacy andDirector of its MedicationTherapy Service Clinichttp://www.mun.ca/pharmacy/community/mtsclinic/talked about polypharmacyand de-prescribing. Neitherpolypharmacy nor de-pre-scribing are words that roll

off our tongues, but whatDr. Debbie Kelly told mem-bers of Health and Agingshould be of interest notonly to seniors but alsoanyone who has to copeswith or has tried to helpsomeone take multiplemedications. Wikipediadefines polypharmacy as“the concurrent use ofmultiple medications”.Defining polypharmacy astaking five or medicationson a regular basis, DebbieKelly made the definitionmore tangible. Included inthat count are not only pre-scription drugs but alsoover the counter medica-tions or supplements.Polypharmacy is a riskbecause medications caninteract and doctor’s pre-scribing for one conditionmay not know what elsehas been prescribed or whyit has been prescribed. Thatrisk increases when anotherdoctor, for one reason oranother, takes over. Peopleparticularly at risk are thosewith chronic conditions andwomen, who still live longerthan men. De-prescribingmay be in order because ofchanging medical needs,the increased risk thatcomes with multiple med-ications — add more andthe risks increase exponen-tially — or simply toimprove the quality ofpatients nearing the end oftheir lives. The MedicationTherapy Services Clinic —to which you can self-refer– looks at the whole gamutof medications, prescribedand over the counter andconsiders what can be dis-

continued. There is more tobe said than space orexpertise allows, but don’tdespair. When the Batteryopens next fall, MUNPA willbe asked to participate byorganizing one or moreevents. One possibility weare considering is that wecould webcast not only tothe west coast but also tomembers elsewhere wouldbe a talk by Dr. Kelly. It’ssomething to think about.

A Talk at the Rooms

The St. John’s ProgrammeCommittee has also beenbusy organizing a visit tothe Rooms and talk by itshistory curator on the des-ignation of the Newfound-land Regiment as the RoyalNewfoundland Regiment.That designation happenedthree times: in the 19thcentury in recognition of itsrole in the War of 1812 inUpper Canada, again in1917 and after World WarII.

Safe Driving Course

Jim Brazil, from Safety NL,led a course on winter driv-ing for seniors. He recountednot only the obvious — thatwinter tires should now beon — but also what do inthe event of a skid: don’tsteer into it as many of ushave been taught (thereisn’t time) but rather lookwhere you want the car togo. He also recounted howto position your hands toavoid skids (shuffle the

wheel through your handspositions at nine and threeo’clock rather than steeringhand over hand). Finally, hedetailed what should go inan emergency kit. The latterincluded not only jumpercables (read your manual touse them correctly ratherthan frying your cars com-puters), but also a warmjacket and gloves,absorbent material such asdiapers, as well as a first-aid kit, a charged up cell-phone and a shovel.Putting on snow tiresisn’t the only thing thatyou should do. Think aswell about changing oil andfilters, topping up wind-shield wash, checking thedeflection of your head-lights and changing yourwindshield wipers (whichcan become brittle afteryears of use and help tofreeze rather clear yourview).

Also important:

• Allowing 4-5 secondsrather three between youand the car you are follow-ing so that you have moretime to react. Remember:SNOW MEANS SLOW!

• Braking gently, ideallywhen you are going straight

• Wearing your seatbeltproperly: around your hipsand torso rather thanaround a bulky coat.

What’s been happening in St. John’s

POLYPHARMACY WINTER PRIMER

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ROYAL NL REGIMENT

During the winter months theCraft group meets most Thursdaymornings. Some weeks there maybe a group project but mostlythose who attend are working ontheir own projects that ofteninvolve knitting. However, whenthere is a need, many of the ladieswill take up the challenge to pro-vide what is required, such as hatsfor local newborn babies.

When the Leprosy Mission Canadahttps://effecthope.org/ requested“hope” dolls, several MUN CraftsGroup women got busy knitting.The objective was to engageCanadians about the work done torestore hope to people in otherparts of the world who are livingwith leprosy and other diseases ofpoverty and isolation. Each dollwill remind them that someone inCanada is supporting them.

Using the recommended JeanGreenhowe pattern, people fromBritish Columbia to Newfoundlandand Labrador got busy knitting thedolls in the bright sky-blue colour

of the Effect:Hope logo. MUNPA’sCraft group produced many dolls.They were mailed to the office inMarkham and put with other HopeDolls. Many of these dolls werethen taken to Northern Nigeria andthe Ivory Coast. If anyone wantsto continue knitting Hope Dolls,

the project is ongoing. You canfind information on the Effect:Hopewebsite: https://effecthope.org/

MUNPA Craft Group takes on International Project

When Effect:Hope, The Leprosy Mission Canada (https://effecthope.org/) requested“hope” dolls, several MUN Crafts Group women got busy knitting.

See Effect:Hope letterof thanks page 10

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Carolyn Hawco proudly displays the quilt she crafted in participation with the MUNPA crafts group.

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What some MUNPA members have been up to

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I left Memorial (where I hadbeen a full professor and a mem-ber of the History Department aswell as the Research Director ofISER) for a year’s sabbatical atthe University of Victoria, B.C. in1997, 20 years ago. While there,I discovered that the communitystress that was so familiar to mefrom outport Newfoundland, wasalso seriously afflicting coastalcommunities on the west coast ofCanada. I was surprised. Ithought the west coast had manymore resources than Newfound-land, and I wondered why twosuch very different coasts hadsuch similar problems. I there-fore put together an MCRI pro-posal for a large genuinely inter-disciplinary research project thatI called Coasts Under Stress(CUS), to be based at theUniversity of Victoria and also atMUN. Funded in 2000 for fiveyears by both SSHRC and NSERC(under its network grants struc-ture), that research involved (ashad Eco-research beforehand)natural and social scientists andhealth and education scholars.

CUS was difficult to run, notleast because of the distancesinvolved. In 2000 I had alsobeen offered the position ofResearch Director of the CalgaryInstitute for the Humanities, andI accepted that offer: I loveddirecting research institutes andthe CIH had only had an actingdirector for some time.Unfortunately, running CUS andthe early stages of the MCRIbecame too stressful, and myhealth started to suffer.

On medical advice, I gave upthe Directorship and concentrat-ed on running the research fromUVic, which offered me aresearch position that facilitateddoing that. It was a good deci-sion, letting me continue to workwith Memorial scholars and visitMUN regularly, and giving theresearch and scholars workingwith me the attention theydeserved.

Eventually I became theResearch Director of the Centrefor Earth and Ocean Research atUVic. This was renamed theInstitute for Coastal and OceanResearch, to reflect the inclusionof Social Sciences andHumanities. Then I retired, tak-ing up contract work helping fac-ulty and students write polishedSSHRC proposals. I worked atthis ‘grants-crafting’ at both MUNand UVic until two years ago,when I cut back. I now focus onmajor UVic grants, and serve onthe advisory boards of large proj-ects, where I can use my expert-ise to give back to the institutionsand/or scholars with whom Ihave worked. One of these proj-ects is the On The Move projectat MUN, directed by Barb Neis.An earlier one, the CURRA, alsodirected by Neis, was also atMUN.

Thus, although I miss myfriends and colleagues atMemorial, I rejoice in having verylittle snow to shovel in winter,which matters at my age. I alsorejoice in still having a vibrantand useful connection withMemorial, of which I am both analumna (my MA) and a pensioner.

Leaving Memorial By Rosemary Ommer (History)

Derek and Margaret Burton havewritten a book, Essential FishBiology, on the diversity and func-tional biology of fish in their habi-tats. With over 25,000 species, fishrepresent the largest group of ver-tebrates. The book provides anintroduction and overview of theways in which fish adaptation tothe wide variety of conditions inwhich they occur. Included arenumerous black and white illustra-tions and 16 colour plates.Whenwe were teaching some of oureffort was directed to transmittinginformation about fish and howthey function. Although there aremany “fish books” we found nonethat worked as an appropriatecomprehensive text, and we havenow written one (illustrated, andwe hope, accessible) to helpunderstanding of fish and theircomplexity. Most people know offish in terms of a few species offood fish and aquarium “pets” and

The Burtons havewritten a book

I had only seven children at my door this year. I wasdisappointed because this year, unlike last, I spentsome time getting ready. I have three pumpkins ofvarying sizes picked up in after-Halloween sales thathave batteries to light them. I also have a lovelyscary black cat with arched back and bared teethwhich stands about six inches.

The pumpkins and the cat sit in the corner of thefront entry way. A very old string of orange lightsand a string of small white ghost lights are loopedover the coat hooks above them. I leave my frontdoor open so through the full glass storm door yousee into a darkened area with orange glow. Thereare two sorts of windsock things that I fasten to theknobs on my front porch rail just to indicate I’m oneof the houses on the street welcoming Halloweeners.I also, always, carve a pumpkin that sits inside onthe front windowsill facing the front porch. Thisyear's had a small carving error. I usually put in afew oddly spaced teeth but this year I accidentlyamputated one so the toothy grin was pretty much agap on one side. But the unexpected side benefitwas that that larger gap meant more air and thecandle inside glowed brightly.

I had bought a package of small candy bars and abox of little packages of goldfish crackers. And, asusual I have most leftover. I bought goldfish pur-posely because they aren’t the worst of snacks toeat up but the bars which I used to take into workthe day after Halloween are still sitting there - minus

HHaalllloowweeeennin Illinois

by Sharon BuehlerPhoto: “Jack’o’Lantern” (Pumpkin carved by James Tyler)

about eight consumed while I waited until 8 o'clockand my usual turning-out-the-porch-light hour. WhenI went swimming the next day, I entered the dress-ing room behind a woman carrying a basket labeledHalloween Treats in felt letters and I thought, “bril-liant”; she is bringing questionable goodies for thosechecking in for their swim and fitness workouts. My Halloweens growing up were eagerly anticipatedoccasions. We didn’t have bought Halloween cos-tumes — I don’t remember even seeing them onsale at stores — so sheets, old clothes, cardboard,aluminum foil along with store bought masks had todo. We were allowed to go just to the houses on ourblock and I don’t remember anyone who didn’t openthe door to us. Even the woman who then seemedancient — she was probably 60 — and who livedalone and kept very much to herself. The houseswith big families usually gave out great treats, in ourday homemade cookies, little bags of popcorn orpopcorn balls or candy corn and, if you were lucky,bought malted milk balls or Milk Duds. We alwayssaid “Trick or Treat” and, despite always gettingsomething in our paper grocery bags we ‘tricked”some people (but only the ones we knew well) bysoaping their basement windows or going up to adarkened window and running our notched woodenspools to make a spooky noise.

Besides planning some kind of costume in the weeksbefore October 31, we would beg a well-worn bar ofsoap and make our spools. They had to be woodenspools and you took a knife and nicked notchesalong the edges and then wound it with cord andput it on a stick so you could ratchet it along a win-dow pane. If you had a truly wonderful costume,

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If you would like to donatea hamper, or cash in lieu ofa hamper, details aboutwhat foods/amounts arerequested can be found on our website. We gratefullyaccept full or partial hamper donations. We combine allitems received to make up full hampers.

are surprised to learn of the large number, over25000, extant species. These species are adapt-ed to live in a wide variety of habitats in theseas, rivers, lakes, caves and even temporarilyon land. Some, like the elephant fish can navi-

gate by electrolocation; others like the gardeneels (seen above) burrow for protection. WithNewfoundland having so much fish involvementover the years there has been plentiful informa-tion of local origin to write about. We arepleased that retirement gave us the time tocomplete this work.

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you would join the Halloween parade downtownaround the square; there were prizes. There were afew city street decorations and big displays of realand fabricated pumpkins in grocery and generalstores but the only house decoration I rememberwas a carved pumpkin on the porch or front step.For a number of years the city sponsored a contestto paint the store windows around and just off thesquare. I got to be part of several windows; wewould plan our design and take our poster paintsand brushes and have the whole of a store windowto paint. Some were very, very good.

After the neighborhood round, when you got home,you were required to dump out the whole bag andafter trading with your sister you were allowed toeat a few of the treats and the rest were stashed bythe parents somewhere in the house doled outthroughout the next week.

I’m fascinated by both the costumes and the outsidedecorations now. This year my annual trip to Illinoiswas just before Halloween and decorations were outeverywhere. Giant scary figures in front yards andcobwebs decorating the porches and trees andcoffins with zombies by the driveway. One of myfavorites was on a side dirt road in southern Illinois.Orange lights draped across the front of the houseand along the walk and the front yard filled with avariety of tombstones. Which reminds me of oneyear when I was in Toronto for Halloween. Mydaughter and daughter-in law lived on a blockwhere, as far as I could see walking to the subwaystop, every house was decorated. On Kelly’s block,residents also dressed up and greeted the kids incostume. I still smile when I remember the neigh-bors across the street whose house had two largeposts on the front porch. The father of the housewas dressed as Phantom of the Opera and when thesmallest Halloweeners came up the darkened walkhe would leap out from the back of the post with amenacing howl. Many a group were stopped in theirtracks and forced to retreat to mothers on the curb.Halloween is definitely a kid holiday but I look for-ward to it every year.

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Copyright: Catherine Burton.

For more Halloween memories, see next page.

St. John’s CampusFood Bank XmasHamper Drive

www.mun.ca/campusfoodbank/ChristmasHamperDonations.php

When I think back to the Halloween of my youth, Iremind myself that it was pre-plastic, pre-Dollar Storecostumes, pre-Walmart bags of ‘shell-out’ candy andpre-protective parents.

My most vivid memories of Halloween are from ageeight to ten. Compared to the excitement with whichI experienced Halloween at that age, Halloween eversince has failed to impress me.

There was an evening Halloween party at our three-room rural school: grades one to eight. And therewere prizes for costumes. Weliked to dress up as the excitingpersons whom we knew fromstories but we were constrainedby the resources at hand.Towels and curtains providedRoyal robes for Kings, Queens,princesses, and also createdlong dresses for rich old fash-ioned ladies. Sheets werereserved for ghosts. Brass cur-tain rings were skillfully attachedto a pirate as earrings or fas-tened at his waist or on hisshoes to create the swashbuck-ling effect. The patient collec-tion of the gold wrappers from atin of Quality Street toffees waspressed into service as gold leafto create an authentic crown orto give a metallic sheen to acardboard sword. A piece ofcoal served to blacken a face into a negro likeness.And lipsticks were volunteered as war paint to stripethe face of a brave Indian warrior.

But there was more to Halloween than the party atthe school. Halloween in our community lasted mostof a week. It was very much activated by a gang ofteenage boys. For a younger child, like me, their activ-ities would have been described, in my eyes, at thattime, if the word had been popular, as awesome. Theexcitement built slowly. In the days leading up toHalloween, there was intense soaping of the windows

of cars, houses, shops and the school. The fun, for theonlooker, was to see who was targeted: a personwhom the young people considered to be crabby forone reason or another, or a particular teacher whowas disliked. Next there began a ritual succession ofNights. First there was Cabbage Night. The localyouths raided nearby fields to collect cabbages tohack apart and strew all over the village street. Thenext night was Gate Night. In the morning, when Iwalked down our road and into the village to go toschool, I would see large metal farm gates strung upon the telephone poles! And nobody seemed to knowwho had put them there. But there was more. Thenext day before Halloween was Bicycle Night. And inthe morning when I hurried into the village with antic-

ipation, I saw bicycles strung upon telephone poles. That was asight to behold! But the grandfinale of Nights was the eve ofHalloween. One or two outhousessourced from farms - were liftedfrom their moorings and trans-ported to the front doorsteps oftargeted houses in the village.These gang-driven pranks out-raged the victims and amusedeveryone else, as I recall. Therewas no attempt to identify or pun-ish the perpetrators of thesetricks. A few days passed. Thevictims of the pranks reclaimedtheir gates and bicycles, removedthe outhouses, and order wasrestored. Life returned to normal.Halloween was over.

On Halloween night the youngerchildren, like me, visited our

neighbours by ourselves, not escorted by parents. Wewere seeking to collect candy: home-made toffee,fudge, popcorn balls, toffee apples and cookies. Butthere was more to the adventure than that. Our coun-try road was unlit and thrillingly dark. We tripped onour costumes, we heard strange night noises, weplayed our flashlights to make grotesque patterns onthe road, the fields, the trees, the sky, each other. Wewere alone, coping with the eerie magic of darkness.

That is my best memory of Halloween.

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by Jo Shawyer (Geography)

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I would like to thank you and the Craft Group atthe Memorial University of NewfoundlandPensioners’ Association for the 25 beautiful"Hope" dolls you sent. All of these dolls were sooriginal and beautiful.

I am happy to tell you that your dolls were givento women, children and grandchildren who havesuffered with Leprosy and other neglected tropi-cal diseases. They were distributed in bothNigeria and the Ivory Coast and were a blessingto those that received them.

Can we count on your support in the future? Ifyou have any questions, please contact me.

Blessings,Cindy QuinnRetail Partnership & Fundraising Specialist

Do you know your MUNevents? Remember pastpresidents? Can youtell us the first fourbuildings on thecurrent campus?If you know these things, or want to trymaking a good guess, come join us atThe Lantern, November 29 at 2 p.m. forMUN Trivia Fun! See the MUNPA eventswebsite for details. Advancesignup is underway!

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????Auction items will include delicious,homemade Christmas cakes and pud-dings as well as a Christmas treat basket.

MUNPA Christmas SocialSilent Auction

In aid of the Campus Food Bank

Comepreparedto bid!

We aren’t done yet, but the MUNPA website (http://www.mun.ca/munpa/) is morphing from a static site thatwas functionally dead to an active site where you can find out what is on in your locale and what your fellowmembers have been doing. Our photo gallery is now up — see the Gallery tab – and the information underAbout Us. The one remaining tab that needs work (and lot’s of it) is Benefits. This takes time because weneed to get it right; i.e., not mislead anyone. In the meantime, please let us know what you think by e-mail-ing the Communications Committee (Steve Wolinetz, Audrey Power, and Rod Campbell) at yourvoice@mun.ca

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