By Gerry Smith

April Mailout:
People whose memberships expire on June 30, 2006 will receive notification in late April. Again we request members to consider paying multiple years to help reduce the office overload. Some 4,000 memberships will have to be processed by early summer.

Please Note:
Some people accessing ARTA's Group Benefits (Johnson Inc.) have not joined our Association. You are reminded that in order to access Group Benefits you must belong to a "Group."
ARTA is well within its rights to deny group benefits coverage to persons not keeping their ARTA membership current.

P.I.A.:
I have been on a task force for Seniors' issues the past while. The acronym P.I.A. stands for Public Interest Alberta. More information on this advocacy group will be found on page 11 of this newsletter.

Proposal for a Seniors' Advocate:
Dr. Brian Staples informs readers on this
initiative on page 6 of this issue.

ARTA Group Benefits Plan: Health, Travel, Dental, life, Long Term Care Service 1-877-989-2600 Claims (in province) 1-877-413-6599 For out-of-province: Emergency Medical Claims call World Access ASAP within 24 hours: In Canada/USA toll-free 1-800-249-6556 In other countries collect: (519) 742-6683 Home/Auto Claims: Service 1-800-804-0087 Quotes 1-800-563-0677

 

ARTA
President: Jack Fulwiler
Vice-President: Paul Boisvert
Past-President: Gordon Lowe
Secretary: Edwin Olsen
Treasurer: John Takahashi
Exec. Sec.: Gerry Smith

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Opinion:
Now that the Federal election is over and Calgary has replaced Toronto as the centre of our universe, we will be hearing much more about the "third way" for providing medical services.

This way will be NO WAY to serve the health needs of Seniors and other Albertans.

Filing 2005 Taxes
Members who are paying premiums to ASEBP or ARTA's Benefit Plan (Johnson Inc.) may claim this money on their tax return. Also, ARTA's membership fee is a deductible item if a member is accessing our Plan.

Quote:
Malcolm Muggeridge said "Public Relations is organized lying!"

Actual Statements from Insurance Claims ...
I had been driving for forty years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident.
An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished.
My car was legally parked as it backed into another vehicle.
I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way.
The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him.

ARTA Endowment Award Contributions
The following donations have been made to the ARTA Endowment Award:

University of Alberta: $500 from the Edmonton Retired Teachers' Association
University of Lethbridge: A $40 private donation.

email: altat@telusplanet.net
Web: www.albertarta.com