Ā Who can join ERTA?
Membership in ERTA is open not only to several categories of retired teachers, but to many retired instructors of Alberta educational institutions and retired employees (support staff) of school boards, universities, colleges and technical institutions who have contributed to an Alberta government pension plan. Spouses of deceased members are eligible to join as non-voting members. 
Go online to the ERTA website at myerta.org to read about joining.Ā
Keeping Current
Most ERTA members receive notices regarding newsletter availability and branch information bulletins via email. Receipt of ERTA announcements is dependent on your personal contact information being up to date.
If any of your contact information such as email address, postal address, or the phone number at which you prefer to be contacted (only one landline or one mobile number is kept on our membership registry) changes, advise Cam Coville by emailing him at membershiperta@gmail.com or calling him at 780-929-5125. If the membership registry has your up-to-date contact information, you will receive all current ERTA news.
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Every day that we wake up is a good day.
Every breath that we take is filledĀ
with hope for a better day.Ā
Every word that we speak is a chance to change
what is bad into something good.
~Walter Mosley
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Mayfield Dinner Theatre
The next Mayfield Dinner Theatre event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Tickets for the brunch presentation of the musical comedy The Full Monty are $87.26 for booth seating in Section C and $96.18 for Section B seats.
The stage version of The Full Monty is based on the film of the same name. After spying on their wives at a āgirlsā night out,ā a group of jealous unemployed steelworkers from Buffalo contrive a plan to make some fast money. Their antics, which involve some instances of implied nudity, are hilarious and guaranteed to have the audience laughing right up to the end.Ā
For reservations, phone Vi Oko at 780-459-8013 prior to sending her a cheque, made payable to the Edmonton Retired Teachersā Association, to 20 Glenhaven Crescent, St. Albert, AlbertaĀ T8N 1A5. Seating will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.
Christmas Humour
- āĀ People act like the North Pole and the South Pole are exactly the same, but really, there’s a whole world of difference between them.
- ā Two girls were getting ready for bed on Christmas Eve, Molly had a loose tooth that she wanted to pull. Addison said, āDonāt you dare pull that tooth out tonight because the Tooth Fairy wants to be with her family.ā Molly waited until Christmas to pull her tooth.
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- āĀ Santa knows karate? He has a black belt.
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- āĀ Christmas is the time of year when everyone gets Santamental.
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- āĀ You know youāre getting old when Santa starts looking younger.
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- āĀ One thing I learned from drinking is that if you ever go Christmas caroling, you should go with a group of people and it should be in mid-December.
āĀ Christmas stress slogan: Donāt get your tinsel in a tangle.
- āĀ Iām dreaming of a white Christmas but if the white runs out, Iāll drink the red.