MIXED PROBUS CLUB OF BURLINGTON NEWSLETTER Volume 1 Issue 6 November 2017 PRESIDENT S MESSAGE: NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2017 Greetings one and all, at the start of the festive season. Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, you cannot have failed to notice that the solemnity of Remembrance Day has now given way to the jollity of Christmas. Stores are brightly decorated and Santa Claus parades are happening in towns and cities everywhere in our region. Santa certainly spreads himself thinly in the weeks leading up to Christmas! I hope you will be joining us for our very first Christmas luncheon on 29 th November. Tickets have sold well and we are expecting an entertaining time in which to forget the to do lists and relax with PROBUS friends while we all enjoy a delicious meal. Our next meeting will be held on 13 th December, a couple of weeks earlier than the usual fourth Wednesday, We will be back at the Art Gallery of Burlington for that meeting, and will have a guest speaker to entertain us. Details are in this newsletter, which will cover both November and December. There will also be an opportunity at the December meeting to buy a parking pass for all our 2018 meetings at the AGB, if you wish. Your next Newsletter will be published in January 2018. Meanwhile, I wish all our PROBUS members a joyous and safe festive season, and a happy, safe and healthy New Year. DECEMBER S SPEAKER Paul Benedetti Paul Benedetti is an awardwinning journalist, author and writer. His essays have appeared in the Globe and Mail, Canadian Living, Reader s Digest and regularly in the Hamilton Spectator where he has a widely -read Saturday column. He is a two-time winner of the Ontario Newspaper Award for Humour Writing. In 2010, one of his pieces won the Canadian National Newspaper Award for Best Short Feature. He is the author of You Can Have A Dog When I m Dead: Essays on Life at an Angle, Dundurn Press. Paul is the former Co-ordinator of the Journalism Program at Western University, where he continues to lecture full-time, teaching journalism and writing. He lives in Hamilton with his wife and his three children, all of whom were born on May 29th!. His book will be available for sale at the meeting. Patricia Howard 1
CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON REMINDER BURLINGTON MIXED PROBUS CLUB CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2017 11:30 A.M. TO 3:00 P.M. BURLINGTON CONVENTION CENTRE 1120 BURLOAK DR. DOORS OPEN 11:00 A.M. CASH BAR FROM 11:30 A.M. GUEST SPEAKER AFTER THE MEAL GEORGE SANFORD NOVEMBER GUEST SPEAKER CHRISTMAS LUNCH George Sanford How do you put together the current sum of all the parts of his experience? What interests you in knowing? He takes tours to Europe, he has been a ghost guide; he has taught all his life; he teaches himself every day. For George the world is wide, vast and full of discovery and beauty. He is grateful to be able to embrace all the world and to engage in his passion for living; his passion for arts and his passion for giving you what he knows about a few things. His courses in Music, Opera, Artists, Mythology, and Architecture have brought knowledge, appreciation and love of the classics to many Burlington Seniors. Merry Christmas, his favourite time of the year. Enjoy the journey. George is a ray of sunshine. We are fortunate to have this exceptional talent in our community. SINCERE APPRECIATION THANKS once again to our volunteers. Greeters: Larry & Marilyn Forbes Ray & Anne Smith Warren Elliott Draw Ticket Sellers: Max & Dianne Sutton Barb Moffat Jim Frohlick Draw Ticket Winners: Gerry Wright John Cassidy October meeting attendance was 182 Thank you from the House Committee - Sid Copperthwaite & Nancy Schwenger Should you be interested in helping please call Sid Copperthwaite (905) 635-3819. 2018 PARKING PASSES Annual Pass is $27.00 (For 9 meetings). The purchase of the pass is a one time offering at the beginning of the year and passes will be available from the AGB front desk at our first meeting in January 2018. Benefits: Potential savings if you park for more than 1 and 3/4 hours and you don t have to get your parking pass from the machine. If you are interested in purchasing a 2018 parking pass please bring a cheque payable to Mixed PROBUS Club of Burlington to our December 13th meeting or mail it to following address; Mixed Probus Club of Burlington C/O Douglas Florence 547 Lani Cres. Burlington, Ontario L7N 2Y5 Please Note: All payments for purchasing a 2018 parking pass must be received by Jan. 15, 2018
INTEREST GROUPS Please contact the convenors for these groups if you are interested in joining or need further information. Nine & Dine Golf: Mike Hoshooly Photography: Doug Chapman chapmandouglas07@gmail.com, 905-637-1173 Cycling: George MacRae gmacrae@cogeco.ca, 905-315-8581 and Mary Freidin mfreidin@cogeco.ca, 905-335-8962 Nibbles & Wine: Ruth Hoshooley Euchre Club: Phyllis & Keith Morgan kapmorgan@sympatico.ca 905-319-2026 Hiking Group: Mike Hoshooley Walking Group: Sandy Heron sandy.heron@hotmail.com 905-336-3036 Dining In\Out: Elizabeth Crozier elizabethcrozier22@gmail.com 905-632-8188 Current & World Affairs: Jim Thurston jimthurston@cogeco.ca 905-319-9352 Jim Frohlick jimfrohlick@cogeco.ca 905-632-4924 Ruth Hoshooley Interest Group Coordinator CURRENT EVENTS We had a great turnout for our first Current Events meeting in October. Much was discussed and all participated. Our November Meeting will be held 9:30 to 11am on THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30 th at the Central Library. Proceed to the information desk on the second floor and ask for our location. This is an open meeting so come if you can and enjoy learning more about the City, Province, Country and World you live in. "WANTED" Members to act as Subs for the Euchre Group. If you like to play Euchre, BUT, don't want to play every 2nd week think about being a Sub player. They are a great group of people who have a lot of fun. Please contact Phyllis & Keith Morgan at kapmorgan@sympatico.ca STILL LOOKING FOR" We are still looking for a Party Bridge Convener! Twenty-one Mixed Probus Club Members have signed up for this Interest Group and if we can ever get it off the ground we feel sure it will prove to be a whole lot of fun for those participating!! There is not a lot of time and energy involved in being the Convener, and it can be rotated among group members. Once it's up and running it pretty well runs itself. Won't someone take the bull by the horns and lets get it started! For more info contact Ruth Hoshooley
MIXED PROBUS CLUB OF BURLINGTON FOUNDATION YEAR MANAGEMENT TEAM 2017 2018 PRESIDENT: VICE PRESIDENT: TREASURER: SECRETARY: MEMBERSHIP: Patricia Howard (289) 235-8213 phoward85@cogeco.ca Troudy Clark (905) 331-9540 troudyc@aol.com Douglas Florence (905) 634-4795 dflorence1@gmail.com Janice Barretto janicebarretto@gmail.com Norm Freidin (905) 335-8962 rodemi@cogeco.ca MEETING DATES All meetings will be held at the Art Gallery of Burlington, 2:00 pm unless otherwise stated: Wednesday November 29th 2017* (*Christmas Lunch at BCC) Wednesday December 13th 2017 Wednesday January 24th 2018 Wednesday February 28th 2018 Wednesday March 28th 2018 Wednesday April 25th 2018 Wednesday May 23rd 2018 Wednesday June 27th 2018** (**AGM) SPECIAL EVENTS: SPEAKERS: James Healey (647) 381-2501 jimhealey@hotmail.com (905) 808-8049 judifrohlick@cogeco.com WELFARE COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER: HOUSE: Richard Howard (289) 235-8213 rhoward44@cogeco.ca Sid Copperthwaite (905) 635-3819 coppertwaite.sid @yahoo.com INTEREST Ruth Hoshooley GROUP (905) 634-2531 COORDINATOR: mikeruth@bell.net In keeping with the operation of many other PROBUS clubs in our area, we have now established our Welfare Committee. If you know of a member of our club who is unwell or who has suffered a bereavement, please let Norm Freidin know of this. He will then send a card to the member concerned. No mention of the situation will be made in the newsletter in order to maintain privacy. Norm Freidin Tel: (905) 335 8962 Email: rodemi@cogeco.ca MEMBERSHIP LIST A membership list will be e-mailed to members in early December. Thank you. Contact Norm Freidin (905) 335 8962 if your contact information changes.
INTEREST GROUPS PHOTOS Nibbles & Wine Nibbles & Wine Dining In\Out Dinner at the Lord Nelson