Probus Club of Huntsville

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1 1 Probus of Huntsville P.O. Box Huntsville. ON. P1H 2K Management Committee President: Patrick Flanagan Past President: Margaret Wood Vice President: Bob Mallette Secretary: Sonja Garlick Treasurer: Beryl Clayson Paul Clayson Membership: Betsy Rothwell Care Bear Coordinator: Margaret Masterson General Interest Coordinator: Barbara Burton Events Coordinator: Mary Ray Ward and Gayle McCaig Facilities Coordinator: Roger Staig and Jim Miller Newsletter Editor: Andre Tieman Thursday April 17 th, 2014 Sutherland Hall, 10:00 AM 1. O Canada Ken Koehler 2. Welcome Patrick Flanagan 3. Financial Report Paul Clayson 4. Membership Report Betsy Rothwell 5. Care Bear Report Margaret Masterson 6. General Interest Report Barbara Burton 7. Guest Speaker Report Bob Mallette 8. Events Report Mary Ray Ward and Gayle McCaig 9. General Business Patrick Flanagan 10. New Business from the Floor All Membership 11. Social coffee, tea and goodies **No coffee or food upstairs please ** 12. Speaker Subject: Introduced By: Thanked By: John Little - Author My Bruce Lee Journey Bob Mallette Bob Mallette 13. Closing remarks Patrick Flanagan If you have any suggestions for the newsletter or website, please contact Andre Tieman at andre.tieman@gmail.com or

2 2 MEMBERSHIP REPORT Betsy Rothwell - Membership Chair We had 57 members at the March meeting, which curiously was the same as the February meeting. Dale Aris is a new member to the club. We have 182 members at present. If you have friends who would like to join Probus, we have 18 openings, so it s a good time to apply. The application form is on the Probus of Huntsville website - under the Contact Us tab. Please don t forget to look for the red dot on name tags of our new members, and take a moment to introduce you and welcome them to our club. Management Committee members will have a green dot on their badge. Badges for new members can be picked up from the desk at the door. Please remember to wear your name tag. If you keep it in the glove box of your car you will always have it handy. CARE BEAR REPORT Margaret Masterson Reporter Get well cards were sent out to Dee Mallette, Ann Hough and Betsy Rothwell, as well as a sympathy card to Eva Adkins and a congratulations card to Gwen and John Jackson. If you have any information (such as operations, death of close family members or even the birth of grandchildren), please let me know. I would appreciate hearing from you and I will send a card on everyone s behalf. GENERAL INTEREST GROUPS Barbara Burton Coordinator (burtonbaj@sympatico.ca) Please be sure to check the dates of other club events, before booking your activity, to avoid conflicts. President Patrick has designed an upcoming simple survey to encourage some new activities in our club. If there is a new club that you would like to see on the survey, please call or ASAP. CLUB TIME DETAILS COORDINATOR Book 2 nd Mon. 1:00 PM Books to be discussed for 2014 May 12 : No Time for Goodbye - Linwood Barclay June 9: My Mother s Secret J.K. Witterick July 14: Sing You Home - Jodi Piccoult Catherine Hawkins Bridge 4 th Tues. 1:00-3:45 PM At 55. Newcomers of all abilities required and welcome! Gloria Andersen

3 Duplicate Bridge 4 th Mon. 1:00 PM At the Clayson s. In order that tables, boards, computer etc. can be set up before you arrive, please contact Beryl & Paul Clayson at least a day before the date, if you wish to play. 3 Beryl Clayson clayson@cogeco.ca Although we have about 30 regular members, we can still use a few more, especially couples, since there is a preponderance of ladies at present. Bid Euchre Dining in Wine Appreciation 2 nd Tues. 2 nd Mon. 1:30 PM Group I - This group is full. Group II - Newcomers welcome. Dining In 2014: We have seven new groups up and feasting! The Garlick wine tasting group chose Family Series Cabernet Merlot VQA Peller Estates from Ontario as their #1 wine. John or Helmy Aben Dan & Doreen Kuzmich Barbara Burton burtonbaj@ sympatico.ca Jeff and Ann Cox jeffcox88@ gmail.com Arm Chair Travelers 2 nd Wed. 7:00 PM At Chartwell Muskoka Traditions 16 Legacy Lane, Huntsville (2 nd floor theatre bring slippers in mucky weather) We had a huge turn out to hear Ann Rogers informative presentation on Southern England and Wales. Ann provided homemade scones with clotted cream and jam which were delicious. Thanks Ann. Doug Bell dougdaniela@ hotmail.com Please Doug if you wish to be on his contact list to receive an reminder of shows or for cancellations. Wed 14 May - "Singapore through Indonesia and up to Hong Kong with many stops between". Presented by Barbara Burton. Photography Fri. May 30 th 2:00 PM Our next Probus Photo Group get-together will be hosted by Ron Dagalis at his home at 1172 Paint Lake Road (exit south off of Highway 117, a couple of kms southwest of Dorset -- telephone ). Ken Koehler

4 Our theme will be "Spring Alive -- At Last!" So now that we are finally seeing some hope of milder temperatures and sunnier days, let's get out and capture some images of Spring's longawaited arrival! 4 And if you can't appear in person at this session, ed images are always welcome! FUTURE GUEST SPEAKERS Bob Mallette - Vice President Coordinator Please contact Bob if you have any ideas or suggestions for guest speakers for the 2014 season. DATE SPEAKER TOPIC May Vanessa Taylor from Huntsville High School Me to We Adventures in Nicaragua and Ghana EVENTS FOR 2014 Mary Ray Ward and Gayle McCaig Coordinators. We are looking for ideas for June is still open! Tues. Apr. 22 nd Bowling and buffet roast beef dinner. Tickets: Time: Dinner: Cost: For sale at the Feb, Mar and April meetings. Contacts are Audrey Coutts and Jim Miller. Warm-up and bowling: 3:30 to 5:30 PM, Social Hour/Dinner: 5:30-7:30 PM Buffet style, Roast Beef, oven browned potatoes, glazed carrots, pickle tray, salad, dessert, tea/coffee, water. Paper plates will not be used. $30 per person which includes two games of bowling, equipment rental, dinner, tax and gratuity. If we are able to sell 48 tickets, then the function will be private and restricted to our Probus group only. Both five and ten pin bowling will be available.

5 5 DATE EVENT PRICE EACH DESCRIPTION Tickets Sold COORDINATORS Wed. May 28 th Trivia $40:00 (limit of 90) Dwight Community Centre Dinner to follow at Port Cunnington Lodge April May Heather Hockin and Ann Rogers Fri. July 18 th Annual Picnic at Mark O Meara More information to come* May June Marilyn Stirling assisted by Leslie and David Caswell CALLING ALL GOLFERS The planning is well underway for this year's exciting Probus Golf Tournament Save the date: Monday, September 8, 2014 Here are some of the details: Deerhurst Lakeside Golf Course 18 Hole Mixed Scramble Format Dinner & Prizes following at Pow Wow Point Lodge Pricing: Lakeside Members $39.00 Highlands Members $56.00 Deerhurst Staff $51.00 Skylife Members $39.00 Non Members $90.00 (all of the above prices include dinner) Dinner Only $39.00 Registration for this Golf & Dinner event will start at the May Probus meeting. Please note that we are accepting CHEQUES ONLY. Any questions please call Ron Hill

6 6 Thur. Sept. 25 th Car Rally TBA Destination Windermere House June August Sept, TBA Tickets for Probus Events are sold between: 9:15 9:55 a.m. and also at coffee break until 10:55 a.m. You can pay for these events by cash or cheques. (Separate cheques for each event). We will reimburse money paid for an event due to cancellation by the member to the extent that there is no cost to the club. We encourage members to organize events (such as lunches, trips, etc.), but due to insurance reasons all events must be cleared through the events chair(s) and approved by the Management Team before members can be contacted or tickets can be sold at meetings. Members organizing events may contact John McCaig at with details of the luncheon /event and he will print the tickets for you if you wish. Please allow 14 days prior to required date. Probus Huntsville Web Site and Newsletter Over the next few months you will see some changes to the newsletter. We are hoping to include pictures of events and other information of interest to our members. Ultimately the newsletter will migrate to our website. We will continue to produce a paper copy for those without computer access. If you have any suggestions for the newsletter or website, please contact Andre Tieman at andre.tieman@gmail.com or