Probus Club of Huntsville P.O. Box 5261, Huntsville ON P1H 2K6

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1 P.O. Box 5261, Huntsville ON P1H 2K6 Thursday 15 th January 2015 Inside This Issue 1 Editor s message 1 Today s meeting 2 Membership report 2 Care bear report 3 Coming Events 4 General Interest Groups 9 Photos Editor s Message As you can see, we have made some major changes in our newsletter. Some material that used to be included in the newsletter, but seldom changed, has been moved to the club s website. The newsletter will focus on informing members about upcoming events, general interest groups and other material of current interest. We hope you like the changes. Please let us know what you think. Andre Tieman Today s Meeting Our guest speaker will be Linda Gillis Davidson, retired RCMP. New Management Committee Her topic will be My Career Photo Directory We are still gathering photos for our upcoming Photo directory. Only member photos and names will be published. Head shots are preferable and they should be sent to John McCaig at globalskate@sympatico.ca We would like wrap this up by the end of January. President: Vice President: Past President: Secretary: Treasurer: Membership: Care Bear: General Interest: Events : Facilities Newsletter & WebPage Editor: Bob Mallette Lynne Newell Patrick Flanagan Sonja Garlick Beryl &Paul Clayson Betsy Rothwell Helmy Aben Diane Burley Susan Magee Roger Staig & Jim Miller Andre Tieman

2 Page 2 Membership Report There were 81 members at the October meeting and 1 guest, Sandra Hall, guest of Eve Adkins, Care Bear Report Care Bear: Helmy Aben The management team accepted the applications of 5 new members: Donna and Sven Miglin sponsored by Lynn Newell. Mary Beth and Peter Jarvis sponsored by Sandra Hall sponsored by Eve Adkins. If you have friends who would like to join Probus, there are a number of openings, so this is a good time to apply. The application form is on our website under the Contact Us tab Membership Fees are now due. The annual fee is $40.00 per person. Fees can be paid during the break, or by mail to the address shown at the top of the newsletter. Betsy Rothwell Over the past month, we sent 1 sympathy card to: Doug Millikin If you have any information (such as operations, death of close family members or even the birth of grandchildren) please let me know and I will send a card on everyone s behalf. Helmy Aben Future Guest Speakers February Don Smith, Retired Publisher of Muskoka Magazine. His topic will be Community Journalism. If you have suggestions for guest speakers, please contact Lynne Newell at or lynnenewell@bell.net.

3 Page 3 "WINTERLICIOUS LUNCHEON" at Hidden Valley Resort. Thurs. January 22 nd. $25.00 per person Last chance tickets will be sold at the January meeting by Gayle McCaig. Lunch at the Family Place Restaurant Wednesday February on the 25 th at 12:00 PM. Susan Magee will be selling tickets ($20.00) at Thursday's meeting and again at the Feb meeting Advertising Space Available Cheap!!!!!

4 Page 4 On the following pages, we show the general interest groups sponsored by our club. Please contact the co-ordinator if you would like to participate in a group. We welcome ideas for new groups. If you would like to share a special skill, or learn more about a subject, I would be pleased to help you form a new group. Diane Burley Armchair Travelers February 11 th Contact: Doug Bell dougdaniela@hotmail.com Meets at Chartwell, 16 Legacy Lane, Huntsville, 2 nd floor theatre on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm. ( bring slippers in mucky weather) Beryl and Paul Clayson will be presenting "Island Hopping, Los Angeles to New Zealand!" Please Doug if you wish to be on his contact list to receive an reminder of shows or for cancellations. We are seeking presenters for Bid Euchre 1 Contact: John & Helmy Aben Meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 1:00 pm. This group is full. Bid Euchre 2 Susan Magee is willing to try to start up a second bid euchre group to meet at her home. She would appreciate help from someone who is an experienced player. She can be reached at or susanmagee@rogers.com. The meeting time is to be decided. New members are welcome.

5 Page 5 Book Club Contact: Catherine Hawkins Meets on the second Monday of each month at 1:00 pm. Books to be discussed: Feb 9th: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Mar 9th : Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver April 13th : The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg May- no meeting Bridge Contact: Gloria Andersen Meets at Club 55 on the fourth Tuesday of each month, from 1:00 to 3:45 pm Newcomers of all abilities required and welcome. Dining In Contact: Barbara Burton burtonbaj@sympatico.ca Seven new groups have been formed for Let the feasting begin! New this year is a snowbird group (May- Oct.) and a group capped at 10..Groups meet once a month for the year, rotating hosts. The host provides the main dish and sets the theme if any. The rest select or are assigned dishes to complete the meal. Members provide their own beverage. A fun way to interact with members of your club. There is space available in several groups if you would still like to join

6 Page 6 Duplicate Bridge Contact: Beryl Clayson clayson@cogeco.ca Meets at the Claysons on the fourth Monday of each month at 1:00 pm. 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. 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. As the newsletter editor, I think that this problem is easily solved! Men Wanted! Paul would really like some male company.

7 Page 7 ipad Club Contact: Lynn Todgham ldtodgham@bell.net This club meets at Lynn s home. Please let Lynn know if you are attending or if you are interested on being on her notification list. Photography Contact: Ken Koehler kkoehler@vianet.ca The next get-together of the Probus Photo Group will be at 2:00 pm on Friday February 6th. Ken and Barb will be hosting at their Huntsville Condo Dairy Lane, Suite 101. For our theme, we're borrowing the title of Gerald Durrell's book "My Family and Other Animals" in which he describes the antics of his family and the various animal life he collected while growing up on the Greek Island of Corfu. So we have almost unlimited scope to capture family members "in action" over the Holiday Season and/or any animal life (domesticated or wild!) that we should come across (or which we can find in our "photo archives")! As always, if you cannot appear in person, ed images to kkoehler@vianet.ca are always welcome! And if you'd just like to see what the Photo Group is all about, please feel free to come along as a spectator! Wine Appreciation Contact: Jeff and Ann Cox jeffcox88@gmail.com We meet once a month, usually in the late afternoon as a group of 12 or less in a member s home.

8 Page 8 Each person pays $15 to the host who is responsible for choosing and buying the wine for that month as well as providing simple appetizers. There is a final get together of everyone at which we choose our favorite wine of the year. This group is organized much like the dining in groups, where people who are away a number of months will be spread throughout the groups, so "snowbirds" can join in. This is a wonderful way to get to know people. In 2015 the meetings will run from January until November. Photos Please submit photos for this section.