Probus Club of Huntsville

Transcription

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 May 15 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: Vanessa Taylor & Nico Byl from Huntsville High School Me to We - Adventures in Nicaragua and Ghana. Bob Mallette Margaret Wood 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 AFTER THE PROBUS MEETING After the Probus Meeting a number of people have been meeting at Kelsey s for lunch. All are welcome. We will put a sign-up sheet downstairs during coffee break in order to give Kelsey s a heads up on numbers. If you re hungry come along. MEMBERSHIP REPORT Betsy Rothwell - Membership Chair We had 73 members at the April meeting. We also have two new members of the club. They are a couple, Greg Peterson and Patricia Draper and are friends of Susan Magee. We have 185 members at present. If you have friends who would like to join Probus, we have 15 openings, so this is 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 A get well card was sent out to Bob Hutcheson. A sympathy card was sent to Ellen Staig. 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) To avoid conflicts, please be check the dates of other club events, before booking your activity CLUB TIME DETAILS COORDINATOR Book Bridge Duplicate Bridge 2 nd Mon. 1:00 PM 4 th Tues. 1:00-3:45 PM 4 th Mon. 7:00 PM Books to be discussed for 2014 June 9: My Mother s Secret J.K. Witterick July 14: Sing You Home - Jodi Piccoult Sept 8: (9:30 am) Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn At 55. Newcomers of all abilities required and welcome! 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. We are back to summer hours until October! Catherine Hawkins Gloria Andersen Beryl Clayson clayson@cogeco.ca

3 Bid Euchre 2 nd Tues. 7:00 PM 2 nd Mon. 1:30 PM 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. Group I - This group is full. We are back to summer hours as well! Group II - Newcomers welcome. 3 John or Helmy Aben Dan & Doreen Kuzmich Dining in There are 7 groups feasting Jan- Dec 2014 Dining In Florida Style! Barbara Burton burtonbaj@ sympatico.ca Wine Appreciation Arm Chair Travelers Photography 2 nd Wed. 7:00 PM Fri. May 30 th 2:00 PM The Garlick wine tasting group chose Family Series Cabernet Merlot VQA Peller Estates from Ontario as their #1 wine. The Cox group chose Seven Deadly Zins and Goats Do Roam red as the top 2 under the theme of interesting labels. At Chartwell Muskoka Traditions 16 Legacy Lane, Huntsville (2 nd floor theatre bring slippers in mucky weather) Wed 14 May - "Singapore through Indonesia and up to Hong Kong with many stops between". Presented by Barbara Burton. June, July, August is summer break. See you on September 10th. 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 ). Jeff and Ann Cox jeffcox88@ gmail.com 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. Ken Koehler 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 long-awaited arrival! And if you can't appear in person at this session, ed images are always welcome! And if you can't appear in person at this session, ed images are always welcome!

4 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. 4 DATE SPEAKER TOPIC June David Phillips Senior Climatologist, Environment Canada Weird Weather EVENTS FOR 2014 Mary Ray Ward and Gayle McCaig Coordinators. We are looking for ideas for The Bowling Event was a Great Success! Hope to do it again next year. Many thanks to Audrey Coutts and? Date Event Price Description Tickets Coordinators Wed. May 28 th Trivia $40.00 (limit of 90) Dwight Community Centre Dinner to follow at Port Cunnington Lodge May Heather Hockin and Ann Rogers Mon. June 23 rd JONES OF NEW YORK SHOPPING EVENT This is not a Probus sponsored event. Info can found at the community table, No cost Hwy 400 S. of Vaughan Mills Wardrobe Seminar 60% off retail and % off clearance items Light Lunch served The intent was to carpool, however if we have 48 people we can rent a coach bus for $25/person return. In order to confirm bus transportation we must have 48 paying passengers and receive payment no later than June 1. May Mary Rae and Gayle Wed. June 25 th Luncheon $32.00 Lumina Lodge Cocktails at 12:00 PM Buffet at 1:00 PM May June Susan Magee Doreen Murray

5 5 Thur. July 17 th Annual Picnic $25:00 Hidden Valley Resort May June Marilyn Stirling assisted by Leslie and David Caswell BROADWAY is coming to Muskoka!!!! Thurs. Aug. 14 th 7:30 PM Port Carling Com Centre General seating $25 This is a possible event for our club! This trio of talented musicians/ singers / entertainers got together 3 years ago. They sing broadway, jazz and golden oldies - musically skillfully arranged, outstanding harmonies - really an inspiring, fun filled evening! It is the opening night of this years Chautauquafest. The Bracebridge Probus are setting up this event. Save the date: Mon. Sept. 8 th 2014 CALLING ALL GOLFERS The planning is well underway for this year's exciting Probus Golf Tournament 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 cannot accept post- dated cheques. 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