The Probus Club of Burlington Lakeshore Hi-Lites December April 2018 2016 Monday, April 9 10:00 AM Douglas Purdon Art Fraud or Forgery Management Committee 2017-2018 Ron Luxon, President (905) 634-8310 Bill Willson, Vice President (905) 332-7652 Rodney Devitt, Vice President (289) 313-0593 Malcolm Ramsay, Secretary (905) 681-8109 Bill Willson, Treasurer (acting) (905) 332-7652 Bob Miller, Past-President (905) 634-1268 John Wishart, Past-President (905) 319-6317 Lou Pennachetti, Speakers (905) 637-7347 Mike McInnis, Membership (905) 331-2346 Dave McKenzie, Hi-Lites (905) 639-7529 Dave McKay, Events (905) 634-8256 Jim Gilleland, House (905) 634-6490 John Pegg, Cheer (905) 637-9980 Easter Sunday April 1, Eggs and Stormy I hope that your family had a happy Easter with the Bunny leaving some eggs for the children and pets to find. Spring arrived (March 20 th ), and so did Palm Sunday the last Sunday in March. Our meeting in March was a success with the Mayor, V.P. of Probus Canada and presidents of the other Probus Clubs in Burlington helping us celebrate our 25 th anniversary with a cake complete with logo on it. I want to personally thank the 25 th anniversary committee for a job well done. We were presented with a 25 th anniversary certificate from Probus Canada by V.P. Bob Boone who is also the Director of Ontario District 3. His worship Mayor Goldring also read and presented the proclamation of March as Probus month in Burlington to the presidents. I can now wish the Mixed Club a happy 1 st anniversary. Our Speaker Bruce Taylor was given a welldeserved standing ovation for his story of a turned around life. Curling is now in the playoffs, tulips and daffodils are up 2 (5cm). Golfing can t be far off. My wife Anne and I are enjoying Grand parenting and recently attended the Guelph Symphony Orchestra Faure s Requiem at the beautiful Basilica. Anne also ran in the Chili half marathon, plays tennis and bridge. It is important that we say hello to the new members and make them feel welcome. While there are other applications, Bob Nielsen is a new member, be sure and greet him. I have been informed by Peter Hughes that he will again assume the membership chair assisted by Mike McInnis. We thank Mike for his work. I will be attending the Ontario District 3 meeting Friday April 20, 2018 which will be held at Credit Valley Golf Club, 2500 Old Carriage Rd. Mississauga L5C 1Y7 starting at 11:00 a.m. I hope to be accompanied by our acting Treasurer. The cost is $25pp. and I will ask the mgt. committee to approve a cheque payable to Bob Boone for the required amount. Please support Dave McKay the events chairman by signing up for the theatre outings. Your Shaw tickets are payable ($60pp.) at our meeting. Also plan to support Dennis Colameco for the golfing event near the end of May (date will be known when Dennis gets back from Florida). I am sure that he will need prizes. We need to defend the trophy against the Burlington Men s Probus Club. The event will be held at Cambridge same as before I believe. w w w. b u r l i n g t o n l a k e s h o r e p r o b u s. o r g Page 1
Hi-Lites March 2014 Hi-Lites April 2018 President s Message Continued Like last year we are seven months into the fiscal year think of joining a committee or becoming part of management. Let myself or other management committee members know. A Nominating Committee will be formed shortly. Welcome back Snowbirds but leave the stormy there. Please join us April 9 th to enjoy our speaker Douglas Purdon (Art Fraud or Forgery). Ronald Luxon, President Wasn t that a party!!! Not quite what the Irish Rovers sang about but our March 12 th meeting certainly was special. Mayor, Rick Goldring, and Bob Boone from Probus Canada helped our president Ron Luxon with the official cake cutting. The rest of our members and guests did a stellar job with the official cake eating. Festivities were further enhanced by the fact that no one felt compelled to burst into a happy anniversary song. Special thanks are in order to Rod McGrath for sourcing and delivering the cake and to an anonymous young lady at Fortino s for her amazing decorating job. It truly was sad to have to cut the cake. The cake is done but the celebrations for our 25 th anniversary will continue---stay tuned. Mike Wain for the 25 th ctee. w w w. b u r l i n g t o n l a k e s h o r e p r o b u s. o r g Page 2
Hi-Lites March 2014 Hi-Lites April 2018 courses focused on 20 th Century Cultural Art History. Since retiring from the university he gives talks for private clubs and organizations. Some of the topics he covers are: ART FORGERY, ART CRIME in TODAY'S WORLD, CANADIAN WAR ARTISTS, IN THE STUDIOS OF THE MASTERS, NORMAN ROCKWELL etc. His talk to our club will be on Art Fraud or Forgery and I know the members will find it extremely interesting and sometimes amusing. Guest Speaker Douglas Purdon DOUGLAS PURDON was born in Toronto and is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art (AOCA) and is a full-time painter and teacher living in Toronto. His preferred medium is oil, but he also works in watercolour and acrylic. His work has appeared in The International Artist Magazine and numerous other publications. In 2005 he was awarded the Museum Purchase Award by the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic Connecticut. He is an elected member of The Society of Canadian Artists (SCA), and The Ontario Society of Artists OSA. He is a professional member of the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto. He also has written a book on Oil Painting He has been educational advisor for Winsor & Newton a major art supplies manufacturer since 1997 and lectures on painting materials and techniques at colleges and universities. He has taught painting at Loyalist College, Belleville, Summer School in the Arts since 2002. And he has also taught for the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies from 2003 2016. In 2012, he was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award for the Department of Arts and Sciences. His He is represented by Galleries not only here in Canada and the U.S. but also overseas as well. Doug is also married to well know crime author Rosemary Aubert. Duncan McPhail, Chair, Speakers Committee Membership We are still awaiting the last few stragglers to settle their currently due membership fees. We imagine, that like Mike McInnes, they are off in warmer climes - please enjoy. We will drop a few numbers this year and hope to stay around 140 members; however the grim reaper, relocations outside of Burlington and age are taking a toll on our numbers. We will be in a position, in due course, to confirm our numbers and we thank the majority who have paid their fees. We are looking for additional new rookies, so if your friends, relatives or even so young a lad as you enquire, invite them to come and enjoy the Probus experience. For those who are attending our February 12 meeting, see you there, and if you wish to check if you are current or not with your fees, I ll be available at the back of the room. - Mike McInnes, Membership Chair w w w. b u r l i n g t o n l a k e s h o r e p r o b u s. o r g Page 3
Special Events Committee March Report *Shaw Festival - Grand Hotel - Sat June 9 at 12:00 Noon. - All 42 seats have now been spoken for. - However at time of writing, 12 of these have not been paid for. (6 are recent bookings, 6 are early bookings) - The committee must confirm its numbers with the Shaw Festival and make payment for same by April 12th. We cannot confirm tickets for which we have not been paid. ***Any of the above tickets which are not paid for by the end of the April 9th meeting will be returned or sold to another Probus member who is interested and has funds to pay for them at that time. **** Tickets for Grand Hotel will be available for pickup at the May meeting only. * Foster Festival - Renovations for Six - Thurs Aug 16th at 2:00 PM - 32 of the 40 available seats have been spoken for at time of writing. - In order to have the tickets available to distribute at both the June and July meetings, we are asking that all tickets be paid for no later than the May Meeting. * Stratford Festival - The Music Man - Friday Oct 12th at 2:00 PM - 48 downstairs center seats, including bus transportation and lunch have been arranged at $145 ea. - 28 packages have been spoken for - packages must be paid for at the July meeting latest. At least 40 packages must be paid for by this time, or the bus will have to be cancelled. - visit the events committee table to order or pay for tickets. Hi-Lites March 2014 Hi-Lites April 2018 Jim Gilleland Chair House Committee Probus Club of Burlington Lakeshore jgilleland@cogeco.ca Member Name Badges The following member s names still appear on our current membership list. We have your name badges which we would ask you to pick up at the next meeting, if possible. We re no longer able to store them at the Art Gallery. If you recognize the name of anyone on this list who no longer attends meetings, please let House Chair, Jim Gilleland know. Thanks. Mitch Banks Bob Ross Terry Bedard Ron Savoline Jim Bridle George Simpson Bob Deacon Bill Thurber Malcolm Harris Grant Unsworth Urban Maclellan Norman Wells Ira Newson Jeff Woods Douglas Richmond Cheer Committee The Cheer Committee, when informed of an illness or bereavement of a Club member or spouse, will arrange to contact or visit members who are ill. In the event of bereavement, a card of condolence will be sent to the family and a donation to a charity of choice in memory of the member will be made. If you aware of any fellow member who has an illness or bereavement please inform one of the committee members listed below who, in turn, can take appropriate action. Dave McKay, Events Chair John Pegg (905) 637-9980, jt.pegg@sympatico.ca Brian Langlotz (905) 632-8197, bpl328@bell.net John Hughes (905) 333-4910, johnhiltonhughes@gmail.com John Pegg, Cheer Committee w w w. b u r l i n g t o n l a k e s h o r e p r o b u s. o r g Page 4
The Probus Club of Burlington Lakeshore Hi-Lites December April 2018 2016 Activities Computer Interest Group Our next meeting will be on April 12th at 10 am at Appleby Place. Remember to send Robert your questions Robert.lalonde@me.com Next month: Regular Monthly Meeting Monday, May 14, 2018 Speaker: Dr. Percy Topic: Astronomy w w w. b u r l i n g t o n l a k e s h o r e p r o b u s. o r g Page 5
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