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THE PROBUS CLUB OF HUNTSVILLE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016
SUTHERLAND HALL, Meeting 10:00 am - Ticket Sales 9:30 am
PROBUS PROBUS NewsNewsNews
OFFICER JORDAN LACROIX
Quotes: “Perpetrators of fraud prey on many segments of our population, especially the most vulnerable. The impact of their fraudulent activities is staggering. The money taken is used to further other illegal activities, further victimizing the unsuspecting victims”.– Deputy Commissioner Scott Tod. “Awareness and vigilance are the keys to ensure you are not separated from your hard earned money, your identity or anything of value to criminals. The most important aspect to remember ….if it sounds too good to be true, it likely is”. A/Inspector Tom Whittaker. As seniors, we are perhaps the most vulnerable. In your own experience, just think of how you may have been compromised. I’m sure we all have stories to tell. Officer Lacroix will amaze us and probably shock us when he relates some of the ways in which these perpetrators operate, and share with us what we can do to protect ourselves. This is GREAT STUFF, and we all should be very much aware of the of the threats that are out there, even in our own small community of Huntsville.
DON’T MISS THIS ONE MEMBERS!!!!!!! DON’T MISS THIS ONE MEMBERS!!!!!!!
FRAUDFRAUD
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Membership Report Betsy Rothwell
The following are the general interest groups sponsored by our club. Please contact the coordinator 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. Put on your thinking caps….2016 should be the year for new and dynamic interests! Both the bid euchre group and the book club are presently full and not ac-cepting any new members. Please remember however, that if this is your particular interest, please contact me and I will be more than happy to help you put together a second group.
General Interests Diane Burley
Armchair Travelers
CONTACT: DOUG BELL 705-635-1137 [email protected] Hope you were lucky enough to enjoy Ken and Barb Koehler presenta-tion of their adventures “Exploring the Mediterranean Coast”. There will be no Armchair Travellers production in March, but they have some amazing trips to share with us starting in April. Stay tuned we will send you an update on the details as soon as they are confirmed. For those of you who have not attended any of these fun evenings at Chart-well, we urge you to come and see just what you’re missing!
There are 190 members in the Probus Club of Huntsville, with a cap of 200. This is a good time to invite friends to join and enjoy all of the activities Probus has to offer! There were 69 members at the January 2016 meeting.
2015 Membership Statistics: During 2015 we welcomed 18 new members. Not including the new members, we had 5 members who attended all 10 Probus meetings. Congratulations Helmy and John Aben, Anne Cumming, Susan Dirks, and Vern Foell!! There were 44 members who attended 7 or more meetings –
Well done!! New Probus members have a red dot on their nametags. Please take a few moments to introduce yourself to them during the coffee break, welcome them to our club, and encourage them to join the Events and Interest Groups. If you have any changes to your address, phone or email information, please advise Betsy Rothwell at [email protected].
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CONTACT: KEN KOEHLER 705-766-9936 [email protected]
Don’t forget the Probus Photo Group will be at 2:30 pm on
Friday February 19. Ken and Barb will be hosting at their Huntsville Condo -- 35 Dairy Lane, Suite 101, telephone
705-766-9936..
Our theme will be
"Wintertime: Sun, Shapes, Shadows & Silhouettes". This theme should provide lots of scope for capturing some of the interest-ing light patterns that can occur this season at any time of day -- with and without the benefit of direct sunshine! If you cannot appear in person, emailed images to [email protected] are always welcome. And if you'd just like to see what the Photo Group is all about, please come along as a spectator!" This winter has been the absolute best for beautiful snow scenes. We’d love to see yours in the next newsletter!
Photography Club
Bid Euchre
CONTACT: JOHN & HELMY ABEN 705-789-1221 [email protected]
Big win for the Ravens this month. Sandy came first and Ken won the booby prize. June Minaker was second.
Our CARE BEAR, Helmy Aben reports that she sent out two cards this month. One to Barry Stevens and the other to Peter Jarvis.
BIG BIRTHDAY WISHES TO PAT FLETCHER WHO
TURNED 90 THIS MONTH!!!
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Duplicate Bridge
CONTACT: BERYL CLAYSON 705-789-5510 [email protected]
Probus duplicate bridge meets at the Clayson’s on the 4th Monday of each month. 1:00 pm October to April 7:00 pm May to September In order for Beryl and Paul to prepare, please contact them at least a day before the date, if you wish to play. Although there are about 30 regular members……...
we can still use a few more, especially couples!
THE BIG WINNERS AT THE JANUARY GAME WERE
MARY SIMONETT AND JANE RICE N/S & ANN HOUGH & JOY MCCASKILL E/W
Dining In CONTACT: BARBARA BURTON 705-788-0059 [email protected] 6 new groups are deliciously underway for 2016. There is room on the “spare list”. If you are interested contact Barb Burton.
Jane and Andre Tieman demonstrate their ability to create “awesome appetizers” The theme at this par-ticular “dining in” was “Laughter is the Best Medicine” What fun!
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Wine Appreciation
Hiking Club “I Hop”
CONTACT: DAVID MASON 705-635-2927 [email protected] As the weather becomes better for all of you hiking enthusiasts, we will begin to share our Spring program with you. Let’s hope it’s sooner than later!
CONTACT: JEFF & ANN COX 705-685-9900 [email protected]
Probus Wine TastingProbus Wine TastingProbus Wine TastingProbus Wine Tasting Wine Group CWine Group CWine Group CWine Group C
Wine tasting started for Wine Group C at the Jacksons’ house on January 16th. There were seven members pre-sent; four “snowbirds” will be joining in for the April meet-ing. We were treated to an excellent range of Pinot Noir wines from various countries. It is not usually the case, but this time the most expensive wine was a clear winner. These are the wines that the group tasted and the order in which they were liked: 1. Meiomi Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir California 2014 $26.95 2. Cono Sur Bicicleta Pinot Noir Chile 2014 $10.95 3. Lulu B Pinot Noir France 2013 $10.95 4. Gnarly Head Pinot Noir California 2013 $14.95 5. G. Marquis Pinot Noir Niagara 2013 $16.95 As usual, there was a lively discussion over various totally unrelated subjects!
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CONTACT: SUSAN MAGEE 416-816-4107 [email protected] Announcing our new general interest…..5 PIN BOWLING. Taking place at Huntsville Bowl on the second Monday of
each month commencing on March 14, 2016.
The time is 1:00 pm and the cost is $10.15 for 3 games (including shoes). In order to generate numbers for this activity, we have partnered with Probus 3. Susan Magee will be signing you up and payment is to be made directly to the Bowling Alley.
Let’s get out there and drop some
pins!!!!
CONTACT: CATHERINE HAWKINS 705-635-9834 BARB BURTON [email protected]
March 14—Lynne Newell “I Am Malala” The girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban. By Malala Yousafzai April 11—Mary Ray Ward “Mightier Than The Sword” by Jeffrey Archer. May 9—Heather Hockin “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson June 13—Marg Wood “The Nightingale” by Kristin Hanna Our President Lynne Newell sure looks surprised at the February book talk as she received “Happy Birthday” wishes!
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Activities at a glance
DATE EVENT LOCATION
FEB. 17 PROBUS SKI DAY MT. ST. LOUIS FEB. 18 MONTHLY MEETING SUTHERLAND HALL FEB. 19 LUNCH AT THE LODGE GRANDVIEW FEB. 19 PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB KOEHLER’S CONDO FEB. 22 DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLAYSON’S MARCH 14 BOWLING HUNTSVILLE BOWL MARCH 17 MONTHLY MEETING SUTHERLAND HALL
DATES TO REMEMBER
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CONTACT: SANDY RAVEN 705-789-3223 [email protected] DON’T FORGET YOUR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND YOUR GREAT EVENT PHOTOS.
New Photo DirectoryNew Photo DirectoryNew Photo DirectoryNew Photo Directory
John McCaig has once again put together a members’ photo directory. If you were not able to pick one up at the January meeting, they will still be
available at the February Meeting.
Thanks so much Barb, Jim & Betsy For your exciting, most interesting and extremely touching account of your El Camino adventure! It was a pleasure to listen to you and have you share your experiences. You are to be applauded for complet-ing what we saw as a very arduous trek!
Well done!
March Guest Speaker Our very own most well respected
Dr. Roy Kirkpatrick will be joining us in March as our guest speaker. Guaranteed to be extremely interesting and very informative!
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PO Box 5261, Huntsville, ON, P1H 2K6 www.probushuntsville.ca
Email: [email protected] Meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of each month
We know that we’re early in announcing this, but due to the fact that this is always a sold out event, we wanted to publish the date now so that you can get it on your cal-endars.
MARCH IS NATIONAL PROBUS MONTH
AND ALSO OUR MARCH MEETING FALLS ON ST. PATRICK’S DAY!
SO COME PREPARED FOR A FEW SHENANIGANS!! & DON’T FORGET YOUR GREEN!