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Probus Club of Huntsville P.O. Box 5261, Huntsville ON P1H 2K6
www.probushuntsville.ca
email: [email protected]
Sutherland Hall, October 15th, 2015
Meeting at 10:00 AM. Ticket Sales at 9:30 AM.
mmmm Inside This Issue
1 President’s message
1 Today’s meeting
2 Membership report
2 Care bear report
3 Coming Events
5 General Interest Groups
8 Photos
10 Dining In Addendum
Presidents Message
“People rarely succeed, unless they have fun in
what they are doing.” (Dale Carnegie)
Kudos to all the organizers in our club who have
made this year's social gatherings memorable events.
Moving forward, we need a few new volunteers to
complete the skill sets in our management committee.
We require a Vice President and a Newsletter Editor.
In addition, we wish to add assistance with the
Facilities Co-ordinator and create a Guest Speaker
Co-ordinator position. Please consider joining our
team for 2016.
Management Committee
President: Bob Mallette
Vice President: Lynne Newell
Past President: Patrick Flanagan
Secretary: Sonja Garlick
Treasurer: Beryl &Paul Clayson
Membership: Betsy Rothwell
Care Bear: Helmy Aben
General Interest: Diane Burley
Events : Susan Magee
Facilities Roger Staig & Jim Miller
Newsletter: Andre Tieman
Today’s Speaker
Peter Schleifenbaum
from the Haliburton Forest Reserve.
The Big Bad Wolf
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Membership Report
Betsy Rothwell
Please welcome Karen and Brian Markham to our
club. They are sponsored by Lorna and Jim
Popofski.
New Probus members have a red dot on their name
tags. Please take a few moments to introduce
yourselves to them during the coffee break, and
welcome them to our club.
There were 73 members at the August 2015
meeting. There are 198 members in the Probus
Club of Huntsville, with a cap of 200 members.
If you have any changes to your address, phone or
email information, please advise Betsy Rothwell at
Beryl and Paul will be collecting annual dues
before meetings and at the coffee breaks for the
October and November meetings. If you cannot
attend these meetings you can a send a cheque
to Probus Club of Huntsville
P.O. Box 5261, Huntsville ON P1H 2K6
Early Bird 2016 Membership Draw!!
All those whose membership fees are received
by November 15, 2015 will be put in a draw to
win 2016 membership for free!! The draw will
be held at the Nov 19 meeting.
Care Bear Report
Helmy Aben
The following people received cards:
GinnyBurgess
Eve Atkins
Linda Stimers
Catharine Hawkins
If anyone knows of a member in need of a get
well, sympathy or congratulation message
please contact Helmy at [email protected].
We are pleased to announce that Sam Kelso will entertain us at our November Meeting.
If you would like to volunteer to introduce or thank the speaker, please call Lynne Newell at
705-789-7393or [email protected].
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Most bonus points: Patrick & Cathy
Flannigan, Catherine Oakden, Les
Makoldy.
Funniest Answer: Judy Wilson, Barb
Baker, Ron &Nancy Halmos
Thursday September 24th
Another terrific car rally has come
and gone. And the winners were….
1st.
Jeff & Ann Cox with Bill & Ann Rogers
2nd
Jim Miller, Diane Burley, Barb Munroe,
Steve Tonge.
3nd.
Shirley Brown, Cathy Paton, Betsy
Rothwell, Barb Burton
Murder Mystery Dinner Sat, Nov 28, 2015, 6:00 pm
@ Hidden Valley Resort
Ticket price: $59.00 pp
Tickets to be sold to our Probus at the
Oct. & Nov. meetings.
(Opened to all Probus Clubs after
October meeting if our minimum of
60 is not reached.)
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Come and join us for our annual trip
to Robinson’s Independent.
Wednesday December 2nd
2:00 to 4:00 PM
Tickets are $15 and will be sold at the
Oct. andNov. meetings
As always we will be able to help the
Chef cook up some Christmas treats
and sample new and exiting products.
There is a limit of 36 people.
The Christmas LUNCH Thursday, December 10
th.
MARK O’MEARA GOLF CLUB
Social hour – 12.00 – 1.00
Lunch – 1.00
Soup
Choice of turkey or salmon
Dessert
Coffee / tea
$ 50.00 per person, including taxes
and gratuities.
CHEQUES ONLY PLEASE!
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- Diane Burley
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.
Armchair Travelers
Contact: Doug Bell 635-1137 [email protected]
Meets at Chartwell, 16 Legacy Lane, Huntsville, 2nd
floor
theatre on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm.
(bring slippers in mucky weather)
Nov. ??????????
Please email Doug if you wish to be on his contact list to
receive an email reminder of shows or for cancellations.
Bid Euchre 1
This group is full.
Contact: John & Helmy Aben 789-1221
Meets on the second Tuesday of each month. MAY/SEPT at
7:00pm and starting in Oct. we get together at 1:pm.
Book Club
Second Monday of each
month at 1:00 pm.
Contact: Catherine Hawkins 635-9834
Nov 9:
Grey Mountain by John Grisham
Dec 14:
Inside the O’Brians by Lisa Genova
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Duplicate Bridge
Contact: Beryl Clayson 789-5510 [email protected]
Meets at the Claysons’ on the 4th Monday of each month at
1:00 pm.
In order for them to prepare, 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.
Hiking Club
Contact: David Mason 635-2927 [email protected]
This is new group for avid hikers. Hikes will be in the 20km
range. Two hikes in Algonquin Park have already taken
place.
Check the back of the newsletter for some photos.
Photography
Contact: Ken Koehler 766-9936 [email protected]
The next get-together of the Probus Photo Group will be at
2:00 pm on Friday November 20th. Ken and Barb will be
hosting at their Huntsville Condo - 35 Dairy Lane, Suite 101.
Our theme will be "Autumn...Naturally!" This theme should
provide us all with lots of scope for capturing nature during
this most colorful of seasons. So let's try for colourful land-
scapes and close-ups of everything that nature has to offer!
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 feel free
to come along as a spectator!
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Wine Appreciation
Contact: Jeff and Ann Cox 685-9900
We meet once a month, usually in the late afternoon as a
group of 12 or less in a member’s home. 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.
Dining IN
Contact: Barbara Burton 788-0059
We have had 7 full groups this year, (over 80 people!),
including a snowbird (May- Oct) group and a group capped
at 10 rather than 12.
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. Groups decide when
to meet. A fun way to interact with members of your club.
Sign up for 2016 will take place at the October and
November meeting (or contact me). You will be asked to
indicate your full months away (so we can balance the
groups); and chose one of : regular 12 people; 10 people
only; weekends only; snowbird, or to be on the "spare" list.
Barb has provided an addendum in the newsletter so
people will be sure to include all the info needed.
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New Hiking Group at Large
Pretty in Pink
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End of the road!!!!!
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Dining 2016 In Sign Up Info-PLEASE READ
New groups will be drawn and announced in December. Sign up will be at the Oct and Nov meeting, or
email me with all of the requested info below if you cannot make either meeting.
1. Be sure the email address that membership chair Betsy Rothwell has is correct as this is the info
that will go out to your group for contact.
2. Names- people sign up in pairs as the idea is to dine all 12 months, with each pair hosting twice.
Therefore singles can host once each. If you need a partner and can’t find one, sign as a single
and I will try to match you up, or we may end up with a group of 11. There is an attempt to
balance out the male/female ratio in each group.
3. Full months away: please be as accurate as possible, as the attempt is to balance groups so
there are enough to dine each month.
4. Snowbird group(s): designed for those only here 6 months, will run May to Oct. Last year this
was requested by 7 couples and one kindly agreed to move to a regular group. If there were
enough for 2 groups this year it would allow some change over.
5. Weekends: a number of people have indicated they wish to have their weekends free for family
and other company, whereas there are some members who are still back and forth from the
city during the week. Please indicate if you wish to be part of a weekend only group; or if you
wish to avoid weekends; or if you don’t care which group you end up in. (Most groups chose a
convenient date 2 or 3 months at a time when all have their calendars. It gets very difficult if the
above wishes are not taken into consideration).
6. Size: normal groups are full at 12 people. The idea is that each pair can host twice to cover all 12
months, or once for the snowbird group. It also allows the host to provide the main dish and
assign or request some variation of appetizers, starch, veg, soup/salad, and desert to the other 5
pairs. You do not have to be able to seat all 12 at one table, and it is easy to sign up for months
when you know someone is away. Some people have requested 10 people only- please indicate
this on the sheet.
7. Mixing it up! The idea of Dining In is to get to interact with as many Probus members over the
years as possible. The groups are drawn and juggled to accommodate all the above factors with
as much mix up as possible. If you want to let me know of up to 3 pairs you have not been with
before, and up to 3 pairs you have been with too much, please send me
[email protected] an email, after you have signed up, with the info and the title Dining
In. We will try our best to honour at least part of your request. But please be aware there is
likely to be some overlap from year to year.
8. Spare List: If you would like to be posted as a spare for months when a group is trying to fill its
numbers, please sign up as a spare on the back of the sheets, or email me.