probus club of oshawa newsletter: june, 2021
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PROBUS Club of Oshawa Newsletter: June, 2021
Our PROBUS Club of Oshawa has been holding VIRTUAL GENERAL MEETINGS since September 2020.
JUNE GENERAL MEETING Our next ZOOM Virtual General Meeting will be on Tuesday, June 8th at 10 AM.
EASY STEPS TO PARTICIPATING IN OUR GENERAL MEETINGS VIA ZOOM
Use your browser to go to the website, www.zoom.us
At the top right corner of the screen that opens up, click on the
button, that says JOIN A MEETING
Enter the Meeting ID code sent to you by email a day or so before
the meeting date.
Enter the Passcode as directed.
You will be put into a Waiting Room, until you are admitted by the
Host.
Once in the meeting check the toolbar at the bottom of your screen
to see that your Video is on. If not, click it to on.
You can also check that your Audio is on the same way. You will be
asked to Mute your audio during the Speaker sections of our General
Meeting.
If you need further assistance getting familiar with getting on and using ZOOM, please contact Maria de Jong at [email protected].
2020 - 2021 Executive: Vacant, President Vacant, Vice President Maria de Jong, Past President Marlene Allen Pat Bayus, Secretaries Garry Christenson, Treasurer Marilyn Thaxter, Social Committee Elaine Lopes Anne MacKay, Special Interest Groups Coordinators Sheila Leonard, Speakers Committee Connie Nelson, Membership Chair Maria Upton, House Committee Jacqueline Frank, Archivist David Hardy, Web Master Cindy Fleming, Newsletter Editor
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JUNE SPEAKER – Dr. Mike Daley, Musician – The Elvis Presley Story Dr. Mike Daley holds a Ph.D. in music and is a busy freelance lecturer in the greater Toronto area. Mike specializes in the history of popular music and is currently researching the Toronto music scene of the 1960’s. Presently, Mike and his wife, Jill are leading music themed tours to destinations in Canada, the USA and the UK.
His topic will be The Elvis Presley Story. Mike first spoke with our club in March 2019; his topic then was The Beatles From Inception to Beatlemania. In this month’s presentation to our club Mike will be covering the entire life and career of Elvis Presley.
Free Webinar Series
In partnership with the Canadian Battlefields Foundation and the Juno Beach Centre Association, the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies is pleased to announce the Maple Leaf Route Webinar Series. Every two weeks from May to September, we will be following Canadian and British Commonwealth soldiers as they landed on D-Day in June 1944 and fought their
way inland at the Battle of Normandy. Register at canadianmilitaryhistory.ca/webinar to access June’s Webinar topics - Stopping the Panzers: Canada’s Forgotten Overlord Role on June 2nd, A Woman’s Touch: Supporting Canadian Servicemen’s Resilience in Europe, 1943–47 on June 16th and The View from Point 67: Canada’s Killing Fields in the Second Half of the Battle of Normandy on June 30th.
June is Seniors Month
Celebrate Seniors' Month with the OSCC55+ Oshawa Senior Community Centres at the 'Senior Summer Kickoff’ Tuesday, June 1st from 8 AM to 4:30 PM. Click here to join the FREE party.
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MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL UPDATE
June is normally when we remind our members of the upcoming renewal of our membership. This year, the PROBUS CLUB of Oshawa
Management Team has passed the following motion to waive the membership fee for all members for the year 2021-2022:
"One time cancelling of our Membership Renewal Fee for the year September 2021 to August 2022, as a result of COVID 19 health and safety regulations that meant we have had to cancel all in person General Meetings, Social Events and Special Interest Group gatherings since April 2020. Any New Members that join during this time period would be required to pay only the one time $20.00 administrative fee."
Our Club needs to keep accurate records of our membership for our own use as well as for PROBUS Canada. There have been a few members who have advised they are not renewing as they have moved from the area. If you do not wish your membership to be renewed at no cost for the upcoming year, please email Connie Nelson at [email protected] or call her at (905) 576-9022. GETTING TO KNOW OUR NEWER MEMBERS When life was normal, and we had in person meetings, new PROBUS Club of Oshawa members would be introduced at meetings and we would have an annual New Members Event to get to know each other. Since that is not currently possible, we will be asking new members who have joined since our last New Members Event held in May 2019, to provide a bit of a Biography and Picture for the next few issues of the Newsletter. Please read about the following new members who are contributing to this feature. Please welcome them to our Club!
Maria de Jong
Fred and Marg Ford Marg and I moved into Oshawa about 10 years ago from Blackstock. Marg is a retired kindergarten teacher and keeps me on the straight and narrow. I was in sales in the pharmaceutical industry. We enjoy movies, dining out, playing cards & other social activities. I
was a Scout leader for many years and continue to volunteer where I can help. Marg dotes on the grandchildren. We both love to attend their events and especially their hockey games. But not this year. We have been married for 53 years; have four grandchildren and our two sons and daughters in law live close by. We are pleased to be members of PROBUS.
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SOCIAL EVENTS
Trivia Game: On Wednesday, May 5th, we had
our third trivia game via ZOOM. The winning team included Gail Elliot, Anne MacKay, Carol Shewchuk and Fred Ford. Congratulations!! Job well done! Our next Trivia Game is on Wednesday, June 2nd at 2:00 PM. All are welcome to play. To register, send an email to [email protected], no later than May 31st. Anyone wishing to be a reader for the game should contact Jackie Frank.
JOIN US FOR THE 3rd
GAMES NIGHT via ZOOM The third Games night is being offered on: Thursday, June 17, 2021 – 7 PM Bring a deck of cards to play Zoom Bingo and Bring your memory to participate in a Scavenger Hunt If you would like to participate, send an email to [email protected]
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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Lockdown 3.0
"Social Distancing"
I hope all members have signed up!
Location: Your Home Time: 24/7 Cost: Priceless
BOOKWORMS - Bernice Burke and Judy Bell On Tuesday June 22nd at 11:30 AM, if the weather and the new social distancing rules are in our favour, we will have a luncheon in Phyllis’s lovely garden. Everyone will bring their own chair, lunch and drink.
PROBUS BOOK CLUB - Mary Kelcey
The PROBUS book club is hoping to meet and plan our books for next year on June 24th at 1 PM. Weather permitting, we will meet in a nice park near the home of one of our members that has parking and seating areas we can access. We will
bring our own snacks, drinks, etc. and plan our books. Plan B, if the weather doesn't co-operate, is to do a ZOOM meeting from our homes.
BRAIN GAMES – Jackie Frank The brain games have gone “online”. Two to three times a week, members get a puzzle to solve. The solution is sent to them the next day. If you are interested in receiving these puzzles, contact Jackie Frank.
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MOVIE GROUP – Mary Gibson *New* FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES*New* The Friday Night At the movies ZOOM group chat is now at 11 people. Movies are suggested by the members for the next meeting - (every two weeks) Please contact Mary Gibson, at [email protected] for the
ZOOM Meeting ID and Password if you wish to attend. The movies are available on Netflix. Please watch them before the meeting.
URBAN POLE WALKING – Sharon Smith
Once we are able, after this current shutdown, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9:30 AM as scheduled, weather permitting. Following provincial guidelines by walking in smaller groups and in pairs. Contact information: [email protected] cell/text (416)
938-7841
YARN DIVAS - Barb Jones Because of the 5-person outdoor limit for gatherings, the Yarn Divas will meet on ZOOM in June. The meeting will be at 10 AM on Wednesday, June 2nd. We look forward to chatting with friends and sharing crafting ideas!
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If any of our members have a favourite recipe, puzzle, photos of previous events, ideas on how interest groups are staying connected or any other information that might be of interest to others in our Club, please submit them to our newsletter editor, Cindy Fleming, ([email protected]) for inclusion in the newsletter.
COVID-19 Vaccines for Ontario The following is a link to the Provincial Government’s Website on What You Need to Know about the Province’s three-phased vaccination distribution implementation plan.
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Member Care
With a Club such as ours, we need your help to let us know if one of our members is experiencing a serious illness or is hospitalized. Our Club would like to let our ill members and their families know that they are in our thoughts as they deal with their illness with respect to the family’s wishes for privacy. In the same way, we need you to let us know if you become aware that a member, their spouse or close family member has passed on. Often the family does not think to contact our Club, or know who to contact under these difficult circumstances. We would like to respect the wishes of family and give our members the opportunity to express their condolences to the bereaved. Please let us know so we can respond appropriately. Email [email protected] or [email protected].
LOOK WHO IS 90!
Happy 90th
, Marion from your many PROBUS friends!
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One of our original PROBUS members, Marion Stevenson, has turned 90 this month. Congratulations Marion! Some of her Oshawa PROBUS friends celebrated her birthday with a wave during a drive by. I first met Marion in the 1980’s working for the Government as temps. We then became bridge partners in early 2000 (As many of you know, Marion plays a pretty mean game of bridge!). As you will also undoubtedly know, Marion is an accomplished artist and spends a lot of her time with paint brush in hand; this is when she is happiest. She has a lovely property in Muskoka where she gets a lot of inspiration for her paintings. Marion has also been a member of the club’s Art Group, one of its first SIGs, and throughout she has been a wonderful coach and inspiration while we experimented with different techniques and media. Marion was born in Oshawa and has 2 sons, 7 grandchildren and, so far, 8 great grandchildren. Marion was active in the Oshawa Skating Club throughout her childhood and into her teens. It was at the age of 17, though, when she started painting in oils. And later on, having always been intrigued by watercolours, she began exploring the medium in 1982 and spent years creating many beautiful watercolour paintings. In addition to watercolours, Marion introduced acrylics on canvas to her repertoire several years ago. She loves the vibrant colours and mood she can create using this medium. She has also done felting and beading as other creative expressions. Marion’s paintings reflect her love of flowers, heritage buildings and the Ontario landscape. An award-winning artist, Marion’s paintings have been shown in galleries in Ontario and in many private, public and corporate collections. Marion still enjoys sitting at her easel, and creating beautiful art. Over the past few years, she began to paint an acrylic for each member of her family (sons, grandchildren and great grandchildren). She is currently finishing a Muskoka sunset painting for her grand-daughter which will mean each family member has a painting done just for them by “Mom/Gramma/GG”. As Marion begins a new decade, I wish her well and look forward to many more years of friendship and association.
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(Thank you Moida Wheller, and Marion’s daughter-in Law, Margie for the background on Marion, and Mary Gibson for the picture from the birthday drive-by)
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