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Our Strength is Fellowship, Our Success is Participation.

ISSUE #73 NEWSLETTER April 2018

Probus-Guildwood Meetings are held the 2nd Wednesday of each Month, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Guildwood Community Presbyterian Church,

140 Guildwood Parkway, Guildwood Village – Everyone is most welcome.

President’s Message

Well, I hope you have all

survived (yes, another special

event associated with getting

through it) April 1, otherwise

known as April Fool’s Day.

Did you at least give as good as

you received? April seems to be even a more

serious month than March. Maybe that has to do

with the approach of tax season? However,

after digging deeply into the obviously deeply

disturbed minds of Internet dwellers I have

uncovered some things to celebrate, if you dare.

Here’s a brief list:

For the month:

National Humour Month (Wasn’t last month’s

Mirth celebration enough?)

Organize Your Files Month (Finally, they’ve

recognized we need at least this much.)

Couple Appreciation Month (The couple or

those around them?)

National Knuckles Down Month (Starting to

drag a little?)

Weekly recognition:

1-7 – Laugh at Work (Sorry you missed it?)

4-10 – Hate Week (Everything in balance –

Ying and Yang right?)

Daily recognition:

1 – April Fool’s Day

2 – Dyngus Day (You get to wet down your

favourite girl – sounds like fun)

3 – Don’t Go To Work Unless It’s Fun Day (I’m

learning of this now?)

9 – Name Yourself Day (Go on – I dare you)

12 – Walk on Your Wild Side Day (Get in

Touch with Your Inner Child)

13 – Blame Someone Else Day (Unlike any

other day?)

13 – Friday the 13th (Yeah, that’s why

everything went wrong – see above)

15 – Take A Wild Guess Day (Sounds like

voting day to me)

15 –That Sucks Day (See above)

17 –Blah! Blah! Blah! (Every time I turn on the

news)

20 – Look Alike Day (Only if I choose the

outfits.)

21 – Husband Appreciation Day (That sounds

about right)

28 – Kiss Your Mate Day (Apparently this

involves poetry reading as well)

30 – Honesty Day (And what do you do on the

other days?)

Another great month is upon us (even if the

weather seems a little flighty right now). Get

out, volunteer, enjoy life. Find some friends,

pick an activity and have some fun.

Alan Burt

Our March Presenter

Megan MacLean

Environment and Energy Outreach

Coordinator

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April 2018 Probus-Guildwood Newsletter

Life can be Fun… as long as you do it with the right people.

Outreach on City of Toronto Environmental

Programs and Services

Megan MacLean regularly does group

presentations for Live Green Toronto, the City of

Toronto’s environmental outreach vehicle.

Officially Megan is the Toronto Outreach

Coordinator for the Environment and Energy

Division. She earned a Master’s of Environmental

Studies and was also a member of a Rotary Club

for many years in London, Ontario.

Megan addressed the challenges and opportunities

for environmental change in the community,

environmental issues that the city is facing, and

suggested resident action. She provided an

excellent informative session accompanied with

power point illustrations. Consequently, she

generated a multitude of questions from her

engaged audience.

The goal of Live Green Toronto is to help

Torontonians make smart choices to help them

green their lives. Live Green provides the link

between residents and the City of Toronto

divisions that develop, manage, and deliver

environmental programs and services.

Live Green educates the public on Toronto’s

environmental programs and services via

outreach events such as the March 24 Seedy

Saturday at Cardinal Newman HS, ‘one-stop-

shop’ website, social media outreach and public

consultation/roundtables. There is the annual Live

Green Event which involves residents as

volunteers and participants in Community

Cleanups, such as the Friday, April 20,

Corporate/School Cleanup and the weekend of

April 21-22 Community Cleanup. You can

become a Live Green Toronto e-news subscriber

and cardholder and view their Best of Live Green

videos as well as enjoy their Bio-diversity Series

available at Toronto Public Libraries.

Toronto’s Environmental Commitment consists of

the City of Toronto Official Plan and Council

Strategic Actions 2013-2018. Currently there are

16 adopted strategies, plans and policies and five

draft policies and strategies.

The primary Live Green Programs Sectors are:

Air, Energy, Waste and Water and include a focus

on: Urban Agriculture, Gardening, Pollinators and

Climate Change. With Air, there are associated

programs and information on: cycling, bike

stations and maps, Bike Share, air quality studies,

Plant A Tree Program for Toronto’s Urban Forest,

and the One-minute vehicle Idling Regulation.

Successes of the program are witnessed in a 38%

reduction of nitrogen oxides, 900km of bike

network, 2,000 bikes, 200 stations, 3,500 docks in

the Bike Share program and a 69% increase in

bike ridership. There have been 110,000+ trees

planted annually to help replace the 20% loss of

our Toronto 2013 tree canopy, 330,000

commuters in Smart Commute program, the

creation of the Green Taxi or anti-idling bylaw,

infrastructure challenges, priority area community

facilitation program and congestion management.

Addressing Energy there is the: HELP/ Home

Energy Loan Program, Eco Roof Incentive

Program of grants for green and cool roofs,

reduction of carbon dioxide emissions and

conservation, and peak hydro reduction programs

for city and resident behaviour change.

Focusing on Waste, Toronto constantly reinforces

the message of the 3R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

There are a series of designated Environment

Waste Days including depots and toxic taxis for

hazardous waste, a Waste Wizard Calendar and

website to clarify where to dispose of your waste.

Toronto has achieved the following waste

diversion rates: overall 52%, single family 65%,

multi-residential 27% and City facility 88%.

Remarkably in 2017, 190,000+ Torontonians

participated in Cleanup Days. There is a 79%

increase in street litter bins, a multi-residential

infrastructure/outreach (60% of residents) and a

Long-Term Waste Management Strategy Focusing

on Water. Since Toronto has an aging

infrastructure, there is concern regarding the

impact of climate change. Toronto has

successfully reduced the demand on our water

waste system as 80% of property owners in

combined sewer areas have disconnected

downspouts. There has also been the installation

of 470,000+ water meters (99.5% of water

accounts).

Regarding Urban Agriculture, Gardening and

Pollinators, there are a wealth of City Programs

and information to Support Residents. Resources

include: Get Growing Toronto, A Guide to

Growing Food in The City, loving’ Local Food

Fest, Make It Local-fresh and nutritious local food

recipes, Toronto Pollinator Protection Strategy,

Live Green Card and App, A Guide to Growing

and Selling Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in the

city of Toronto.



City programs and information to support

residents regarding Climate Change involve

mitigation with TO Transforms and adaptation

plans to reduce electricity use and gas emissions

from buildings, waste (landfill and waste

transport) and transportation.

The good news is that there has been an emissions

reduction of 25% since 1990 levels

and the unanimous adoption of TransformTO

initiative by Toronto Council in July 2017.

Toronto is a member of the 100 Resilient Cities

Network (100RC) and has hired a Chief Resiliency Officer for city wide strategy.

The challenge is an extremely significant

transformative change and behavioural shifts in

both Residential and Stakeholder engagement.

That’s you and me. Collectively We must address

the causes of climate change (Mitigation) and the

impacts of climate change (Adaptation). Are you

ready?

If you missed Megan’s excellent presentation the

power point presentation is on our website or

contact her at: [email protected] or 416-338-5373 or 647-462-1389.

Wendy Hooker

Environmental Issues Today There are many petitions and alerts shared in

our media today particularly in April,

Environmental month. Here a few for your

review.

Precious and Finite Water Everyday in Ontario 7.6 million litres of water

is pumped out, on expired permits, by bottled

water companies. Over two thirds is taken by

Nestlé. Nestlé draws 4.7 million litres of

Ontario’s precious groundwater on expired

permits and wants to take an additional 1.6

million litres per day at a new well. Residents,

First Nations, and advocates have been fighting

water profiteering for years.

Ontario doesn’t want bottled water companies,

to have its water. Over 63% of Ontario residents

want to phase out bottled water permits to

protect its groundwater. In the interim, they

want to increase the cost to draw water from

Ontario’s precious aquifers.

Plastics are everywhere “One of the most ubiquitous and long-lasting

recent changes to the surface of our planet is the

accumulation and fragmentation of plastics,”

wrote David Barnes, a lead author and

researcher for the British Antarctic Survey.

Plastic is extremely slow to break down, and

plastic breakdown releases chemicals that can

be harmful to humans and the planet.

Plastic bottling Every minute, a staggering 1,000,000 plastic

bottles are bought globally and increasing.

Note the single-use plastic in your recycle bin

each week. It is wasteful and problematic.

Food manufacturers like Kraft Heinz can extend

their environmental Corporate Social

Responsibility goal to include enabling their end

consumers to reduce household waste via

alternative packaging (including quick-

degrading plastics, paper-based packaging,

glass, and metal) and reuse programs. Kraft

Heinz is the leading manufacturer and

distributor of sauces, dressings, and condiments.

It produces and distributes everything from baby

food to jams and ketchup. These convenience

products are staples in most North American

homes, and they account for an enormous

amount of plastic waste.

In its Corporate Social Responsibility Report

(CSR), Kraft Heinz declares, “Every stage of

our operations presents an opportunity to

eliminate waste. We have been focused on

finding ways to reduce, reuse or recycle to

divert solid waste from landfills”. Kraft Heinz is

a “global food powerhouse.” If they change, the

entire market can shift. Consumer industry

leaders must invest in sustainable packing.

Fast Food Outlets We are guilty of empowering fast food outlets

like McDonalds, Tim Hortons and Starbucks to

create waste. A paper cup itself takes around 20

years to decompose. Each minute the equivalent

of a garbage truck full of plastic (coffee cups,

straws, plastic cutlery) ends up in the ocean.

Waste plastics leach hazardous toxins into our

waterways. The world's oceans are full of

plastic. The plastic from coffee cups breaks

down into tiny pieces that animals and fish eat.

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Scientists say that as many as nine in ten

seabirds have plastic in their gut. By 2050,

there will be more plastic than fish in the

world’s oceans. This pollution on our land is

littering our wildlife habitats and, in our rivers,

lakes and oceans it is causing contamination and

killing off our aquatic life. According to the

CBC, “In 2010 Canadians used and estimated

1.5 billion disposable coffee cups, equivalent to

more than half a million trees.”

Plastic-lined cups end up in the garbage every

year. If the cups were lined with a recyclable

material and not plastic, coffee cups could be

placed into the paper recycling bin instead of the

trash. Currently, the plastic lining gums up

recycling machinery, making these paper cups

almost impossible to recycle. Plastic and paper

can’t be separated in a typical paper recycling

facility. It causes contamination of the recycling

stream and a lower-quality paper if it is

recycled.

Some lids with the appropriate recycle symbol

can be placed in the blue bin and the cups in the

compost. The problem is that it is not always

clear which plastics can be recycled. Soft black

plastic, even though it has a recycle symbol of

#6 must be thrown in the garbage. Overall

coffee lids should be made from corn-based

products or any other decomposable materials

other than plastics.

Change starts with You. Promote Lug-A-Mug

gatherings, bring in re-usable mugs/containers

to coffee shops and fast food chains, recycle

correctly, refuse plastic straws and encourage

fast food and coffee shop chains to start using

compostable food containers, coffee cups and

lids.

The goal? To reduce/eliminate plastic waste and

pollution of our planet.

Wendy Hooker

Q. What kind of dog does Dracula have?

A. A Bloodhound!

March Birthdays

Enid Comars, Genia Young, Amelia

McKechnie, (Bill MacRae declined

picture)

Janet delivers our Joke of the month and

offers tickets for the Monte Carlo Night

on April 19 at 7:00 p.m.

at the Guild Inn Estate

Lunch with Friends

Seventeen guests attended on March 23 at the

Mandarin Restaurant. As usual the food was

excellent.

We will be going to the Eggcellent Grill House

at 4637 Kingston Road, Unit #1, southeast

corner of Manse and Kingston Road, on Friday,

April 27. There will be a sign-up sheet at the

April meeting or call Jan Eaton at (416-261-

8857). I can also provide reviews of restaurants

the Club has visited over the last five years.

Jan Eaton

Children’s Reading Program Guild wood Junior Public School is searching for

reading volunteers.

For more information see March newsletter.

If you are interested, please contact: Principal

Marilyn Leighton [email protected] or

secretary Mary Kokinakis [email protected], or call 416-396-6295.





Membership At our March meeting we had 52 members and

three guests attending. Our membership now

totals 113.

Updating Your Information – occasionally

we need to contact members either by phone or

email. A reminder that if you have changed your

address, phone number or email address, please

advise the membership team when you sign in at

our meetings. Alternately you can contact: Enid

Comars at 416-264-2816, or email:

[email protected] to update your

information. Membership back-up contact is

Elizabeth Williams at: 416-282-8595 or email:

[email protected].

To reduce printing costs, please give us your

email address so that we can email your

monthly newsletter. (As a bonus, you will

receive it in colour.)

Keeping in Touch and Celebration

We often think of our members who are currently

healing from their surgeries and we certainly miss

Carole Lidgold, Refreshment Coordinator and

Guildwood writer and also Jane Corry, Speakers

Chair.

Kindly inform Karen Manuel at: 416-283-5079 or

by e-mail: [email protected] about any

member who is ill, hospitalized, or has

experienced a recent bereavement. We would also

enjoy announcing any special event of yours at

our next meeting, such as an award, or significant

anniversary or birthday.

We would also like to know about any member’s

special event, such as an award, 50th anniversary,

etc. Come to the meeting and we will announce it

and celebrate with you. Membership Committee

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Volunteers (2) for Probus-Guildwood Due to recent illness or surgery, we need your

help. We’ve lost the services provided by Joy

McIntosh, our Secretary, and while Jane Corry,

Speakers Chair, is in respite care. If you can

prepare minutes and are willing to attend the

general and executive meetings each month, you

would be a welcome addition to our executive.

Jane has been finalizing our 2018 monthly

speakers, but she really needs a partner. Please

contact an executive member if interested.

Meeting Refreshments

Our volunteers for the March meeting were

Genia Young, June Morton, Susan

MacDonald and Pauline Steel who provided

us with a good and tasty selection of baked

goods.

We have Gloria Fraser, Jean Barrett, Doreen

Lougheed and Genia Young for our April

meeting.

We have Betty Hitchcock and Genia Young

for our May meeting and still need another two

volunteers. There will be a sign-up sheet at our

April meeting.

Many thanks to all the wonderful folks who take

the time to provide our Probus-Guildwood

meetings with baked goods. Please remember

that all our volunteer bakers are fully

compensated for their costs – if they wish to be

compensated.

Speakers at Our Monthly Meetings

Apr. 11 Heritage Toronto – Kaitlin

Wainwright

May 9 Female Pilot – Lesley Page

June 13 Habitat for Humanity – Janine

Smith

July 11 Music, Why we like what we

like – Catherine Willshire

Our April Speaker – Kaitlin Wainwright will

be discussing A History of Heritage Preservation

in Toronto.

Join a historian from Heritage Toronto, who will

present on "Toronto's history of heritage

preservation".

Learn about buildings that have been lost, moved,

restored, and adapted over the past 140 years.

Sites will include Toronto's oldest building,

Scadding Cabin, and one of the more recent

moves – the Kodak Building in Mount Dennis.

Volunteers Needed at the East

Scarborough Storefront

If you have a skill or interested in helping the

community occasionally or on a regular basis –

you are wanted. Perhaps you know others who

may be interested. Please contact Nadia Hedy at

647-347-1693 or [email protected] or

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The 50/50 ticket drawn was won by guest

Terry Coffin (no picture available) which he

donated back to the club.

The chance to win a Million Dollars

Lottery ticket was won by:

Lee MacLeod

(who joked with the photographer Barry showing the

50/50 winning envelope – ed.)

FYI (For Your Information)

FYI contains items-notices-events that members

feel others may be interested in. Thank you to

members who submit items. Please send to

[email protected] or directly to the

NL editor [email protected]

City of Toronto Biodiversity Booklet

Series: These booklets are available at your

local library or go

to:Toronto.ca/planning/environment/biodiversit

y. The booklets are intended to reconnect people

with the natural world and raise an awareness of

the seriousness that biodiversity loss represents

and how it affects them directly.

Scarborough Ride Program for Seniors

Drivers are from Hope Church and charge $7.00

for driving Seniors for Appointments.

The phone number is: 416-847-4146.

Once you are registered (done on the phone in

minutes) you just have to call a few days in

advance giving the required time, address and

destination. You arrange with the driver the best

pickup time for delivery home.

Green Living Show April 6-8, 2018 –

Metro Toronto Convention Centre Three days of inspiring speakers at #GLS18 –

Plan Your Visit.

The Green Living Show starts Friday, April 6

and continues until Sunday April 8, at the

Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front St. West.

Seniors rates are $12 on line. If you bring your

Green Living card or your Metropass, there is a

2 for 1 with the Regular entrance of $14. Times

are: noon-9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Saturday and 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. Sunday.

Volunteers needed Scarborough Theatre Guild needs volunteers for

their show, The Cemetery Club April 6-21.

Volunteers take tickets, give out programs,

usher and monitor the stage for various April

dates for the 8:00 p.m. and the 2:00 p.m. shows.

Volunteers are also needed for the 50/50 table

and the Info Table. Come and enjoy a great

comedy while helping with FOH (probably

means Front of House – “industry” term. ed.).

If you do 50/50 or info table, you can see the

show the date you are there or come back for

one of the other shows.

Contact Marilyn Brady at 416 264 6977,

Scarborough Theatre Guild FOH or e-mail:

[email protected].

Scarborough Village Activities: The

Spring and Summer Guide is now available.

Classes start Monday, April 9 for both Drop-In

and Instructional programs which are free for 10

weeks. A reminder that the Chess Class

resumes Monday, 1-3 pm, code 3075413. Call

416-396-4051 or, register in person at 3600

Kingston Road.

Peterborough Garden Show

Saturday April 14 The Peterborough Garden Show is a day of fun,

good food, gardening tips, speakers on

gardening, advice from the Master Gardeners of

Peterborough, and a nice relaxing trip down and

back in a luxury bus. Saturday, April 14, the

price is only $65. You can sign up at our next

meeting on April 11. Payment is either by

cheque made out to Scarborough Garden and

Horticultural Society or pay in cash. There are

only a few seats left. For complete details of

trip, see March newsletter. Hope to see you on

the bus.

Lee MacLeod 416-284-6626l, President

Scarborough Garden & Horticultural Society





St. Anne’s Anglican Church

presents Jesus Christ Superstar (in concert)

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by

Tim Rice

The St. Anne’s Anglican Church Choir

presents an exciting performance of Andrew

Lloyd Webber’s rock opera, Jesus Christ

Superstar (in concert), with orchestra and

outstanding soloists. Come and experience

the Broadway hit like you’ve never heard it

before.

Tickets: $20/$15 for students and seniors.

Children under 12 free.

Date and time: Sunday, April 15, 3:30 p.m.-

6:00 p.m.

Location:St Anne's Anglican Church, 270

Gladstone Avenue, Toronto, ON M6J 3L6

Tickets available:

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If you’ve never been inside this national

historic site with its Group of 7 attend and

enjoy some beautiful music in a fantastic space.

Scarborough Theatre Guild Presents

Scarborough Radio Theatre Join us for a night of old fashioned radio shows.

We read them – then You read them.

(Plus make the sound effects)

Sunday, April 15, 8:00 p.m.

Scarborough Village Theatre,

3600 Kingston Rd., Scarborough

Tickets $10 at the door

ROM Speaks Climate, Energy & Policy

Monday April 16, 7-8 p.m., reception to follow

Alan Baker Biodiversity lecture. Speaker Dr.

James Hansen.

Royal Ontario Museum, Samuel Hall Currelly

Gallery, Level 1 – Doors open at 6:30 Use main

entrance on Bloor Street. $20.00 per person

Contact: 416-586-5797

11th Annual KGO (Kingston, Galloway,

Orton Park) Community Clean Up Day 2018

- Free BBQ

Join us, Saturday April 21, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Place: Giffen Mack, 4115 Lawrence Ave. East

“Volunteers” Call: Dip Habib at 416-208-7897

or Email: [email protected] to sign up.

Seniors GTA Specialists – Free Session

Monday April 16, 10:00 to noon Scarborough Village Community Centre,

Markham and Kingston Roads

Topic: Wills, best ways to provide inheritances

and saving on probate fees.

If you haven't already registered to attend

our next FREE Information Session you can

do it here: www.seniorsgtaspecialistscom

Space is limited so register early.

Guild Festival Theatre Presents

A Special Fundraising Evening

Monte Carlo Night

At the Guild Inn Estate

Thursday April 19, 7 – 11 p.m. Enjoy a night of fun

Support Award-Winning Theatre at Historic

Guild Park

Play Poker, Blackjack, Roulette, all for fun

Great Food, Music, Entertainment, Cash Bar

Plus, Special Guests and Chances to win

Amazing Prizes

Tickets $100 – Includes $50 Charitable Tax

Receipt. All proceeds to the Guild Festival

Theatre’s Season

Must be 19 years or older to attend

Tickets Available online at

www.guildfestivaltheatre.ca

The Caregiver Show, a resource day for

Family Caregivers. Friday, May 4, 10 a.m. to 4

p.m. at the Ontario Science Centre. Featured

topics: Hearing loss and Prevention of slips and

falls. Free Caregiver Resources Guide to All

Attendees. Free admission. See

www.cargivershow.ca for more details.

TTC Implementing Trial Seasonal

Accessible Bus Service to Bluffers Park

Commencing May 13, to Thanksgiving

Monday, October 8, the TTC will be offering

bus service on weekends and holidays to

Bluffers Park. The bus will operate from

Kennedy Station along Eglinton and then south

on Brimley Road. The bus will operate from

8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

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Stouffville Probus invites you to join

their adventure to Mackinac Island

Lilac Festival on Mackinac Island

Friday, June 15 to Monday, June 18

Imagine Mackinac Island in a blaze of color and

fragrance during their famous Lilac Festival. The

day starts and finishes with a scenic ferry ride to and from the island. Then combine a full tour of the

island on a horse drawn carriage and an elegant

luncheon buffet at the magnificent Grand Hotel – a five-star culinary experience – this day will long be

remembered.

For complete details, see our March newsletter. To book or for more information, please contact

Lorna Ware at 416-439-5641

email: [email protected]

Scarborough Village Seniors Presents Come From Away After a sold-out, standing-

room only Toronto engagement before heading

to Broadway, Come From Away returns due to

overwhelming demand. It’s been called the

“edge of the world.” The weather is wild, but

the locals never lack for warmth. And it’s here,

in Newfoundland, where a remote town became

the epicente of a remarkable true story filled

with unusual characters, unexpected

camaraderie and uncommon generosity.

Date: Tuesday, June 26

For complete details of trip, see March

newsletter.

Contact Susan Bach at 416-755-0179

Newfoundland trip Once called the Edge of the Earth,

Newfoundland delivers a unique vacation

experience. Get up close with a humpback

whale, visit a UNESCO World Heritage Site,

get a taste of traditional “screech” and explore a

rich culture and history. Date: July 31-August 9 – nine days and eight nights

Double Triple Quad Single

$2394 $2198 $2100 $3006 Rates are subject to 15% HST.

www.atlantictours.com Newfoundland Explorer

Contact: Lucy T. Perri at 647-831-0064

Life Lessons for

an Awesome Retirement continued from last month…

– submitted by Marion MacDonald-

Many of us are between 65 and death, i.e. old.

My friend sent me this excellent list for aging

and I must agree it’s good advice to follow. The

person who sent this hi-lighted #19. Here is the

second half of list.

12. Some people embrace their golden years,

while others become bitter and surly. Life is

too short to waste your days on the latter.

Spend your time with positive, cheerful

people. It’ll rub off on you and your days will

seem that much better. Spending your time

with bitter people will make you older and

harder to be around.

13. Do not surrender to the temptation of living

with your children or grandchildren (if you

have a financial choice, that is). Sure, being

surrounded by family sounds great, but we all

need our privacy. They need theirs and you

need yours. If you’ve lost your partner (our

deepest condolences), then find a person to

move in with you and help. Even then, do so

only if you feel you really need the help or do

not want to live alone.

14. Don’t abandon your hobbies. If you don’t

have any, make new ones. You can travel,

hike, cook, read, dance. You can adopt a cat or

a dog, grow a garden, play cards, checkers,

chess, dominoes, golf. You can paint,

volunteer or just collect certain items. Find

something you like and spend some real time

having fun with it.

15. Even if you don’t feel like it, try to accept

invitations. Baptisms, graduations, birthdays,

weddings, conferences. Try to go. Get out of

the house, meet people you haven’t seen in a

while, experience something new (or

something old). But don’t get upset when

you’re not invited. Some events are limited by

resources, and not everyone can be hosted.

The important thing is to leave the house from

time to time. Go to museums, go walk through

a field. Get out there.

16. Be a conversationalist. Talk less and listen

more. Some people go on and on about the

past, not caring if their listeners are really

interested. That’s a great way of reducing their

desire to speak with you. Listen first and


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answer questions, but don’t go off into long

stories unless asked to. Speak in courteous

tones and try not to complain or criticize too

much unless you really need to. Try to accept

situations as they are. Everyone is going

through the same things, and people have a

low tolerance for hearing complaints. Always

find some good things to say as well.

17. Pain and discomfort go hand in hand with

getting older. Try not to dwell on them but

accept them as a part of the cycle of life we’re

all going through. Try to minimize them in

your mind. They are not who you are, they are

something that life added to you. If they

become your entire focus, you lose sight of the

person you used to be.

18. If you’ve been offended by someone – forgive

them. If you’ve offended someone –

apologize. Don’t drag around resentment with

you. It only serves to make you sad and bitter.

It doesn’t matter who was right. Someone

once said: “Holding a grudge is like taking

poison and expecting the other person to die.”

Don’t take that poison. Forgive, forget and

move on with your life.

19. If you have a strong belief, savor it. But

don’t waste your time trying to convince

others. They will make their own choices no

matter what you tell them, and it will only

bring you frustration. Live your faith and set

an example. Live true to your beliefs and let

that memory sway them.

20. Laugh. Laugh A LOT. Laugh at everything.

Remember, you are one of the lucky ones.

You managed to have a life, a long one. Many

never get to this age, never get to experience a

full life. But you did. So, what’s not to laugh

about? Find the humour in your situation.

21. Take no notice of what others say about you

and even less notice of what they might be

thinking. They’ll do it anyway, and you

should have pride in yourself and what you’ve

achieved. Let them talk and don’t worry. They

have no idea about your history, your

memories and the life you’ve lived so far.

There’s still much to be written, so get busy

writing and don’t waste time thinking about

what others might think. Now is the time to be

at rest, at peace and as happy as you can be.

REMEMBER: “Life is too short to drink

bad wine and warm beer.”

Old Age is – A lot of crossed off names in an

Address Book

Spring – when the sap flows…

People who wonder if the glass is half empty or half full miss the point.

The glass is refillable.



Probus-Guildwood Information – Meeting Schedule

The Club meets on the 2nd Wednesday

of each Month

1:30 to 3:30 p.m. – Guildwood Community Presbyterian Church, 140 Guildwood Parkway,

Guildwood Village

CLUB PURPOSE

To provide regular gatherings for active retirees who join together to create opportunities to keep minds active, expand interests and enjoy the fellowship of new friends.

CLUB MAILING ADDRESS Probus-Guildwood

50 Sunnypoint Crescent Scarborough, ON M1M 1B9

email: [email protected] web site: http://probus-guildwood.homestead.com

Management-Executive Team 2017 - 2018 The Executive meets the fourth Wednesday of each month

President: Alan Burt [email protected]

416 266-4682

Past President: Wendy Hooker [email protected]

416 266-4682

Vice-President: VACANT Secretary: VACANT Treasurer: John Roblin [email protected]

416-266-6349

Membership: Enid Comars (chairperson) [email protected] Barrie Morgan (Assistant) [email protected] Elizabeth Williams (Assistant) [email protected]

416-264-2816 416-261-2735 416-282-8595

Speakers: Jane Corry [email protected]

416 289-1911

Newsletter [ed.] Dorothée McKinlay [email protected]

416 264-4748

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Sub-Committees and Helpers AV, Awards & Newsletter Printer: Gerard Baribeau

Refreshments: Carole Lidgold, Dorothée McKinlay, 50/50 Draw: Lee Grayhurst, Cheryn Parry, Diane Gamble Photographer: Barry Scheffer Web Site Co-ordinator: Barrie Morgan Activities: VACANT Lunch with Friends: Jan Eaton Set-up/Take down: Assistance is needed – please volunteer, you are needed – John Roblin Speakers: Cheryn Parry, Lee Grayhurst, Jan Eaton Resident Jokester: Janet Heise Membership Assistants: Mitzi Clarke, Maureen Bushey, Carolyn Hannaford, Margaret Niemela Proofreaders: Judy and Gerard Baribeau Reporters: Articles & events welcomed – Please – Thanks to all who submit items/articles...

The Newsletter is published monthly prior to our monthly meeting. Your Assistance most welcome and many thanks to all our “Helpers”

Last Column – Activity Calendar–

everything in one place Date Activity

Wed. Apr. 11 Monthly Meeting

Fri. Apr. 27 Lunch with Friends

Wed. May 9 Monthly Meeting

Fri. May 25 Lunch with Friends

Wed. June 13 Monthly Meeting

Fri. June 29 Lunch with Friends

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goes out more than I do!

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