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Danielle Arbour is Public Education Coordi-nator for the Alzheimer Society of Halton.
She has a Degree in Ger-ontology from McMaster University. Then went on to becoming a recreation therapist.
She has worked in a num-ber of clinical settings such as long term care home and hospital.
She has been the Public Education Coordinator in Halton for the last 4 ½ years.
Her talk is about keeping a healthy brain.
Www.probusclubofburlington.ca
Probus Clu b of Burl ington
U pcoming
Speakers
March 21- John Terp-
stra - Title TBD
April 18 - Bob English
- Title TBD
May 23 - John Garsh-
ennek - IKEA
June 20 - Michael
Gervers - Title TBD
How to Keep a Healthy Brain
February 2019
T he next meeting of the Probus Club
of Burlington will be held on Thursday February 21st, 2018 at 10:00AM at the Art Gallery of Burlington.
E xtending the hand
of welcome…
What better way to begin
our morning than with a
firm handshake and a
friendly smile from our
four greeters, Bill Her-
ridge, Jim Jones II,
Bill Milne, Sandy Ur-
chuk, guarantee this and
will set the tone for the
morning in true Probusci-
an style.
Thanks Gentlemen.
Assisting Jim Allan on the Member-ship Desk is Bruce Win-
ter. Reg Miche han-dles Renewals.
New Members
And, we 77 beautiful Probustitians
enjoyed, and were inspired by her
talk.
John Ashfield passed away on De-
cember 24. He had
been a member of the
club since 2011.
A note of condolence
was sent to the family
and a minute of si-
lence was held at
our January Meeting.
Peter, born in Hamil-
ton moved to Burling-
ton in the mid-fifties
with his parents and
two sisters. He at-
tended Burlington
Central High School in the late six-
ties and quickly found employment
after graduation as a service techni-
cian servicing printers and copiers.
Eventually, Peter was employed with
Xerox Canada, spanning a career of
almost 40 years. He held various
positions included technician, train-
er, manager, and analyst working
throughout South Western Ontario
and the GTA.
Following retirement Peter renovat-
ed his Haliburton area cottage to a
four-season home where he lived full
time for approximately 10 years. He
was actively involved in the local
lake association and served as presi-
dent for about 20 years.
Peter and his wife Nesta will be cele-
brating their fiftieth wedding anni-
versary in December 2018.
phones in our language …. you’ll find,
right, rite, wright & write …. or peak,
peek, peck & pique, all common words,
identical when spoken, but having en-
tirely different meanings. So, it must
also be difficult for a Hindi speaker to
master English.
Another language problem revealed
itself at the Probus meeting. The doc-
tor's power point program could not
communicate with our projector. So,
we had no visuals, thus we had to im-
agine the astounding beauty of the
Himalayan Mountains of Northern
India that kept her there for 11 years.
But I believe it was a good thing. It was
like radio …. we could “see” the scenery
in our mind, and so her Himalayas be-
came the most beautiful things we
could imagine. OK, maybe not if we
imagined Hamilton’s section of the
Niagara Escarpment that is referred to
as, “The Mountain”. When I was a pho-
tographer at the Spectator, we had a
reporter who had been with us a couple
of months, and driving with me to an
assignment asked, “Just where is this
mountain I keep hearing about”?
Now, back to the actual, “Speakers Re-
port”. After marriage, Karen worked
with her husband Pradeep caring for
families along the scenic Ganges in the
north. They treated all of the afflictions
of their patients, including TB and ma-
laria, which proved to be her undoing
when it struck her and eventually be-
came the reason, she returned to Cana-
da with her husband in 1996.
Back in Canada, Karen was a family
physician in West Hamilton until 2014,
and now works for Body Brave, a local
charity that supports people suffering
from eating disorders. She has written
an award-winning book, “Cloud Mes-
sengers," about her years in India, and
when she retires she wants to return to
the beautiful country, and people, of
northern India.
Condolences
It was great to be back in the front
row at our, Thursday, Jan 17, meet-
ing, after two months away from
reporting the monthly speaker’s
prognostications. I was absent for
November, not being clued into the
change of meeting date, then there
was no meeting in December, so
now we’re into a brand-new year. I
came to the meeting “cold”, pur-
posely, to make it more of a chal-
lenge. Even if I had known that our
speaker Karen Trollope, was an as-
sociate clinical professor of family
medicine at McMaster, with a PHD
in medical anthropology. I still
would not have been prepared for
her fantastic, smitten-at-first-sight,
love story, that spanned continents
…. infatuation is something that
Probus speakers rarely probe. And
she gave us this in the first minutes
of her talk.
In 1985, as a young family physi-
cian, she opted to visit India to pur-
sue her interest in helping people
there get better medical care. Intro-
duced to the head of a department
at one of the first hospitals she visit-
ed, she found that when their eyes
met, her life changed almost in-
stantly. And Karen Trollope was
destined to soon became Karen
Trollope-Kumar.
Their marriage took place within
months while Karen proceeded to
learn the language. Hindi is com-
plex with 56 characters in the alpha-
bet (instead of our 26) For instance,
there are three almost identical pro-
nunciations for the letter T. Howev-
er, look at the thousands of homo-
Meeting Review
By Bob Chambers
Members Pages
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Peter Falladown
parking meter stating that the
meeting has been canceled.
If you make the decision to cancel
after AGB hours, PLEASE leave a
message on the main reception line
(905.632.7796 ext.“0”) to let us
know you will be canceling the
meeting AND email Anji
([email protected]) and/or Gillian
([email protected]) to cancel the
meeting.
In the event that the AGB is closed
due to inclement weather or a
power outage:
If we know the AGB will be closing
the day before your meeting, we
will let you know asap. During a
night of inclement weather, we will
make the call by 7am. At this time,
our main line will state that we are
CLOSED until further notice.
If there is a power outage, our
phone lines will be down and we
are unable to record a general mes-
sage for the public. The EMER-
GENCY CLOSURES document
states that in cases of a power out-
age and no message is recorded,
consider the AGB CLOSED. This is
for security and safety reasons.
Organizers can still email Anji
([email protected]) and/or Gillian
([email protected]) for any type of
confirmation as we both will have
remote access to our emails and
will be available during these types
of emergencies.
Your Burlington British Pub.
Squires Public House, which harkens
back to an era where a pub became
more than just a place to have a meal,
but a gathering spot to celebrate
friends and family.
Join us after each meeting to continue
fellowship, have a good meal, all for
$15$ including a beer or a glass of
wine.
The annual General meeting will take
place at our February 21st meeting.
Relevant documents are at the
back of the Newsletter.
Extreme Weather & Power
Outage Procedures
In the event that your club may have to
cancel a meeting due to inclement
weather:
When you need to cancel the day be-
fore within the AGB’s opening hours,
PLEASE call the front desk at
905.632.7796 ext. “0” and talk to one
of our staff. We generally set up the
room the day or night before so having
this information ASAP is greatly appre-
ciated.
Since the AGB will still be open on the
day of your meeting, reception staff
will be available to field phone calls
and inform guests if they arrive for the
meeting. We will place a sign on the
Now living in Caledonia, he is re-
connecting with family and friends
in the Burlington and Hamilton
area.
Hobbies and interests include pho-
tography, decorative decoy carving
and folk music/guitar.
REMINDER - 2019 MEMBER-
SHIP RENEWAL AND DUES
For those of you who have already
paid your 2019 membership dues,
thanks very much for your prompt
payment and you can stop reading
this message now. If you don’t fit
into that bucket, please read on.
Your 2019 membership dues are
now past due and need to be
brought up to date in January. You
would have received an email about
this in October 2018. Within that
email was the renewal form and
instructions. If you don’t have a
copy of the renewal form, send an
email to member-
and one will be send to you.
Then, complete the form, attach a
cheque for $45. and bring them
both to the February 21, 2019 meet-
ing or mail them to:
Membership Renewals
Probus Club of Burlington
Brant Plaza Post Office
PO Box 85098
Burlington ON L7R 4K3
Your attention to this matter is ap-
preciated.
Members Pages
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Squire
2019 AGM
Special Events
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22nd Inter-club Grummett Trophy
Curling Bonspiel
Between Burlington and Lakeshore
Register On-line for the Inter-club Grummett Trophy
Curling Bonspiel.
Date/Time: Wednesday , March 6th, 2019@11:00 AM
Location: Burlington Curling Club (New Street)
Cost: 40$ includes Lunch and Prizes Limited to 20 Players
Spectators Welcome; cost for lunch $15.
Come out and cheer our club to victory.
Mark your Calendars Foster Festival in St. Catheri-
nes, Ontario
Tuesday, July 11th, 2:00pm
to see
“HILDA’S YARD”
by Norm Foster
Details to follow
Shaw Festival in Niagara on
the Lake, Ontario
Friday, September 27th,
2:00pm
to see
“THE LADYKILLERS”
by Graham Linehan, screen-
play by William Rose
Details to follow
Computer
Interest Group
Our next meeting will be on February 14th at 10am at Ap-pleby Place.
Robert will be answering your questions as well. So please send them to [email protected]
Interest Group Activities
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Published monthly by The Probus Club of Burlington, Box 85098, Brant Plaza P.O., Burlington ON, L7R 4K3
President: Ken Ahrens, 905-637-7943 Editing & Distribution: Bob Lalonde, 905-332-1383.
Probus Bridge Club
The Monday Bridge Group
Meets every week at the Ca-
nadian Legion. Join us for
lunch and friendly games of
bridge Starts at 12 Noon..
Oh Boy!
Winter Humour
AGM Documents
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Annual General Meeting 2019
PROBUS CLUB OF BURLINGTON
NOTICE OF 32nd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (2019)
Take notice that the 32nd Annual General Meeting of the Club will be
held on Thursday February 21st, 2019 at the Art Gallery of Burlington
during the monthly Regular General Meeting held on that day.
This notice is accompanied by the following:
Minutes of the 31st Annual Meeting of 15 February 2018
Reports for 2018 of the Audit Committee and Treasurer
Report of the Nominating Committee with proposed Management, Au-
dit and Nominating Committees for 2019-2020.
The business to be transacted will include:
Presentation of the Minutes of the 31st Annual Meeting held February
15, 2018;
Presentation of the 2018 Reports of the Audit Committee and Treasurer;
Presentation of the Report of the Nominating Committee naming the
members proposed for 2019-2020 for the Management, Audit and
Nominating Committees and Motions for the acceptance of these re-
ports.
Recognition of members who have passed away this year.
Presentation of his report for 2018-2019 by President Ken Ahrens.
Any new business.
Dated this 28th day January, 2019
Secretary John Bembenek
Wayne Pushka
AGM Documents
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Minutes of the 31st AGM held 15 February 2018
Note: Neither Brian Pattrick nor in-coming President Ken Ahrens attended this meeting due to illness. Vice President Edward Eves chaired the meeting.
V/Pres. Ed: The 2018 Annual General Meeting is called to order. Wayne, do we have the quorum required for an AGM? Wayne: Ed, our Constitution requires a quorum of 25% of the total membership and we have more than that present, represent-ing a Quorum. V/Pres. Brian: May I have a motion from Wayne Pushka to approve the minutes of the 2017 AGM, as circulated with the notice of this meeting? Wayne: I so move. V/Pres. Ed: May I have a seconder for the motion? I, Jim Csordas second the motion. V/Pres. Ed: Are there any questions concerning these minutes? May I have a show of hands FOR the motion. AGAINST the motion. The motion is CARRIED. V/Pres. Ed: May I have a motion from Glen Huffman to approve the Financial Statements for December 31, 2017, as circulated with the notice of this meeting? Glen: I so move. V/Pres. Ed: May I have a seconder for the motion? I, Robert Dickison second the motion. V/Pres. Ed: Are there any questions concerning the report? May I have a show of hands FOR the motion. AGAINST the motion The motion is CARRIED. V/Pres. Ed: May I have a motion from Glen Huffman to approve the Audit Committee Report, as circulated with the notice of this meeting? Glen: I so move. V/Pres. Ed: May I have a seconder for the motion? I, Dave Rokosh second the motion. V/Pres. Ed: Are there any questions concerning the report? May I have a show of hands FOR the motion. AGAINST the motion. The motion is CARRIED. V/Pres. Ed: Gentlemen, I now request Past-President Bob English, who is also Chairman of the Nominating Committee, to make a motion to accept the Nominating Committee report. Bob: Mr. Vice President I move to approve the Nominating Committee’s Report as circulated with the notice of this meeting. V/Pres. Ed: May I have a seconder for the motion? I, Bob Lalonde second the motion. Bob English: Wayne Pushka , have any further nominations been received for the Committees named in the report? Wayne: Mr. V/President, no further nominations have been received. V/Pres. Ed: Are there any questions concerning the report? May I have a show of hands FOR the motion. AGAINST the motion. The motion is CARRIED. V/Pres. Ed: Finally, I propose the following motion: The Management Committee for the year 2016-2017 and its associated Committees, Sub-Committees, Interest Groups and Agents in the exercise of their fiduciary responsibilities have acted in good faith, and in the best interests of the members. The members are asked to approve all such actions and to hold the Committees, Sub-Committees, Interest Groups and Agents harm-less from any errors or omissions in exercising their discretion on behalf of the members. Bob English: May I move to make a motion to hold all members harmless? V/Pres. Ed: May I have a seconder for the motion? I, Wayne Pushka second the motion. Are there any questions concerning this motion?
AGM Documents
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Minutes of the 31st AGM held 15 February 2018 Continued
May I have a show of hands FOR the motion. AGAINST the motion. The motion is CARRIED. During the year we learned of the deaths of a number of our members, namely: Bob Dickison has provided me with a list of members who have passed away. Names were shown on an overhead slide. During the year we have observed a minute’s silence for each of these members President Brian’s AGM remarks will be published in the next issue of the newsletter. However, he wanted to recognize Bob English who is leaving the Management Committee after 4 years. Bob was an excellent leader who contributed a lot to the group. In Addition, Glen Huffman is leaving the role of Treasurer after 10 years. He also wished to recognize Glen for his outstanding contributions to the Club. V/Pres. Ed: I now declare the AGM adjourned and we will resume our regular meeting.
Mick Binder
AGM Documents
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED December 31, 2018
2018 2017
REVENUES
#REF! 7,900$ 8,550$
#REF! 275$ 500$
Special Events 18,450$ 24,874$
Other Revenue 1,741$ 1,838$
TOTAL REVENUES 28,366$ 35,762$
EXPENSES
Membershipm Services 97$ 917$
Meetings 6,037$ 5,878$
Special Events 18,653$ 24,229$
Probus Centre Fee 779$ 804$
Communications 1,506$ 2,088$
Office Administration 448$ 628$
Other/New Club Funding -$ -$
TOTAL EXPENSES 27,520$ 34,544$
SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) 846$ 1,218$
Member's Equity Previous Year 7,186$ 5,968$
Members Equity Current Year 8,032$ 7,186$
Director Director
Mick Binder
AGM Documents
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BALANCE SHEET
as at December 31, 2018
ASSETS
2018 2017
Current
Cash- Note 2 12,320$ 12,662$
Accounts Receivable 52$ -$
12,372$ 12,662$
LIABILITIES
Current
Deferred Income- Dues 4,340$ 5,480$
Accounts Payable (4)$
4,340$ 5,476$
NET ASSETS
Per Statement of Changes in Net Assets 8,032$ 7,186$
TOTAL LIABILITIES 12,372$ 12,662$
On Behalf of the Board: _____________________
Director
On Behalf of the Board: _____________________
Director
Mick Binder
Mick Binder
AGM Documents
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Officers of the Club 2019/20
President: Edward Eves
1st VP : Jim Anas
2nd VP: Don Puley
Secretary : John Bembenek/Wayne
Pushka
Treasurer: Mike Binder
Past President: Ken Ahrens