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Probus-Gui ldwood
Our Strength is Fellowship, Our Success is Participation.
ISSUE #58 NEWSLETTER January 2017
Probus-Guildwood Meetings are held the 2nd Wednesday of the 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
Happy New Year. This time
of year is typically one of
reflection and identifying areas
where we want to change and
improve. Remember those
New Year’s resolutions?
The same is true for Probus-
Guildwood. We find ourselves
at a point where we need to make changes.
When I joined in November 2015 membership
was 108 members, we are now at 82, including
those who have indicated they will renew at the
January general meeting on January 11. Your
executive has struck an ad hoc committee
whose pervue is to examine ways in which to
increase membership and provide a broader
selection of social activities. We not only want
to attract new members we also want to keep
them.
This process started after the November 2016
General Meeting attended by myself, Wendy
Hooker, Eric Niemela and Joy McIntosh. Our
interactions with members of other clubs started
us thinking of ways to attract new members and
the possibilities for new activities. We will be
reviewing all suggestions and selecting those
that are felt will best reflect the needs of our
club members.
We also want to involve you in this process. To
that end Wendy prepared a survey that we need
you to fill out to provide us with your thoughts
on what you think of the club as it is, and where
you want it to go. Some new things will likely
include a Probus-Guildwood website that has
been created and maintained by Barrie Morgan.
Early versions look great. So please join us in
renewing and reinvigorating our club. Two
thousand seventeen looks like it could be very
rewarding for us all. Alan
A Wonderful Christmas Celebration
Gerard Baribeau, a child at heart who clearly
enjoys decorating for Christmas, created an
enchanting festive environment with his ever
expanding inflatable Christmas characters of
Santa, toy soldiers, snow men and diverse
winter menagerie. Gerard prepared the
individual table treats which Pat Sawyer, charter
member and resident of PE County, placed at
each setting. The Qssis staff prepared our
festive tables and delightful luncheon. Karen
Manuel and Dawna Barrett, donned in
celebratory head wear, greeted our 54
resplendent members and guests while Joy
McIntosh and Lee McLeod assisted many who
purchased the Mural Routes Calendars, 50/50
tickets and completed the sign-up sheets for our
January Lunch with Friends at Aioli and various
excursions for 2017.
While Gerard and Wendy took group pictures,
Barrie Morgan taped segments of the afternoon,
particularly the
performance of
Vladimir Gorodkin.
While listening to
Vladimir’s delightful
concert, Santa
suddenly made a
surprise appearance visiting each boy and girl
and bestowing Christmas candy canes.
Merry Christmas to all and thanks to those who
were able to attend this seasonal celebration.
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Pictures from our Christmas Luncheon
Judy gave the invocation
Santa enticing the girls
Calmly waiting for lunch
Karin and Dawn ready for the check in
Looking at the stage action
A bank is a place that will lend you money, if
you can prove that you don’t need it.
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2017 Executive & Helpers (missing – Gerard)
Our December entertainer
Vladimir Gorodkin
Tsimbaly/hammer dulcimer
Entertainer
Janet delivers her giggle
of the month
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Selecting December Winners Vlad chooses winning stub with Alan…
and the Winner is
Dawna Barrett wins half the “pot”
then pulls the stub for a chance to
win 2 Million Dollars
A day without sunshine
is like night.
And the winner is –
Join us at Fallingbrook Presbyterian Church
Hall for a Robbie Burns Night. The church is
located at 35 Wood Glen Rd., the SE corner of
Kingston Road. A festive Scottish dinner
including roast beef, veggies and haggis, if you
wish to try and an evening of entertainment is
included. Tickets are $35 per person. Contact
Carmen at 416-699-3084. The date is Saturday,
January 21, at 5:00 p.m. reception and dinner at
6:00 p.m. We’ll also have a signup sheet at our
January meeting. Alan and Wendy
Canada 2017 – 150 Years
During the First World War, thousands of
T. Eaton Company employees enlisted. Each
time a Toronto employee was sent overseas, a
portrait of him was displayed prominently in the
Toronto store. More than 2000 of these
portraits survived to become a part of the
T. Eaton Company records.
City of Toronto Museums and Heritage
Services, Mackenzie House, and the Archives of
Ontario are collecting personal stories for a
2017 exhibit to honour these soldiers.
We want to know the stories of these men.
Can you help?
Please submit to:
toronto.ca/mackenziehouse
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Volunteer Service Awards Nominations for the Volunteer Service Awards
are being accepted by the Ontario Honours and
Awards Secretariat.
Volunteers are a vital resource to our
communities. They are critical to the strength
and resilience of our province. The Volunteer
Service Awards honour Ontario’s finest citizens.
Nomination forms and criteria are available on
the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
website:
www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/citizenship/h
onours/vsa.shtml.
Deadline: January 25, 2017.
York University and Markham Public
Library launch inaugural York
University Scholars Hub speakers
series
York University and the Markham Public
Library are partnering to bring some of York’s
top academic minds to York Region at the
Markham Public Library in 2017. The York
University Scholars Hub speakers series
launches with a six-month theme around
Neuroscience.
How Your Brain Lives, Works...And Dies:
Neuroscience in the Modern World, will feature
talks and expertise on the functioning brain
from faculty and researchers in the Faculties of
Science and Health at York University.
The Scholars Hub Speaker series will take place
at the Markham Village Branch on the second
Thursday of each month, located at 6031
Highway 7. Each talk is from 7-8:30 p.m., and
for added convenience, childcare is provided.
[we need adultcare at times] Talks include:
February 9, 2017: Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s & Neurodegenerative
Disease: When Brain Proteins Go Rogue
Dr. Derek Wilson (Chemistry)
March 9, 2017: Sensory Systems: How Do We “Sense” the
World Around Us?
Dr. Chris Bergevin (Biological Physics)
April 13, 2017: Your Brain in Action
Dr. Denise Henriques (Kinesiology and Health
Science)
May 11, 2017: The Beautiful Brain: How Do We See the
World?
Dr. Georg Zoidl (Biology/Psychology)
June 8, 2017: How We See in 3D
Dr. Laurie Wilcox (Psychology)
The unique partnership is part of York
University’s goals of community engagement
and reputation-building, with a unique
collaboration that invites alumni, students and
their families, and the public to engage in
meaningful talks and discussions on the
fascination of the human brain.
Space for each talk is limited.
To RSVP and for more details please click here.
Lunch with Friends The next Lunch with Friends will be held on
Thursday, January 26, 2017, 12:00 p.m. at the
Aioli Bistro restaurant – 2446 Kingston Rd. the
cost will be $30.00 for fixed three course meals.
There will be a sign-up sheet at our January
meeting. Thanks. Jan Eaton
Speakers at Our
Monthly Meetings Jan. 11 L’Arche Daybreak – Beth Porter
Feb. 8 Metro Zoo – Karen Conway
Mar. 8 Toronto Firefighter – Ian MacPherson
Yeah, it's funny..
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Memberhip
Fifty-three members and one guest attended our
Christmas luncheon. Effective January 1, 2017,
we have 75 members; 74 who have renewed
their membership from 2016 plus one new
member who joined at our Christmas party.
Welcome Susan Farenholtz. I hope that you’ll
find your membership a most rewarding
experience throughout 2017. Occasionally
we’ve needed to contact member(s). If you
have relocated since you joined this wonderful
organization, please update your current
address/information with the membership
people at the table at our monthly meeting or
email to me at: [email protected]
To reduce printing costs, please advise us if you
have an email address so that we can email the
newsletter (and you’ll receive it in colour too).
Help keep us informed about members who are
ill, hospitalized or have had a bereavement so
that Karen Manuel can send cards. Karen can
be reached by telephone 416 283-5079 or by
email: [email protected]
We would also like to know about any
member’s special event, award, 50th
anniversary, etc. Eric Niemela
What did one ocean say to the other ocean?
Nothing, they just waved.
Refreshments
We are thankful to the Suites by the Lake
Residence who will be providing January’s
sweets refreshments. Then it is up to us
members to provide the sweets for subsequent
months. Ladies and gentlemen share your
baking with us.
Karen Manuel has volunteered to do some of the
refreshments for February. We need at least
three people every month to make sure there is
something good to snack on after the business
meeting. Please call me if you can help in
February and/or other months. I have
volunteered for March with Joy McIntosh. We
could use someone else volunteering with us.
No one has volunteered for April so please
contact me if you have some baking you would
like to share.
Thank you to all who can help in the coming
months. Carole M. Lidgold, Co-Ordinator,
416-284-0742 [email protected]
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]
Wendy sent a few items:
Scarborough Village Recreation Centre 3600 Kingston Road, north east corner of
Kingston and Markham Roads. 416-396-4048
1. Leisure Skating, Older Adults (55+) at:
10:00 a.m. to noon, Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday to March 31, 2017
2. Free eight week Adult Evening Programs:
Cake Decorating, Ballet, Bollywood, Hip
Hop, Drawing and Sketching, Beginner
Sewer starting January 11, 2017.
Registration required.
3. Free 10 week Adult Evening Programs:
Cardio-Hi/Lo, Stretch and Strength, Yoga,
Pilates/Yoga Fusion, Pilates, Starting
January 9, 2017. Registration required
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4. Free 9-10 week Adult Day Programs:
Euchre, Memoire Writing, Cardio-Hi/Lo,
Stretch and Strength, Yoga, Clogging,
cooking, Tai Chi, Art Studio, Line Dancing,
Woodcarving, Paper Tole, Zumba Gold,
Osteo Fitness, Stained Glass, Tap Dance
and Gentle Fit. Starts January 9, 2017.
Registration required
5. Free Older Adult Drop In Day Programs:
Quilting, Paper Tole, Bingo, Bunka, Studio,
euchre, Crochet/Knitting, Dominoes, Choir,
Line Dancing, Euchre and Bid Euchre, Folk
Art painting, Shuffle Board, Darts, Scrabble,
Cribbage, Texas Hold’em, Walking, skating.
Registration required.
Scarborough Village Seniors – day trip to
Drayton for Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat
Date: Saturday, May 27, 2017
Depart: 8:45 a.m. Scarborough Village
Market: 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Visit to St. Jacobs Market
Lunch: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Enjoy a delicious meal At The Crossroads
Restaurant
Show: 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Reserved orchestra seating for Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Return: Arrival in Scarborough about 6:30 p.m.
For sale parachute. Only used once, never
opened.
Shingles Vaccine Free for Ontario Seniors
Provincial Program Helps Save Seniors
Money and Stay Healthy
Ontario is reminding seniors who are turning 65
in 2017 that, starting January 1, they will be
eligible to get the shingles vaccine free of
charge, saving them approximately $170 and
helping them stay healthy.
Seniors aged 65 to 70 can get the vaccine from
their doctor or nurse practitioner. The vaccine
greatly reduces the risk of developing shingles.
Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, affects
more than 42,000 people every year in Ontario.
People with shingles often experience pain,
tingling, or itching and then a painful rash. This
rash can last for a month or more and is often
severe enough to interfere with daily activities.
For some, complications from the virus can lead
to serious health problems such as loss of vision
and prolonged nerve pain.
Expanding Ontario's publicly funded
immunization program to help seniors stay
healthy is part of the government's plan to build
a better Ontario through its Patients First:
Action Plan for Health Care, which is providing
patients with faster access to the right care,
better home and community care, the
information they need to stay healthy and a
health care system that's sustainable for
generations to come.
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Probus-Guildwood Information – Meeting Schedule
The Club meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the 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] website: probus-guildwood.homestead.com
Management-Executive Team 2016 - 2017 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: Jane Corry
[email protected] 416-261-6812
Secretary: Joy McIntosh
[email protected] 416 269-7376
Treasurer: John Roblin
[email protected] 416-266-6349
Membership: Eric Niemela
[email protected] 416-267-2762
Speakers: Jane Corry
[email protected] 416 261-6812
Newsletter [ed.] Dorothée McKinlay
[email protected] 416 264-4748
Sub-Committees and Helpers
Refreshments: Carole Lidgold, Dorothée McKinlay 50/50 Draw: Lee Grayhurst, Cheryn Parry, Diane
Gamble Photographer: Barry Scheffer Activities: Vacant Lunch with Friends: Jan Eaton Set-up/Take down: assistance is needed – please volunteer, you are needed – John Roblin Speakers: Jane Corry, Cheryn Parry, Lee Grayhurst Student Reading: Joyce Russell Resident Jokester: Janet Heise Membership Assistant: Mitzi Clarke, Maureen Bushey,
Carolyn Hannaford Proofreader: Judy Baribeau Reporters: articles 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. Jan. 11 Monthly Meeting
Thurs. Jan.26 Lunch with Friends - Aioli
Bistro
Wed. Feb. 8 Monthly Meeting
Wed. Mar. 8 Monthly Meeting
Ontario Increasing Transparency for Drivers
Using Towing and Vehicle Storage Services
December 27, 2016
New Rules Will Strengthen Consumer
Protection
Ontario is reminding consumers that, as of
January 1, 2017, new requirements are in place
for tow truck or vehicle storage services
designed to increase transparency and
strengthen consumer protection.
The new changes will ensure tow and storage
providers:
Have permission from the consumer or
someone acting on their behalf before
towing or storing a vehicle
Publicly disclose rates and other information
such as the provider's name and telephone
number on tow trucks as well as in places of
business
Accept credit card payments from
consumers (and not insist on cash only)
Notify consumers where their vehicle will
be towed
Allow consumers to access their towed
vehicles to remove personal property at no
charge between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on all
business days
Give consumers an itemized invoice listing
the services provided and costs before
receiving payment
Disclose if they are getting a financial
incentive for towing a vehicle to a particular
vehicle storage facility or repair shop.
Protecting consumers is part of our plan to
create jobs, grow our economy and help people
in their everyday lives.
