PROBUS CLUB OF PICKERING Grey Matters MARCH 2018 Volume 5 Number 5 President Fran Sancroft fransancroft@gmail.com Vice President David Werry dkwerry70@gmail.com Past President Garry Fitzpatrick garryfitz@sympatico.ca Secretary Jackie Boyd pickeringprobus234@gmail.com Treasurer Frank Green Green1796@rogers.com House Nancy Cooper n3cooper@gmail.com Membership Iris Forsey irisforsey@gmail.com Activities Gail Perks rongail@sympatico.ca Newsletter Sandy Smiles pickeringprobus234@gmail.com Social Shirlie Van Putten shirlievanputten@rogers.com Melanie Hancock m.hancock@rogers.com Speakers Kathy Borisko kborisko@hotmail.com Webmaster David MacCutchan dwmaccut@gmail.com HAPPY SPRING! March is National Probus Month We are Celebrating! Join our Celebration at our Monthly Meeting on Wednesday, March 28th at 10:00 am at the Pickering Recreation Complex, East Salon. The Mayor, several VIPS, Probus District Directors, and Durham District Probus Presidents will be in attendance. After a brief business meeting, we will welcome our speakers: Sargent Sheri Tate from Durham Regional Police Services The President and CEO of Lakeridge Health - Ajax-Pickering Hospital The Gift of Life Network - Donors and Recipients You will also have an opportunity to ask our speakers any questions after the presentations. It promises to be an interesting and informative meeting and an opportunity to mix and mingle with other members at the lunch. REMINDERS AND THINGS TO NOTE Fran Sancroft - President 1. Members Mingle Lunch will directly follow our General Meeting on Wednesday, March 28th. Don t forget your red ticket for the luncheon. If you missed purchasing a lunch ticket, please contact either Melanie or Shirlie. Tickets WILL NOT be available to purchase at the meeting as the lunch order will need to be placed a week before the event. Cost is $5.00 per person. 2. Entrance Fee at Monthly Meetings Your management team would like to thank the many members who have cheerfully paid the mandatory $2 fee before entering our meeting room each month. In response to some inquiries we would like to inform you that this money goes toward the cost of cookies served at break as well as helping to cover speaker and facility costs. Your continued support is appreciated.
New Members February Meeting Golf Contact Jim at jameshhare@yahoo.com is going strong and we look forward to new members. We play at on Valley Farm Road on Mondays at 1 pm. Contact Pauline at 289-660-3330 or sampsonp84@gmail.com. ACTIVITIES The billiards club meets every other Friday at 11 am. at Petrina's Taps and in Ajax. Next meeting is March 30. Just $4 for Probus members. Contact Don Voorhees, by email holdus1399@gmail.com or 905 427-9653. Bridge Marathon Contact Dave at powleydi@gmail.com or phone 905-683-1444. Book Club The first book club (meets on 3 rd Friday) is full but accepting names for the waitlist - contact Dolores Forster doloresfor@gmail.com. Mary Pappas is the convener of the 2 nd book club. Contact mary.milosh74@gmail.com. Euchre We meet the first & third Thursday of the month from 1 pm - 4 pm at the Pickering Legion on Bayly. Contact Kathy Borisko at kborisko@hotmail.com for more information. Garden Club Our next gathering will be at Allan Gardens on April 27 th. For more information contact Mary Pappas at mary.milosh74@gmail.com Photography Club We meet at on Valley Farm Road in the private dining room. Please park on the street or in the recreation parking lot. Contact Vicki Samson at hijinx@rogers.com Probus Singers Probus Member, Judy Scott-Jacobs has volunteered to lead the Probus Singers. She has an incredible music background and had led many choirs and groups over the years. We are still looking for an accompanist. Please see Fran at the meeting to sign-up. RODEO - Retired Old Dames Eating Out Our next lunch is at The Fox Goes Free for Tuesday, April 10 at 12:00 noon which is located at 339 Kingston Road on the south side between Altona and Rougemount. Each lady will be responsible for her own bill. Sign up is necessary at the meeting or via e-mail. Please contact Debbie Cox at: d_c_cox@hotmail.com if more information is needed. Ski Club We had one fun ski outing this winter. Snow conditions, especially for cross-country, were not favourable. We look forward to a warm spring and summer. For next year those interested are looking into joining the North Toronto Ski Club which organizes ski outings that include bus transportation, reduced price ski passes, and a lesson. Happy Spring! Convener - Joan Black hiitsjoan@gmail.com.
Contact Jeanette Adams at jeanette.mary.adams@gmail.com or Bev Sinclair at rap875@rogers.com SOCIAL ACTIVITIES The following events will be available to book at the March meeting. Remember, we are there at 9:30 a.m. if you want to sign up early. Please remember your chequebook! April 9 th (2 pm) Cost - $3.00 per person Trivia Challenge Falcon Brewing Company, 30 Barr Road, Ajax April 11 th Putting Edge Cost $16 FUN afternoon!! Staying at home or going out to the movies is easy. But we believe that change is good and comfortable is overrated. Especially when there s a fun and imaginative world that exists when we dare to go over the edge at Putting Edge, Whitby. Mini Putt Arcade voucher Snacks May 11 th Woodbine Race Track (SOLD OUT) May 14 th Stratford Festival Presents THE MUSIC MAN Cost $169 A charming but fraudulent salesman arrives in River City to work his usual scam - only to find that a bill of goods can be the real deal. With melodies that include the rousing "Seventy-Six Trombones," this musical-comedy classic will delight the whole family. Return transportation by deluxe motor coach, Driver s Tip Lunch at The Parlour Inn Ticket to The Music Man June 10 th Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Cost $82 pp Westben Theatre is an Arts Theatre located in a beautiful outdoor setting in Campbellford. Theatre ticket Coach transportation Picnic lunch June 20 th Blue Jays (12:37 pm) Cost $75 pp Blue Jays vs the Atlanta Braves Level 100 baseline seats Transportation June 25th Annual PROBUS Club BBQ Cost - $12 members and $17 non members Pickering Soccer Club Choose from an array of BBQ faves like hamburgers, chicken on a bun and Italian sausage, sales and beverages. Our friends from Falcon Brewing Company will be on hand to serve you a cold one! COMMUNITY EVENTS 1st Pickering Club Our club which includes over 40 Pickering Probus members plays at the Pickering Recreation Complex on Mondays and at the Pickering Village United on Tuesdays and Fridays. All sessions are from 9 am - 12:30 pm and require a $3 drop in fee. New players are welcome. For more information contact David Werry at dkwerry70@gmail.com.
Friday, March 23 rd (1 pm 4 pm) Games Day George Ashe Library & Community Centre Join the 55+ Program Committee for an afternoon of exciting games and social fun. Refreshments provided. Call to reserve your spot. 905.420.4660 ext. 6100. Free for Pickering Residents 55+. pickering.ca/greatevents Sunday, April 29, 2018 (9:30 am - 3:30 pm) Ajax-Pickering Stamp & Coin Show Pickering Recreation Centre 1867 Valley Farm Road, Pickering Free Admission and Parking Lunch and refreshments available Stamp and Coin Dealers club and youth tables Contact: roberts.jhr@rogers.com Sunday, March 25 th (2pm 4 pm) George Lake Big Band Concert Pickering Recreation Centre Tickets $6.50 each 55+ Aging Well Together Pickering.ca/greatevents or call 905 420-6588 Wednesday, April 4 th (10 am) Goodwood Community Centre 268 Highway 47, Goodwood An information session is being held for a new club forming for Uxbridge. For more information contact: uxbridgeprobus@gmail.com Saturday, May 12th * (2:30 pm 4:00 pm) Music4Life Ensemble presents: Disney on Strings Special Guest Performers Archbishop Denis O Connor Catholic High School Youth Choir Forest Brook Community 60 Kearney Drive, Ajax Adults $15 Students and Seniors $10 Kids (12 and under) $5 Doors open at 2:00 p.m. https://www.music4lifeensemble.ca/ *Editor s note: Dates updated from previous newsletter. Saturday, April 14 th * (2:30 pm 4:00 pm) Strings on the Red Carpet Music4Life Ensemble presents: Special Guest Performer Saj McKenley Favourite songs from the Oscars and Emmys Forest Brook Community 60 Kearney Drive, Ajax Adults $15 Students and Seniors $10 Group Sales purchase 10 tickets or more and receive a 10% discount Kids (12 and under) Free Doors open at 2:00 p.m. https://www.music4lifeensemble.ca/
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Easter Sunday 1 2 3 Photography Club - 9:30 am 4 5 6 7 8 9 Trivia Challenge Falcon Brewing Co. 2 pm RODEO Fox Goes Free. 10 Management Meeting Putting Edge 11 Euchre Club Pickering Legion 1-4 pm 12 Petrina's 1 st Book Club 2 pm. 13 14 Strings on the Red Carpet Forest Brook Community 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2nd Book Club 10:30 am 24 25 PROBUS Meeting Euchre Club Pickering Legion 1-4 pm 26 Petrina s 27 28 29 Ajax-Pickering Stamp and Coin Show 30 Garden Club Allan Gardens