In This Issue
President's Message
Next Meeting
Xmas Photos
Ladies Lunch
Snowshoeing
2nd Glass Tour
Snowshoeing
1st R.Held tour
UPCOMING - In your PROBUS
UPCOMING - In our Area
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L.I.F.E.
(Probus style!)
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Contacts
PRESIDENT
 
PAST PRESIDENT
Robert Grose
 
TREASURER

SECRETARY
Loretta Dahn

MEMBERSHIP CHAIR

SOCIAL CHAIR
 
SPEAKER CO-CHAIRS

HOSPITALITY CHAIR

COMMUNICATIONS CHAIRS
 
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
Phil Howell
Grant Foster
Norm Kilarski

Issue: #1
February 2016
President's Message
 

Welcome to winter in Nanoose.  Let's hope local groundhogs (or marmots) have done their due diligence and Spring is just around the corner.

It's time for us to look forward to another great year with friends and it's also a time to consider what makes our club successful.  It's YOU.......

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NEXT MEETING (Feb.5@ 9:15) 

Ever considered how looking at others makes us take a look at ourselves?

Photographer Dr. Robert Dalton, will be at our next meeting to take us into his special world ...

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CHRISTMAS DINNER AND DANCE 

Good photos of a great time

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Ladies' Lunch                                                       
This month's lunch is at:
Thursday 11 February, 2016 @ 1PM.  
 Click here to sign up     
 

Coming Up:   March Ladies' lunch: 
Thurs 10 March - C-View Restaurant, Qualicum Beach Inn 

Upcoming OUT AND ABOUT - Snowshoeing
 
Come out on March 8 and try snowshoeing at beautiful Paradise Meadows at the base of Mount Washington. To find out more and sign-up...
 
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Upcoming OUT AND ABOUT - Robert Held Gallery (March 15)
 
This is your SECOND chance to visit this amazing gallery and glass-blowing studio.

sign up online...

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More Upcoming OUT AND ABOUT

 
A boat trip to Bamfield is in the works.  The special low cost of $35 per person is in effect until the end of February.  Come to the February 5 General Meeting to hear details from Robert Grose.  He is hoping to arrange a trip for Saturday, February 27 if there is sufficient interest.

How about a night at the theatre?  Robert is organizing a group to attend The Bailey Studio to see the comedy "Office Hours" on the evening of Thursday, March 10.  Come to the February 5 General Meeting to get details.
 

A Review of November's Robert Held Art Glass Gallery/Factory Tour           
 
 
Shimmering beauty in Parksville...
 
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UPCOMING - In your PROBUS

February 5 - General meeting, 9:15

February 10 - Management meeting, 1:30

February 11 - Ladies Lunch, 1:00

March 8 - Social Snowshoeing

 

Mark Your Calendar: 

March 4 - General Meeting,9:15

July 20 - Summer Picnic

August 24 - Appetizer Extravaganza

December 7 - Christmas Dinner/Dance

  

Click on each event in the calendar for more information. 
UPCOMING - In the Area
Check out   the calendar on the website to find activities that are going on around our beautiful area as well as our own PROBUS events.
 
Sunday@4 Lecture Series 
3:30 bar opens/4pm lecture/buffet dinner for preregistered guests (250-468-9915) following
Feb 14 - Rock of Gibraltar:  Catastrophic Flooding
Feb 28 - Haydn:  Symphony No. 104
Mar 6 - African Rift Valley: Cracks into the Earth
Mar. 20 - Mozart:  Symphony in C Major "Jupiter"
 
ElderCollege Saturday Speakers Series starts February 23 at VIU.  The opening topic is "Great Trek of the North West Mounted Police in 1884".  For details: click here 
New and interesting ElderCollege courses start in March and in May.   
 
Qualicum Beach Farmers Market has opened again after a holiday break.  The indoor market takes place Saturdays between 8:30 and noon.  Click here for details.