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MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Contacts
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PRESIDENT
TREASURER
SECRETARY
Loretta Dahn
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR
SOCIAL CHAIR
SPEAKER CO-CHAIRS
HOSPITALITY CHAIR
COMMUNICATIONS CHAIRS
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
Phil Howell
Grant Foster
Norm Kilarski
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President's Message Next Meeting is Friday May 6th
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Our club's success is infectious! The positive comments from those who come to the meetings as well as from those who partake in our activities or enjoy our interest groups, continue to surprise me. There's an energy...
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Next PROBUS Meeting Speaker, May 6,2016
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As of Feb 27, 2016, 8,527 privately sponsored refugees have arrived in Canada. Some say as many as 120 refugees could soon call the Mid-Vancouver Island home.
On May
6th, come out to hear Dr. Ghazi Farooq, a retired United Nations advocate for human rights, who will be talking to us about the Islamic Centre of Nanaimo's sponsorship of a Syrian refugee family and the overwhelming support...
Read More...
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ADDITIONAL SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS BEING FORMED!!!
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If you have been waiting for an opening in one of our Club's Special Interest Groups, there is good news for you. Some of our more in-demand groups are spinning off new clubs for you to join.
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HIKING GROUP - Another Hike Coming up May 7th!
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Eleven of your fellow PROBUS members took a walk in the woods to start off the hiking season. The May hike will be on Saturday, May 7 to Biggs and Jack's Point Park...
click here to join the hike
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OUT AND ABOUT Upcoming: Golf on Friday the 13th
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Just a social golfer? Perfect! Play 9 holes at
Qualicum Memorial Golf Course on May 13.
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OUT AND ABOUT Upcoming: Kitty Coleman Gardens on May 19
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Spend a spring day walking among rhododendrons, woods and ponds at the Kitty Coleman Woodlands Gardens near Courtenay.
learn more...
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Book Launch: A Spy Author in Our Midst! May 15th
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PROBUS member Bob Popple is launching his newest biography
Cold War Warrior a real life tale of Canadian MI6 agent, Lawrence Fox. Come out on May 15th to Fairwinds Golf Club, meet the author and support Nanoose Community Services. For more details about Bob and this exciting biography...
read more
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Ladies' Lunch |
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NO LADIES LUNCH IN MAY
The June Ladies Lunch will be on Thursday, June 9
at Cuckoo Trattoria in Coombs
Details and sign-up in next month's e-News
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NW Bay Probus (Glass) Artists in Training
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The heat is breathtaking, the fire simply blinding,
but the thrill of creating your own piece of art glass
is awesome, as seven of our Probus members discovered
at Robert Held Gallery on April 4th. To see and hear about their experience...
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OUT AND ABOUT Upcoming: June 17th
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Digital Scavenger Hunt and Lunch
When: Friday, June 17th, 10 AM
Where: Somewhere in Parksville
Bonnie and Phil Howell (master designers of last year's DSH in Nanaimo) will once again be challenging Probus members to a morning of digital sleuthing, this time in beautiful downtown Parksville.
Mark your calendars and stay tuned!
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What would you do in this Situation?
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Every day, thousands of people suffer Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Would you know how to help?
To find out how, watch this...
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April Meeting
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Were you aware that you share 98% of your genes with a chimp 44% with a fruit fly and 18% with a plant? Dr.Ed Ishiguro returned to our Probus, this time to share with us some of his fascinating research involving the human genome project...
Read more...
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TRIVIA!
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Our Club joined Nanoose Bay Probus for a trivia competition on March 30.
The group of 32 had barrels of fun, divided into teams of four.
The prize was
FAME: being named in our e-News! So the winners are:
1st round -
Margaret White, Ian Smith, Heather Popple, Mary Crist.
2nd round -
Chuck Swanson, Claudette Biron, Judy Love-Eastham, David White.
It looks like a rematch is in the works for this coming autumn, so stay tuned.
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UPCOMING - In your PROBUS
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Mark Your Calendar: May 6- General Meeting,9:15 May 7 - Hike to Biggs & Jack Point Park May 13 - Qualicum Social Golf Outing, 3:00 May 19 - Kitty Coleman Gardens plus Lunch June 9 - Ladies Lunch at Cuckoo Trattoria (no Ladies Lunch in May) June 10 - hold for Arrowsmith Social Golf June 17 - Digital Scavenger Hunt - Parksville June 28 - Westwood Lake Walk and Bistro Lunch July 8 - General Meeting change of date (from July 1) July 20 - Summer Picnic August 24 - Appetizer Extravaganza September 9 - General Meeting change of date (from September 2) September 18 - Alberni Outfitters Full Moon Kayak Tour December 7 - Christmas Dinner/Dance For events more than one month away, details will follow. Click on each event in the calendar for more information. |
UPCOMING - In the Area |
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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.
On Friday,
May 6 The Queens in Nanaimo is hosting a
Rock & Roll Benefit - 70's Night
to support the Nanaimo Hospital Foundation, with the live band
Johnny Inappropriate. Tickets are $25 each. Starts at 9pm.
On Saturday,
May 7 Parksville-Qualicum Beach Royal LePage is hosting its 8th Annual Garage Sale at St. Stephens Church, 150 Village Way, QB from 9am to 3pm
Oceanside Grandmothers to Grandmothers Bottle Drive is being held Saturday,
May 28 between 10am and 2pm. Please bring your empties to either Eaglecrest Golf Club or Parksville Bottle & Recycling. Proceeds to Stephen Lewis Foundation to support African grandmothers raising children orphaned by AIDS.
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