Speaker

Morag McKenzie - Watershed Trust Fund

The 2021 census revealed, perhaps not surprisingly, that a growing number of Canadians are moving to smaller municipalities and, in particular, calling resort destinations home.

South Georgian Bay communities rank among the fastest growing in Canada, and this growth will continue with our populations expanding by another 60% by 2041.

How will we accommodate all this growth? How do we protect the natural beauty and fragile ecosystem of this place we now call home? Morag McKenzie is an Award-Winning Case Study Writer and highly skilled interviewer & researcher and creative content strategist. She won North American Business Person of the Year for growing profitable new business 320% over budget and GBC's Innovation Award for the creation and implementation an Industry/Education partnership program.

Morag is a lifelong environmentalist and actively leads and volunteers with a wide variety of different charities including the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust, Ontario Nature, Joes Team and the Ride To Conquer Cancer. She has most recently been active with the Trust as Co-Chair of the Communications Committee.

Ice River Solutions:

Due to maintenance requirements at the Shelburne facility, the outing has been rescheduled for Tuesday, October 31. The outing is fully subscribed and all participants have been advised of the date and logistic changes. Rob Dillworth

Kitchen Bridge Group:

The Kitchen Bridge group continues to meet the first and third Thursday of each month at 1:00 p.m. at the legion. Great relaxed camaraderie. We welcome all who have an interest in the game of bridge -- whether a beginner or expert. 

Play commences at 1:00 pm but, if you cannot come until later, come anyway. We will fit you into a game throughout the afternoon.

George Powell hpowell@sympatico.ca

Medatech Engineering Services:

Christmas Luncheon:

REASON FOR THE SEASON

Probus Club of Blue Mountain's Annual Christmas Luncheon is officially on our calendar!!!

Date: Thursday, December 7th

Where: Collingwood Legion

Time: Noon - Social

Luncheon: 1: 15 pm

Entertainment: Dean Hollin presents a Christmas Show

Price: $ 63.00 per person

The only way to sign up for Christmas Luncheon is by going to the October meeting and pay Gene to guarantee your reservation.

We are limited to 100 people attending so it will be
" first come first served " Please be prepared to pay for your Christmas Luncheon tickets at the October meeting !!!! debit card, charge card, or e-transfer !!!

The Legion does not accept debit or charge cards at the Luncheon, so, don't forget to bring cash for your beverage purchases. We are looking forward to seeing you and your significant other to celebrate the: " REASON FOR THE SEASON "

Hiking Club:

 Pretty River Provincial Park September 14th

Great hike (September 14 at Pretty River Provincial Park) Rob! Not only did the weather finally cooperate, it was a lot of fun and I got to explore a part of the Bruce trail that has been on my bucket list for a long time. I liked being able to finish the event with lunch. “Chris Meleskie”

The pic of Bruce and Jim makes me laugh. I call them "Separated at Birth"

Investment Club Report

The second meeting of our Club was held on Tuesday, October 10 at the Collingwood public Library. Highlights included:

• Lively discussions on a range of interesting topics
• Estate Planning - reducing Probate costs, having the correct registration of beneficiaries for RRIF’s, TFSA’s
• the benefits of successor annuitants
• uses of secondary Wills
• several investment ideas.

Our next meeting agenda was selected and will include:

• investment selection methodology
• measuring returns
• tracking real returns vs returns indicated on broker statements
• the hidden traps

Attend if you can. Share your experience and benefit from others. To join, if you haven’t, email rodinnes7@gmail.com Your finances will thank you.

Paddling Group:

The Paddling group had a number of memorable trips and a lot of cancelled trips due to weather. Our trip on Matchedash bay was well attended and was a beautiful paddle through the extensive marsh and waterways in an area new to us all, except Jim Higgins who ran this great trip.

Carl Wintermeyer

Ski Legends:

Are you a downhill skier or snowboarder?

• Have all your ski buddies packed it in, and are you tired of skiing alone?
• Do you want to make good use of your 5x7?
• Do you want to take advantage of great ski trips and social events?

Then you should join Probus Ski Legends – where our motto is "Never ski alone!"

Check us out here:

Unlike most Probus activities, which are organized by and for members of individual clubs, Legends is one large organization for all Probus members in any club who are interested in meeting up with others for skiing, snowboarding and social activities.

To join, go to the Legends website and download the membership form: Membership While you're on the website, make sure you check out all the events and activities:

1. Ski Days: Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Blue Mountain (meet at 9:30am at the Silver Bullet) and Thursdays at the Private Clubs
2. Ski Trips: Two trips every year to a variety of awesome ski resorts in Canada, the US or Europe. Sorry, our trips are sold out for 2024, but you can join the WAITLIST in case of cancellations.
3. FREE Social Events: Skiis and Biikes Wine & Cheese/Shopping Night in December and the end-of-season Legends Breakfast in the spring. Dates for Ski Days and Events coming soon. So join us to make new friends and find new ski buddies. Let’s get excited for the upcoming season and Think Snow!

Monty Richardson

Travel Group

The Georgian Travel Group has their own Website, with all the details of their programs.

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