Meeting Review August 2024
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PROBUS Club of Blue Mountain
Friendship, Fellowship, and Fun
Welcome to Monthly Meeting
Thursday August 15th
Call to Order and O’Canada
President’s Comments:
Stephen only had a couple of issues he wanted members to be aware of. The first, is that membership fees will stay at $55 for returning members and $78 for new members. This is because the Legion has not raised it fees for its use next year.
Just a reminder e-transfers are the best way to pay for your membership.
Also, we are in need of an accountant or a retired accountant to look over our financial records for the past year. This job would take about 2 hours and it’s just to make sure we have kept our records in line with the laws required. If anyone knows anybody, please see Gene Peycha.
In Memoriam
Ron Mitchell informed members we had 2 members pass recently: Bill Hanke and Brian Hickey. A moment of silence was held for both.
New Members
We have 3 new members this month: Buzz Carroll, John Schram and Phil Stark. Ron Mitchell introduced Buzz Carroll to the members as he was the only that could attend that day.
Announcements:
Chris Meleskie spoke about the following activities:
- RCAF 100TH Anniversary Tour – Sept. 9
- Blue Mountain Geology Field Trip – Sept. 25
- Angora Glass Tour – Oct. 2
- Fun Car Tour - Oct. 10
- Ice River Tour 2 – Oct. 22
- Breakfast Group
- Lunch Group
- Hiking Group
- Kitchen Bridge Club
- Cycling Group
- Paddling Group
- Investment Group
Please check the Probus newsletter for more information about these activities!
Photo Opp!
Eddie Sokoloff wanted everyone to be aware that he is bringing his camera to the September meeting to take pictures of members for the website.
Click Here to see if your "Mugshot" is missing!
Bring your best smile.
John Alexander
Don Arthur
Stewart Ash
Brian Bell
Drew Belshaw
Peter Berney
Jim Britton
Paul Buckingham
David Butterfield
Wayne Carleton
Buzz Carroll
Dave Chambers
Bob Chapman
Fred Chenoweth
Rudy Chiarandini
Martien Coffeng
Marv Cohen
Ron Coulter
John Cowan
Rob Dilworth
Michael Dixon
Tom Duff
Dick Edwards
Garfield Emerson
Al Ferguson
John Fox
Bob Gair
Jim Godin
Bruce Godwin
Jim Gosnell
Wayne Greer
Ian Griffin
Harry Groves
Larry Hall
Jim Hanna
Hector Hickey
Nigel Hilliard
David Hogg
David Howden
Dick Hutton
John Hylton
Jim Jackson
Jim Kerr
Chris Key
Mike Kiely
Tom Kritsch
John Kutcy
Brian Lane
Brent Lanktree
Larry Maksymiu
Paul McCleary
Don McCullough
Verne McKay
Gary McNeill
Crick Merry
Chris Millar
Michael Miller
John Miller
Dennis Miller
Jim Mills
Doug Mills
Keith Nott
Michael Preston
Ted Prokopec
Norm Pryor
Paul Regan
Bill Rogers
Norm Sandham
Jim Schaus
John Schram
Bill Sloan
Dave Smalley
Don Smith
Bill Stants
Rino Stradiotto
Robert Tautkus
Richard Toy
Al Tulloch
Neil Vail
Emmet Weatherhead
Glenn Weir
John Wettlaufer
David Wilson
Don Wilson
David Wright
Eddie also announced that the Xmas Luncheon would be held at the Legion, on Thurs., Dec. 5. A new menu is going to be featured. Stay tuned!
Dan Edwards also mentioned the Probus Travel Group and there is still availability is for anyone wishing to be part of the Rideau Cruise in 2025. If interested contact Dan.
Profiler
No Profiler this month. We want volunteers to give us a five minute profile. Contact Don Stockman to get on the list.
Kultural Attaché
Walter again kept us entertained with his many jokes, some involving: Murphy Laws, baseball lessons learned, 911 emergency calls, crossing the river and tests for police officers.
Guest Speaker
Joy Pritchard-Kerr
George Pengelley introduced Joy Pritchard-Kerr, who has led the Collingwood General & Marine Hospital for 36 years and sits as a member of the CGMH Senior Leadership Team.
She talked about the present CGMH with its great programs and new technology, however, because the hospital is over 60 years old and the expanding population in the area is growing rapidly, a new CGMH is now in the works.
With assistance from the government and money from the surrounding municipalities and donations, it appears they’re well on their way to having the cost for such an endeavour paid for.
Joy then gave us an overview of the new CGMH with all the new modern technology and services it will provide for Collingwood and the surrounding areas. We are now in Stage 2 of a 5 Stage process with hopes that moving into the new hospital will begin in 2032. This new hospital will be situated beside Georgian College on Poplar Road.
50/50 Winners
The were only two winners this month:
- Glen Weir
- Dale White
Next Meeting September 19th at the Legion. This will include the AGM.
Who's Who?
We have 122 "Mugshots" of members on file, but missing 99!. Please send your photo in to fill the gaps. Maximum filesize is 2MB.
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