The Beachcomber
March 2015
Official Newsletter of The PROBUS
Club of Wasaga Beach,
P.O.B. 481, Wasaga Beach, Ontario,
Canada, L9Z 1A5
International Web Site:
www.probus.org
Our next General Meeting will be on
Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.
At the
Wasaga Stars Arena
Our Speaker and Topic:
National Web Site:
www.probus.org/canada.htm
Newsletter Website:
http://www.probus.org/15wasaga.htm
Mark Gobuty
President
John Flood 429-4935
Peace Naturals Project
CEO and Founder
Vice President
TBA
Secretary
Vacant
Past President
Peter Willmott 422-1469
Arrive at 9:30 a.m. meet someone new and
enjoy coffee with your friends
Social Chair
Russ Talbot 429-8714
Speakers Co-Chairs
George Potopnyk 429-4948
Doug McCullough 429-7075
Membership Chair
George Howie 429-9593
Treasurer
Al Chambers 429-0265
Newsletter Editor
Jim Desormeaux 289-314-3550
SOCIAL EVENTS
Visitation Chair
Lloyd Burton 352-8391
MARCH
APRIL
APRIL
To advise the Club of any
illness or bereavement
situation affecting a
member, please contact
Lloyd Burton at
705-352-8391
A deaf husband and
a blind wife are
always a happy
couple. - John
Florio (1553-1625)
What: Barrie Colts
Hockey
Where: Barrie Molson
Centre
When: March 12th
Cost: $26.00
person
What:
M.S. ChiCheeman
Cruisei
Where: Owan Sound
When: April 30, 2015
Cost: $60.00
What:
Simcoe County
Museum
Where: TBA
When: TBA
Cost: TBA
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The President’s Corner
PROBUS Month
PROBUS Canada has proclaimed the month of March as PROBUS Anniversary month. This is based on the
establishment of The Cambridge Club as the first PROBUS Club in Canada by President Emeritus John R. Morris.
The date was March 17, 1987. A good day for the Irish! Since then over 235 clubs have been established with more
than 32,000 members in Canada and Aroostook, Maine, U.S.A. the only club in the U.S. There are more than 5000
Clubs and 400,000 members worldwide. If you ever plan a trip outside of North America you might want to consult
with member Brian Kirkwood to find out if there are any PROBUS clubs in the area you are visiting as he maintains
contacts with other countries.
The management of your club agreed that this was a good time to get a membership program started. The Mayor and
Councillors of the Town of Wasaga Beach have given permission to the 5 PROBUS Clubs of Wasaga Beach to fly a
PROBUS flag for the month of March from the Town Hall. You will see ads for PROBUS in the local newspapers
and bulletins. There will be information flyers in local businesses, the Chamber of Commerce and coffee houses.
We will be encouraging members to speak to their neighbours, especially new neighbours, who have recently moved
into the area and do not know about PROBUS. We need all of you to go talk PROBUS and bring guests to our
meetings. It’s not just for our club, but all the clubs in Wasaga Beach, so please get out there and talk about the
benefits of PROBUS.
REMEMBER:
“EVERY COMMUNITY IN CANADA NEEDS A PROBUS CLUB”
‘Our strength is Fellowship, our success is participation’
LAST MONTH’S (February) MEETING AND OTHER BUSINESS
President John
Attendance
End of December Bank Balance:
$4065.28
Social Committee: $1209.36
Uncommitted Net Balance: $2159.92
Social Fund Reserve: $500
Current Membership:118
Life Members: 2
Attendance: 41
% of total membership:35
Members’ Guests: 0
(Refer also Page 3 for more current info)
0 members
were badge less
therefore no
one gleefully
donated $$$
to the Club’s
treasury
Winner of the
50:50 Draw was:
David Luxmore
March’s Birthdays
Warren Belford, Paul England, John Flood, Keith Hennick, Dick Jackson, Vern Kakoschke, Roly Leggett, Jack Marshall,
Peter Preager, Brian Rosenkrands, Henry Ross, Russ Talbot, Linwood Wolfe
Many Happy Returns to all of you!
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March GUEST SPEAKER:
Guest SPEAKERS
Mark Gobuty
Peace Naturals Project
CEO and Founder
April
Valley
Laurie Thatcher-Craig - Clear
Hops
May
Al Sposato – The Drone Guy
later life transitions, and their families through the
June
Mark A. Gobuty has had extensive experience at the
Executive level, as well as Sales functions within Tier 1
Consumer Packaged Goods Companies in Canada. He
has been a pioneer in the Functional Health Foods
industry for the past ten years and has founded a
number of Canada’s leading health food and Superfood
brands. In 2010, Mark founded The Peace Naturals
Project after discovering his passion for this industry
with his need to provide alternative medicine for his
parents, who both have suffered from serious long-term
ailments. This led him to embark on an extensive
journey with visits to a number of top medicinal
Cannabis clinics around the world. During his travels,
Mark had hands on involvement with patients and
expanded his knowledge of medicinal Cannabis
agriculture, Organics, best practices and GMP’s.
Through his Functional Health Foods business, Mark
has also worked hand-in-hand with Industrial Hemp
farmers across Canada, developing a great deal of
experience in Industrial Hemp agriculture. Mark has
relevant experience/understanding of new business
development, product development, consumer
awareness, operations, demand planning and leadership.
HELP NEEDED
I really hate to publish this month after month so
someone please apply.
We still are in need of members for the management
team.
1-We continue to need a secretary
2-we also need a Vice President to replace Russ White
who has resigned because of the time he is out of the
country.
If you can help out please contact John Flood at 705
429 4935 or Peter Willmott 705 422 1469.
Gary Mathews – Muskoka Brewery
TREASURER’S REPORT
At the February Management Meeting Treasurer Al
Chambers reported the bank balance as of January 31
to be $4017.56 of which $1209.61 was committed to
Social Committee activities, $500.00 is set aside as an
emergency Social fund reserve, with an uncommitted
net balance of $2111.95 This report is subject to
approval by club members at the March 12, 2015,
general meeting.
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THE SOCIAL JUNCTION
We will be selling tickets to see
the Barrie Colts hockey team
play Sarnia on March 12th @
7:30 p.m. Before the game we
will stop into the Market Grill
Restaurant
for
a
BYO
meal. Tickets are $26.00 and the seats are located
level West, Section 116, Rows 17 & 18. There are
only 12 tickets available - first come first served.
Once again we will
be selling tickets for
the Chi- Cheemaun
repositioning cruise
to Tobermory on
Thursday,
April
30th. There are only
40 tickets available at $60.00 each which
includes cruise, buffet lunch, entertainment
and bus ride back to Owen Sound.
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NEW MEMBER
Lloyd Burton and
friends
Our newest member, Murray Gibson (centre)
sponsored by Lee Huish (left) was "pinned" on
February 12, 2015 by President John Flood.
Welcome Murray, and we hope you enjoy
PROBUS! With Murray coming onboard, we
now have 118 members.
OUT & ABOUT
Below are just a few of our attendees to the
R.O.M.E.O. Breakfast at Georgian Family
Circle Restaurant today. Sixteen Retired Old
Men Eating Out (including the photographer
John McCartney) enjoyed a scrumptious meal
thanks to our Social Committee organizer Tom
Parkes!
The side-splitting corner.……….
Club event pictures are available on our website at www.probus.org/14wasaga.htm click on “Click here for Club photos” Please
send articles of interest to newsletter editor at [email protected]
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