Coming Up 2015

Coming Up in 2015

Our Speaker Co-chairs, Barbara Hartley and Marnie Swanson, have come up with a great line-up of speakers for the coming year. Mark your calendars for the following meetings: May 1 Dr. Reg Mitchell Better Living through Chemistry: Removing Wrinkles, Adding Hair and Muscle, Improving Your Sex Life June 5 Ian Robertson Author of “The Honourable…

Christmas Cheer 2014

There’s no need to use words to report on the 2014 Christmas Dinner and Dance – the photos above are worth a million words. Thanks to Bonnie Howell and her team for organizing a most enjoyable evening of great food, fun, laughter and dancing. Thanks to Robert Hartley for the photographs that tell the story.

Barbara (champ!) and Bob Hartley

Winter Games

On Thursday, Feb. 12th, thirty members and their guests met at The Rocking Horse Pub for lunch and an afternoon of games. A circuit of seven different games was set up, including darts, pool, dice, and cards. Some members and their guests were introduced to new games and some members were experts who taught the…

Christmas Meeting – Just for Fun

On December 5th,  many members donned their ugliest Christmas sweaters and/or ties, while some just came to enjoy the meeting and mirth with those who did. The choral quartet “Just 4 Fun” sang and encouraged all to join in while everyone enjoyed delicacies of the season provided by the Management team. Photos: Phil Howell

Researching Our Oceans

On Friday November 7th members sat in rapt attention as Bob Crosby talked about the ground-breaking ocean research that is being facilitated by a University of Victoria-based centre. Bob is the Software Quality Control Specialist in the Digital Infrastructure department at Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) and is an integral part of the team that manages and analyzes…

Ladies Rally to a Win

This year, the North West Bay PROBUS Rally was held on Tues., Oct.7th.  Twenty-one people signed up for this event and they were mixed and matched to get six teams.  Grant Foster, Phil Howell, and Norm Kilarski created the rally and Pam Foster and Bonnie Howell were rally co-ordinators and assistants. Teams started out at…