On Sunday, March 5th, 23 Probus Club members and friends participated in 5 pin bowling at the Parksville Sunset Lanes. Bill Harvey organized this fun event which featured pizza, 2 hours of non-stop bowling and two days afterward of non-stop moaning and groaning caused from an activity that most of us had not done…
OUTING TO TSAWWASSEN MILLS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2017 Depart on the 7:45 am ferry from Duke Point | Return on the 5:45 pm ferry Attention happy shoppers, Judy Karlson has arranged for a special group tour of the recently opened Tsawwassen Mills outlet shopping mall on January 18, 2017. The plan is for us to…
It was a merry group who showed up to our December 2nd meeting, wearing their tacky Christmas sweaters, holiday ties and reindeer antlers to kick off the Holiday Season in style. Thanks to Linda and team we enjoyed goodies and Christmas cheer along with few games thrown in by our Social Committee to challenge the…
Wasn’t that a party! No event this successful happens without a lot of behind-the-scenes planning and organizing: the games, the music, the fabulous food and the surprise appearance of a very cool Mrs.Santa…someone had to make that all happen. Many thanks to our amazing Social Committee and also to all those happy guests who came…
At the November 4th General Meeting, retired Canadian diplomat, Nestor Gayowsky spoke to a packed house on the topic of establishing democracy in Ukraine and what had transpired in that country since 2014. From 1981 to 1983, Nestor Gayowsky was posted to Moscow as Trade Commissioner. That assignment led to his appointment in 1989 as…
What might you do if someone handed you a 40,000 year-old woolly mammoth tooth? Well, if you were a master carver and your name was Shane Wilson, you’d undoubtedly accept it and then spend the next few months transforming it into a masterpiece. On October 7th PROBUS members had the good fortune to listen to…