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…
PROBUS Trivia Fun What country does the poinsettia originate from? Which store used the slogan “Give it to me, I am worth it!”? These were a couple of the 54 questions posed by Linda Burrows to the 32 Probus Members who attended an evening of fun and friendly rivalry at Nanoose Library. On Nov. 23rd,…
Need a night out at the Theatre? Join your fellow PROBUS members at the Bailey Studio Theatre in Nanaimo for a production of: “Lost in Yonkers” by Neil Simon. After the death of their mother, two teenaged boys are sent to live with their formidable grandmother in Yonkers, New York. What happens next…