On a cool-ish, cloudy Friday morning, 15 eager participants from the Northwest Bay PROBUS club met with hunt organizers, Bonnie and Phil Howell, at Parksville’s Community Centre where they were given their walking papers. Five DSH teams were formed: The Trashy Sand Dollars, Two Roses and a Thorn, Grant’s Ghouls, Aimless Wanderers and The Neapolitans.…
At our meeting on June 3, Paul Kolodziej spoke about supporting the STS-132 mission of the NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis, explaining the behind the scenes processes and technology, a brief history of the Shuttle program and amazing images and video from that mission. Paul was assigned to the Entry Systems and Technology Division at the…
More than fifty happy members and guests attended our annual Summer Picnic, which for the third year was held in Diane and Hans deVisser’s lovely back garden. After some anxious sky-watching, we were rewarded with a sunny, warm afternoon so we could all relax, sip our wine, socialize, and challenge ourselves with outdoor games. Diets…
On May 6th, Dr Ghazi Farooq presented an overview of the global Syrian refugee situation. It was interesting to learn that the Canadian private sponsorship program is unique in the world and one that is suggested as a model for other governments to use; 9,000 of the 26,000 refugees are privately sponsored. Dr. Farooq went…
GLASS ART – AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE The heat is breathtaking; the fire simply blinding. The hair on your arms feels totally singed, but inside the kiln your work is slowly taking shape and the magic of a blown piece of glass art is only moments away from reality. Seven members who attended the first Probus…
Kitty Coleman Woodlands Gardens – May 19 – Thurs., May 19th was a great day to join friends on a guided walk through the Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens. Bryan Zimmerman, creator, owner , and tour guide led 12 members and guests through an extensive network of meandering cedar bark paths bordered by beautiful rhodos in bloom.…