Hanover Area PROBUS Club Established September, 2014 www.hapc.ca May 2018

The first year of the provost golf club was a huge success. It was a sketchy start in May with many cancellations due to soggy conditions. But by June and July we were golfing regularly. A different course each week, whenever we could arrange a good deal! Courses played included Black Horse, Highland Glen, Pike Lake, Northern Dunes and Saugeen. In August we began to replay course favourites. Although our group size varied from 4 to 18, good time was always guaranteed. We plan to play throughout September and into October if weather permits. It was a fantastic season! Consider joining us next year.

Shirley, Marie, Judy

Management Committee Be a friend ….. Bring a friend. President –Lorna Eadie-Hocking

Past President – Betty Perkins Our next General Meeting will take place

First Vice President – Lynda Taylor Basilij on Wednesday May 9th in the

Second Vice President – Joel Cote Lions Den, P&H Centre at 10:00 a.m.

Secretary – Jan Stocovaz

Treasurer – Bev Hambly Our next Management Committee Meeting

Programme co-chairs – Joe Craig, Linda Vallie will take place in the Classroom of the P&H

Membership Chair – Frances Agnew Centre on Tuesday May 1st, at 9:30 a.m.

Communications - Allan Simpson

Activity Group Chair–Susan Leidel See our newsletters on our web site, www.hapc.ca

Greeter – Mona Duffy or on the national website:

Hospitality co-chairs – Pat Butler, Karen Farrow www.probus.org/5ontario.htm

There was a record number of guests at our April General Meeting – 15! Terry Shabot, Pat Wilkin,

Cindy Rogers, Mike Rogers, Lois Todd, Don Manier, Ellen Kerr, Jim Mather, Yvonne Carroll, Wayne

Cargoe, Mary Cargoe, Ted Jackowski, Randall De Kraker, Jackie Meagher and Bob Meagher.

Pat Onions, a World War Two veteran who had served on the Corvette Sackville, reminded us of an

important date in world history. VE Day May 5, 1945. We all remember November 11 but this too is a

date of great significance. Thank you Pat for your service to our country.

April was Cancer awareness month. Our guest speaker was Jeff Van Geem.

Guest Speaker Geoff Van Geem

Manager – Canadian Cancer Society of the Bluewater and Perth Huron Regions.

Nina McTeer introduced Geoff, a well-known local with his roots in Durham.

This month’s speaker is particularly relevant as April is Daffodil month, one of the

biggest fundraisers for the Canadian Cancer Society. The daffodil is a symbol of courage

and strength for the Society. Many of the various fundraising programmes haves

merged with the Canadian Cancer Society to amalgamate their support for services,

prevention, management and research for cancer issues.

Cancer is the #1 killer in Canada. Seventy years ago the survival rate with a cancer

diagnosis was 25%; now the survival rate is over 60%. Cancer isn’t one disease and

therefore there isn’t one solution. The vision of the Canadian Cancer Society is to create

a world where no one fears cancer. Preventing cancer from ever happening in the first

place is an important focus for the organization. Two of their successful campaigns have

involved the awareness of sun damage campaign and HPV inoculations for boys.

The Canadian Cancer Society is Canada’s largest funder of cancer research. A focus on

immunotherapy research is looking at ways to allow your body itself to fight the cancer

cells. Funding is also provided for research into rare/unusual cancers such as Retinal

Blastoma that now has a very high cure rate.

For those looking for help and answers regarding cancer, the Society funds a help line.

Contact 1 888 939 3333 or www.cancer.ca. Also available is a Smoker’s Help Line

(smokershelpline.ca or call 1 877 513 5333). This smoker’s help line can help set up an

individualized plan for those who want to quit.

Wheels of Hope provides rides for those in need of cancer treatments. The demand for

this service has been increasing significantly to the point that for the first time requests

have had to be denied. This is not a government funded program. In 2017 we had 94

local volunteer drivers, 8,847 trips, 371 local client and drivers clocked 503, 371 kms.

Drivers are needed.

Peer Support is a telephone matching programme that is also available for caregivers.

The programme tries to match an individual as closely as possible with someone in the

same situation. Contact cancerconnect.ca . On-line, 24/7 support is available

Thanks to Jan Stocovaz for writing this article.

Donna Love gave a heartfelt and personal thank you to Geoff for his presentation.

We Share/You Share draw: Leigh Butler won $114.00. Congratulations Leigh.

Did you know? – The Hanover Public Library offers us an evening with bestselling

author, Jennifer Robson, on Wednesday May 9th at 7:00 p.m. Tickets @ $5 are available

at the Library. Some of the novelist’s historic novels are available now in the Library.

Coming also to the Library’s Saugeen Room on Saturday, June 2 at 2:00 p.m. is author

and ornithologist, David Chapman. He will be speaking to his book, Birds of Ontario.

Tickets @ $3 will be available in advance at the Library or at the door.

The Rotary Club of Mildmay is sponsoring the Private Collectors’ Garage Tour on July

14th. Plenty of advance notice here. All proceeds will go to the hospital and community

programmes. The Tour will include six of the finest collections of classic cars,

motorcycles, tractors, and memorabilia, followed by a pub evening and steak dinner.

Price: $20 for the tour, $25 for the dinner. Tickets are available through

www.ticketfly.com and through Holst’s in both Walkerton and Hanover.

Group activities: Fran Schaus reports that those wishing to sign up for Early Bird Tennis,

you should go to the P&H Centre on May 2nd from 5 to 7 p.m. The cost, $70, gives you

membership in both tennis and pickleball.

Strollers: Donna Clark and Donna Love indicate that the first walk this season took place

in Loves’ Sugar Bush in Holstein in April. If you wish to join the strollers, add your name

to the sign up sheet.

Potluck luncheon: The theme will be “Anything Goes”. Set aside June 18th.

Book Club: There is interest in forming a book club but a couple of additional people are

needed to act as co-ordinators. See Susan Leidel and the sign up sheet.

Board games: Joan Roseborough continues to host these games with owner, Jenn

Heerema, at the Giddy Goblin in Hanover, on Wednesdays, May 2nd, 16th, and 30th.

Crafts with Rose Côté: Check out the pop can tab jewellery which some members are

wearing. They recently visited the Creative Show in Toronto to view the needle arts and

crafting on display. See Rose if you’d like to join this activity group.

Golf : Weather permitting, this group will begin teeing off in mid-May. If you wish to

play, make sure that you have signed the sheet for this year. See Susan Leidel.

Knitting: Jeanne Kucan and Dona Smillie have coordinated knitting get-togethers

through the winter and spring on alternate Mondays, working on knitting and

crocheting projects. See the ladies if you wish to join.

Guest speakers at our General Meeting in May will be our own Linda Vallie and her

hiking partner, Reg Haddon. The theme: Beauty so Close to Home. Untold Stories of the

Bruce Trail. They will tell of the dangers and adventures of hiking the Bruce Trail over

the past three year journey. They will also show a short DVD of their favourite photos

taken along the Bruce Trail. “Preserving a ribbon of wilderness, for everyone, forever”

is the mission of the Bruce Trail.

John & Helen Peppler, Leigh & Pat Butler, Karen & Bob Farrow at the Butlers’ for dinner.

Karen Farrow offers coffee and treats.. Bill Roseborough offers something stronger.

Thanks to Garry MacGregor for taking pictures at the April meeting.

Welcome to PROBUS A new sign, actually four signs, are being added to the roster of

service clubs and organizations based in Hanover. Located at the four entrances to the

town, these signs announce to visitors and citizens the various organizations available.

President Lorna Eadie-Hocking is seen here holding the new sign, approved by the town

of Hanover and paid for by Hanover Area PROBUS Club. The town will bear the cost of

installing the signs. Are we proud or what?

Lynda Taylor-Basilij and Pat Butler are seen partaking of the generous pot-luck luncheon

held in April in the hall of the Hope Community Church. As usual, the Pot Luck group

was well attended, thus warranting the spacious venue for their lunch.

Linda Vallie and Linda McCulloch’s plates look nearly empty. Perhaps they are

saving space for the dessert table? WOW! Who’s counting calories? Not me.

Craft Group Happenings

Seven PROBUS group members gathered at Rose Côté’s home the afternoon of April 3rd and two others the afternoon of April 17th to create three pieces of jewelry using can tabs. After working diligently for over three hours each went home with their new accessories.

Upcoming:

May – Succulent Terrarium Plans are in the works for a Succulent Terrarium Workshop for later in May. Details will be shared once they are confirmed.

Shirley Waechter, Jeannette Wilken, Marg

Wettlaufer, Sue Leidel, Lynda Scully, in front -

Donna Clark; absent from photo is Judy

Turnbull.

Barb Craig and Yvonne Carol

Liz Pybus hosted the Scrabble Group, including Linda McCulloch, Protect

Barb Smith, Joan Ferguson, and Allan Simpson the planet.

PROBUS sign takes its place on the welcome to Hanover signboard.