W ell, winter has finally

arrived and likes it so much, that it has decided to stay! Many of us are either thinking of a warm respite from the cold or have already gone “south” but wher-

ever you roam, remember that PROBUS is always near at hand thanks to the internet. A browse through the National website pro-vides an interesting array of information about what’s going on elsewhere in Canada and I’d also commend to those travelling to foreign climes, a visit to a PROBUS club in your holiday location.

We kicked off our revised Meeting Agenda in October and it seemed to go smoothly alt-hough microphone issues seem to surface when least expected. It sure was a delight to listen to The Honourable Tommy Banks as he regaled us with stories from those first early days of “Edmonton - Jazz City.” Tom-my’s appearance reflects the feeling that most of us have that our speaker’s program is one of the strengths of our Club and a big thank you for that must go out to George Nikel and all of his predecessors in office. Topics and speaker suggestions are always welcomed by George. Our Annual January Luncheon will soon be upon us and is described elsewhere in this Newsletter. Please ensure that you sign up

and pay for this event as soon as possible so that planning may proceed smoothly. You will also not want to miss the opportunity to hear our celebrated and much sought-after guest speaker, Timothy Caulfield. While our Club is not a service club with all the usual attendant functions, finances and fundraising, we are busy doing other things which require an organizational structure. At the 2018 AGM, the Club will be seeking at least three new members to join the Manage-ment Committee and you may expect a call from Past-President Jim Davidson who has agreed to chair the Nominating Committee. Do hear him out as the Club needs good peo-ple to ensure the continuation of the high standards you have come to expect. Our Club recently sponsored the membership into PROBUS of a new club in Grande Prai-rie and we presented them with a banner for their Club. Special thanks go out to Marg McKenzie and Dennis Pommen for their role in making this event possible. And finally, let me end on a lighter note as promised in last month’s Newsletter. A young man and his sister were visiting their grand-mother and while his sister was talking to her, the brother finished off a bowl of peanuts on the coffee table. He looked over to his grandmother and said “thank you” for the peanuts. She just smiled and said “…since I lost my dentures, I can only suck the chocolate off them.” (groans!)

Ian Nicol

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review Probus Club of South Edmonton

Established April 23, 1996

Probus Preview is the monthly newsletter of the Probus Club of South Edmonton. The club meets at 10:00 AM on the fourth Tuesday of every month, except December, at the Derrick Golf and Winter Club, 3500 - 119 Street, Edmon-ton, AB. Visit Nation-al website at http://www.probus.org/canada.htm

2017-18 Management Committee

President

Ian Nicol

Past President Jim Davidson

Vice-President Alastair Hamlyn

Secretary Margaret Dudley

Treasurer John Holmes

Director Program George Nikel

assisted by Jeff Allen

Co-Tour Directors Winnie Tse

Elaine Tatarniuk

Director Membership

Lucien Villeneuve

Director Member Profiles

Bob Innes

Director Member Care

Marj Hughes

Newsletter Editor Murray Christie

Archivist Michael Baboneau

2017

Well, the Eskimos will not be representing the west in the Grey Cup. While there may already be

a few Stampeders fans among our members; the Preview

will be sticking with its Western roots and is adding its support with them and cheering on Stampeders.

EDITORS NOTE

Our strength is fellowship, our success is participation, our motivation is enquiring minds

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Speakers

Tues, Nov 28

December No Meeting

Tues. Jan 23, 2018 Annual Luncheon

Speaker: Timothy Caulfield, a Professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta speaking on Health Law and Policy

Topic: Health Law

Tues, Feb 27, 2018 Speaker: Marianne Ryan. Alberta Ombudsman and public interest commissioner.

Tues, Mar 27, 2018 Speaker: Stacey Amyotte. University Hospital Foundation.

Tues, Apr 24, 2018 Speakers: Rick and Susan Bramm

Topic: What do you discover when you point your camera to the sky?

Rick and Susan, amateur astronomers and nature photographers, will take us on a photo-graphic tour out from Earth.

Outings & Lunches

Sunday, Dec. 10, at 4:00 pm

Jubiloso Bells of Concordia with concert choir. Robert Telger Student Center, Concordia University of Edmonton, 7128 Ada Blvd., Edmonton Tickets at the door, $20 for adults and $15 for seniors/students If you are interested in sitting together as a group, the sign up book is available at the No-vember 28 meeting. Otherwise, please contact Winnie Tse OR Elaine Tatarniuk before Fri-day, December 8, 2017.

For a Google map showing where to enter the building. You enter where shown by Google's red indicator.

Monday, Dec. 18

at 7:30 pm Fiddler on the Roof, Festival Place, Sherwood Park

Cost: $40

Confirmation and payment to Dennis Pommen before December 1, 2017 if you are interest-ed in attending as a group. For more info, please call Dennis Pommen

Mark your calendar

Speaker: Linda Herczek, Detective, Edmonton Police Service’s Economic Crimes Section. Edmonton Police Dept.

Topic: Fraud prevention for Seniors.

Annual Luncheon Tuesday, January 23, 2018.

Please join us for our annual luncheon to follow our regular monthly meeting

with guest speaker Timothy Caulfield.

Guests especially welcome. A great way to introduce your friends to Probus!

Menu: Chicken Cordon Bleu and a dessert of Tiramisu Cake

If you prefer a vegetarian meal or have other special dietary requirements, please indicate when you pay.

$35 per person. Payment can be made to John Holmes at the November meeting

OR Mail your cheques payable to the Probus Club of South Edmon-

ton to:

Dr. John Holmes

must be received by Friday, January 12, 2018.

Our strength is fellowship, our success is participation, our motivation is enquiring minds

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President Ian Nicol introduces a new item to our general meeting agenda by giving a member “vignette”. We welcome feed-back on your thoughts on the agen-da format. Do you like the new order which puts the general meeting portion at the start of the program and finishes with the guest speaker?

16 Members en-joying lunch at the Bothy, a Scottish eatery on Calgary Trail. They had the entire restaurant to themselves for lunch, enjoying the food, time to socialize and es-pecially meeting new members.

Currently, we have 33 members who have not yet paid dues for the 2017/2018 year. Our fiscal year starts August 1, and dues were due at that time. At the end of Novem-ber, we must report the number of paid members to Pro-bus Canada (and remit national dues to them at the same time). Those on that list will receive a telephone call asking whether or not they wish to remain a member; if so, they should send a cheque to the Treasurer, John Holmes, or pay at the November meeting. If you do not remember whether or not you have paid, please contact John

Welcome new members

October meeting T he multi-talented Honourable Tommy Banks was the guest speaker at our October meeting. He has had an

unparalleled, multi-faceted career spanning more than 60 years in virtually every aspect of the entertainment industry in Canada

as well as a political career. He is a pianist, conductor, arrang-er, composer, TV personality, actor, producer, politician and

was a Senator for over 11 years. His topic was Jazz in Ed-monton. Tommy Banks began his career as a professional jazz pianist

in the early 50’s at age 14. He detailed the history of Jazz in Edmonton, recalling many of the old time jazz greats of our city in the early part of the last century. He highlighted the

theatres, showrooms, night spots, ballrooms and cabarets that dotted the Edmonton landscape in those early days of Jazz in the city and the great bands and jazz artists from across Canada and the US that played these venues. He also described as well the lively scene of the early day of music/theatre in Edmonton which began in the 40’s and 50’s.

New members Bruce Flesher, introduced by Jeff Allen, and Lloyd Thomas, introduced by George Nikel, were inducted into the Club at the October meeting.

Jim Edwards thanks Tom-my Banks.

Revised general meeting agenda

ARE YOU PAST DUE?

Tommy Bank’s presentation was followed by a Q&A ses-sion which solicited not only many questions from the large number of members in attendance but who also gave him a standing ovation.

November luncheon