March

David Rokosh is a mem-ber of the Probus Club of Burling-

ton. In his spare time he loves to travel. Last sum-mer he visited Cambodia. The excuse for the trip was to help build several houses. The trip offered a chance to visit some of the spectacular temples of the Khmer empire, including Angkor Wat.

The Khmer empire lasted a short 600 years, but during that time They built many marvelous temples.

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U pcoming

Speakers

April 21st—Bill Thompson— TBA

At the fall of the empire, these temples were lost to the jungle and have only been restored over the last century.

David will show you some of these temples and de-scribe some of their Fasci-nating characteristics.

The Temples of Cambodia

March 2016

T he next meeting of the Probus Club

of Burlington will be held on Thursday March 17th, at 10:00AM at the Art Gallery of Burlington.

E xtending the hand

of welcome…

What better way to begin our morning than with a firm handshake and a friendly smile from our four greeters, Tom Milne, Michael Binder, Vic Harris, John Need-ham guarantee this and will set the tone for the morning in true Pro-buscian style.

Thanks Gentlemen.

O n the Member-

ship Desk…

For the March 17th meet-ing Jim Walker and Bob Dickison will be on the membership desk .

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Burlington Proclaims March

Probus Month

6. Diabetic Alert, for people with diabetes who have type 1 diabetes with hypoglycemic unawareness. Low blood sugar is detected by the dog from the change in smell of the pa-tient's breath, then the dog starts prodding them with its nose to give the alert.

Sadly, though, these important ser-vices, which require the breeding and training of about 250 dogs a year, needing about $25,000 per dog, receive no government funding. They totally rely on donations by the general public, corporate, founda-tion, service clubs and fundraising events of various kinds. Surprisingly, to me, they use both male and female dogs in the field. How do they train a male dog not to give chase when a female canine with a certain aroma trots by? I didn't ask Paulette about that. I think we can aid the Dog Guides organization by donating. They cer-tainly need money for more bro-chures for handing out at talks like this. I got most of my info from their colourful and useful website, which is simply, Lions Foundation of Cana-da Dog Guides At the start of my report I mentioned a disappointment. Well, it is our toonie bucket again. After an auspi-cious start to 2016 with an unbeliev-able 50 cent surplus in January, we fell short by three bucks on Feb 18. OK, so you're cutting corners here and there to pay your income tax. I happen to think that two bucks a month for our toonie bucket is not very taxing. On another matter, I'll miss presi-dent Ken's clever little monologue at the beginning of each session after he finishes his term next month. I like how he never says he's going to, "tell a joke". He usually softly sneaks them in by saying something like, “I overheard a neighbour in the grocery store say ........" Or, "A member re-cently told me what happened to him when .............."

There are at least two items that stand out to me about our Feb 18th meeting. One, a disappointment, the other an eye-opening shocker. I'll get to the disappointment later, but the shocker was the experi-ence of having a co-presenter not utter a single word, while spending the entire hour spread out on the floor. Luckily, she, yes it's a female had a great lead presenter, Paulette Resendes, doing all the talking. Paulette represents the Lions Foun-dation of Canada Dog Guides, a Canada-wide, Oakville-based organ-ization, providing free Dog Guides to Canadians with disabilities that qualify. By now you might have re-alized that Paulette's co-presenter is a dog .... a Labrador with the most beautiful coat you've ever seen ...... and lying motionless on the floor, yet still paying attention, was show-ing us the proper behaviour of a Dog Guide while waiting for duty. Paulette told us how their program has expanded since the days most of us remember .... when the dogs were called "guide dogs", or "seeing eye dogs", and used only by people with serious sight deficiencies. Now there are six categories of services that dogs can provide........ 1. Canine Vision, for the

blind or visually impaired. 2. Hearing Ear, for the deaf

or hard of hearing. 3. Autism Assistance, for

children with autism spec-trum disorder.

4. Service, for people w ho have a physical disability.

5. Seizure Response, for people with epilepsy. When the patient goes into a sei-zure, the dog will stand by and bark excitedly to get at-tention.

Join us for lunch after the meeting.

This month we will be going to

“THE SQUIRE” which is located at

the north east corner of the inter-

section of Fairview Street and

Walkers Line”

Sign in at our table prior to the

meeting starting and we will look

after making the arrangements.

ROWLAND,

William E.

(1920-2016)

WWII RCAF

Sadly passed

away on Sunday,

February 14, 2016

at the Joseph Brant Hospital, Bur-

lington at the age of 95.

Bill was a Veteran of WW II RCAF

and a member of the Royal Canadi-

an Legion Branch 60 Burlington.

He was also a member of the Bur-

lington Probus Club and active in

curling, golfing, and lawn bowling.

A minute of silence was held at our

last meeting in his memory, and a

letter of condolence was sent to the

family.

Wilf Arndt is home after spending

time in the Brant and General Hos-

pitals. He is feeling better.

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Meeting Review

By Bob Chambers

Illness Report

You are Welcome to our First Post Meeting

Luncheon

Condolences

In spite of serious and

frequent research I

haven’t found a white

wine to recommend

this month. The red is

in fact a re-taste of one

I recommended in

April of 2013. At that time John Szabo of

Wine Align said – “ Hands down one of

the most delicious and food friendly, killer

values in the country – One has to wonder

how it’s possible to make such consistent-

ly tasty wine at such a low price”.

Since then this wine has been awarded a

gold value award in the World Wines

Awards of Canada. I agree that it is still a

great and satisfying buy.

Red – Mezzomondo Negroamaro – Puglia

Italy - $8.95 – LCBO # 588962

Another bonus is that it is availa-

ble at most Burlington LCBO

stores.

Burlington Probus Sweeps

Lakeshore

The 19th Grummett Bonspiel was held

at the Burlington Curling Club on Feb-

ruary 03 and was hosted by Burlington

Probus.

A Canadian Brier theme with teams

representing 10 Provinces was enjoyed

by all, along with a splendid meal

served by Burlington Curling staff.

The overall trophy winner was Bur-lington Probus winning all 5 games. As a result, the “Crying Towel Award” was presented to Lakeshore Probus. Lakeshore has an overall lead of 11 Events to 8 with Burlington Probus closing the gap in recent years since its inception in 1998. Prizes were presented to all of the win-

ning rinks. In 1st place was ( MB )

rink Dave Rokosh, 2nd ( AB ) rink, Mil-

bur Giles and 3rd ( NB ) rink, Ian Tay-

lor. Committee members for the day

were Burlington chairman Milbur

Giles with Lakeshore Dave McKenzie.

Burlington photographer Warren El-

liott recorded the day’s events. Look

for more Pictures on our website next

week.

Ken McCutcheon receives the winners plaque from

Lakeshore club coordinator Dave McKenzie

Dave McKenzie of Lakeshore club receives the

Crying Towel Award from Milbur Giles.

On Tues Feb 9 two groups of 16 Pro-bus members had interesting two hour tours of a sizeable Burlington industry, The Elliott Group on Plains Road, that few of us even knew exist-ed. The facility repairs and maintains compressors, generators and pumps for major industries all over North America. It's part of Ebara Corp., A Japanese company with over 16,000 employees around the world.

Club member Warren Elliott (no relation) arranged the tour. We spent most of the time out in the plant with the company branch manager. We didn't know that a large, heavy industry existed, mere feet from Longos.

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Probus Industrial Tours

Haney’s Cheapies but Goodies

Grummett Results

Lunch & Theatre Outing in Port Dover Tuesday, May 31, 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Lunch (classy enough to be called a luncheon). 11:30 a.m. At David’s Restaurant, we’ll be in two rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the lake. Outside, there’s a lawn at the main level and another one below at the lake level. Suggestion: arrive early and go for a stroll. Appetizer choices: salmon and trout combo, beet salad, Caesar salad. Entrée choices: surf & turf, beef & pork tourtière, quiche. Dessert choices: typically they include K ey Lim e pie, flourless chocolate cake, crème brûlé, and cheesecake. Tea and coffee: self-serve from a cart. Alcoholic beverages at extra cost. Check out their website – it’s quite impressive: da-vidsportdover.com Fitz Happens! 2:00 p.m. A musical comedy by Mark Weatherley. World première at the Lighthouse Theatre, just a five-minute drive from Da-vid’s Restaurant. Fitzwilliam is a fun-loving British aristocrat who has fallen on some tough luck. After almost every club in England has barred him from entry, his uncle sent him away to one of the colonies. Canada is his destination and despite his

protests, the job of Canadian Mountie awaits him in his new small town life. Unfortunately, Dry Gulch is full of bandits and other criminals. Fitzwilliam must use his wit and charm to save the tiny prairie town from ruin. Cost: $72 per person Tickets: on sale at the sales & info desk. Last date for pay-ment: April 21. Pick up tickets at the desk on May 19. Like a ride? Several members have volunteered to drive those who prefer not to. Simply leave your name at the ticket sales desk during any Probus meeting. Or email re-quest to: Contacts: graham.schaefer@sympatico.ca 905-335-0783 daveadeney@gmail.com 905-336-7092

Lawyers should never ask a Georgia grandma a question if they aren't prepared for the answer. In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called ...his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand.

He approached her and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know me?' She responded, 'Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a boy, and frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you're a big shot when you haven't the brains to realise you'll never amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.'

The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, 'Mrs. Jones, do you know the defence attorney?'

She again replied, 'Why yes, I do. I've known Mr. Brad-ley since he was a youngster, too. He's lazy, bigoted, and he has a drinking problem. He can't build a normal relationship with anyone, and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheat-ed on his wife with three different women. One of them was your wife. Yes, I know him.'

The defence attorney nearly died.

The judge asked both counsellors to approach the bench and, in a very quiet voice, said, 'If either of you idiots asks her if she knows me, I'll send you both to the electric chair.

Special Events

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Georgia Grandma

Computer

Interest Group

Our next meeting will be on March 10th at 10am at Ap-pleby Place.

Remember to send Robert your questions via email to Rob-ert.lalonde@me.com.

This month we will review windows 10 issues .

Interest Group Activities

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Published monthly by The Probus Club of Burlington, Box 85098, Brant Plaza P.O., Burlington ON, L7R 4K3

President: Ken McCutcheon 905-632-5148 Editing & Distribution: Bob Lalonde, 905-332-1383.

Hiking Group

A Special Notice

CALLING ALL

HIKERS

The group hikes on the morning of the Tuesday before the Monthly

meeting from April until October.

Hikes are relatively short and are not endurance tests but feature sce-nic areas on the Bruce and other trails. Usually hikes are no more than 1 ½ hours in length and are at a moderate pace.

While initially attendance was in the

teens, it has over time reduced so

that last year on occasions there

were only one or two members plus

the leader.

If you would like to get more infor-mation with a view to joining the group please send me an email – hugh@haney.com so that we can

consider plans for the 2016 season.

Probus Bridge Club

The Monday Bridge Group

Meets every week at the Ca-

nadian Legion. Join us for

lunch and friendly games of

bridge Starts at 12 Noon..

March Humour

AGM Documents are

on the following

pages