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1THE APPLECORETHE PROBUS CLUB OF APPLEWOODVolume 8, Issue 7April 2014for some early inflated scores. (I don’t needexcuses; I just believe I shouldmagnanimously contribute to the supply oflost balls for each course I play on.) But it isall something to look forward to.President’s MessageIt is April, isn’t it? As I sit and write thiscolumn another frigid week passes, snow isstill prevalent on the ground and spring isonly a rumour. However, there is somewarmth in the forecast, which means thatmany of our “snowbird” members will bereturning home. Unfortunately for some ofthem, I am informed on good authority thatthe tentative spring opening of some areagolf clubs may be a little optimistic. This willprovide the necessary excusesAmongst the spring traditions at the club isour annual appeal for your help. Our club isrecognized as one of the most active, withactivities which cover a broad range ofinterests. However, all that vibrancyrequires some organization. The club’sobjective is to try to ensure that no one isobligated to volunteer their time for morethan two years in any position, which meansthat each year several positions becomevacant.The nominations committee under thecapable leadership of Don Steen is forgingahead in looking for candidates to fillpositions on both the ManagementCommittee and as help to run the activities,so this is just a reminder that if you areinterested in helping out please let himknow.thAs we approach our 10 anniversary, it hasbecome apparent that we need a moreformal approach to quickly communicating

2information about the death of a member, sothis responsibility has been added to the roleof the Vice President. If anyone becomesaware of such information, please contactDon Hendry and he will look afterbroadcasting the information on to themembers.Anyway, I have been accused of blatheringon in my columns about today’s lack ofcourtesy, morality etc. so I am committed tokeeping this month’s column short.Hope to see you soon at a spring meetingdougAt Our March MeetingAt our March meeting we welcomed twonew members to Applewood PROBUS.work at Ontario Hydro, now known asOntario Power generation (OPG)Over his 35 years at OPG, Phil enjoyed avaried career. He began doing engineering,- involved in the details of nuclear reactorsafety operation and maintenance.He ended by leading a team of peoplesettling millions of dollars a day in paymentsbetween OPG and the wholesale electricitymarket --- a far cry from his original plan tobecome a chemist.Phil and his wife Heather have lived inClarkson since 1977. They have 2 grownsons and 3 grandchildren.Phil and Heather enjoy kayaking, cyclingand gardening.Phil also enjoys studying the many varietiesof birds and he also enjoys woodworking.Phil and Heather have just returned fromPortugal where they have spent the lastmonth.Phil’s sponsor is Bob Martin.ANDPhilip WalkerPhil was born in England and came toCanada at the age of 3. He grew up innearby Georgetown.Phil earned a Bachelor of Science degree ina co-op program in Applied Chemistry at theUniversity of Waterloo. In the program, hegained very valuable work experience in avariety of industrial settings, before going toTony HartTony was born in England and while still ingrammar school he joined the local tennisclub where he met a young lady namedLesley. They became very good friends andshe eventually became his wife.

3They got married in the spring of 1969 andin that same fall, they immigrated to Canadaand took up residence in Etobicoke.Our Guest SpeakerPhil’s first job in Canada was as a computerprogrammer with Sears. After a couple ofyears, he soon found himself in charge of agroup of programmers. A good move forTony, as programming was getting to be abit boring and he had a chance to be part ofa management team.Phil spent 9 years with Sears before movingto Scotia bank whose offices were on theother side of Toronto. Five years of a longcommute was enough and Phil moved on toRoyal Trust in downtown Toronto. That wasa fun place to work until Royal Bank tookover with a different management style.Phil started to look for another job when theBank decided to lay off 10% of the staff, Philtook the offer and was lucky to get paid todo what he was planning to do anyway.Phil then joined a small 40-person softwarecompany. Within 3 years however, thecompany had been bought 3 times andfinally it was taken over by CGI, so hewound up with a large company again.Phil retired from CGI at the beginning of lastyear and has no regrets.Phil and Lesley have 2 children, a boy and agirl, and have 2 grandchildren.Phil enjoys golf and bridgeHis sponsor is Lloyd PosnoPlease look for the blue tagand make our new membersfeel part of the groupWhoever said “Do it right thefirst time and you’ll never haveto do it again” never had toshovel snow out of a Canadiandriveway.Our guest speaker, Terry Fallis, wasintroduced by Gerry Descoteaux.Terry is a very humorous Canadian writerand public relations consultant. His firstbook, “The Best Laid Plans”, was a StephenLeacock Prize winner and was made into aTV miniseries. His second book is called“The High Road”, but it is his third book, “Upand Down”, that he came to speak to usabout. His interest in writing this humorousbook of fiction started back in 1969, when asa young boy of nine he watched the firstmoon landing on a blurry TV screen whileattending Camp White Bear on LakeTamagami. In his early teenage years inToronto, he and a friend built and tried to fly(all unsuccessfully) three full-sized handgliders, and at the ripe-old age of 15 theyhad moved on to building a 6x12 foothovercraft that actually worked. This thirdbook combines his many years in the publicrelations field with his lifelong interest inaeronautics, with the plot involving a publicrelations campaign by NASA to re-ignitepublic interest in the space shuttle program.You are sure to find the results wellresearched and a fun read.Terry was thanked by Kent Newell.Thank you once again to Paul MansellMoore for taking the pictures at the Marchmeeting.

4BioAt age 34, he became CEO of the Canadianstartup of the Pritchard Group of the U.K. Itwas a building maintenance conglomerate.At age 38, Bruce became owner and CEO ofa cold startup, CSL Hospital Services, whichmanaged efficiently 6000 staff in hospitals,universities and nursing homes for the next20 years.Bruce is married to his wife, Leslie, and has4 children and 6 grandchildren.He enjoys living in Oakville and also enjoysworld travelling.Bruce IngramBruce was born in New Brunswick duringthe war years. He was raised in Montrealand was very active and hopeful of aprofessional future in both football andhockey, while studying Engineering at McGillUniversity.50/50Although he was a paid enforcer in theCanadiens Jr, A organization, he opted for acareer in business.Bruce completed a business degree atCarleton University and after graduation,joined IBM, selling computers.Following IBM, he moved into the financialsector with U.S. brokerage firms, licensedfor the New York Stock Exchange andChicago Board of Trade.Moving on from there, Bruce was attractedto several CEO duties.Bruce Calder was the winner of 64.00*************************************Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things youdidn’t do than by the ones you did.So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour.Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.-Mark Twain.

5UPCOMING SPEAKERS – from Bob Weese, Speaker CoordinatorApril 10 – Chief Jennifer Evans Jennifer Evans is the Chief of Peel Regional Police. She began her career as a Cadetwith that organization in 1983, and has risen through the ranks in the course of a variedand illustrious career. She has worked in virtually all aspects of policing in Peel, and hashad special assignments in Ontario (including Justice Archie Campbell’s Paul BernardoReview and as an investigator with the Ontario Chief Coroner) and in B.C. (review of theRobert Pickton case and the Missing Women Investigations). She was appointed Chiefof Peel Regional Police in October 2012, and is on the Executive of the Ontario Chiefs ofPolice Board of Directors. Chief Evans will be speaking to us on “What new fraud tacticsare being aimed at seniors?” She will be introduced by Joe Reid.May 8 – Tom Axworthy Dr. Tom Axworthy has had a long and distinguished career in politics and public policy,as both a practitioner and a teacher. He served as Senior Policy Advisor and PrincipalSecretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau during the period of the Patriation of theConstitution and the Canadian Charter of Rights. He has taught at Harvard and Queen’sUniversities and, as head of the Historica Foundation, created the famous “HeritageMinutes” for TV and movie theatres. He is currently the President and CEO of the Walterand Duncan Gordon Foundation and a senior fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs.Tom was invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2002. He will be speaking tous on “The North’s Contending Visions,” one of the preoccupations of the GordonFoundation. He will be introduced by Neil Paget.Extra-Curricular ActivitiesBook ClubBook of the month for March, discussed under the leadership of Ian McCreadie, was The ViewFrom Castle Rock by Nobel laureate Alice Munro.It turned out to be a yawner to at least one of those critics present, a masterpiece to others, butsomewhere in between those poles to most. Rated on a scale of one to five by those inattendance, it averaged three.The group met March 5 at the home of Don Hendry, as the Regency Retirement Residence, itsusual venue, was temporarily unavailable.Next up will be Confessions of a Sociopath by M.E. Thomas.

6Limited Spaces AvailableSTRATFORD TOUR, LUNCH AND PLAY“CRAZY FOR YOU”THURSDAY, MAY 22ND, 2014Lunch at Keystone Alley, Stratford.Choice of main: Citrus Covered Salmon or GrilledPork ChopDessert includedPlease indicate choice when bookingTickets if available: 152.00 per person-contact John Mark or Kent NewellLaughter is God’s sunshine.Take time to laugh for it is the music of the soul.

7The Walkers (AKA Chinkies’ Chargers)Mar 6/14 There were 11 who enjoyed a sunny, -6C, 7km beautiful walk up theCredit River from Erindale Park to the 403.We went for lunch at the SwissChalet. Suggestions for new walk sites will be appreciated.Mar 20/14 There were 8 who walked south on the Chinguacousy Trail from thepark to Avondale Blvd. The temp was 2C but the wind dropped it quite a bit.It was about 7km and a little wet in spots. Ice storm damage was quiteevident. Lunch in the food court at Bramalea City Centre.Next walk is April 17. Hope to see you then.From the Wine CellarsGroup 3Wine tasting on Feb.19 was delayed by almost 30 minutes to enjoy the final minutes of theCanada-Latvia hockey game.Although no medals were awarded, the challenge for the wine taster was to identify from whichregion of France the 6 wines originated.The regions were listed on the bottom of the wine scoring in a random order.The results are:1)Domaine De Grangeneuve, Esprit de Grenache, Cote Du Rhone Village 2011 20.95 (364794)2)Chateau De Lafaurie Monbadon2010, Ac Cote Du Castillon Bordeaux-Right Bank 15.95(140012)3) Cave De Roquebrun La Grange Des Combes Saint Chinian Roquebrub 2010,Ac LanguedocRoussillion (Midi) 17.95 (155804)4) Domaine Des Ouches Igoranda Bourgeuil 2011 Cabernet Franc, Loire 13.95 (283424)5) Chanson Reserve Du Bastion Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2011, Ac Burgundy 21.95 ( 50575)6) Chateau Bellevue La Foret 2010, Fronton, South West 13.95 (354134)Claude Barras