B U L L E T I NProbus Club of Kamloops. April 2016Ward StrongWard is a forest entomologist at the Kalamalka Forestry Centre near Okana-gan College in Vernon. His work there focuses on cone and seed pests, and breeding forestry trees for pest resis-tance. Having spent his career working with insects as both pests and benefi-cials, Ward has come to a fine apprecia-tion of the role of insects in the eco-system, as well as in our society. In this presentation, Ward will discuss a native insect that found its way to Europe as an alien invasive, and his contribution to the effort to resolve that problem using biological control. Ward has a B.Sc in Agriculture from UBC, an M.Sc. in entomology from SFU, and a Ph.D. in entomology from Oregon State Univer-sity in Corvallis, Oregon. --Ward.

WELCOME TO June 23 2016“SUMMER INDOOR PICNIC”

Upcoming Activities

Buy your tickets for the Summer Indoor picnic.Tickets available at April 28th and May 26th meetings – Cash or Cheques made out to PROBUS CLUB OF KAMLOOPS, Cost $25.00 including entertainment and gratuities, menu not entirely firmed up but will be similar to last year. If paying by cash, please bring the exact change.

Change of date should be noted – because June has 5 Thursdays and if we went with the traditional last Thursday it would be June 30th and the following day is obviously July 1st – Canada day ....so we are into a long weekend. Not an auspicious time for putting on or attending a luncheon.

1. April 30 at 1:00. Museum Walkat 1:00. Donna Cassidy has the details.

2. I received an invitation from Thomp-son Rivers Probus Club to share in their annual bus trip. The bus trip is to the Motor Museum & Deep Creek tool Museum. There will also be a visit to the Celista Winery. More details and sign-up sheet at the April 28 meeting.

3. June 23 Cost: $45.00 per person.Sign up at the April Probus Meeting. payment must be made to Annette Noel within 2 weeks of the April meet-ing.

3. May 14, Time: 10:00 to 4:00 There is the Walhachin Spring Celebra-tion. Place: Walhachin soldiers Memo-rial Hall

OUR NEXT GENERAL MEETINGwill be on Thursday, 28th April

Coffee at 9:30. Meeting at 10:00

Lunch at “Burning Barrel Restaurant” 555 Columbia St.

250-374-9761

Our Guest Speaker isWard Strong

Our Club Speaker isMarilyn Poncelet

ALERT:June Probus meetingis on June 23, 2015!Due to holiday on July 1.

Ask not what Probus can do for me,but what can I do for Probus.

Refueling after a Probus walk.

On April 21, Jim Sherb led five of us on the first Probus hike of the season to Deep Lake. The weather was lovely and the balsam root flowers were spectacular. The hikers in the photo, left to right, are: Bill Flynn, Larry Dixon, Roy Haugen, Peter Berry, and Jim Sherb. Photographer: Midge King

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B U L L E T I NProbus Club of Kamloops. April 27, 2015P H OTO S

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEENOMINATIONS

Here’s a photo of our dinner group. It was a Saudi dinner which was an adven-ture into the culture and food of Saudi Arabia, what an experience! Shane

Ladies Fun GolfThe season has got off to a good start with 2 players the first day and 6 this past Wednesday. Everyone seems to have a good time even if their golf is not so hot at the start of the season. Must say though one of the ladies had a birdie and a par last week. These holes we remember others we would rather forget. Generally most only do the 11 holes and stop for coffee or lunch. Our tee times follow the Probus men which seems convenient for the couples who want to meet up after. The only real complaint we have is theoccasional slow pace at which the men golf. Seems they spend time looking for their lost golf balls, lining up putts or

At the General Meeting on April 28, there will be a sign-up sheet for members to indicate their interest and willingness to assist in conti-nued op-eration of our club. The sign-up sheet will also have a space for members to nominate others for a position.

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B U L L E T I NProbus Club of Kamloops. April 27, 2015P H OTO S

just chatting. The ladies have a polithera of gently used golf balls and would be happy to donate a few if it would hurry them along.😊. Sorry for the friendlypoke at you men. We do have a good time and enjoy the group camaraderie.

Mens weekly golf is up and running on Wednesdays at Pineridge Golf Course. There is the usual grumbling that golf scores are not as good as when we stopped playing last October. Some of us persist in using pen-cils with erasers. Currently we are averaging 6 golfers a week but this should grow as the weather warms.

Probus women golfers tee off right after us. Our relationship with them is indeed friendly although there are gentle hints that, on rare occasion, it might be better if the men spent less time talking at the T box and searching for lost balls. The men respond by saying this is, after all, “seniors day “ on the course. We are how-ever encouraging our members to be mindful of the golf rule of moving along at the pace set by the four-some in front of us.

Cheers, Bob

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B U L L E T I NProbus Club of Kamloops. April 2016P H OTO S

Some photos of the Men’s Cookers. They cooked ratatouille with BBQ beef shishkabob and fresh machine herb bread which were delicious!

What was Tom looking for in the tree. I am sure it was not his golf ball.

The Tea Connoisseurs took a tour Of David’s Teas where various teas were explained and sampled.

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