July 2024 CURRENTS

CURRENTS is the official newsletter of the Credit River PROBUS Club. It is published monthly and emailed to members to keep them abreast of club activities and to promote the club’s central objectives. Submissions are welcome as are new ideas and should be emailed to Lydia Koop, lydia04@rogers.com.

President’s Message

Every time I go to the grocery store. I am painfully reminded that the cost of living is increasing. The increases seem relentless, even if the Bank of Canada tells us that the rate of increase is decreasing. So, I am pleased to bring you good news – despite an impending rent increase from our hosts at the Mississaugua Golf and Country Club, your Management Committee is able to hold the line on dues, and there will be no increase for the 2024- 025 Probus year. More information on how and when to pay those dues will follow. They become due in September.

PROBUS is a great organization, and the number of clubs continues to grow. However, just occasionally one will fold, and the primary reason is usually that no one is willing to take a management role, and the whole club falls apart. We are not in danger of such a catastrophe, but if Past President John Burrows approaches you regarding one of the vacancies for the next year, please consider his request carefully. I took on the role of President with very little relevant experience, but there has been assistance at every step, and the task is not that onerous. There has been plenty of help and advice, most of it constructive! You may have seen those wartime posters of a soldier pointing straight at you and saying: “Your country needs YOU”. Well, your Probus club needs YOU too!

We have been having some great weather, and I hope those of you lucky enough to have cottages have been getting your Vitamin D without the need to open a bottle! Brian and I just have an area in our back yard we call our “oasis” – no traffic jams to encounter when returning from the kitchen with a pot of tea. Enjoy your summer everyone, wherever you may be.
Ada Dixon

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Direct comments about CURRENTS to Lydia Koop, lydia04@rogers.com. If you need to be sent another copy of CURRENTS please email crprobus@gmail.com.