The Probus Club of Sidney hosts several events during the year for members and guests. Events that have been hosted in prior years include Christmas Dinners, Summer Barbecues, excursions to attend the Chemainus Theatre Festival, and tours of many local businesses and organizations that members have expressed interest in learning more about. Frequently these events follow the organization or business having been featured in our monthly speaker series. Input from members is encouraged to assist in the selection of events that will be of interest to the broader membership.
Future Planned Events
Everything is coming up roses!
On Tuesday June 17, at 11 am there will be a tour of Eurosa Farms in Brentwood Bay. Eurosa Farms is a flower market specializing in roses. There will be a maximum of 20 participants and a fee of $5.00. If participants purchase while there, the $5.00 will be deducted from purchases.
More details to come. Questions should be directed to Valerie Park, valpark56@gmail.com
MACALONEY’S ISLAND DISTILLERY AND TWA DOGS
BREWERY
TOUR AND TASTING
Date: Thursday, May 1 at 2:30 pm
Price: $26.20 includes GST, the Tour, and 5 tastings
Address: 761 Enterprise Crescent, Victoria
With a renewed sense of national pride and with a growing movement towards
purchasing Canadian made products, it is fitting that our next Probus event will be at
Macaloney’s Distillery and Twa Dogs Brewery.
The tour begins in their tasting room and flows the way the spirits go, past the grist mill
where you can taste the various strains of malted and un-malted barley that they use as
a craft brewer as well as a distiller. Onward into the heart of the Brew and Still house
through the smells of the mush tun and wash backs, past the gleaming swan necked
stills and then up into the warehouse and bottling hall before returning back to the
visitors centre.
The tour includes 3 beer tastings and 2 whiskies. Please meet at the Visitor Centre at
2:20 (10 minutes before the tour begins)
IF YOU ATTEND PLEASE WEAR YOUR BADGE
To reserve please e-transfer $26.20 to sidneyprobustreasurer@gmail.com
FUTURE SPEAKERS
• May 13, (provisional title) “Thoughts on the New International Trade Order.”
Speaker: DR. JEN BAGGS, Professor and Acting Dean, Gustavson School of
Business | University of Victoria.
• June 10: (Topic TBA) Speaker: ADAM OLSEN, former Green Party MLA and
presently lead negotiator for WJOȽEȽP’ in conversations with federal, provincial,
regional and local governments as well as organizations operating in the region.
• July 8: “More than a wing and a prayer: how birds can help us chart a sustainable
future.” Speaker: DR. AMANDA RODEWALD, Garvin Professor and Senior
Director of the Center for Avian Population Studies at the Cornell Lab of
Ornithology.
Upcoming events include: a tour of Craigdarroch Castle.
Movie Matinee
matinee, please let me know.
Aldy: sidneyprobusmembership@gmail.com
Current Events
Hello CE members,
My survey of this group (Sorry Robert, didn’t realize your name was not on the list) has resulted in a very slim registration for the date of April 23.
With only 2 individuals indicating their intention to join in, I have spoken with Grahame Williams who would have been your host and we have decided to defer the meeting to next month. Provisionally, that date will be May 27.
With a new or newly refreshed government and the unpredictable and worrying events in the US as well as world and local affairs there will be plenty to discuss.
I saw two polling stations in operation today with long lines & 45+ minute waits- so it looks like Saanich-Gulf Islands is certainly engaged!
I look forward to seeing you in May.
Ken Marsh
Wine Tasting Group Report
March 12th saw the first wine tasting meeting of the new Probus wine tasting group. We had one previous ‘organizational meeting’ which naturally included the tasting of
some wines, but this meeting was dedicated to the winesthemselves, and of course the congeniality of a group of(somewhat) like-minded individuals was a great
accompanying bonus.
We tasted a selection of four delightful BC red wines, aselection which appealed to the wine interest of our membersas well as being an appropriate choice in the current political
environment. Our host supplemented his/her selection of choice local wines with a very complimentary charcuterie board for palate cleansing, and absolute enjoyment.
The group meets at 4:00 pm on the second Wednesday of the month, the venue
rotating among the members. As a new group, we are looking to welcome additional
Probus members who have an interest in sampling wines. If you are interested, but a bit
apprehensive about participating on a tasting group, don’t be intimidated: our group is
probably better described as wine enthusiasts than wine connoisseurs. Of course I say
that on a personal level, but I suspect the other members have a somewhat similar
overview. If you are interested, please email me at ‘bob@witzel.com‘