Welcome to the Combined Probus Club of Belrose Inc
Club President – Mike Hartnell
We are past the winter solstice now and heading back to nicer and longer days. But what a good June we had!
Firstly our Church Point Ferry trip on 5th June. It was cold and windy up until the day before, but the Thursday turned out to be an excellent day for a ferry trip – warm and sunny. See the report later in this newsletter.
A record 118 people attended our June General Meeting, where we welcomed four new members Kay, Trish, Chris and Maree. Please make an effort to meet and welcome them.
Cherry arranged an extremely interesting speaker, Andrew Rogers, who had been down to the wreck of the Titanic in a submersible. He won the trip in a raffle, and he kept us enthralled as he described the whole process of the preparation and the dive, showing us excellent photos. Thanks very much Cherry.
Thanks Hastings for doing our audio visuals while Terry and Barley were in Vietnam working on their suntans.
From left to right, President Mike and new club members Maree Stuart, Kay Tink, Trish Nielsen, and Chris Nielsen
Geoff Jones took us on the first Magical Mystery Tour on the 19th which was enjoyed by all. See the report in this newsletter. Thanks to Geoff and Jenny Jones for an interesting day and for preparing handouts for us on the Thirroul area.
Next was the 18th Anniversary lunch at Cromer Golf Club attended by 74 members, including
24 foundation members. It was a huge success. Great venue, good food and a terrific group of people. We will do more at Cromer Golf Club. Thanks Megan for all the work you put into it!
July has plenty to offer for you, culminating in our Hawkesbury Yulefest Tour. Margaret Ayre has kindly
arranged this for us and it is fully booked. Thanks very much Margaret – should be great fun.
There are lots of other activities put on for your enjoyment. Join in as much as you like and enjoy the company of your club members. Have a look at the calendar for July in this newsletter.
Gluten Free Cakes
We have some members who require gluten free food at our General Meetings. The hotel kindly supplies us with gluten free cakes for them on a special plate, which will be at the front of the room where our secretary sits at the meetings. These are only for the members who need gluten free food, so please don’t touch them otherwise.
Beware of scammers
In June scammers sent out an email with my name at the bottom saying that I was very busy and asking you to reply. They looked genuine, but if you replied they sent you another email asking you to quickly buy $700 of gift cards and send the pin details to them. If you got something like this I hope you realised it was scam and ignored it.
Please be really careful and if an email asks you to spend money or do something quickly, it might well be a scam. Please let me know at the next meeting if you received the email.
Ted Morton has provided additional information re scams – see page 17 in the July newsletter.
Past Presidents
Stroke Information
Facial weakness, arm weakness and difficulty with speech are the most common signs of stroke, but they are not the only signs. Other signs of stroke may include one, or a combination of:
- Weakness, numbness or paralysis of the face, arm or leg
- Difficulty speaking or understanding
- Dizziness, loss of balance or an unexplained fall
- Loss of vision, sudden blurring or decreased vision
- Headache, usually severe and abrupt onset
- Unexplained change in the pattern of headaches
- Difficulty swallowing.
The signs of stroke may occur alone or in combination and they can last a few seconds or up to 24 hours and then disappear.
View the Stroke Information website
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