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This page last updated: 2010.04.06 at 20.29  April 2010 Newsletter A Meeting of Minds April 7, 2009 (10 a.m.) Tomkins Hall, St. James Anglican Church 1188 Bridge Street, Manotick, Ontario, K4M 1A4 Robert Service and the Yukon Les McLaughlin was born in Alberta and moved with his
family to the Yukon
when he was two. While attending school in Whitehorse, he spent summers working on the Alaska Highway. He also visited
the site of the Klondike gold rush many times, and the highway and the gold rush
have continued to be important elements in his life. While at school
Les worked as a volunteer at a Whitehorse radio station. Later he joined CBC Radio in Whitehorse as an announcer, and
went on to spend more than 30 years as a producer with the CBC Northern
Service in Montreal
and Ottawa. Following
his
retirement, Les started a company that produces audio/visual
programs about the north for commercial sale. These CDs and DVDs include the life story of Robert Service
in audio format and the Alaska Highway story as an historic video. Les is also heard daily on
CKRW radio in Whitehorse with a series about Yukon history and development called Yukon Nuggets.
Refreshments available from 9.30 a.m. Don’t forget your name tags! Lunch venue following the April meeting: The Black Dog (upstairs). ***Special event *** The Probus Spring Fling, the
annual district luncheon, takes place this year in Cornwall Tuesday,
May 18, with registration starting at 10.30 a.m. The event is being
held at the Best Western Motel, 1515 Vincent Massey Drive. Tickets
are
$28. Since the deadline for reservations is
April 16, events organizer Merrill Stalker suggests that tickets should
be purchased at the April 7 meeting. Payment,
preferably by cheque, should be made to Probus of Ottawa Rideau Valley. If you wish to attend
the lunch but cannot be at the April meeting, call Merrill at
613-692-0329.
Striders and Gliders Striders
will
be going for a walk in Manotick or the Baxter Conservation area in
April, depending on weather conditions and water levels. We will meet
at 9.30 a.m. on
Wednesday, April 21, at Manotick Public Library and car pool if
necessary. Organizer Brian Sawyer will e-mail more details to participants 2-3 days before
the walk. Striders enjoyed a great tour of the Chaudière Falls in March. The weather was beautiful and
Burt Collins gave a detailed history of the area.
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