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• Billiards Club - Monthly

  • Start
    October 17, 2025
  •  
  • End
    September 18, 2026
  •  
  • Schedule
    12 sessions
  • Location
    Chicago Billiards, Dundas and Hespeler Road
  • Registered
    12 registrants

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  We gather at Chicago Billiards on the 3rd Friday of every month of the year for some billiards fun. Come at 11:30 (doors open) and go directly to the billiards tables. Lunch is optional and can be ordered while playing billiards.

  Registration not required, but registering only once for monthly billiards will enable you to receive reminders and any announcements.

  
  

  Join us for some fun!

  
  

  For more information, please contact:
  Bob Crawford, racjr1050@gmail.com, 519-621-1902

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• Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

  • When
    October 22, 2025
  •  
    11:30 AM
  • Location
    9280 Airport Road, Mount Hope, ON L0R 1W0
  • Registered
    47 registrants

  Registration is closed

  

  Cost $50.00/person

  Event Details

  The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is an aviation museum located at the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport in Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada. The museum has 47 military jets and propeller-driven aircraft on display. Displayed is a collection of Canadian military aircraft, many in flying condition.

  The museum is also restoring several Second World War and Cold War aircraft, including a TBM Avenger, a De Havilland Canada built S-2 Tracker and a Bristol Bolingbroke

  Please find the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum website URL below which provides further detail on the museum:

  www.warplane.com

  Lunch

  Lunch starts at 11:30 (catered at the Hangar for Probus); A Tour Guide will facilitate the walk about at the Museum

  • Assorted sandwiches and wraps
  • Veggie platter
  • Cheese tray with assorted crackers
  • Dessert
  • Beverages (non-alcoholic)
  • Please make the event organizer aware of any food allergies using the contact information below

  Registration Notes

  • Maximum of 3 guests per registered member
  • Wait List will be in place once capacity is reached
  • No guaranteed refunds after October 8
  • Registration end date is October 8
  • Maximum number of reservations available is 30

  Event organizer Mike Titizian can be contacted at (519) 635-1956 or mike.titizian@gmail.com 

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• Monthly Meeting with Ted Barris

  • When
    October 29, 2025
  •  
    9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Portuguese Club, 870 Townline Rd, Cambridge, ON

  Battle of Britain: Canadian Airmen in their Finest Hour

  Ted Barris will tell us about the gripping and heroic story of fighter pilots defending the skies over Britain from unprecedented Nazi attack.

  For 113 terrifying days in 1940, Nazi Germany’s air force, the Luftwaffe, threw everything it had at Great Britain in hopes of early victory in World War II.

  The task of defending southern England from airborne attack fell to pilots in the Royal Air Force, supplemented in their darkest hour by more than 100 flyers from Canada.

  These Canadians, some from famous families, some straight off the farm, served in forty-seven different Battle of Britain squadrons.

  On Dec. 29, 2022, the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, announced 99 new appointments to the Order of Canada, including Ted Barris, C.M., “For advancing our understanding of Canadian military history as an acclaimed historical author, journalist and broadcaster.”

  LUNCH BUNCH: After the meeting, all members are invited to have lunch (at their own cost) at a local restaurant. A great way to get to know your fellow members.

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• Annual Billiards Tournament

  • When
    November 21, 2025
  •  
    11:30 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Chicago Billiards, Dundas and Hespeler Road

  Register

  Beginners welcome! This event is for all skill levels, we have them all! Win or lose, a fun event!

  This is a fun event to bring a friend with you as your guest, a great way to introduce them to our club!

  Come at 11:30 (doors open) and go directly to the billiards tables. Lunch is optional and can be ordered while playing billiards.

  
  

  Please register for this event. There is no cost to register, but you will pay at Chicago Billiards $12 per person for billiards and the cost of any food or beverages purchased.

  Would you prefer to register by phone? Contact Bob Crawford, racjr1050@gmail.com, 519-621-1902.

  Any questions please contact Bob Crawford, racjr1050@gmail.com, 519-621-1902.

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• Monthly Meeting with Gary Chalk

  • When
    November 26, 2025
  •  
    9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Portuguese Club, 870 Townline Rd, Cambridge, ON

  Living Retired - a baby boomer's musings on retirement living

  Join us for a laugh-filled morning as we welcome Gary Chalk, a master communicator whose career began with a block of wood and a dream. As a child, Gary’s parents were understandably concerned when he started “playing radio” with his homemade microphone—but little did they know it was the first step toward a lively career in broadcasting, advertising, and public relations.

  From mispronouncing words on southern Ontario airwaves to launching creative campaigns as an ad agency partner, Gary has seen it all—including a pivotal career epiphany during a WKRP turkey drop. Later, he convinced a hospital CEO he was media-savvy (no mention of the wooden mic, of course) and launched into PR.

  Now retired—at least in theory—Gary spends his time offering sharp-witted reflections on communication, aging, and the fine art of pretending retirement is hard work (his wife still believes him).

  Get ready for a humorous, engaging talk from a man who’s made a career out of speaking—into wood, microphones, and media alike!

  LUNCH BUNCH: After the meeting, all members are invited to have lunch (at their own cost) at a local restaurant. A great way to get to know your fellow members.

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• Christmas Gala featuring Sonja Gustafson & Trio

  • When
    December 05, 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
  • Location
    Portuguese Club, 870 Townline Rd, Cambridge, ON
  • Spaces left
    63
  • Registered
    87 registrants

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  Experience some sparkling jazz and holiday favourites with the incomparable Sonja Gustafson and her trio. From timeless standards to festive classics, Sonja’s radiant voice, versatility, and stage presence promise a performance to remember. Enjoy this rare, intimate concert—and, just like last year, sit with friends and be ready for your table to join the fun with live song requests.

  

  Learn more about Sonja Gustafson here.
  

  Menu

  • Festive meal with salad, main course, dessert, coffee, tea
  • Choose:  full turkey dinner, ham dinner or vegetarian lasagna dinner
  • Cash bar available.

  Registration & Policies

  • Up to 3 guests per member
  • Capacity: 150 seats
  • Registration deadline: November 27
  • Cancellation deadline: November 27
  • No refunds after November 27

  Transportation

  Need a ride to and from the Portuguese Club? We’re happy to arrange it. Contact Pat Ramcharitar at (519) 584-4764 or ramcharitap@gmail.com.

  Registration Help

  Would you prefer to register by phone? Contact Pat Ramcharitar at (519) 584-4764 or ramcharitap@gmail.com.

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• Monthly Meeting with Tom Woodcock

  • When
    January 28, 2026
  •  
    9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Portuguese Club, 870 Townline Rd, Cambridge, ON

  Local Conservation in Waterloo-Wellington

  The rare Charitable Research Reserve was founded in 2001 to protect 900 acres of natural habitat near the Village of Blair that was threatened by development.

  In the years following the charity developed its programs of Conservation, Research, and Education to serve the community and to confront threats to the natural systems that we depend on for food, water, and air.

  This presentation will discuss the early days of rare in the historic village of Blair, and how we have expanded our efforts with the goal of protecting habitat across the Region of Waterloo and Wellington County.

  We will briefly discuss the significance of some of the ecological services that protected lands provide, how they support human society and economy, and how everyone can do their part on their own properties to protect and enhance our environment.

  LUNCH BUNCH: After the meeting, all members are invited to have lunch (at their own cost) at a local restaurant. A great way to get to know your fellow members.

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• Monthly Meeting with Lisa Hood

  • When
    February 25, 2026
  •  
    9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Portuguese Club, 870 Townline Rd, Cambridge, ON

  The Y is so much more that a "gym and swim".

  For more than 150 years, the YMCAs of Cambridge and Kitchener-Waterloo, the YMCA-YWCA of Guelph, and the YMCA of Stratford-Perth have served our communities. In 2020, we officially unified and became the YMCA of Three Rivers, allowing us to continue showing up for our communities where and how they’ve needed us most.

  The Three Rivers name was inspired by the history and legacy that rivers played in each of our communities, including the Avon, Grand, and Speed Rivers. Much like the Y, rivers are places of connection. They bring people together. They unite. They foster growth and well-being. Across our communities, this is what the Y has worked to do. And, in unifying, it is our goal to continue doing this — to show up where and how our communities need us most, and work to meet current and emerging needs — well into the future.

  ​Like the rivers that inspired us, we’re never the same place twice. Each time you come to the Y, you’ll see familiar faces and meet new ones. You’ll engage in programming you know, and perhaps learn about something new. Through it all — the ebbs and flows of your life — in all three regions, like a river, it’s our goal for the Y will be a constant point of reference for you.

  LUNCH BUNCH: After the meeting, all members are invited to have lunch (at their own cost) at a local restaurant. A great way to get to know your fellow members.

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• Monthly Meeting with Professor Stuart Phillips

  • When
    March 25, 2026
  •  
    9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Portuguese Club, 870 Townline Rd, Cambridge, ON

  Kinesiology and Aging

  Professor Stuart Phillips is a Distinguished University Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Muscle Health.

  His research focuses on the interactions of nutrition and exercise for optimal muscle function and quality of life in aging populations.
  

  He is a full Professor in Kinesiology and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Medicine at McMaster University. He is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

  His research is focused on the impact of nutrition and exercise on human skeletal muscle protein turnover. He is also keenly interested in diet- and exercise-induced changes in body composition.
  

  His research is funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the National Science and Engineering Council of Canada, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the US NIH, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the USDA.
  
  He currently has more than 33,000 career citations and 400 original scientific research and review papers.

  PERSONAL VIGNETTE: Also in this meeting, Jim Ott will be delivering his personal vignette.

  LUNCH BUNCH: After the meeting, all members are invited to have lunch (at their own cost) at a local restaurant. A great way to get to know your fellow members.

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