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THE NEW TANNERTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010 5 Live your dream THROUGH EFFECTIVE WEALTH MANAGEMENT For fur ther information, please contact: Harold Postma, CFP Phone: 519-821-4690 Email: h.j.postma@sympatico.ca Live your Dream THROUGH EFFECTIVE WEALTH MANAGEMENT Live your dream T ROUGH EFFECTIVE WEALTH A AGEMENT For fur ther informati n, please contact: Harold Postma, CFP Phone: 519-821-4690 Email: h.j.postma@sympatico.ca Doc Tamblyn dies Family and friends of the late Dr. Paul Tam- blyn will celebrate his life at a service on Satur- day in Barrie. Tamblyn, 67, died last Wednesday after a short battle with cancer. Born Dec 7, 1943, and raised on a farm in Orono, Ontario, Doc Tamblyn leaves behind a tremendous legacy as an educator in outdoor education, science and vocal music. He taught for over 28 years at Ac- ton High School. Dr. Tamblyn leaves behind his wife and best friend of Doreen Hart- ley, and children Heather Tamblyn, (deceased 1995), Michael Tamblyn and John Paul Tamblyn, both of Toronto; loving step-father of Susanne Holmes of Toronto, and Keith Holmes of Van- couver. He also had three grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, Dr. Tamblyn requested do- nations be made to Sing Canada Harmony Schol- arship Fund at www. canadahelps.org LEGION NEWS By James Hayes P.R.O. BRANCH NO. 197 ????? ???????? ???????????????? ???????? ?????? Thank you Eileen for do- ing such a great job of this column while I was enjoy- ing a trip to Panama City Beach. I think it was as warm here as it was there. At the condo was a sign telling you to beware of the ice in the outside corridors. I was glad I took my winter coat. Just to clear up some misunderstanding, the at- tractive wooden Acton Seniors Recreational Centre name tags cost $5. (Some people thought they were going to be $6) If you would like one, just put the $5 in an envelope with your name written on the outside exactly as you would like it on the label, and the re- ceptionist will place it in the cash draw for the craft group. I am getting excellent re- ports on the Olympic dinner I missed. Everyone enjoyed listening to a very enthusias- tic George Henderson, and some even got to hold his torch. We discovered that one of our own members, Thora Jesperson carried the torch in Denmark for the Helsinki Games in 1952. Many of you might re- member Herman Frueler. He won a nation-wide com- petition for composing the Hymn to Canada to cele- brate the 100th Birthday of Canada in 1967. His wife and son Bernie still live in town. Vern Denny talked about the history of this piece of music plus some other Canadian composers, and The Gang from the Hill played the various pieces. The 50/50 was won by Siena Ancker and the door prizes by Annie Saun- ders, Helen Jocque, Marg Dedman, May Hoare, Syl- via Mitchell, Lois Van Volkenburg, Marie Zions Fryer, Connie Fix, Loretta Ivanyshyn, Wendy Krever and Joan Leavens. Almost 120 members and friends enjoyed the dinner, and en- tertainment. The various winners of our own Seniors Olympic games were given medals and a round of ap- plause. The hall was suitably decorated with banners and other memorabilia thanks to Jill Tetreault, and Halton Hills recreation Supervisor Frank Prospero who loaned us the various banners, and a Canadian flag. The next dinner will have an Irish Theme, and on the menu is a beef stew, sim- mered in Guinness. Sounds wonderful! Tickets will be on sale shortly. The enter- tainment this time will be one of my favourite couples Juke Box. The mystery lunch is no mystery this week. Tomor- row, (Friday) the lunch will be pizza. It was such a hit when we had to change our lunch menu quickly and move to the fire hall when the Halton Health Depart- ment needed the space for the N1H1 Flu shots, so we will be enjoying it again this week. Those who dont enjoy pizza can order sand- wiches. Anna Arnold brought in the sleeping mat she is mak- ing for children in Haiti and other third world countries to show the craft group. They are made by cutting milk bags into strips and crochet the strips into a colourful waterproof mat. It takes 300 bags to make one mat, (and a great deal of pa- tience). What a great way of recycling the bags. If you have saved your bags and dont know what to do with them, the craft ladies would put them to good use. Last Thursday, Shirley Hunter and Betty Brewer both had mooners at the Bid Euchre. Doug Todd with the Royal City Ambassadors was at the Centre on Monday morning promoting a show at the Riv- er Run Theatre in Guelph on Friday March 26 in the even- ing. Betty and I are going to work on this trip together. We will use a Tyler bus and the cost including the show and bus will be $30. If you are interested please sign up as soon as possible. We have reserved some seats. We had a new voice an- nouncing the Bingo this week. Yvonne McKague did a great job. Thank you, Yvonne for stepping in when Mary was unable to call this week. The 50/50 was worth $63 this week and it was won by Pauline Barlow. Comrades: Last Sunday morning, members of the Branch and executive attended Sunny- brook Hospital where we were met by Francine (Fran) Debelchor (Recrea- tion Therapy Community Support Person). Fran ac- cepted our gift of 55 Legion Blankets, purchased by the Branch through the gener- ous donations made by our members on Levee Day. We also met Patricia and Gary Norton. Patricia is the daughter of 89- year- old veteran Peter Ryan to whom we made a special presentation of a mono- grammed blanket to replace the one he had lost on a field trip. Entertainment. The Mathews Band kept everybody hopping in the games room on Saturday afternoon, the start of a busy weekend. Winterfest It was a huge success this year! The beautiful warm sunny day brought many families to the Branch and Im sure that everyone had a very enjoyable afternoon. Cathy Hall and Bev Mat- tocks would like to thank the volunteers who helped out in all areas on, and lead- ing up to, the day. This is another event that requires a lot of planning and a lot of people prepared to give their time. They in turn de- rive the most enjoyment out of the day. The great food, snowmobile and quad rides, games, outdoor fire with spiderdogs and marshmal- lows and the jack wax taffy were a big hit with all of the kids. Not to mention the funny clown glasses that kept showing up and putting smiles on the young and the old. I believe that this event is becoming one of the most popular events for families. Thanks again to every- one as always too many to mention. Yours in Comradeship, Jim Hayes, Br.197 PRO Ladies Auxiliary News Our next general meet- ing will be held Thursday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m. Would the ladies who have stubs from the Con- vention tickets please bring them to the meeting? Our comrade Kay James had a triple by-pass. We wish Kay a speedy recov- ery. Yours in comradeship L.A. President Annemarie Lowin OLYMPIC WINNERS: Some of the winners at the senior games held recently at the Acton Seniors Centre proudly wore their medals, including Nives Bozic, Judi Wanders, Loretta Ivanyshyn, (hiding) Sylvia Mitchell, Frances Hogenbirk, Don Byers, Marg Bromby, Mary Walsma, George Henderson, Sienna Ancker, Joan Leavens, and Lorraine Davis. Submitted photo