6:00 pm to 7:00 pm 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm - Esso …Cash Bar: 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm Buffet Dinner: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Main Courses: Wines: Grilled Alberta Sirloin Montes Sauvignon Blanc Stuffed

Cash Bar: 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Buffet Dinner: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Main Courses: Wines:

Grilled Alberta Sirloin Montes Sauvignon Blanc

Stuffed Chicken Breast Tilia Malbec

Baked Wild Salmon

Guest Speaker: 8:00 pm David Finch—author and historian

Topic: “What History Is Not”

Cost: Members : $35.00 Guests : $85.00

Invitations will be sent at the end of October using the new, website-based invitation system.

If you are not replying using the web invitation system, please register beginning on November 1st by calling or emailing: Luise Merk at 403.257.1900 [email protected]

As the maximum accommodation for this event is 144 people, please consider registering as soon as the invitation is received. Due to the accommodation limit, guests will be considered only after member requests have been satisfied.

Make Cheques Payable to ESSO Resources Annuitant Club

Mail cheques to Luise Merk at:

#8, 6841 Coach Hill Road SW Calgary, AB T3H 3T9

ERAC Newsletter September 2016

ESSO RESOURCES ANNUITANT CLUB NEWSLETTER Publisher: Susan Sawka Editor: Barb Lazowski

ERAC Newsletter September 2016 Page 2

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE : October 15, 2016 for November Issue Email articles and images to: Barb Lazowski at [email protected] Any questions, concerns, or feedback, contact : Susan Sawka, Publisher, at (403) 239-1930 or [email protected]

EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT Luise Merk 257 1900 VICE PRESIDENT Dwain Weckman 239 2394 TREASURER Dieter Busse 239 6021 SECRETARY Connie Scruton 202 0320 PAST PRESIDENT Howard Gallimore 242 8181

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Randy Ottenbreit 251 4104 Al Davis 254 0489 Susan Sawka 239 1930 Ian Walker 258 0912 Gary Scruton 202 0320 Don Schaef 966 6361

STANDING COMMITTEES Auditor Peter Ramsay 256 6429 Membership Al Davis 254 0489 Nominating Howard Gallimore 242 8181 Newsletter Barb Lazowski (Editor) 238 2361 Newsletter Susan Sawka (Publisher) 239 1930 Outreach Joan Johnston 271 2087 Outreach Jean Hersak 931 3325 United Way John Maguire 281 8394 VIP Program Howard Gallimore 242 8181 Visitation Dorothy Kaethler 278 9982 Visitation Cliff Kippen 238 1819 Webmaster Derek McClure 770 0246 Webmaster Mel Pollock 453 0878

ACTIVITY COMMITTEES Arts & Crafts Angela Wards 282 1486 Bowling Peter Perry 270 0704 Bridge Rosemary Kry 259 2951 Community Care Peter Baltais n/a XC/SS Skiing Dave Varga n/a Curling Dennis Heacock 241 6492 Dinner Theatre Christa Schaper 281 9699 Fall Social Luise Merk 257 1900 Fall Social Dwain Weckman 239 2394 Garden Janice Hawkings 278 8059 Garden Gloria Fleck 251 4214 Golf Connie Scruton 202 0320 Hiking Sue Deyell 851 0443 Lawn Bowling Jean Abbott 281 6593 Photography Mike Checkland 276 1806 Spring Lunch/AGM Luise Merk 257 1900 Spring Lunch/AGM Dwain Weckman 239-2394 Spring BBQ Don Schaef 966 6361 Summer BBQ Ian Walker 258 0912 Technology Rene Bialek 247 0946 Tent & Trailer Diane & Nick Weyland 519 5007 Travelogue Richard Sawka 239 1930 Wine Appreciation Tim Hawkings 278 8059 Woodworking Rick Kruse 938 5407

ERAC OFFICERS AND CHAIRPERSONS JUNE 1, 2016 - MAY 31, 2017 ANNUITANT CONTACTS

To report a change in name, address, telephone number or marital status, CONTACT ——->AL DAVIS at 403-254-0489 or [email protected] AND CALL the IMPERIAL OIL ANNUITANT HELP LINE - TORONTO Toll Free at: 1-800-387 0621 For info regarding benefit forms, medical cards, medical/insurance coverage, pensions or any other concerns Call 1 866 769 8524 In addition to calling the Helpline, changes to address and bank accounts may be made by accessing the Managing Your Benefits web portal on www.iolemcbenefits.ca

IMPERIAL OIL’S VIP PROGRAM THE VIP, in place for over 10 years, has been

suspended for 2016 as it undergoes a review and refresh.


MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Many of you may have noticed that there is a new name on the cover page of this newsletter. I’d like to extend a warm welcome to Barb Lazowski who has graciously volunteered to become the Editor of the ERAC Newsletter. Also I’d like to send a big thank you to Diane Cook for her work as Editor for the past two years. By the time that you read this article our super soggy summer will be coming to a close, let’s hope that there is still some warm dry weather to come and we can enjoy some of the club activities well into the fall. As September rolls in the summer activities will be winding down and the fall clubs will be thinking about starting up for the new season. With the arrival of fall I’d like to encourage everyone, especially our recent members to consider trying out one or two of the Activity Clubs. For information on all of the clubs check out our website at http://essoannuitants.ca/. There is a lot of good information on the site for all of the Activities. Now to a bit of business, the first meeting of the Executive and Board took place on June 17, 2016 as planned, and the subsidy request and Activity Clubs were the main topics discussed. I am happy to report that the subsidy submission for this year was completed and handed off to Imperial prior to the deadline of July 31, 2016. This year we are anticipating receiving a subsidy of approximately $31,000. I want to take this opportunity to thank all of the volunteers who make this club the success that it is—it only happens through all of your efforts. Here’s hoping to see many of you at different events throughout the fall, especially at A Month Before Christmas at Fort Calgary.

Luise

The 2016 United Way Campaign is officially underway! Lists are being created to email a pledge request

out to members (or mail packages if we don’t have your email). An online donation link and other

donation options will be provided. We are targeting early September to send everything out.

There is never a shortage of need in our community and we are looking forward to another great year

from our ERAC members for the United Way!

UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN John Maguire - (403) 281-8394 or

[email protected]


We are ready to visit club members who are in Care Facilities, Seniors Homes, or in their own home but are unable to come out to our club functions anymore. We do short visits several times a year and that enables us to keep in touch! We may even tell some stories or jokes! Dorothy Kaethler 403 278 9982 Cliff Kippen 403 238 1819 Dave Ellerington 403 851 1474 (Dave covers the Cochrane area) We would like to hear from you. Give us a call.

Please note….

The deaths of all Imperial Oil Annuitants who have died during the past year are now recognized by a listing on our Esso Website

www.essoannuitants.ca Log into the ‘For Members’ section and click on the “In Memory” button to access the list.

The Esso Resources Annuitant Club extends sympathy to the family and friends of our late colleagues:

Flora Rankin Widow of Chuck. Sympathy extended to Linda, Marian, Tom and family

Howard Comfort Widower of Peggy. Sympathy extended to Elizabeth, Kathy, Tim, Peter and family.

Bob Craswell Widower of Martha. Sympathy extended to Karen, Bev, Bob and family.

Sympathy was also extended to: Jean Abbott, on the death of her

sister, Naida (Saskatchewan). Pierre Lebel, on the death of his

mother, Theresa. Tim & Janice Hawkings, on the death

of Tim’s brother, Chris (England). Sheila McGonigal, on the death of

her mother, Lillian McGonigal (Olds). Thinking of You and Best Wishes were sent to: Norm Lussier Hank Heerema Nate Dileandro

OUTREACH Joan Johnston (403) 271-2087 or

Jean Hersak (403) 931-3325 [email protected]

VISITATION


Our Community Care group membership and contributions continue to grow. We are making a difference in our community, and having fun doing it! Our two new initiatives, ‘Time Together’ and the Lions Club Eyeglasses event, have been very well received. With continued support, we could add a second monthly shift for both events.

Sharing Memories During Time Together Rick and Bev Snyder manage “Time Together”; informal, enlightening discussions with people at seniors residences.

Lions Club—Drying Eyeglasses for Re-Use Ron Kitt’s directed teams at the Lions Eyeglass Recycling Centre have been fully staffed with 25 people helping to make good use of the millions of donated eye glasses.

Calgary Stampede—BMO Kids’ Breakfast Don Schaef’s team of 25 volunteers endured dark clouds and rain to serve pancakes, sausages, juice and smiles at the annual Calgary Stampede BMO Kids’ Breakfast.

Olympic Spirit at the Food Bank Our volunteers have been helping at the Food Bank each month, as well as at the Food Bank’s Garden-of-Eatin’, a valued initiative that risks being discontinued due to a lack of volunteers.

COMMUNITY CARE Peter Baltais - [email protected]


Smiles at the Drop-In Center (note the aprons from the BMO Breakfast)

Jennie Wolter and Pam Allen lead volunteers at the Drop In Centre twice monthly. The 1,100 sandwiches assembled during a recent 90 minute shift were consumed within two days. Aprons from the BMO Breakfast were donated to the Centre.

Preparing for the Shaw Classic During the last week in August, 28 volunteers will marshal spectators over multiple shifts during the five day Shaw Charity Classic. Can the $3.9 million raised for Alberta charities last year be topped? Wish them clear skies and sunshine.

August 26: Community Care members will re-live and celebrate our achievements at our Annual Social

September: Dave Patterson will be leading the group “promoting indigenous species” at

Calgary’s Pearce Estate Park in September. The ERAC web page provides more information and photos of events. Interested in joining us? Contact Peter Baltais at [email protected].

HOTEL AND CAR RENTAL PROGRAM Annuitants are able to take advantage of Imperial Oil’s negotiated pricing for car rentals and hotels.

Imperial Oil has agreements with National Car Rental and several hotel chains that cover rentals in

Canada and the US plus a number of other countries.

If anyone would like to use this program, please contact a member of the ERAC Board of Directors

and that person will provide you with the details of the program. Or login to ERAC’s web site and

click on “For Members”, then on the left, click on “IOL Car & Hotel”.

COMMUNITY CARE — Continued

mailto:[email protected]


A very successful season of the Tech Club drew to a close with a windup social gathering on April 20th. Both Club membership and attendance per activity doubled over last season. Club activities will resume in September with an organizational meeting. During the past season we had 6 tours, 3 presentations, and 2 social gatherings.

A long list of potential site tours, topics and places for social gatherings has been compiled. This list will be prioritized during the September organizational meeting. Look for more details in future newsletters. If anyone has suggestions for future Club activities, please forward to Rene at [email protected]. TIMING: Club activities are typically held during the 3rd week of every month, either on Tuesday or Wednesday, commencing in September and ending with a windup social in April. MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION: Cost to join the Club will be $5/ERAC member/season. Non-ERAC members and guests are welcome to join at $15/season.

TOURS: Wind farm near Pincher Creek, A Hutterite Colony, Walmart’s state-of-the-art distribution

facilities located at Cross Iron Mills, Gienow’s and Supreme’s window and door

manufacturing plants, and The Rothney Astrophysical Observatory

located near Priddis.

PRESENTATIONS: Innovations and construction of cost

effective, energy efficient houses as well as the net zero energy house constructed in Calgary

Estate Planning put on by FIERA Capital 3D Printing demonstration SOCIALS: SAIT Luncheon Wind-Up

TECH CLUB

Rene Bialek - (403) 247-0946 or [email protected]


The Tony® Award Winning musical, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET is set on December 4, 1956. History was made when an extraordinary twist of fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley together at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest impromptu jam sessions ever. It brings to light the extraordinary story of broken promises, secrets, betrayal, and the once-in-a-lifetime celebration of four friends that is altogether poignant, heartwarming and funny. MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET brings that legendary night to life, featuring a score of rock hits.

STAGE WEST DINNER THEATRE 727 – 42nd Avenue SE, Calgary

Wednesday Matinee, October 19, 2016

DOORS open at 10:00 hr - BUFFET from 10:30 – 12:00 hr

Million Dollar Quartet

Buffet and Show only: Members: $46.50 incl. GST (Gratuity not included) Guests: $54.60 incl. GST (Gratuity not included) Please note that Stage West has increased their prices! To reserve a ticket call: Christa Schaper 403-281-9699 or email: [email protected]

. Make cheques payable to ESSO RESOURCES ANNUITANT CLUB Send cheques to: Christa Schaper 911 Canfield Crescent SW Calgary, AB T2W 1K5 REMEMBER, your cheque MUST BE RECEIVED by October 3, 2016

Due to popularity of this Show, please book early!

STAGE WEST DINNER THEATRE

Christa Schaper - 403-281-9699 or [email protected]


The Summer Barbecue was held August 16 on a beautiful day at Ware Creek, and was attended by 90 annuitants and guests. Duncan’s Catering again provided an excellent sausage and chicken meal – an extra thanks to Duncan for his flexibility in accommodating changes to registration numbers. Thanks too to Duncan’s support staff – Deb, Lois, Lorraine and Tracy.

SUMMER BBQ AT WARE CREEK By Ian Walker

A special thanks to all the volunteers who helped make the Barbecue a success: For set up - those who were there: Bill Simmons, Rick and Angela Wards, Nick and Diane Weyland, Terry and Noreen Schultz; and those who couldn’t make it: Ralph Fraser, Jack Oslansky, Greg Howell and Don Schaef For coordinating the games: Al Davis and Dwain Weckman For photos: Rose Davis and Malcolm Cullen And a thanks to Malcolm for being prepared to help Rick Wards and myself if we had any problems with the PA set-up. Note from the Pres: special shout out to Ian Walker, BBQ Coordinator extraordinaire and his wife Brenda.


Well it’s not curling season yet so this will be a short note to remind returning curlers to contact Dennis Heacock at [email protected] and confirm their desire to curl in the 2016-17 season. Please include your preferred position(s). First half of the curling season will begin early in October and will continue to December. The second half of the season runs from January to March. To any curlers who want to join the league for the first time this year or were not curling last year, please contact Dennis Heacock at [email protected] ASAP, to be given priority to replace dropouts from last year.

GOLF CLUB Connie Scruton - (403) 202-0320 or [email protected]

Since our last newsletter we have had 2 golf events. On June 15th we golfed at Muirfield Lakes with 40 people golfing. Tim Horton $25 gift card draw prizes were won by Andy Strilchuk, John Jack and Delane Bro. Sleeves of golf balls were given out to Maureen Andrews for ladies’ low gross, Bob Miller for men’s low gross and Colin McNeil for getting 2 birdies. On July 16th we golfed at the Nanton Golf Club with 30 people attending. Tim Horton $25 gift card draw prizes were won by Howard Gallimore, Ivan Ericksen and Jussi Alto. Marlene Heacock had ladies low gross and Ron Tibbatts had men’s low gross. We have two more golf events left this season. On August 24th we will be golfing at the Carstairs Golf Club and our final golf event will be held at Darcy Ranch in Okotoks on September 28th. If you are not on my golf e-mail distribution list and want to receive information about each golf event

as it comes up, please e-mail me at [email protected] with your request.

To those interested in trying curling or just need a tune up, we will attempt to get ice time allocated for some instructional lessons both for the “slide” delivery and for the “stick” delivery. Please contact Dennis Heacock to indicate your interest in a training session. To those of you that feel they can’t commit to a team, but would like to curl as a spare please contact John Maguire at [email protected] and indicate your preferred position to play. We are always looking for additional spares regardless of skill level. John will provide sparing details at a later date.

CURLING CLUB Dennis Heacock - [email protected]

John Maguire—[email protected]






CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING & SNOWSHOEING CLUB Dave Varga - [email protected]

The 2016/17 cross country ski and snowshoe season kicks off Thursday, November 3, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. with registration and social gathering at the Lakeview Community Hall, 6110 – 34 Street SW. Come out, sign up, and enjoy some winter fun. Club participants ski and/or snowshoe on Thursdays as soon as conditions permit (usually mid November) and continue until the conditions are no longer favourable in the spring. Transportation is by car pool (8:30 am departure) to suitable locations based on conditions (Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis, West Bragg Creek, Banff National Park, etc). There are four overnight trips planned:

Silverstar (Vernon) December 4-8 Lake Louise January 17-20 Nipika (near Radium) February 13-17 William Watson Lodge (Kananaskis) February 28-March 3

The club welcomes all cross country skiers and snowshoers (from expert to aspiring). The club has folks aged 55 to ??? Membership costs $10 for ERAC members and $20 for guests.


HIKING CLUB Sue Deyell—(403) 851-0443 or [email protected]

It's hard to believe but we are getting close to the end of our regular hiking season. We've had some really fantastic and fun hikes. The average number of hikers per week has been just under 70. We still have scheduled hikes until the end of September plus there is a group of 30 hikers who will be off touring Newfoundland. Our final regular meeting will be our AGM and windup BBQ and hike at Ware Creek on September 27. After the official windup of our hiking season those who are interested will continue Thursday hikes with carpools until snow falls and the ERAC Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoe Club takes over the Thursday activities.

GARDEN CLUB Janice Hawkings—(403) 278-8059 or Gloria Fleck—(403) 251-4214

Our Garden Club members extend a sincere thank you to Joan Myer for hosting our July 20th meeting. It was a delightful afternoon. Joan gave us a tour of her beautiful gardens and it was pure pleasure to see blossoms that hadn’t been pock marked by hail. Our next garden showing will be on August 17 at Michelle Zipfel’s home. Unfortunately, this newsletter will not be published before the event. In September we will hold our annual plant exchange. Negotiations are in the works to do this again at Christ Church Elbow Park. Invitations will be sent out later this month.

PLEASE NOTE: We have been thinking about how we might share gardening information amongst our group so let’s have a “Show, Tell, and Question Time” at our future gatherings. If you have a plant you are particularly pleased about, or one that you think is not that well known, take a picture and tell us about it. If you have learned something new, there will probably be others that likewise need that information. Do you have a question for other gardeners? Together we are probably experts, so let’s share.


The photo club has been enjoying the summer, and honing our skills. Janice and Tim Hawkings hosted a flower shoot at their garden in late June which complemented the wildflower shoot done earlier in June. Many thanks to Janice and Tim for their hospitality.

Summer club meetings have focused on understanding composition and the mysteries of many of the camera modes available on modern digital cameras. In the fall the club will be working on improving our portrait skills, including a hands-on outdoor portrait session, taking evening and night photos and on the use of flash photography in time for Christmas. Upcoming topics are listed in the Activities page of the website. If you have an interest in photography, whether you are a beginner or an experienced photographer willing to share your expertise, the Club provides a supportive environment to share your work and grow your skills.

E. Luinstra - Crab Spider on Wild Rose

G.Roberts shooting at Janice and Tim’s

PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB

Mike Checkland - (403) 276-1806 or [email protected]


Bridge is a game of skill and occasionally just good old luck! The Esso Bridge Club meets on Thursdays from 9:45 am to 2:30 pm at the Garrison Curling Club – 2288 47 Ave SW, just east off Crowchild Trail and 50 Ave. S. W. If you are interested in Bridge and would like to belong to a small, friendly but knowledgeable group, then join us on Thursday, September 29 at 9:30 a.m.. There are 29 weekly sessions planned for the coming year. Two weeks of social bridge alternate with one week of duplicate. Social bridge is on a drop-in basis (good for those whose other activity might be canceled!). Those wanting to play duplicate sign up the previous week. Registration is $5 for annuitants and a weekly fee of $15 covers hall rental and a light lunch including tea and coffee. Regular guests pay $40 registration. In 2015 we had a Christmas luncheon and a wind up luncheon.

BRIDGE CLUB Rosemary Kry - (403) 259-2951 or [email protected]

Has it been a while since you’ve played bridge but would like to start again? We are tentatively offering 10 weeks of classes – from 2:30 – 3:30 pm from Oct. 6 to Dec. 8. Cost for the classes would be registration ($5) and $30 for the weekly hall rental for the hour - total $35. Linda Boyer and Maureen McClure have offered to help instruct. We would need 5 – 6 interested people to run this program. In addition, when you feel confident, you may also join the club from 10 – 2:00/ 2:15 (additional cost of $15 to cover hall rental and lunch). Please contact Rosemary Kry. Have you never played bridge but would like to learn? The Kerby Centre offers beginners’ group lessons. As you gain confidence and skill, you are welcome to join the Esso Annuitants Club. Bridge is a great way to keep your brain active! Hope to see you at the Garrison Curling Club! If you have any questions, please contact me, Rosemary, at [email protected] or phone (403) 259 2951 or Ruth at [email protected]




We welcome the following new members to ERAC and look forward to meeting you at upcoming Club activities and functions:

Kevin & Diana Head Russell Roy Cam & Anne Coulthart Grace Yau Tom & Judy Cook Sonya & Wilf Jaeger Carolyn & Murray Krahn Chitra Ramaswami Richard & Addy Wyonch Karen & Alex Heron James & Karen Hawkins Pete & Carol Elliott

As of July 31, 2016 we have 1101 members, including 999 annuitants and spouses, 39 associates and spouses, and 63 Lifetime/Honorary members. Thank you all for getting your dues into me if you missed the AGM. There are still a few members who have not paid their dues. You can always drop me an email or a phone call to check on your own status. Fall activities are soon to be getting underway, so lets remember that participation in at least one event triggers a subsidy to the club from Imperial. I hope you have all had an excellent summer and I look forward to seeing most of you this fall. Membership is currently $10.00/person, $20/couple for annuitants or $60.00/person, $120/ couple for associates.

Cheques should be made payable to: "Esso Resources Annuitant Club"

and mailed to Al Davis at 33 Sun Harbour Way SE, Calgary, T2X 3C6. You can also pay me at functions where I am in attendance. People are now using email money

transfers which is a very fast and convenient way to pay membership dues.

We have had a wonderful lawn bowling season thus far. It is not too late to come out and join in the fun as we bowl until the end of September, weather permitting. All equipment is supplied but you must wear flat soled shoes. A windup party is planned for Sept ember 21st. We

will have some fun games and a wonderful lunch.

There is a heated patio so even if it is a cool day we

will be comfortable.

CLUB MEMBERSHIP

Al Davis (403) 254-0489 or [email protected]

LAWN BOWLING CLUB

Jean Abbott — (403) 281-6593 or [email protected]


As in prior years, after our seat purchase, the theatre was essentially sold out for the performances. Cineplex gave us the same group price as last year, $23.80 - quite nice compared to the admission price at the theatre of $28 for a single walk up ticket. The extra cost of the ticket above what you have paid me will be covered by the ERAC subsidy for our group with the rest of it going to getting coffee and Timbits for our pre opera meetings in the Party Room at Chinook Theatre on the day of the Opera. That’s when the tickets get distributed. There is an “alternates” list since this is the fourth year for the club. If someone who has paid can’t make it to the opera scheduled, please let me know and I will contact people on the “alternates” list for the chance to join us upon paying their $23 which will get refunded to those who had to miss the opera. This procedure worked pretty well last year and we had a very minimum number of unused seats. Please contact me if you are interested in being on the “alternates” list for a last minute chance to attend the opera. The Met Opera Club now has its own web page on our website where you can see information about the club! More about the entire upcoming Met Opera in HD season can be found at the following website. http://www.metopera.org/metopera/liveinhd/live-in-hd-2016-17-season

NEW YORK MET LIVE IN HD Rick Kry - (403) 259-2951 or [email protected]

We have 29 seats for the performance of Don Giovanni on Oct 22, 2016 and 25 for La Traviata on March 11, 2017. Thank you to all of you who sent me your $23 so I knew how many seats to get.

The Executive of the Wine Appreciation Club are continuing to enjoy their well - earned summer break. But this does not mean that they are not thinking about and planning for an exciting 2016/17 season. The first event of our 6 event season, will be held at the Lakeview Community Hall on October 4, 2016. The theme of the meeting is Classic Wine Varietals, to be presented by our guest sommelier, Marion Tsaprailis.

WINE APPRECIATION CLUB Tim Hawkings - (403) 278-8059

We average 75 members at each of our wine tasting events and our meetings are educational, lively and friendly. So we are looking forward to seeing everyone back in the Fall. As always new members are very welcome. Comprehensive information about the Club and about registration can be found on the ERAC website – look for the Wine Appreciation Club - or by calling Maureen McClure at 403 770 0246, e-mail: [email protected], or Tim Hawkings, see contact information above.


Advance Information for 2016-2017 Travelogue Season I want to provide all members with some advance information about the travelogues planned for the 2016-2017 season so you can save the dates in your schedules. It will be an exciting series with new and exotic areas as well as some new presenters. As regular travelogue attendees know, the presentations are on the second Wednesdays of November, January and March, so for the upcoming season we have planned:

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 – Bill Evans will present “Timeless Travel Destinations – A Celebration of Unpublished Blogs”.

This presentation features not one destination but several of Bill and Marg’s favourites - from a

safari in Kenya, to the Aransas Game Reserve in Texas, from the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island to the Markets and Deserts of Morocco, and from visiting the Tarahumara Indians in the Barrancas del Cobre in the Sierre Madres of Mexico to a photo safari in Yellowstone in winter to name a few of their timeless adventures waiting to be shared. Bill has given many excellent presentations and I’m sure this will be no different.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017 – Bob Dixon will provide photos and commentary on his and Rose’s

trip to India. This is a destination we have not seen recently, at least not in the 5+ years I have been attending, so I’m especially looking forward to this.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 – Dave Varga will present two bicycle trips he took: Philadelphia to

Washington DC, and a more adventuresome trip that took him the length of England! Dave is an avid cyclist and will no doubt spur some of us on to follow his tracks.

We will be using the new, website-based invitation system and all ERAC members who have attended a travelogue in the past several years will automatically be included on the invitation list. If you are a new member, or have not attended a travelogue previously, but would like to be added to the invitation list, please send an email to Richard Sawka at: [email protected] and I will add you to the list.

See you in November!

TRAVELOGUE

Richard Sawka - (403) 239-1930 or [email protected]



BOWLING Peter Perry—(403) 270-0704 or [email protected]

Our Five Pin Bowling Club will start knocking down the pins come 1pm, Monday, October 3rd, at the Chinook Bowladrome. We expect to have 12 to 14 teams of four bowlers again this season and as always, new members are most welcome. Join as a Regular or a Spare bowler. As almost everyone has to miss a day or two for various reasons, “Spares” are always needed. Bowlers meet every Monday, except holidays, through to our season ending Banquet & Prize Giving on April 17th. We’ll have 20 league games and 2 play-off games, also 2 fun games to celebrate Christmas and Valentine’s at which we enjoy a pot-luck lunch! What better way to stay active, have fun and socialize over the winter months! Congratulations to our top League and Play-off teams: The Lucky Breaks The High Flyers Rose Davis John Jendruszka Don Hunter Christa Schaper Thelma Soltice Marlene Heacock Gwen Westcombe Connie Scruton

Our 2015/16 Season High Average champ’s, Val Turnbull (centre) and Bob Cahill (right)

TENT AND TRAILER Diane and Nick Weyland - (403) 519-5007 or [email protected]

Hope that you all had a great summer, despite the wet weather. We have had a couple of week-ends with the highest number of units/campers using the facility. Reminder to those that need to get in touch with us that we have a new phone number! Please remember to sign the registration sheets by the main washrooms, and also, the 14 days in and 5 days out rule. Dogs must be under control at all times and on leash around the Pavilion area. Happy Camping!


The Woodworking Club meets monthly on the last Wednesday of the month (excluding December, July and August). The club had a very interesting and fun season in 2015/2016 and this season looks to be even better. Our tentative plans include: Meeting Topic Lead 1. Nanton Bomber Museum tour and Rock Facing company tour Jim Collyer 2. Spray Lakes Sawmill tour Tim Hawkings 3. Foothills Hospital shops tour Rick Kry/Russ Kish 4. Google Sketchup program training Richard Sawka 5. Heritage Park Restoration Rick Kruse 6. Remington Carriage Museum Cardston tour Tim Hawkings 7. F&D Productions stage set construction for Jack Singer – tour John Jack 8. Toys for the food bank construction session Cliff Kippen/Rick Kruse

Looking forward to seeing all of the woodworkers in September and welcome anyone who is interested in woodworking, no experience necessary.

Thanks to the woodworkers who made toys for the Food Bank this year, they were much appreciated!

WOODWORKERS CLUB Rick Kruse - (403) 938-5407 or [email protected]


Hello from your web helper.

WEBHELPER Rick Kry - [email protected]

Cell: (403) 969-2951 Home: (403) 259-2951

We’re on the Web! Visit ERAC's Web page for

more information on each Club's activity -- meeting

dates, upcoming activities, images, and

more!

www.essoannuitants.ca

The website first went live in April of this year and had 373 different users logged on in the last two months of the last club year. So far this club year there have been 288 different users logged on. Club coordinators are really using the site effectively suggesting that so far we have a success story with the website. Thanks to Derek McLure and Mel Pollock for their efforts to develop and keep improving the website.

My tip for this newsletter is about membership within an activity group. Coordinators have to identify who is a member of the activity group. When someone joins a group, that coordinator has to add the name to the club member list or guest list. The design of the website for clubs is such that if someone wants to join an activity group, they really need to contact the coordinator of that group to get on the list. My advice to activity coordinators is not worry very much about removing members who stop being active. The power to remove a member from an activity group is in that member’s own hands.

Emails addressed to [email protected] will reach me as a contact point if you run into any problems trying to use the website. You can also try to get me by phone. I also will help any of you who don’t have a computer, but need to contact someone with the club for any activity or other problem. Get in touch with me at 403-259-2951.

There is an unchecked box opposite each of these and if you check that box and then click on the “Remove Me” button, you are removed from the club list and the only way to get back on is have the coordinator of that club put you back on. Your participation in any activity is not erased from the database, but you won’t get notices from the activity group once you remove yourself.

When you sign on, chose “My Clubs” on the left hand menu list and you get a page that lists the clubs of which you are a member.

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