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SUMMER LECTURES CLUB 
END OF SEASON NEWSLETTER
&
AGM REPORT

Don’t overlook the last event of our summer program!
August 18 at 9.00am

Field trip to the unique Urquhart Outdoor Butterfly Garden, alongside the Desjardin Canal, Dundas, named in honour of Frederick and Norah Urquhart, discoverers of the migration routes of the monarch butterfly.  There will be a tour with the garden’s founder and mentor, Joanna Chapman.
Cost for tour $5 each
Meet at 9 am for car-pooling at Freshco Shopping Centre Parking Lot, corner Stevenson Street North and Speedvale Avenue in time to be in Dundas by 10am.
  • Drive (about 45 minutes) to the Urquhart out-door Butterfly Garden, 128 King Street, Dundas, beside the Desjardin Canal.
  • Tour and talk at 10 am. In case of rain, there is cover in the adjacent Canadian Airforce Legion Hall
  • Optional lunch and for those who wish to stay for an afternoon tour of the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology we have made a reservation at the close-by Thirsty Cactus Mexican Restaurant, 2 King Street East, Dundas,
  • Afternoon at approx 1.00pm, optional visit to The Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology on Woodward Avenue, Hamilton
  • Admission to the museum, $6 each for seniors
  • Tour completed approximately 3.00pm and departure for Guelph
For more info, click on:   http://www.summerlecturesclub.ca/urquart.html 

Report on our general meeting of the club on August 11th
Formation
  • Early in the year we became a member of Third Age Network, and this aside, we have operated for the past year with no formal structure.
Finances
  • We have completed the year with a small operating surplus.
Lectures
  • We held 10 lectures plus our AGM during the year, from March 10th to August 11th. Average attendance has been about 80, including a significant number of “walk ins”.
Field trips . . .
  • 34 members attended our 3 day field trip to Sudbury in May
  • 7 members came out to look at the Guelph University Ornamental Trial Garden.
2017 lectures
  • Members have suggested extending the lecture dates and we have booked Trinity United Church Hall for these dates: March 9th and 23rd, 2017, April 6th and 20th, May 4th and 18th, June 1st 15th and 29th, July 13th and 27th, August 10th and 24th, September 7th AGM which gives us 13 lecture dates plus the AGM. The lecture program will be posted on our website in good time for the start of next year’s lecture series.
Volunteers and lecture suggestions
  • If you are interested in helping with any of the activities of the club, would like to join our small operating committee, or if you have any ideas for lectures or a lecturer, please complete the contact form on our website.

A newsletter will be sent out when we have the program set for 2017.

We hope to hear from you, and we look forward to seeing you in spring 2017

​In the meantime, check out Third Age Learning - Guelph for their Fall Lectures Series starting Sept 21
Click on:   http://www.thirdagelearningguelph.ca/
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