Book Early for Globe Luncheons!

Lunch at The Globe on Highway 89 in the Village of Rosemont

Where did the summer go? Time to meet again, eat a nice lunch, and pick up a few gems of wisdom from our friends and neighbours. It’s less than a month until our first lunch, this time tied into the AGM of DAC.

September 12

Jackie Durnform & Sandra Lackie, Creemore Hundred Mile Store

Last spring I picked up a package of “snap peas” carefully wrapped in cellophane. I salivated for a nice pea dinner until I read “Packaged in China”! Yuck! All this by way of introducing out first speakers, from the Creemore Hundred Mile Store, Jackie Durnform and Sandra Lackie. These dynamos will explain the wisdom, beauty, and creativity in raising and eating local meat, vegetables, fruits, and grains. No need to ship these foods by air freight!

October 3

To be announced

November 7

To be announced

December 5

Beckie Morris, Theatre Orangeville

Theatre Orangeville’s December play is A Christmas Carol. Probably more important than the actors and director are the “wizards” who make it happen. Lead wizard Beckie Morris will talk about the amazing amount of complex work required to stage a play and the challenges she encounters before, during, and after any performance.

A gentle reminder that we have reluctantly raised our price for the luncheons and speakers to $20.00.

Reservations

We continue with Judy and Paul Lansing as our “ticketmaster” outlet. Please phone them to reserve at 519-9424049.  Also phone if you need to cancel! Phone by the Friday before the luncheon. We give Beth and David our numbers on Saturday morning so that they can order sufficient food and we are billed according to that number. As Beth and David always have a little extra, we can add a few last minute members up to Sunday night, but we are billed for the number we quote on Saturday morning. If you find you can attend but have no reservation, call Judy up to Sunday night to see if there is space.

If you reserve and do not cancel, we will have to send you a bill! We would rather have you there! Book as early as  possible, preferably right after the previous month’s event.

Meet Arlene Taylor, Community Outreach Coordinator

I am so thrilled and honoured to have been selected as Outreach Coordinator for DAC. As you know, this position was made possible by the hard work and dedication of our board of directors and strategic planning committee who were successful in obtaining a Trillium grant for the facilitation of this post.

I thought I would take this opportunity to share a little about myself for now with the hopes that I will have the chance to meet many more of our members in due course.

I was raised in East Garafraxa and attended East Garafraxa Central Public School from grade 2 onward with my high school years continuing at Orangeville District Secondary School. After high school I took a gap year to learn and compete with an Olympic show jumper. Following this exciting year I continued my studies at University of Guelph with a focus on English and Sociology. Life got very busy after that with marriage, children and a thriving horse breeding/training operation but I managed to contribute the odd article from time to time to local horse related publications. As my passion for reading and literacy came to the fore, I decided to study library science, journalism and Public Relations through distance education via the internet. This led to my current position at the Orangeville Public Library in programming and research.

I have a keen interest in the arts and literacy, particularly as it pertains to the cultural development in our own region. My hobbies are reading, writing, riding, gardening, cooking and travel. I look forward to the challenge this position entails and to meeting all of you over the coming months.