Executive Meeting Sept. 13, 2016

Seated: Wilco, Bolton. Stevens

Standing: Amos, Gloin, Freure, Gracey

Class of OAC 58, 2016 Executive Meeting and Golf Social, Fescue’s Edge GC

Sept. 13, 2016

Present:  Don Amos [grapes & picture], Mac Bolton [auctioneer, gold golf club, driver], Bob Freure [diesel], Charlie Gracey [Pres], Bill Stevens [sect], Jim Wilcox [mustang], Bev Gloin [sat at the other table].

Agenda Items:

        * 60^th Reunion, Guelph, June 2018.  Charlie will reserve a block of rooms in a convenient hotel.

           Class Dinner preferred to a Class Luncheon.  In our undergraduate tradition, an innocent 

            prank would be appropriate.  Any suggestions?

• Class Crest:  We proposed to present the Crest to the Dean on September 13.  Word from Diana Blackmore in Dean’s office, Rene Van Acker was at a class reunion in Orillia on Sept. 13.  She will reconfirm and maybe propose an alternate date.  No action since.
• In April 2017, there will be a Class Luncheon at the Elmhurst Inn
• The UofG School of Engineering has established the Director’s Award of Distinction to honour esteemed graduates.  Jim Wilcox is initiating a nomination of Larry Argue.  He will solicit endorsements from other OAC 58 Engineers. 

Non-Agenda Items:

        * Golf:  No rain, no scores.

• H2O:  Water is neither created nor destroyed.  Zero sums!
• Vitamins:  B complex, D, C
• Windmills & Solar:  When will they arrest Dalton Mc Ginty?
• Pipelines:  You had to be there
• Re Dr. Donald McQueen Shaver, OAC 58 1^st Entrepreneur-in-Residence
• 96^th Birthday, August 28
• Lunches with Stevens & Gracey  occasionally
• Invited to speak at International Conference on Avian Physiology at Niagara-on-the-Lake during October.  Self-assigned theme; World Sustainability
• Stevens will accompany
• Do senior’s opinions matter?

News of Our West Coast Classmate Owen Townsend:

Keeping up to date with our Western Classmate:

Owen will be in Walldorf, Germany, a small town near Heidelberg, from Nov. 7, to Dec. 18, on an assignment for Hewlett Packard’s Enterprise Division, which has been asked by AGS, a women’s clothing firm, to manage their  Mail Order Processing System (MOPS) which operates similarly to Amazon.
He intends to be in Toronto, Dec. 19^th, to celebrate Christmas, with his two sons and their families, and then on Dec. 28^th off  to Vancouver to celebrate the New Year with family and friends. 


Owen, has for several years been competing in “Half Marathon” races.
This year, running in the Victoria Half Marathon, he completed the race in a time of 2:07,
Third, only slightly, behind the First place finisher, in his age group, at 1:58. Well done Owen!
                                    Age Group 75-79
Place  DIVOA   Name                   Time     
 1/8   M7579   Garth Ball        1:59:13 1:58:57
 2/8   M7579   Lue Kerr          2:04:56 2:02:23
 3/8   M7579   Owen Townsend     2:09:57 2:07:08
 4/8   M7579   David Kalles      2:23:01 2:19:09
 5/8   M7579   Don Brander       2:24:22 2:19:46
 6/8   M7579   Ted Roberts       2:52:47 2:48:45
 7/8   M7579   Evan Fagan        3:09:58 3:06:05
 8/8   M7579   Mike Morris       3:49:43 3:46:24
Record 1:41:44 by Maurice Tarrant in 2009

Owen also placed First in the BMO on May 5^th, completing the race in an identical time of 2:07.
He modestly says that the faster guys did not show up.

Owen’s Comments:

What a fabulous weekend it was in Victoria
- great fall weather, sunny & cool, great for the race
- wonderful race route, along the coast line
- starting & ending in the downtown core, near the hotel
- stayed at Harbour Towers, classy old hotel
- already planning to enter again next year.



   

To see more info on the race, and a map of the course, go to : http://runvictoriamarathon.com/aftertherace/results.php

Vancouver Half Marathon May 7, 2017

Alyssa, Christina & Owen

Limo Ride to Start Line

With Race Sponsor, John Stanton,
Founder of "The Running Room

FAMILY ACTIVITIES

Owen and Christina,
who set the pace, at the Finish Line



Owen, Jim & Eleanor Sharing Jim's 80th Birthday OAC 56

Eleanor at Home

Meal Time

Executive Meeting September 13, 2013

Seated: Miller, Bolton, Argue, Gloin

Standing: Wilcox, Stevens, Haagsma, Amos, Freure

Freure Wedding

1Announcement: Barbara Welch & Bob Freure are pleased to announce their marriage which took place in Leamington, June 3, 2010, officiated by Pastor Jack Glover. We will reside in Leamington. The many good wishes we have received from family and friends are certainly appreciated.