Celebrate our 10th year at an Open House on September 8.
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Head Games, September 14
Things we did not know about the human brain, new discoveries and fascinating facts. This will be a mind blowing series.
Bring a notebook and all your powers of observation
Moderator: Nancy Winters
Registration Fee: $15
Time: 5 weeks, Monday, 10:00 AM to noon, Sept. 14 to Oct. 19, excluding Thanksgiving
Location: Pine Dale Motor Inn
Understanding Islam, September 14, 2015
Ever since the Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran in 1979 reports about Islam have often dominated the news. More recently the television broadcasts have taken on a gruesome tone. Contradictory media reports about Muslims at war and Islamic atrocities have preoccupied Western journalists. Controversial claims about the nature of Islam constantly confuse the public and raise many concerns. Understanding Islam will explore the origin and development of Islam, as well as its achievements during the Golden Age. Particular attention will be given to the issues that cause friction between the Islamic world and the West.
For a list of possible topics please click here.
Moderator: Don Santor
Registration Fee: $15
Time: 5 weeks, Monday, 2:00 to 4:00 PM, Sep. 14 to Oct. 19, excluding Thanksgiving
Location: Pine Dale Motor Inn
Talk of the Town (PIL is 10 years old!)
In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we are pleased to announce an opportunity for socializing with old friends and new. You are invited to join us for coffee, or a beverage of your choice, and interesting conversation once a month. There is much happening in Grand Bend with new and exciting plans for enhancing life in our community. And there are issues which concern us all.
Please join us on the first Tuesday of each month, starting October 6th, at 2:00 PM in the Pine Dale Lounge to share information, views and good fun.
Greeter: Beckey Jackson
Dates: Oct. 6, Nov. 3, Dec. 1
Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Pine Dale Lounge
Mixed Bag, October 26, 2015
Each week of this series will feature a different topic. Prepare to be amazed each week!
- The Cosmos
- Evolution
- Medicine
- Demographics
- Robotics
Moderator: Nancy Winters
Registration Fee: $15
Time: 5 weeks, Monday, 10:00 AM to noon, Oct. 26 to Nov. 23
Location: Pine Dale Motor Inn
Little Things Mean a Lot, October 26, 2015
“Little things Mean a Lot” or so the song goes. And from the beginning of time it was often the little things that improved our lives and even changed the course of history. For example, the safety pin, the stirrup, the dinner fork and the Robertson screwdriver all have their place in the hall of honour. This course will look at the origin and development of a wide variety of “little things” that have shaped and altered us over the millennia.
For a list of topics to consider click here.
Moderator: Roberta Walker
Registration Fee: $15
Time: 5 weeks, Monday, 2:00 to 4:00 PM, Oct. 26 to Nov. 23
Location: Pine Dale Motor Inn
Digging for the Past, January 12, 2015
Who has not become excited about finding an artifact while exploring a new place? How would we know about our long history and the nature of human development if not through archaeology . Revealing significant, mysterious and controversial discoveries has sparked the human imagination and provided amazing insights into the history of humanity from four million years ago to the present. Join us for an exploration of the people, methods and revelations that tell us where we have been and who we are as a species.
Click this link for possible topics: “Digging” Topics
Moderator: Karen Bowes-Sewell
Registration Fee: $15
Time: 5 weeks, Monday, 10:00 AM to noon,
January 12 to February 9
Location: Pine Dale Motor Inn
Partners in Learning presents “A Grand Illumination” Awards
This Christmas, a Grand Bend committee has initiated a series of efforts to encourage Grand Bend to “Light Up”. Also this year, Partners in Learning is honouring the season by providing judges and prizes for the most beautiful, imaginative, and spirited outdoor lighting. On Wednesday, December 17, the Partners Executive presented the winners of the Grand Illumination Contest. They are as follows:
- For the Best of Business lighting, Robin and Richard Cooke’s AKsence on Main Street wins first prize for its colourful storefront. There were countless runners up.
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Lauren presents to Gary Harbin
For providing a display of lighting and sound to appeal to everyone, but perhaps most of all to children, the Children’s Choice Award goes to Gary Harbin at 8812 Timberwood Trail.
- For Elegant Design, the committee of judges were tied, and so we have co-winners of this award. They are Mark Relouw residence at 9923 Parkview in Vandongen, and the
Gary Eisler residence, Wee Lake
Gary Eisler residence at 10135 Jennison Crescent, Wee Lake. These houses represent what magic can be created by simple white incandescent lighting as well as by the dancing lights of LED technology.
- In recognition of the great losses in trees and landscaping borne by so many, this year’s Spirit of Christmas Award goes to The Charlie Brown tree of Huron Woods, owned and cherished by Jacqui Krech at 9933 Pinetree Court .
- Because of the very high degree of participation and clear enthusiasm for the project, Merrywood Meadows wins the prize for Dazzling Neighbourhood Award. The award is accepted by Joan and Bill Hoffman, whose house at 10200 Pineview Crescent, Merrywood, was on almost every judge’s short list.
Partners in Learning congratulates everyone who brought a wintertime sparkle to Grand Bend. Please go out and witness Grand Bend alight. Please admire the symphony of colour at the Crawford’s famous Wee Lake residence. On your way by, salute the Greens’ stalwart tree trunks in Merrywood. Find a friend to let you into the Cove and slowly drive its brilliant streets. Grand Bend is ablaze with Christmas spirit.
Webmaster Note: A special thanks to Nancy Winters for leading the PIL executive through this process.
President invites all members to Dec. 1 Potluck and AGM
“… let me invite all members and their guest to our Annual General Meeting and Christmas Potluck Luncheon of Partners In Learning at the Southcott Pines Clubhouse, 10246 Lakeview Ave., Grand Bend on Monday, December 1, 2014 at 12:00 pm.”
Jacquelyn Southcott
Read more in the letter here: AGM – Potluck Invitation Letter
Making Sense of Our Existence, January 12, 2015
From times immemorial humanity has been trying to make sense of its existence. Everyday crises have confronted humanity with some nagging questions, questions that are eternal in nature, and that just won’t go away. As humanity continues to generate answers to these questions, and then gathers the answers together, worldviews began to emerge. Some are religious, others are secular. This course will examine a variety of worldviews that humanity has developed to answer life’s eternal questions.
Click this link for possible topics: “Sensible” Topics
Moderator: Don Santor
Registration Fee: $15
Time: 5 weeks, Monday, 2:00 to 4:00 PM, Jan. 12 to Feb. 9
Location: Pine Dale Motor Inn
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